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The Periscope reporter The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has reacted to the sack of police officer, Olajide Omolola, for getting pregnant out of wedlock. A letter with reference number CJ:4161/EKS/IY/Vol.2/236, DTO:181330/01/2021, was reportedly sent to an OC in Ekiti state for the dismissed officer to return all police properties, in addition to demanding for her salary to be stopped with immediate effect. According to reports, her dismissal from the police force was based on a section of the Police Act that bars unmarried women from getting pregnant while in service. Reacting, Inspector General of Police, Abubakar Adamu said an…

The Periscope reporter Could the sadistic egomaniac mistress have been possessed by the demon, to be transformed into a ferocious, venomous cat whenever she would launch a deadly attack on her housemaid? Was she under a spell of some sort? How cool and costly cultist? Could she be into hard drugs, hard liquid or hard weed? Is she simply, as seemingly damned demented? These were questions raised by teeming readers. Answers could have been provided should the family members agrees to respond switching off the phones. The alleged pompous sadistic egomaniac mistress, said to be intoxicated by affluence and influence,…

The Periscope reporter * SARC attends to 105 survivors in 2020 * Provides comprehensive services to 282 survivors * Four cases pending, five cases discharge, 26 under investigation. * Ministry of Justice provides 10 prosecutors to facilitate timely investigation and prosecution The Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) in Borno has supported 606 victims of rape and other sexual violence in three years. The manager of the centre, made this known on Tuesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri. Mustapha said that from January to December 2020 alone, the centre attended to 105 victims. “So…

The Periscope reporter The change of guards at the Defence headquarters and the various service arms after months of intense calls by the National Assembly, Media, Socio-Cultural Organisations, Pressure Groups including the NUJ is belated but however welcomed. In a press release Thursday, issued by her National President, Chris Isiguzo, “NUJ hopes that the new service chiefs would put in their best to end the rising cases of insecurity threatening the existence of the country by understanding that their appointments are not for merriment, but for hard work and total commitment to the Fatherland. “It is our hope, that the…

The Periscope reporter Khadijah, a teenage girl whose parents, out of poverty, before she could attain puberty, were said to be manipulated to sacrifice her for a housemaid job that would eventually, rather heinously claim her life, like a dog, less than a slave. Is Hajiya Gaje ‘Yar Mulki a girl-child trafficker? How many of the teenage girls has she been surrendered to by gullible parents to sell for slavery as housemaids and for murder, could be ritualistic, and at what amount? Her line was going through as at yesterday. She was however not picking the call. The line is…

The Periscope reporter The new Commissioner of Police, Adamawa state CP Aliyu Adamu Alhaji has commended the activities of the Adamawa Coalition Against Rape ACAR. The commissioner made the commendation Tuesday during a courtesy call paid to him by the group in his office at the the Adamawa State Police Command Headquarters in Yola. The new CP, the PPRO Sulaiman Yahaya Nguroje would explain to the group, is the only officer with three “A”s acronyms, incidentally deployed to Adamawa state, giving him the additional “A” acronym, which stands for distinction or excellence in crime prevention and detection as a professional…

The Periscope reporter President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted the immediate resignation of the service chiefs and their retirement from service. The press release Tuesday, signed by the special adviser to the president on media and publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina revealed that the retired service chiefs are the Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Olonisakin; Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Ekwe Ibas; and Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar. “President Buhari thanks the outgoing Service Chiefs for what he calls their “overwhelming achievements in our efforts at bringing enduring peace…

The Periscope reporter Disappointed, embarrassed, shamefaced and humiliated by the courts ruling that favoured the Mubi Emirate Council’s selection and recommendation that declared the heir to, Mahmud Abubakar Sulaiman as the legitimate district head of Jalingo-Maiha, a group called Nzanyi Youth Concern Cooperative Society Ltd has filed a case against Adamawa State Governor, State House of Assembly, Mubi Emirate Council, Attorney General, Barr Mahmud Abubakar Sulaiman the court declared district head, and the four others who contested for the district headship. The case, contracted to S.J. Wugira & Co, was on December 18, 2020 registered in the High Court of…

* Monarchs, others present pictorial evidence of ransoms, deceased victims to govt * LG chairman, community leader accuse Fulani leader of negotiating ransoms * Fulani herdsmen leaders beg for forgiveness, pledge peaceful coexistence with hosts Residents of Igangan in the Ibarapa area of Oyo State on Sunday recounted their ordeals in the hands of Fulani herdsmen. The community leaders, who spoke during a visit of the state government delegation to the town, stated that they had paid a total of N50m as ransoms for kidnappings carried out by herdsmen in the community. The community also presented to the delegation, pictures…

Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki I have watched with concern the recent development in Oyo and Ondo States in which quit notices were given to Fulani herders and there were subsequent burning of the property of the Fulani herdsmen in some parts of Oyo State. These happenings have increased the tension and unduly raised the temperature in the country. The ugly development in these two states are symptomatic of the continued threat to the unity of our country that we have witnessed on a higher scale in recent times and in different parts of the country, including the South-East and South-South…