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Leader of the 'proscribed' Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, on Wednesday, told the Federal High Court, Abuja, that he had been a fan of Liverpool Football Club from childhood.

According to the News Agency Of Nigeria, Kanu disclosed this when his lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, SAN, complained that the Department of State Services had not been allowing him and other counsel enough time to meet with the IPOB leader whenever they visited him in detention.

After addressing his concern, Nyako jokingly mentioned that she was a fan of Liverpool and asked Ozekhome which club was his favourite. Ozekhome replied that he was also a Liverpool fan.

Nyako then asked Kanu if he was a fan of Chelsea Football Club given his penchant for the designer outfit he kept wearing to court.

Kanu responded, “My team is Liverpool even from age of seven.”

The judge then told the DSS legal director who was in court to allow Kanu to watch the matches of his favourite football club.

Meanwhile, the judge observed that Kanu had continued to show up in court in the same attire despite her order for him to change clothes.

The authorities of the Federal High Court in Abuja have soft-pedaled on the stringent conditions imposed on the trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu.

Against their last month decision, the court authorities have stopped the movement of the trial to the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, at Jabi District of Abuja.

Also, the authorities of the Court have permitted the media to witness the treasonable felony charges brought against the Biafra nation agitator by the Federal Government.

At the time of this report, fully armed operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, have taken perfect control of the security situations within and outside the court premises.

Journalists, lawyers, litigants, as well as workers are being allowed into the court premises unhindered after formal introduction and presentation of identity cards.

The court had last month issued a Practice Direction which moved the trial to CCT believed to be large and spacious enough to accommodate the crowd that usually surged to witness the trial.

The Practice Direction endorsed by the Chief Judge of the Court, Justice John Tsoho had also prohibited media coverage except where expressly permitted.

It’s observed that the stringent conditions have been jettisoned.

Although, reasons for deviating from the Practice Direction have not been made known, it was gathered that Jabi Code of Conduct Tribunal was considered too porous for such a sensitive trial, especially from the security points.

Apart from unhindered access being granted to lawyers and media practitioners, roads leading to the court are not blocked, while food vendors are also having their businesses done without molestation.

However, adequate security measures are being observed to prevent security breaches.

.....MEMBER, REPRESENTING ORLU/ ORSU/ ORU EAST FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY, IMO STATE

.....CHAIRMAN, HOUSE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PETITIONS

As Compiled by Jerry Alagboso Campaign Organization.

EARLY LIFE:

Rt Hon. Jerry Alagbaoso was born on the 28th day of September, 1953. He had his primary Education at Aba, Abia state in the 60's. He got enrolled into Post-Primary at Holy Ghost College then called Arugo High School in Owerri from 1966-1974. 

From there, He proceeded to the Uriversity of Ibadan, Jos Campus in the year 1974. When the University campus was becoming Autonomous, they were relocated to the University of Ibadan main campus where he Graduated with B.Ed. (Hons) Education and History.

After Graduation, He did his Youth Service in Oyo State where he was posted to teach at Iroko Community Grammar School (at Ibadan less city). After his NYSC, he enrolled into the same University of Ibadan for his Post Graduate Studies where he obtained a Masters Degree in Adult Education specializing in Industrial Relations in 1980. Hon. Jerry is married and his marriage is blessed with many children.

CIVIL SERVICE:

After his Masters Degree, he attended the Public Service Commission interview and was offered a job in the Nigeria Customs Service. After his training at the Customs Training School, Harvey Road, Yaba - Lagos, he was posted to Tin Can Island Port (his first official posting in Nigeria Customs). From Tin Can Island Port. He worked in many duty posts such as: Murtala Mohammed Airport Ikeja, Federal Operations Unit Ikeja, Lilypond, Apapa, Ibadan, Idiroko, Seme-Badagry, Bauchi, Abuja, Calabar, and Port-Harcourt. 

He rose to the rank of a full Comptroller and was appointed a Customs Area Controller at different times and years to Administer Cross River State (Calabar Seaport and Calabar Free Trade Zone), Akwa Ibom and Island Port from where he retired voluntarily in December 2006 and handed Tin Can Island to Comptroller Wakili and PTML new port to another Comptroller.

HIS PUBLISHED WORKS:

While in the Service, he authored several interesting books such as: The Armed Chair Parents, The Honourable chairman, Ina-aga, Sign and Wonders, The 1st Day and His Excellency & the Siren.

Before he retired from the Nigeria Customs Service, he authored a sort of valedict entitled "Eyes Right: - Nigeria Customs Service on the Dais". While in retirement, he also authored some plays such as Sorters & Sortees, Oh! My Rolls Royce and my Fairly Old Wife. Even as Serving Member of the House of Representatives, he still finds time to write and has authored several books such as Specks in our eyes, Tony wants to marry etc.

Some of his books are being used in Secondary Schools especially in Imo State as they are recognized by the State Ministry of Education and beyond.

REPRESENTING HIS PEOPLE:

He is a major Stakeholder in Imo and National Politics especially in People's Democratic, Party PDP where he made a lot of contributions. No wonder he is at present a Member of the Federal House of Representatives Representing Orlu, Orsu, Oru-East Federal Constituency at the National Assembly where he has been contributing to Motions and Bills on the floor of the Green Chamber and public debates on TVs.

Dear IMO-WEST PDP delegates, Your interests should be considered first. Your mandate should be given to a leader who has charisma and defined identity.

Think Orlu..

Think Effective Representation..

Think Jerry Alagboso..

Think The way.. 

IMO-WEST SENATE 2023

ORLU CHORO ONYE MA UZO!

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command  on Monday said it paraded the alleged killers of Abuja missing Corps member along with 3 notorious kidnappers and bandits said to have been terrorizing innocent citizens in Niger state as well as boarding communities in Abuja at the FCT Command Headquarters.

Among the suspects paraded was a 26 – year – old, female, jealous lover named Jennifer Tsembe, who criminally conspired with one Monday Simon popularly called Black, 36, and Solomon Abu, 35 and killed one Terungwa Stephenie, age 26  Corper who resides in City homes estate Lokogoma.

Ms. Tsembe who confessed to the crime, according to her she killed the victim to separate her from her estranged lover, Edward Achadu so she could have him all to herself. 

She said she dropped the victim’s son at Holy Trinity Catholic Church a day after the incident.

Stephanie was declared missing after leaving home for her Community Development Service (CDS) last month.

She was later found dead two weeks after she disappeared with her body mutilated in the Lokogoma area.

Following the ongoing investigation to uncover the circumstances surrounding the corps member’s death, the husband, Terungwa Edward Achado and others are currently in police custody, a police source told YGIST.

According to the source, the husband and two others who last called the phone number of the victim were arrested on Saturday, April 30.

He revealed that the suspects are with the homicide section of FCT Police Command as investigations continue.

More Revelations 

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has paraded three suspects in connection with the murder of a female member of the National Youths Service Corps, Stephanie Terungwa.

The Command’s Commissioner, CP Sunday Babaji, confirmed the development when he spoke with newsmen on Monday.

Babaji said the Maitama Division of the Command had on April 15, 2022 received information about the body of a middle-aged lady lying on the road.

Babaji said that Crime Scene Investigators were swiftly drafted upon the receipt of the information and removed the body to the hospital, where she was confirmed dead by a doctor on duty.

Their initial effort to facially profile the victim proved abortive due to her deformed face suspected to have resulted from exposure to a corrosive substance.

The CP said that discrete investigation revealed that the deceased was Terungwa, a 26-year-old Corps member who resides in City Homes Estate, Lokogoma with one Edward Achadu.

It was discovered that she left home with her one-year and five-months-old son on April 14 and never returned home.

Babaji said: “A day later, the son was recovered at Holy Trinity Catholic Church upon a call placed through to one of the paternal relatives.

“Discrete and painstaking Investigations by Tactical and Intelligence assets of the Command attached to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigations Department led to the arrest of three suspects.”

According to him the suspects included a 26-year-old female, a 36-year-old male and another male of about 35 years old, all residents of Oguta Lake, Maitama area of the FCT.

The suspects criminally conspired and murdered the victim to separate her from Edward Achadu to pave way for the female suspect and estranged lover of Edward, Jenifer Temba, to have him to herself.

According to him, investigation has been intensified to reveal groundbreaking facts that could lead to the arrest of fleeing participant(s) in this criminal act.

He said the suspects would be charged to court upon the conclusion the investigation.

The female suspect told newsmen that the deceased only came to her house to collect phone the day she was found dead and denied any involvement in the act.

She said the male suspects were the ones that told her that they wanted to kidnap the deceased to demand for ransom.

However, another suspect, who said he was a colleague of the female suspect, told newsmen that she invited him to help her scare the deceased from her man.

He said the only role he played was to open the gate for the late Corps member when she came to Temba’s house.

He claimed that he met two other men who tied the deceased before he departed from the premises, adding that he later heard of the murder of the deceased.

Another male suspect said he was contracted by the female suspect to help her scare the deceased alongside his friend currently at large.

He said he did not kill the deceased, adding that he held and tied her as instructed by the female suspect before leaving the house.

He said that the female suspect called him up later in the night to come to her house, adding that be met the deceased in a terrible state bathed with acid.

According to him, the female suspect was crying and saying she didn’t know why she killed the decreased.

He said: “She held my leg and was begging me to help her dispose off the body after which she called someone who brought a car for her.

“The person left the car, which we later used to carry the body to where we dumped it at about 3am.”

He said that the female suspect paid him the sum of N100,000.

By New Nigeria Team

We can boldly say that now, more than ever, the population of children and youths have risen and with it raises the risk that faces them (especially those in Africa). This is because of the factors which hinder their development, poverty being a major one. Therefore, there is a need for putting the children and youths at the forefront of our discussion as most of them are not from financially stable homes capable of providing quality education for them as they will determine the quality of the society’s future.

Birthed from the desire to give every child a chance at a better future, the Rochas Foundation started as a family affair in Owerri, with cook-outs, gifting the less privileged, going to churches and mosques with welfare packages.

With its headquarters in Owerri, Imo state, the Rochas Foundation was Established in 1998 and so far, has trained 25,000 children, 6000 graduates, some of who are now in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Google. It has been 24 years of providing free and quality education to the less privileged children in society, giving them a level playing ground with their privileged peers.

The vision includes alleviating the plight of handicapped and less privileged children through free and comprehensive secondary school education and also accommodation for poor children, thereby giving hope to the hopeless and sensitizing the populace on several health issues like HIV/AIDS prevention and quality living.

The Foundation is not peculiar to a certain zone in Nigeria, as it has colleges in Owerri, Sokoto, Ibadan, Cross River, Enugu, Owerri, Kano, Yola, Zaria, Jos, to name a few. The gesture was also expanded to 55 African countries, and indigent children were randomly selected and given free education up to the university level.

It will be recalled that the Olu of Ibadan, His Royal Majesty Akanmu Adetunji (Aje Ogungunniso) of Ibadan, and the Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes (CCII) honored him with the award of “ Outstanding friend of Ibadan land in recognition of his contribution to the education of indigent children through his free education policy and establishment of tuition free schools in Ibadan, Oyo state. 6000 children from Oyo states and other Southwest states have benefited from his free education program the award caps the grand finale of the 2021 Ibadan cultural Festival Celebration at the liberty stadium.

In his words, “we in Ibadan have decided to celebrate you now and outside your territory so as to show that a burden has created a deserved permanent place for you in her territory. You are most deserving of this honor by virtue of this establishment. This unique youth empowerment legacy of yours we remain indelible in our minds till eternity. It is also a testimony to the fact that you have what it takes to reposition our great country.”

As he received the award, he also stated that measures had to be put in place to eradicate poverty. According to him, it wasn’t borne out of the desire to flagrantly display wealth but to a covenant with God Almighty and urged collective efforts for a better future for out youth and children.

The Foundation is funded by his various sets of businesses ranging from real estate to hospitality. Not all heroes wear capes. Some give children and youths a better future.

“If there’s anything we can do in our time to help humanity, let us do it now for we might not pass this way again”. - Rochas Okorocha

The Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, has dismissed allegations made against him by the former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole. Oshiomhole had accused Governor Fayemi who is a presidential aspirant in the APC of asking him (Oshiomhole) to rig an election in his favour.

But Governor Fayemi, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Yinka Oyebode, rubbished the allegation. The statement read in part, “The allegation, which was made on national television, is not only false, puerile and laughable, it is a figment of the imagination of the former APC Chairman as Governor Fayemi has never asked Oshiomhole to rig an election for him or any other person and never had any reason to ask for such.

“Members of the public are therefore urged to disregard the allegations by Comrade Oshiomhole, who apparently is still experiencing a post-traumatic stress disorder on account of his removal as Chairman of APC.” Stressing that he had no reason to approach Oshiomhole for favours for any election, the statement said “Governor Fayemi has a stellar track record of being a consummate democrat even in difficult times”.

“Many Nigerians can easily recall his historic concession speech in 2014 in an election that was clearly lost to electoral sleight of hand at the behest of the then People’s Democratic Party (PDP)–led Federal Government,” the statement added.