SHOCKING !! Mother leaves her 3 kids in car to commit suicide

A mother stopped her car on a bridge, with her three children inside, then walked to the railing and jumped off the bridge to her death.

Stanlee Allyn Holbrook, 26, a Pennsylvania woman, jumped to her death off of the Homestead Grays Bridge around 7:20 p.m. on Friday. Authorities said her body was recovered around 9:15 p.m.

Pittsburgh Public Safety spokesman, Chris Togneri said in a statement that emergency responders were called after multiple witnesses reported seeing a woman standing on the outer bridge railing.

“The woman stopped her vehicle in traffic on the bridge and went to the railing. Police discovered three children, between the ages of 1 and 9, still in the vehicle.”

Initial reports stated that they were unsure if the children belonged to Holbrook. But her friends have confirmed on social media that the children were hers.

The children were taken to a hospital for evaluation and will be turned over to the Allegheny County Children, Youth, and Family Services.

Last October, Holbrook took to Facebook to post about her children and how she will always love them.

Last October, Holbrook took to Facebook to post about her children and how she will always love them.

- PM NEWS

MR FAKE INTEGRITY ! We can’t disclose details of Buhari’s assets, CCB tells SERAP

The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) says it cannot disclose the details of President Muhammadu Buhari’s assets.

The bureau responded to a freedom of information (FoI) request by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), seeking a disclosure of assets declaration submitted by successive presidents and governors from 1999 till date.

It said the information requested cannot be provided on the grounds of “invasion of privacy’.

In its FoI request, the civil society organisation had asked the CCB to provide “details of declarations made immediately after taking offices and thereafter, and for those who have left public offices, at the end of their term of office.”

SERAP also wanted the CCB to make public, “information on the number of asset declarations so far verified by the CCB and the number of those declarations found to be false and deemed to be in breach of the Code of Conduct for Public Officers, by the Bureau.”

In a letter signed by Musa Usman, on behalf of CCB chairman, the bureau said the request “falls short of the requirement of the law”.

The letter with reference number CCB/HQ/LU/047/59 said only the national assembly can prescribe conditions for the release of the forms, but such conditions are yet to be prescribed.

“Paragraph 3(c) of the 3rd schedule to the 1999 Nigerian constitution (as amended) empowers the bureau to retain custody of asset declaration and make them available for inspection by any citizen on such terms and conditions to be prescribed by the national assembly. These terms and conditions are yet to be prescribed,” the letter read.

“Assuming the freedom of information Act is the term and condition, Sections 12(1)(v) and 14(1)(b) of the Act makes information in the asset declaration form private and producing such information would be an invasion of privacy of presidents and governors. Section 14(2)(3) of the same Act stipulate conditions for granting requests for private information but these have not been met by SERAP’s application.

“Section 12(1)(a)(4)(a)(b) exempt production of information relating to investigation for the purposes of law enforcement and such investigation must have been carried out pursuant to an Act or regulation. Verification is investigation carried out pursuant to Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act for the purposes of law enforcement.

“Referring breaches of the Code of Conduct for public officers to the Code of Conduct Tribunal for prosecution is a matter of discretion of the bureau and not a matter of FOI.

“Consequently, I am further directed to convey to you that the request in SERAP’s application for information on details of asset declarations by presidents and state governors since the return of democracy in 1999 is hereby denied on the grounds that it falls short of the requirement of the law. Please accept the assurances of the highest esteem of the Chairman CCB.”

In a statement on Tuesday, Kolawole Oluwadare, SERAP’s deputy director, said the civil society organisation will challenge the decision of the CCB at the court, adding that “declaration forms are public information, and not private information”.

- THECABLE

British finance minister ‘to resign’ over May’s spending plan

Philip Hammond, British finance minister, is “prepared to resign” over Prime Minister Theresa May’s legacy spending plans.

According to ITV, senior government sources said tension between officials at the treasury and the prime minister’s office had reached boiling point over May’s spending intentions.

May’s intention to spend up to £9 billion ($11.3 billion) each year on education over three years, including plans to build new schools and pay teachers higher wages has reportedly sparked tension.

“May’s chancellor, Hammond opposes those plans and is prepared to resign, in what would be an extraordinary move just weeks before the PM leaves office,” ITV said in its report.

The British government is said to be asking Hammond to free up money from the £26.6-billion “war chest” he set aside in case of a no-deal Brexit.

Theresa May resigned as the Conservative Party’s leader on June 7 but said she would stay on as prime minister until the leadership contest was concluded.

Boris Johnson, a former London mayor and foreign minister, is ahead in the race to become party leader.

Despite deciding to steer clear of debates with his rivals, his popularity has not gone down.

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Ex-UEFA president, Platini arrested in France

Former UEFA president, Michel Platini was arrested by the French police on Tuesday morning in Nanterre, a western suburb of Paris.

According to Mirror UK, the ex-France international was detained by the police over the decision to award the 2022 World Cup to Qatar.

Platini’s arrest was part of the investigation into corruption surrounding how the 2022 World Cup hosting rights were awarded.

The 63-year-old was UEFA president from January 2007 to 2016.

He was banned from football for six years, which was later reduced to four after appealing the sanction at the Court of Arbitration for Sports.

The ban expired in March this year, but investigators leading the fight against corruption within football have arrested him as part of the case and looking into how Qatar won the right to host the next World Cup.

- DAILY POST

Kanu Nwankwo, Drogba, Eto’o, others get new appointments

Arsenal legend, Kanu Nwankwo, has been appointed by the Confederation of African Football, CAF, to be part of the special envoy for the upcoming 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, in Egypt on Friday.

The 42-year-old was shortlisted along with six other African legends for the special roles, according to Sporting Life.

The other six African legends that made the list are: Mahmoud El Khateeb (Egypt), Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon), Yaya Toure, Didier Drogba (Both Cote d’Ivoire), Rabeh Madjer (Algeria), and El Hadji Diouf (Senegal).

Kanu won the CAF African Footballer of the Year in 1996 and 1999 respectively.

The former Super Eagles captain featured in six AFCON editions for Nigeria from 2000 to 2010.

AFCON will begin on 21 June with the final scheduled for 19 July.

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Gunmen kill three in Kaduna

The police in Kaduna State on Tuesday confirmed the killing of three persons by gunmen at Unguwan Rimi village in Chawai District of Kauru Local Government Area of the state.

The Public Relations Officer of the Police command in the state, DSP Yakubu Sabo, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday.

Sabo said that information available to the police had it that on Monday 17 at about 2:25pm, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Kauri, received a distress call “that armed men entered Unguwan Rimi village in Chawai District of Kauru LGA, started shooting sporadically, and in the process, shot dead one Monday Yahaya (8 years old), Samson David (17 years old), and Ashimile Danladi (9 years old) respectively.”

According to him, a team of policemen that was quickly drafted to the area, evacuated the dead bodies to a hospital and ensured that order was restored in the area.

Sabo said that efforts were ongoing to apprehend perpetrators of the act and that the command has intensified surveillance and other proactive efforts to forestall further breach of the peace in the area.

Also Alh. Yahaya Mohammed, Res-Tsam (Chief) of Chawai, who also confirmed the development in an interview with the NAN, said that the killers invaded the village settlement around 2:30 am and shot sporadically at innocent people killing three children in the process.

The monarch further told NAN that the attackers again proceeded to Chikoba settlement at about 4pm and opened fire in the area killing another child and injuring another.

“Following an uproar, we immediately alerted security operatives to come to our rescue.

“Except for the elderly man, who sustained gunshot wounds, I can not confirm to you the exact number of injured persons as so many people ran out of their homes for safety when the attack began,” he said.

- DAILY POST

Suicide bombings: UNICEF condemns use of teenage girls in Borno

The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has condemned the use of children as suicide bombers in Maiduguri community in Borno.

The Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) in its report said 30 persons were killed and 42 others injured in multiple bomb blasts that rocked a Borno village on Sunday night.

According to reports by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), three children- two girls and a boy were used to detonate explosives that killed 30 people and injured 40 others at a community football viewing centre in Konduga in Borno state.

Mr Peter Hawkins, the UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, in a statement released in Maiduguri on Tuesday, said: ”UNICEF appeals to all those involved in this terrible conflict to protect children at all times and to keep them out of harm’s way.

“This incident brings the number of children who have been reported as having been used as human bombs to five, since January 2019.

”In 2018, 48 children including 38 girls were used in suicide attacks.

“We again call on all parties to the conflict in north-east Nigeria to immediately cease all attacks against civilians, to stop using children in this conflict, and to abide by their obligations under international humanitarian law.”he said

“While UNICEF sends its condolences to all those who have been killed or injured in this horrific incident, It is unacceptable that children should be used in this way”, the statement read.

- PM NEWS

War against corruption key to ending poverty – Group

A group called Initiative for Leadership Development and Change (ILDC) has described the President Muhammadu Buhari’s persistent war against corruption as very key to ending poverty in Nigeria.

The group’s President, Chief Ugochukwu Nnam, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja.

He commended the Nigerian President for his determination and courage to end corruption in the country, adding that Buhari’s efforts in the regard was unequaled in the history of Nigeria.

Nnam said that war against corruption could only be won with the collective cooperation of all stakeholders, especially politicians and civil servants.

“As you know, corruption has eaten deep into the fabrics of this country before Buhari took over power.

” And it is common among influential citizens like politicians, so fighting it is not easy, it must surely fight back, but the president is uncompromising, ” he said.

He, therefore, enjoined all Nigerians to be united in the fight against corruption.

According to him, corruption is the worst enemy of Nigeria, it impedes progress and development.

- PM NEWS