Real reason I enjoy sex with young boy than girls – Gay suspect

A gay suspect, Friday Okeke, arrested for allegedly having sexual intercourse with two boys in Lagos, has reportedly told the police that he enjoyed sleeping with under-aged boys than with girls.

According to Okeke, girls were irritating, especially the ‘dirty’ ones.

His arrest was confirmed in a statement by Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, yesterday.

The police spokesman said: “On July 27, 2019, at about 11.30am, the Ebute-Ero police station received complaints from two different parents (names withheld) against Okeke, 35, of 23, Kose Street, Lagos Island.

“The two complainants alleged that the suspect lured their two male children (names withheld), ages 12 and 9, into his shop at Kose Street and had unlawful carnal knowledge of them through their anus.

“The victims were taken to the General Hospital, Lagos, for medical treatment and forensic examination, while the suspect was arrested by a team of detectives led by the Ebute Ero Divisional Police Officer, Sina Olunlade.”

He said the suspect told the police in his confessional statement girls were “becoming irritating and anti-social in their appearance because of their American way of dressing while boys were original and undiluted.”

Elkana quoted the suspect as saying: “I often hear some people say that making love to boys is for ritual purposes. But, to me, it is more fun, laced with enjoyment. Though I regret introducing young boys into the homosexual world, that is the way life is drifting to.”

He added that Okeke disclosed that more and more young boys were being introduced into the homosexual club by people they trust and confide in.

- DAILY POST

Nigeria’s 2019 election failed to meet standards for free, fair, credible polls – CSOs

The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room has claimed the 2019 general elections in Nigeria failed to meet the minimum standards for free, fair and credible polls.
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The umbrella body of civil society organization in the country stated this on Tuesday while presenting its report on the 2019 elections in Abuja.

Presenting the report, Mr. Clement Nwankwo, the Convener of the Situation Room, said: “The 2019 general elections did not meet the threshold for free, fair and credible elections.

“There were differences between the number of accredited voters and the total number of votes cast in many Polling Units. The Independent National Electoral Commission operations fell short of its identified role.

“Military involvement in the 2019 general elections were outside of the limits allowed by law.

“There are questions about the role played by the executive as well as other state institutions, such as the military and the security services and their negative effect on the credibility of the elections in Nigeria.

“With the relative success achieved in the 2015 general elections, the Nigerian electorate was hopeful that a standard had been set, below which future elections should not fall. The 2019 elections were, therefore, supposed to be a consolidation of the gains made in 2015. Instead of this happening, the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room’s observation of the 2019 general elections reveal serious shortcomings that questioned the credibility of the exercise.

“To help define a common expectation from the elections, Situation Room issued a Threshold Document for a Credible Election,1 which stipulated minimum requirements for credible elections in 2019, drawing from local and international frameworks. These requirements border on the following issues: Non- Partisan Security Agencies, Voter Register Integrity, Card Reader Failure during elections, Transparent results collation, efficient and accountable election Administration, Political parties, No restrictions on opposition campaigns and violence mitigation and electoral accountability.

“These standards were grouped under obligations to be fulfilled by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the political parties, the security agencies and other state institutions. From the lapses noted during the observation of the 2019 general elections, it is the conclusion of the Situation Room that the elections failed to meet the threshold for a credible election.

“This poses serious questions about the future of elections in Nigeria and quality of democracy in Nigeria. On a positive note, it was an election in which citizens were determined and mobilised to exercise their votes including excluded groups such as women, persons with disabilities (PWDs), young people, etc. This positive excitement was however truncated by the unexpected postponement of elections from the initial dates set.”

- DAILY POST

‘NEXT LEVEL HOPELESSNESS !! 'Economic crisis responsible for insecurity in Nigeria’

Participants at the roundtable on national and security issues say the growing insecurity in the country is fuelled by economic crisis. 

The roundtable organised by the Abdulsalami Abubakar Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution in Minna, Niger state capital, had fifty distinguished Nigerians from different parts of the country in attendance. 

The participants, according to a communiqué issued on Tuesday by Preye Nebechukwu, director of the institute, agreed that poverty still poses a danger in the ongoing fight against insecurity.  

“The context for convening the meeting is the escalating tension and insecurities across Nigeria bordering on mutual intergroup suspicion, gangsterism, cultism, armed robbery and kidnapping among others which are fuelled by the proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALWs),” the communiqué read. 

“These have added to the existing threats associated with the Boko Haram crisis in the North East, potent acts of militancy in the Niger Delta, the recurrent herder-farmer conflicts, which have assumed alarming dimensions and the resurgence of separatist agitations in some pasts of the country.  

“The participants were in agreement that every part of Nigeria is today bedevilled by one form of extremist violence or the other and that these conflicts are increasingly having corrosive effects on the Nigerian state. The causes of the insecurity include poverty arising from the economic crisis in the country and bellicose political activities, environmental scarcity in the far North, and the rising perception of injustice by ethnic and religious groups which are escalated by fake news and hate speeches.” 

The participants also observed that the over reliance on the military in the conflict management often ignore the importance of dialogue and other non-coercive approaches to conflict management. 

This in itself, the participants said, contributed to the escalation of conflicts across the country. 

They also noted that the military has deficits in personnel and equipment needed to fight asymmetric warfare.

In their recommendations, the participants said all tiers of governments should create enabling environment for job creation to engage the teeming youth population.

They added; “all actors engaged in crop farming and livestock production should continually be enlightened to migrate from traditional to modern systems of agriculture to boost profits.

“The federal government should establish a National Mediation Council while the state governments should establish Harmony and Mediation Centres to foster peaceful co-existence and intergroup harmony.”

Earlier, Abdulsalami Abubakar, former head of state, had expressed worry over the growing insecurity in various parts of the country, calling for urgent action.

- THECABLE 

SHITHOLE !!! Lecturer, students killed as suspected militias invade Taraba Varsity

Academic activities have been put on hold at the Federal University Wukari, Taraba State, following an invasion by the suspected Jukun militias that led to the killing of two students from Benue and a lecturer of the institution on Tuesday.

The killing sparked protest among Tiv students and staff of the institution.

However, the Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof Abubakar Kundiri, has suspended the academic activities and closed down the institution following the incident.

The announcement was contained in a statement by the Registrar, Mr Magaji Gangumi which was released in Wukari, on Wednesday.

According to the statement, all students are expected to leave the University premises before 12:00noon on Wednesday.

The statement also added that the suspension of lectures and closure of the institution is till further notice.

“The closure of the institution follows the protest by students over the kidnapping of their mates along Wukari -Katsina Ala high way on Tuesday. Therefore, students are directed to vacate the hostel and university premises on or before 12 noon,” the statement said.

The Vice-Chancellor assured that adequate security measures had been put in place to ensure the safety of both staff and students as they leave Wukari.

He said apart from school buses, the Chairman of Ukum Local Government in neighbouring Benue State was sending 10 buses to evacuate students from that state.

Prof Kundiri stated that security has also been reinforced from both the army and police to ensure that members of the academic community conveniently leave Wukari without any hitch.

- PM NEWS

Nigerian Gabriel jailed for fraud in Singapore swindles co-prisoner

Amos Paul Gabriel, the Lamborghini driving Nigerian who was jailed two months ago in Singapore over a scheme to swindle Citibank in New York City was charged in court on Wednesday with a fresh offence of cheating.

Gabriel 48, was charged via video-link for cheating a person named Milled Ed Khouri, who was at Changi Prison Complex between January and May last year with Amos.

Channelsnewsasia.com reported that Gabriel is accused of deceiving the victim into delivering AUD40,000 (S$37,745) to another person by telling him the money would be used to post bail for him.

Amos is currently serving a three-year jail term meted out on May 16 for money laundering and traffic offences.

He was involved in a broader money-laundering scheme involving transfers of about US$27.2 million to accounts in the United States, Australia, Japan, China, Hong Kong and Korea.

Amos Paul Gabriel , middle in a Lamborghini showroom in Singapore before he was jailed

District Judge Terence Tay asked Amos on Wednesday via video-link how he intends to plead.

“I’m not pleading any charge,” Amos replied. “I think I need to talk to my lawyer. I have a lawyer but I’m not aware of this case. I only received the information last night that I’m coming to court.”

“You should be aware by now,” answered the judge. “Because you are now in court, there are a lot of people here looking at you.”

He granted Amos an adjournment to speak to a lawyer. He will return to court on Aug 28.

If convicted of cheating, he faces up to 10 years’ jail and a fine.

Reported by Channelnewsasia 

California enacts law to make presidential candidates release tax papers

California governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill Tuesday that will require presidential candidates to disclose the last five years of their taxes in order to appear on the state’s 2020 primary ballot.

Senate Bill 27, dubbed the “Presidential Tax Transparency and Accountability Act,” took effect immediately after Newsom signed it.

The proposal requires all president and governor candidates to submit the last five years of their tax returns to the Secretary of State. 

“The United States Constitution grants states the authority to determine how their electors are chosen, and California is well within its constitutional right to include this requirement,” Newsom wrote in a signing statement.

The law is considered the Democratic-led state’s move to pressure U.S. President Donald Trump to reveal his financial information or risk being kept off the ballot.

While other states have pursued Trump’s taxes, California is the first one in the country to make the disclosure of tax returns a requirement for a ballot spot, according to local media report. 

- PM NEWS

Buhari: What Nigeria missed from Abiola’s presidency

President Muhammadu Buhari has described the late MKO Abiola as a bridge builder who could have prevented the religious and tribal issues besetting the country now from happening, if he had been allowed to rule Nigeria.

Speaking Tuesday, in Abuja, when he received Elders and Leaders of Thought from Ogun State at the State House, President Buhari said:

“If MKO Abiola was allowed to rule, the religious and tribal issues now in Nigeria would not have been as strong, because he ran on a Muslim-Muslim ticket, chose his deputy from the Kanuri, a minority tribe and because of his personality, he went across Nigeria and was accepted.

“He used his resources and energy to convince Nigerians that all he wanted was a solid Nigeria and nothing else.”

President Buhari also said that he named the National Stadium, a national monument after the late politician because he knows that the youths would want to find out why such an important national institution was named after MKO Abiola in future.

He expressed appreciation to Governor Dapo Abiodun for mobilising such a strong delegation to thank him for the gesture towards their illustrious son.

The Ogun State delegation, led by the governor, had come to thank the President for the honour done the late MKO Abiola, an indigene of the State, by conferring on him the highest national honour, Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR) for his ultimate sacrifice in enthroning democracy.

The delegation, which presented a big talking drum to the President, also used the opportunity to solicit for the rehabilitation of some federal roads as well as other critical infrastructure in the State.

The delegation believed that the rehabilitated roads will help decongest the gridlock occasioned by the movement of consignments along the Apapa – Oshodi expressway and improve the standard of living of Nigerians along the corridor.

- PM NEWS