Couple Who Forget To Turn Off The Camera C a u g h t Having S e x During Council Zoom Meeting

A saucy couple have gone viral after they were spotted having s*x during a Zoom meeting.

The shamed staff member was caught in the act with a female

companion after he forgot to turn his camera off during a virtual city council meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The council meeting, about the Rights of Children and Adolescents, was organised by the city council of the city of Rio de Janeiro.

It was chaired by a member of the Socialism and Liberty Party, Leonel Brizola.

According to local newspaper Metropoles, the committee meeting was to discuss how to guarantee food for students in the municipal system during the pandemic.

The staff member was seen sitting on a bed, naked, with a

woman beside him before they began to have s*x in full view of the camera.

The report said the councilors involved in the meeting noticed the s*x act but decided to ignore it and continue to discuss the matter at hand.

In a statement, Brizola said the episode was an “involuntary indiscretion” and regretted that the actual topic of the meeting was not being highlighted in media reports.

Brizola said:

“As soon as we noticed what was happening, we immediately asked the people controlling the audio and video of the participants to take it off the feed.

“Us councillors and other participants

do not have any input in controlling or editing videos on Zoom.”

It is unclear if the staff member involved in the s*x act was punished for the incident.

Resumption of intl flights: Their children want to start schools abroad – Sowore

Former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has said that Nigerian leaders have allowed international flights to resume only because it was time for their children and wards to return to schools abroad.

Sowore, the Publisher of SaharaReporters, said the government does not care about the people.

Recall that the Federal Government had yesterday approved the resumption of international flights with effect from August 29, 2020.

The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, made this known, saying, “Glad to announce the resumption of international flights from the 29th of August, 2020.”

Reacting to the development, Sowore said, “They are happy to announce commencement of international flights because it is time for their children/wards to return to schools abroad, September is the resumption date for most schools abroad! Nobody is willing or happy to reopen schools here. #Theydontcareaboutus #RevolutionNow.”

Recall that the Federal government had in March banned international flights as one of its measures to tackle the spread of COVID-19 in the country.

A Political Scientist, Malam Abdul-Rahoof Bello, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently enlist spiritual support of witches, wizards to tackle insecurity

A Don urges Buhari to enlist spiritual support of witches, wizards to tackle insecurity

A Political Scientist, Malam Abdul-Rahoof Bello, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari  to urgently enlist the spiritual support of African witches and wizards, to combat the endemic challenges of insecurity and corruption, navigating the ship of the Nigerian state towards a huge rock.

The former University Lecturer proffered this option in a statement he issued and made available to newsmen in Abuja on Monday.

Bello noted that the time was ripe and right for Buhari to apply this unorthodox method of African native intelligence in warfare, to defend Nigeria’s territorial integrity and sovereignty against the insurrection of Boko Haram, ritual killings and systemic corruption.

He said that the government had continued to apply the same methods that have yielded no positive results over and over again, even with the deafening prayers by both Muslims and Christians in the country.

He queried why the President had refused to fumigate the nation’s security architecture in obedience to public outcry to allow for fresh ideas?

He reminded the President on how Allah (SWA), Commanded the *hordes of charger flying birds (Taeran Ababeela)*, each with a pebble, to flatten the rebellion of the *people of elephants* who had attempted to demolish the House of Allah (Q:105:1-5)?

The political analyst opined that the deployment by Allah (SWA) of *Taeran Habaabeel* against *Ashiaabil feeli*, was a symbolic expression of the modern day witchcraft science.

He decried the worsening security situation and the systemic corruption that had become a thump arthritis dwarfing the landmark achievements of Mr President and a campaign material for the opposition group to blackmail the governing party.

” The APC stakeholder advised the President not to rest, retreat nor surrender to the forces of darkness in religious killings, ritual killings, ethnic cleansing, kidnapping, corruption, and all other centrifugal tendencies, threatening Nigeria’s corporate existence,” he said.

Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, says international flights, suspended by the nation’s aviation authorities as a result of the global outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic will resume on Aug. 29, 2020.

He announced this at Monday’s briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja, adding that Nigeria’s international airports have reached advanced stages of preparedness for the resumption of international flight operations.

The Newsmen reports that as a result, all evacuation flights, introduced in the country in the wake of the ban on international flights occasioned by the outbreak of the COVID-19, will end on Aug. 25 2020.

The minister disclosed that like it was done during the resumption of domestic flights across the country, the international flights would commence with the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja and the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos.

The emphasis, he said, would be placed on the observation of all the safety and technical guidelines as prescribed by global and health authorities which would be communicated in due course.

Sirika said “I am pleased to announce the resumption of international flights from Aug. 29, 2020, beginning with Lagos and Abuja as we did with the domestic flight resumption.

“Protocols and procedures will be announced in due course. We thank you for your patience.”

The minister also said that passengers would need to do a COVID-19 test close to the departure date and do another one eight days after arriving in the country.

He revealed that the passengers would pay for the COVID-19 test done in the country.

The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) has called for closer ties between Nigeria and Indonesia, especially in the area of agribusiness technology.

The National President, NACCIMA,

Hajiya Saratu Iya Aliyu, made the call, according to a statement by the association on Monday in Lagos.

The statement was on the first virtual Nigerian-Indonesia Business Forum which brought together over 70 Nigerian and Indonesian businesses.

It was organised in partnership with the Indonesian Trade Promotion Centre (ITPC).

According to the statement, the NACCIMA president said that closer in the area of agribusiness technology would ensure enhanced agricultural production in Nigeria for optimal output.

“I thank the Indonesian Trade Promotion Centre in Lagos and the team at NACCIMA for successfully organizing the virtual business forum despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic,” she said.

The statement also quoted the

Indonesian Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr Usra Hendra Harahap, as saying that increasing partnerships between businesses of both countries would positively impact their private sectors.

He said that this would help them to acquire appropriate knowledge to harness existing potential opportunities.

Harahap said that more partnership would also strengthen agribusiness relations between Nigeria and Indonesia.

“The Indonesian Trade Promotion Centre in Lagos and NACCIMA have agreed on the continuous forum for engagement between Indonesian and Nigerian businesses.

“This is to further strengthen the bilateral relationship between both countries that has existed since the establishment of its diplomatic relations in 1965,” he said.

Mrs Beatrice Archibong, the Charge D’affaires of the Nigerian Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia said that the forum was a clear demonstration of goodwill and determination to boost the economy of both countries.

This, according to her, is in spite of the negative impacts of the growing pandemic.

She expressed the commitment of the Nigerian Embassy in Indonesia to coordinate with relevant stakeholders in Indonesia to provide the necessary information and guide into the Indonesian market available to potential Nigerian investors.

FG introduces PMS system to reinvigorate federal Civil Service

Yemi-Esan said the workshop organised by the office of the HOCSF, in collaboration with Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (CIPM), was meant to acquaint participants with the requisite knowledge and skills in setting job objectives.

According to her, the initiative is due to the inherent weakness of the current Annual Performance Evaluation Report (APER), use currently to assess the civil servants in the country.

“As you are aware, the PMS is one of the eight priority areas in the Federal Civil Service Strategy and Implementation Plan (FCSSIP 2017 to 2020) which is designed to re-engineer the Federal Public Service for increased productivity and quality service delivery.

“It would be noted that at several fora, we have informed on efforts being made by the office to develop a new Performance Management System due to the inherent weakness of the current Annual Performance Evaluation Report (APER).

“It is therefore worth stating that the new PMS is based on the principles of accountability, transparency, equity and ownership.’’

She further explained that when the new PMS is fully operational, every individual, unit, department and institution in the public service shall be held accountable on a continuous basis to ensure that national development goals were met.

“PMS will eventually replace the unverifiable and moribund Annual Performance Evaluation Report APER forms currently used to assess the performance of officers in the Public Service.”

Other objectives of the PMS, HOS said was to provide a platform for continuous enhancement of performance with regards to national development programmes and also to serve as a vehicle for the actualisation of national goals.

In addition, Yemi-Esan said the new PMS had been designed to institutionalise performance based culture that enabled recognition and reward of high performance at all levels within the Federal Public Service.

The HOS said it was also to ensure effective measurement and outcomes of performance at all levels in Federal Public Service.

Also speaking, Mr Wale Adediran, President CIPM, charged the participants to take the workshop serious, saying that the success of the workshop was critical, not only for the office of the HOCSF but to the country.

Adediran gave assurance that the cultural transformation desired and the dream in the Federal Civil Service of the nation would be achieved in the course of the workshop.

“This is the life skill, it goes beyond our service to the nation, this will transform not only our country but will transform our families, it’s about getting the best productivity out of every situation,“ he said.

WAEC Exposes Those Behind Controversial Maths Paper

The management of  West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) has debunked claims of its Mathematics paper leaking ahead of the start-off date of the examination on Monday August 17.

Head of Public Affairs, West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Mr. Demianus Ojijeogu told newsmen that the answers in circulation were fake.

He said;

“No it’s not true. They were fake. Scammers photo shopped past question papers to sway gullible candidates.”

The Federal Government has warned that the apparently fewer COVID-19 positive cases of the past few days should not be a reason to rejoice or to lower the guard.

Dr. Osagie Ehanire

The Federal Government has warned that the apparently fewer COVID-19 positive cases of the past few days should not be a reason to rejoice or to lower the guard.

The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, said this on Monday in Abuja at the 58th joint national briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19.

Dr. Osagie Ehanire said that, as of Monday, 17 August 2020, Nigeria has recorded 49,068 COVID-19 cases from 352,625 samples tested so far, with 36,497 persons successfully treated and discharged.

He equally said the nation sadly recorded 975 deaths and a case fatality rate still about two percent.

“We continue to strive to lower the case fatality rate to less than one percent, because we believe more lives can be saved from COVID-19, with the knowledge and system strengthening we have achieved over the past six months, even though I hasten to add that we do not yet know enough about COVID-19,” Ehanire said.

He said that what is sure of so far, is that a strong response to COVID-19 is a collaborative effort between citizenry and government for the benefit of all Nigerians and that while the government provides direction, guidance, and resources, citizens are to take ownership of the response.

“The apparently fewer COVID-19 positive cases of the past few days give us no reason to rejoice or to lower our guard.

“As we expand and include small towns and rural areas in our testing scope, a more accurate picture of our COVID-19 status will emerge.

“There is good reason to prepare for COVID-19 invasion of rural areas with testing, first aid, ambulance service, and commensurate Isolation and treatment centers,” the minister said.

He, however, expressed concern with the development in many overseas countries, of a sharp upsurge in COVID-19 cases, after they lifted or relaxed restrictions in air travel, commerce, and especially in social activities.

He said, “We know that some countries had to quickly restore lockdown or limit movement of citizens and even to postpone elections, in order to deal with the COVID-19 spike.

“In one country thousands of members of the congregation of a religious group had to be put in quarantine, having tested positive.

“These are significant lessons for us, as we prepare to reopen our economy and as we consider options for resuming flights and travel operations, or opening schools and land borders.

“Unless we utilize lessons learned to define and set measured precautionary steps to mitigate the risks, the danger of falling into the same negative balance in our own COVID-19 strategy and losing the gains made so far, is real.”

The minister said that the continuity of health routine services, capacity building of health workers, and their protection are paramount, to the Federal Ministry of Health and it is therefore a good opportunity to now urge the nation’s health workers to continue to focus on their assignments, from traveller screening, surveillance, sample collection, laboratory analysis to hospital and other forms of care.

He said, “It is critical to maintain strict Infection Prevention and Control measures at all times, help to educate the citizenry, support uptake of testing and reporting early for treatment when the test is positive.”

He said that the National Health System is responding well enough so far to the COVID-19 challenge and that collaboration with states and local governments remains a cornerstone of a successful strategy.

DPO Tortures Two Men To Death For Stealing Chickens

Nigerians have urged the Inspector- General of Police (IG), Mohammed Adamu, to investigate a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in Bauchi State for torturing two men to death for stealing seven chickens. This was one of the security discussions that inflamed Twitter at the weekend.

It was, however, learnt that the incident had led to the Bauchi State Commissioner of Police setting up a panel of inquiry, which till date had not made its findings known to members of the public. 

Bulama Bukarti@bulamabukarti, who tagged the Police Complaint Unit, said that he first heard about the incident on BBC Hausa. Bukarti said: “A DPO in Bauchi tortured two men to death and left the third with five fractures for allegedly stealing seven chickens.

 Here’s what happened, according to the surviving victim; the victims were arrested for allegedly stealing seven chickens. The man they sold them to was summoned and ordered to pay N2,000 each for 13 chickens, instead of seven and he did.

The suspects were ordered by the DPO to pay N4,000 and their parents  paid a total of N12,000. The DPO told the parents to go, that he’d release the suspects later. He then ordered his officers to tie the suspects up.

He told the suspects to be chanting ‘stealing has ended’ in Hausa and started beating them with a big stuff in their legs, heads, chests, all over their bodies. The first suspect died instantly. The second died for head and neck injuries in a hospital.

 The third is currently home nursing five fractures including two on the knees of each leg. “The second suspect’s mother related to BBC Hausa how her son died tragically in the hospital.

The Bauchi State Police Command said it has set up a committee to investigate the matter but the DPO was not suspended, much less arrested. When pressed by BBC, the police spokesman said ‘You can’t arrest a senior policeman!’

The alleged torturer is still the DPO of the division.

EFCC re-arrests Mompha over fresh fraud charge

Internet celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha aka Mompha, who is facing money laundering charges before the Federal High Court, has been re-arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC.

Mompha was re-arrested last Friday, August 14 when he went to the EFCC office in Ikoyi, Lagos to reclaim his five wristwatches, one Apple Air pod, one iPhone 8 mobile phone and one pair of sunglasses, seized from him by the anti-graft agency last October.

However, following an application by his lawyer, Gboyega Oyewole (SAN), Justice Mohammed Liman had on July 24 ordered the EFCC to release the items to Mompha.

The judge ruled that since the items were not listed as exhibits in the money laundering charges filed against Mompha, the EFCC had no justification to continue to hold onto them. Justice Liman dismissed the submission by the EFCC that Mompha was still under investigation for another offense, saying there was nothing before the court to back the submission.

“Failure to release the property is illegal. As of today, no charge has been file regarding the items. It is too long to withhold the applicant properties,” the judge had held.

Mompha had barely left the premises of the EFCC office in Ikoyi after collecting the items on Friday when operatives of the anti-graft agency waylaid him and took him into custody.

Confirming his re-arrest, his lawyer, Oyewole said

“I am filing processes tomorrow (Tuesday). They didn’t tell us why they are detaining him. They have not told us the basis for this re-arrest. As far as we are concerned, the EFCC is seeking to overreach the court because this is coming after we filed our no-case submission to the charges. When they had the opportunity to amend their charges they didn’t and they are claiming that there is a new charge.”

The spokesman for the EFCC, Dele Oyewale, who also confirmed his re-arrest, said

“The fresh arrest is unconnected to the existing charges in court. It is related to Internet fraud.”

Tribunal sacks Governor Diri, orders fresh election in 90 days

The Bayelsa State Gubernatorial Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has nullified the election of Governor Duoye Diri.

Bayelsa State Gubernatorial Petition Tribunal passed the judgment on Monday.

The election was nullified based on a petition by the Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party (ANDP), which argued that it was unlawfully excluded from participating in the election.

The three-man panel held that the election was unlawful due to the exclusion of ANDP and its candidate, King George from the governorship election that held in November.

The tribunal, however, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a bye-election within 90 days.

According to the tribunal, the INEC has no power to disqualify any candidate for any election.

TNG reports the INEC had in its argument said ANDP’s deputy governorship candidate, David Esinkuma was 34 years old at the time of nomination and therefore did not qualify for the election.

However, the ANDP told the tribunal that David Esinkuma was duly substituted by the party within the allowed time frame, following the notification from INEC that he is under-age.

The tribunal ruled that only a court has the power to disqualify any candidate for any election and that the petition was filed within the 21 days which is the stipulated time for petitions to be filed.

Justice Musa described the action of INEC to exclude the ANDP from the Bayelsa Governorship Election as illegal.

However, the Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Muhammad Sirajo dismissed the petition in its entirety on technical grounds.