Today's Headlines: We May Be Pushed To Invade Niger_US To Coup Plotters, Tinubu Mourns Taiwo Odukoya
We May Be Pushed To Invade Niger—US Tells Coup Plotters
Source: Vanguard paper
The United States of America has warned the Niger junta that America may be pushed to be involved militarily if the country’s military rulers do not return to constitutional order.
The US acting Deputy Secretary, Victoria Nuland, in a special briefing on Niger disclosed this a teleconference on Tuesday.
She noted, “…There is still a lot of motion here on many sides with regard to where the governance situation will go.
“So we will be watching that closely and there are a number of regional meetings coming up and consultations with allies and partners that we need to make.
Tinubu mourns Pastor Taiwo Odukoya
Photo Credit: Daily Post
President Bola Tinubu has mourned with the family, friends and congregants of the Fountain of Life Church, over the passing of the Senior Pastor, Taiwo Odukoya.
Pastor Odukoya died at the age 67 on Monday.
A statement issued by Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media & Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, said the president sent his heartfelt condolences to the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) and associates of the highly revered religious leader, whose teaching, outreach and good work expanded the frontiers of charitable endeavour with particular respect to the education and health sectors.
He noted that the worthy contributions of Pastor Odukoya to the development of the country, supporting the weak and vulnerable while providing a platform for many to realize their dreams through the teaching of the word of faith.
Tinubu highlights the importance of the active sustenance of the outstanding legacies of the renowned clergyman by all who knew him, trusting that the Almighty God will continue to comfort the family.
He, therefore, prayed for the repose of Odukoya’s soul.
Why I used 10-year-old niece as drug courier – Lagos trader
The Lagos State Police Command has nabbed a female trader, Taye Abass, who allegedly trafficked a hard drug known as Colorado, through her niece (name withheld) to evade police checks.
Source: Punch papers
The woman who lives in the Oko Oba area of Lagos confessed to the offense while being paraded by the police at the state headquarters in Ikeja, Lagos on Tuesday. Abbas said she always used the girl to transport the drugs from their house to her shop to avoid being checked, as no one would suspect a small girl.
Abass said, “When I went to Ilorin, my mother asked me to bring her with me to Lagos about two months ago. I sell drinks. When she got to my place, feeding was hard. Where I usually take my drinks for sale, somebody then introduced me to Colorado that I should be selling it. He told me the police always arrested people selling it. So whenever I am taking the drinks for sale, I usually put it (the drug) in her underwear, and ask her to put it in the shop where I always collect it back from her.”
Yobe To Share Palliatives For 80,000 Households
Photo Credit: Daily Trust
The Yobe State government has resolved to flag off the distribution of food items and other palliatives to over 80,000 households with over 400,000 individuals across the 17 local government areas of the state.
Governor Mai Mala Buni stated this during the inauguration of the committee on the distribution of palliatives to work out strategies to cushion the effect of petrol subsidy removal.
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