At the opening ceremony, Team Nigeria showed out in style in stylish green and white outfits and, were led out by flag bearer Odunayo Adekuoroye and captain Aruna Quadri.
Saturday, July 24, 2021
Photos: Check Out How Team Nigeria rocked stylish green and white outfits for Olympic Opening Ceremony
FG Asks Nigerian Governors to Sign Death Warrants of Over 3,000 Prisoners, Gives Reason for Demand
The minister of interior, Rauf Aregbesola, made the statement on Friday, July 23, in Osogbo, Osun state, when inaugurating the newly constructed headquarters of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS), Daily Trust reported.
He explained that condemned inmates who have exhausted their appeals and are not challenging the conviction could have their death warrant signed by state governors
Aregbesola pointed out that doing such would bring closure to their cases.
The minister disclosed that out of the 3,008 condemned criminals awaiting executions in Nigerian prisons, 2,952 were males and 56 females.
He also stated that governors could free some condemned convicts on compassionate grounds due to old age or illness.
According to Aregbesola, other inmates that have demonstrated exceptionally good behaviour could also be released or have their sentences commuted to life or specific terms in jail.
He explained that the current population of inmates has surpassed the maximum capacity of correctional facilities in the country, Vanguard reported.
The minister disclosed that 68,747 inmates, comprising of 67,422 males and 1,325 females, are now been detained in facilities meant for 57,278 detainees.
He also noted that 50,992 inmates, representing 74 % of the total population of inmates in the nation’s custodial centres were awaiting trial inmates while only 17,755 inmates which is a mere 26 % were the actual convicts.
BBNaija’s Laycon And Erica Finally Settle Their Longtime ‘Fight’ [See Videos]
This is coming barely 24 hours before the commencement of the Big Brother Naija season 6 show which will begin July 24, 2021.
The both ex-housemates took to their Instagram story to share a video of themselves calling each others name and also captioned, “we are good”.
Recall that in the recently concluded BBNaija reunion show, Erica vowed not to reconcile with Laycon, stating that she regretted and felt stupid for associating with him.
Erica and Laycon used to be very close friends during their stay in Big Brother’s house until their relationship went sour.
Watch videos of the two best friends below:
Nobody Should Question Obi Cubana’s Source Of Wealth — Emeka Ike says
In an interview with Saturday Beats, Ike said, “We all mind one another’s business in this country because people are always looking for the negative things. As he (Iyiegbu) is spending, it shouldn’t be anybody’s problem. He is simply having fun. And if it is a way of honouring his late mother, what stops him from calling his friends to come around and celebrate her life? Maybe, that’s his way of doing it. He has also said that he has helped many people and many of them would want to repay the favour.”
Ike also disagreed with those who said that Nollywood painted most rich Igbo people as occultists. He said, “There are different ways people can show their affluence. Some might choose to ‘spray’ money and it could be a one-off thing. I don’t think I have heard Kanayo Kanayo spraying money anywhere before now.
“We are not going to carpet all that because of someone spraying money at a function. Maybe Cubana had been nice to them and they decided to spray that amount of money. However, it is left for the government to decide whether to ban spraying of money or not.”
The actor also maintained that Nollywood actors
were not all about showing off. He said, “People can have whatever
opinion they want about Nollywood. The industry is diverse and there are
many people working in it. The fact that some actors sprayed money
there does not mean we should carpet the whole Nollywood. Later this
month, we (some actors) are going to commission a computer centre with
over 20 computers, desks and accessories at Ejigbo Community High
School, Lagos. It is also fitted with a projector screen. We would give
awards to the best students in certain subjects, and outstanding
teachers.”
Igboho Seeks Asylum In Benin Republic, Sues DSS And Malami
Desperately wanted by the Department of State Services in Nigeria, with an international arrest warrant hanging around his neck, and facing immigration-related offences in Cotonou, the embattled Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, is seeking asylum in the Republic of Benin, Saturday PUNCH has learnt.
It was gathered that the 48-year-old activist resorted to the option after he was arrested on Monday, July 19, 2021, by the International Criminal Police Organisation at the Cadjèhoun Airport in Cotonou, Republic of Benin.
Igboho was arrested with his Germany-based wife, Ropo, at the airport while they reportedly tried to catch a flight to Germany around 8 pm on Monday.
Although the Cour De’appal De Cotonou ruled on Thursday that Ropo should be released unconditionally as there were no charges against her, Igboho is spending his first weekend in a police cell in Cotonou.
He is being tried for migration-related issues after he was allegedly caught with a fake Beninese passport at the point of his departure to Germany through an Air France flight.
“He (Igboho) was already at the airport with a passport. The immigration officers suspected his passport to be fake and so they stopped him. A passport was allegedly forged for Igboho in the Benin Republic for the purpose of the Germany trip. At the airport, they discovered he was the one,” a source familiar with the matter told Saturday PUNCH.
The source, who craved anonymity, however, said although an application had been filed for Igboho as a political refugee in Germany, processes had also been completed to file another application for asylum for him in Benin Republic.
“Igboho has already applied for asylum in Germany and he hopes to file a similar application in Benin Republic in the coming days,” the source said.
The source also said that there was the possibility that the Beninese Government would drop the migration-related offences brought against Igboho over alleged forgery of passport.
The leader of Igboho’s legal team, Yomi Alliyu (SAN), had also in a statement noted that his client could not be extradited because the 1984 Extradition Treaty between Nigeria, Benin and two other countries excluded political refugees like Igboho.
Meanwhile, upon their arrest, Igboho and his wife were detained in police custody in Cotonou but the Cour De’appal De Cotonou ruled on Thursday that Ropo should be released unconditionally as there were no charges against her.
The court session lasted for about six hours with intermittent breaks.
The court, however, ruled that Igboho be remanded in police custody till the next date of adjournment which is likely to be next week.
Igboho spends weekend in Beninese cell, court resumes sitting next week
Although the Cour De’appal De Cotonou, adjourned the hearing of the case
against Igboho, till Friday (yesterday), the hearing didn’t hold. The
implication of this is that Igboho would spend the weekend in the
Beninese cell.
Saturday PUNCH gathered that the hearing would hold next week while the umbrella body of Yoruba Self-Determination Groups, Ilana Omo Oodua, said it would hold on Monday. The group, led by ex-Senator Banji Akintoye, was in court to monitor Thursday’s hearing.
The group disclosed this in a statement signed by its Communications Manager, Maxwell Adeleye, and titled, ‘Update on Chief Sunday Adeyemo Igboho’s Case in the Republic of Benin.
Toke Makinwa Reveals Her Plans For Breast Surgery, Says She Needs It Urgently
This wouldn’t be Toke Makinwa’s first time going under the knife as a few years ago she had a Brazilian Butt Lift surgery which has given her body an hour glass figure and her bum enlarged.
In a new video sighted on Instagram, the once married socialite who marriage crashed about three years ago due to unsettled differences between her and her estranged hubby, Maye Ajida, a fitness coach was seen jamming to a popular song in her car.
Toke Makinwa displayed her succulent b00bs and said in the caption that she needs a b00bs reduction surgery.
Watch the video below;
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