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VIDEO: “We need your help” Nigerian Girls in Mali Prison begs FG

by Folarin Kehinde October 7, 2024

written by Folarin Kehinde

Nigerian girls reportedly seen in a viral video in Mali prison has appealed to the federal government to come to their rescue and ensure their repatriation to Nigeria.

The ladies were seen begging for help and lamenting the hardship melted on them by the Mali prison officials having spent several years in the prison.

Reacting, the Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, expressed shock and surprise at how some the ladies who were rescued from a sex trafficking syndicate in Mali and repatriated back to Nigeria, managed to return to that country.

Dabiri-Erewa was reacting to a trending video of some ladies who claimed to be Nigerians in a prison in the West African country pleading to be rescued.

She expressed disbelief at the situation and wondered how the girls managed to return to the country after their repatriation.

Speaking in a video posted on her X handle on Tuesday, the NIDCOM Chairperson lamented that despite President Bola Tinubu’s directive to ensure the return of stranded nationals in foreign countries, Nigerians should be cautious not to engage in criminal activities or irregular migration.

“I want to address once again a viral video showing some girls shouting from a prison in Mali, asking to be brought back home,” Dabiri-Erewa said in the video titled “Addressing the video circulating on Nigerian girls in a prison in Mali.”

“Some time ago, the Chief of Defence Staff helped us to repatriate about 40 girls. We have identified that some of those girls who were brought back at that time have shockingly found their way back to Mali.

“So, while President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has instructed that wherever Nigerians are stranded, we must ensure their return, it is also wrong to commit crimes and engage in criminal behaviour.

The Office of the National Security Adviser is responsible for the multi-agency team handling evacuations, and the NSA’s office has been repatriating people.

“We want to appeal to Nigerians to obey the laws of other countries. Crime, criminality, and irregular migration are extremely dangerous. Where you are running to might be worse than where you are running from,” she cautioned.

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They're not Nigeria,they are Biafrans. God bless. pic.twitter.com/bKXM6dhZ9A
— HRM EZE NDIGBO SA ,OZO EZEANI AGABA IDU (@DeAfricanUnion1) October 2, 2024

October 7, 2024 0 comments

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Man bags life imprisonment for defiling 4-year-old girl in church

by Nelson Ugwuagbo October 3, 2023

written by Nelson Ugwuagbo

Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced Ifeanyi Ndieze to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting a four-year-old in a church.

The judge held on Tuesday that the prosecution sufficiently proved the charge of sexual assault by penetration against Ndieze in line with Section 261 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

The judge said that the child identified the defendant as the man who carried her during a church programme and sexually assaulted her by inserting his finger into her private parts.

“The child was taken home, and while the mother bathed her, she was bleeding uncontrollably. At the hospital, doctors said that the matter should be reported to the police.

“The child, at the police station, was bleeding still, while her underwear, soaked with blood, was removed and taken as an exhibit. The child, when taken to the hospital, was in severe pain and found to have been forcibly penetrated.

“The defendant is a pathological liar as he tried to deny the offence. This is an unforgivable behaviour. The defendant is hereby found guilty of sexually assaulting the four-year-old child, and he is hereby sentenced to life imprisonment,” Soladoye stated.

She also said the convict’s name should be in the Lagos State Sexual Offences Register.

The judge advised parents to take proper care of their children.

October 3, 2023 0 comments

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Zambia Student Serving Prison Term in Russia Dies at Ukrainian Battlefront

by Leading Reporters November 15, 2022

written by Leading Reporters

Zambia is seeking answers from Russia after a Zambian student who was serving a prison sentence in Russia ended up dying at the battlefront in Ukraine.

Nathan Lemekhani Nyirenda, 23, was serving a nine-year prison sentence in Russia after being convicted of drug possession in 2020.

But Zambia’s Foreign Minister Stanely Kakubo, at a Monday news conference, said the government was informed on November 9 that Nyirenda had died at the battlefront in Ukraine.

“The Zambian government has requested the Russian authorities to urgently provide information on the circumstances under which a Zambian citizen serving a prison sentence in Moscow could have been recruited to fight in Ukraine and subsequently lose his life.”

Zambia’s Foreign Ministry says it learned that Nyirenda died on September 22 in Ukraine and that his remains were taken to the Russian border town of Rostov to be sent back to Zambia.

Kakubo, who said he visited Nyirenda’s family, said will communicate more details once the Russian authorities provide more information on the circumstances of his death.

Nyirenda was studying nuclear engineering at the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute before his conviction.

As Russia has struggled in its war against Ukraine, reports from Russia indicate authorities have been recruiting troops from prisons.

November 15, 2022 0 comments

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South Korean President Roh Tae-woo dies at 88

by Leading Reporters October 26, 2021

written by Leading Reporters

Former South Korean President Roh Tae-woo, a major player in a 1979 coup who later became president in a landmark democratic election before ending his tumultuous political career in prison, died on Tuesday. He was 88.

The Seoul National University Hospital said Roh died while being treated for an illness. It gave no further details or his cause of death. Roh, who ruled South Korea as president from 1988-1993, was known to have suffered many health problems including cerebellar atrophy for years.

Roh was a key participant in the December 1979 military coup that made his army friend and coup leader Chun Doo-hwan president after their mentor, dictator Park Chung-hee, was assassinated following 18 years of rule.

Roh led his army division into Seoul and joined other military leaders for operations to seize the capital. The coup _ and a subsequent crackdown by the Chun-controlled military on pro-democracy protesters in the southern city of Gwangju in 1980 _ are two of the darkest chapters in South Korea’s turbulent modern history. About 200 people were killed in the military-led crackdown in Gwangju, according to government records.

Roh was Chun’s hand-picked successor, which would have assured him the presidency in an easy indirect election. But a massive pro-democracy uprising in 1987 forced Roh and Chun to accept a direct presidential election that was regarded as the start of South Korea’s transition to democracy.

Despite his military background, Roh built a moderate and genial image during the campaign, calling himself an “average person.” He eventually won the hotly contested election in December 1987, largely thanks to a split in liberal votes between opposition candidates Kim Young-sam and Kim Dae-jung, who both later became presidents.

During his five-year term, Roh aggressively pursued ties with communist nations under his “Northward Diplomacy” as communism fell in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union dissolved.

Both Roh and Chun were earlier ordered by a court to pay back hundreds of millions of dollars they collected illegally. Roh has paid back his shares but Chun hasn’t done so, according to South Korean media reports.

Roh is survived by his wife and their two children.

October 26, 2021 0 comments