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Official Of NSCDC Arrested For Allegedly Defiling A 7-Year-Old Girl In Zamfara State
An official of the Nigeria Security And Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Sani Yahaya has been arrested for allegedly defiling a 7-year-old girl in Zamfara.
It was gathered that Yahaya lured the minor with fruits into a vacant house around the Samaru area, Gusau where he works as a security guard. He was however arrested by his colleagues after a complaint was lodged about him by the girl’s family.
The father of the girl while recounting how the incident occurred said his daughter started crying bitterly in the house, attracting attention from passersby.
The father said;
“Our daughter was sent on an errand by her mother close to the house where Yahaya was posted to.
“As she was passing along the road, he asked her to come into the house to collect fruits. That was how he got her and forcefully defiled her.”
Mr. Aminu Maru, NSCDC spokesperson in Zamfara State confirmed Yahaya’s arrest and further said an investigation is ongoing.
Aminu said;
“The corps member is still in our custody. The father of the girl reported the case at the command’s headquarters through the Intelligence and Investigation Department, complaining against one of our staff members, Sani Yahaya on alleged rape.
“While investigating the issue, the suspect said he did not have carnal knowledge of the girl, confirming, however, that he grabbed her into a room where he gave her two nuts of the umbrella tree.”
He further stated that the act is sad and an embarrassment to the NSCDC, he will be arraigned in court once it is confirmed that the girl was raped
The NBA All-Star game has now to be called The Kobe Bryant MVP Award. NBA commissioner, Adam Silver made this announcement on Saturday 15th February.
The Kobe Bryant MVP Award will be given this Sunday at the closing of this year’s All-Star Game in Chicago. Both teams will be captained by Giannis Antetokounmpo and Lebron James respectively. Team Lebron will put on No 2 and team Giannis will put on No 24. These two numbers were worn by Gianna, Kobe’s daughter and Kobe Bryant.
Recall that Kobe won the All-Star Game MVP in 2002, 2007, 2009, and 2011. Also, he played as the youngest player to feature in the All-Star Game at 19 in 1998.
Modibbo Kawu, the DG of the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, has been put on suspension by President Buhari. This came following his corruption charges by the Independent Corrupt Practices, ICPC.
This development was confirmed by Armstrong Idachaba, NBC’s Director of Broadcast Monitoring. Further, the most senior director in the commission has been directed to take over from Modibbo Kawu.
Modibbo Kawu is currently facing a 12-count charge bordering on money laundering, abuse of office, and misleading a public officer with the intent of defrauding the government.
So, this contravenes Section 26 (1) (c) of the Corrupt Practices and other Related Offenses Act 2000 and punishable under Section 19 of the same Act.
Beisdes, Modibbo was first arraigned in May 2019 over the alleged misappropriation of N 2.5 billion for the digital switch-over (DSO) program of the government.
The Health Ministry in Egypt has confirmed the first case of the deadly Coronavirus. The authorities made this disclosure on Friday 14th February in a press release. They said the World Health Organization has been informed and the patient is in isolation for monitoring and treatment.
The patient’s nationality was not given. However, Egypt is the 28th country in the world to record Coronavirus and the first in Africa.
So, over 64,000 cases of the Coronavirus have been diagnosed around the world and 1,363 persons have been confirmed dead since its outbreak in Wuhan, China
