News
The Police In Ondo State Has Begun The Manhunt For Residents Over Burning Of Sotitobire Miracle Centre in Akure
The men of the Ondo State Police Command have begun arresting residents suspected to have taken part in the burning of the Sotitobire Miracle Centre in Akure on Wednesday.
The church, headed by Pastor Alfa Babatunde, was set ablaze by angry mob after news filtered in that the body of a 1-year old boy who was declared missing since November 2109 had been exhumed from the altar.
However, the police have arrested about 10-persons in relation to the Sotitobire incident. The police commissioner in the state, Undie Adie, in a press release confirmed the development and said those arrested are in their custody.
He spoke further;
“We have been able to arrest some persons at least 10 of them and they are currently with us.
“It was unfortunate that they were able to have their way in burning down the Sotitobire church but we were able to protect the pastor’s house from being burnt down.
“Vehicles in the compound of the church were damaged but we had been able to move them to the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID) office while investigation proceeds
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
