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Take-It-Back protesters scamper for safety as police fire tear gas during protest in Abuja.

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Officers of the Nigeria Police Force dispersed protesters with tear gas in the Maitama area of Abuja.

The protesters, who had gathered on Monday, April 7, scattered in different directions as the tear gas canisters were fired in their midst.

The protest is part of a nationwide demonstration spearheaded by the Take-It-Back Movement and other civil society organisations.

Key among the concerns raised by the organisers are the alleged misuse of the Cybercrime Act, the worsening economic hardship in the country, and what they described as a “state of emergency” in Rivers State.

The demonstrators carried placards bearing inscriptions such as “Stop the Repression” and “Let Us Breathe”.

Human rights activist Omoyele Sowore was also present at the protest ground.

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Some operatives of Agunechemba are armed robbers, kidnappers – Soludo’s security aide

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‎The Special Adviser to Governor Chukwuma Soludo on community security, Ken Emeakayi, has lamented the alleged infiltration of criminally – minded people into the state’s newly established Agunechemba security outfit.


‎Reacting to reports that some operatives of Agunechemba are now extorting people, using guns, Emeakayi said that every member of the outfit would be properly verified, to fish out the bad ones in the system.

‎He also warned about the improper conduct of some of the operatives who act as if they were above the law, adding that a situation whereby they extort people they are expected to protect, is unacceptable.

‎He said, “The reason the governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, established Agunechemba and Operation Udo ga achi, is to drive away criminals in the state. It is not for the operatives to start tormenting people they are expected to protect.

‎“We have found out that some of the people work as Agunechemba during the day and become kidnappers and armed robbers at night

‎“Some of the operatives claim that they have not been paid and that is because they have refused to present themselves for verification as required by law. They have been dodging from this verification exercise since January.

‎”Those who want to be paid should go for profiling to enable us know if they are actually members of Agunechemba and to ensure that they do not have questionable character.

‎“Very soon, anybody who claims to be a security operative in any community in Anambra State without subjecting himself to the profiling process, will be treated like a criminal because such a person has something to hide.

‎“The Anambra State Homeland Security law is very clear on the issue of knowing where every gun in the state is at any point in time and those keeping them.

‎We must know the full identity of everyone who claims to be a security operative in the state.


‎“We are, therefore, pleading that people should be alert and expose any shortcoming they discover on the part of the operatives.”


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If you can’t support your husband financially, be submissive. You can’t be broke and lack home training at the same time – Nigerian man tells wives

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A Nigerian businessman, Onyelike Darlington, has advised women to at least be submissive if they can’t support their husbands financially.
“If you can’t support your husband financially, at least be submissive. You can’t be broke & lack home training at the same time,” he wrote in a Facebook post on Thursday.

 

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Videos from the funeral of Abisola Kola-Daisi, daughter of former Oyo state gov, late Abiola Ajimobi

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The funeral of Abisola Kola-Daisi, daughter of former Oyo state gov, late Abiola Ajimobi, is currently holding at RCCG, City of David Parish, in Lagos.

 

Abisola, who was the eldest child of the late governor, passed away on March 27 in the UK after battling with cancer. She is survived by her husband, three children, her mum and siblings.

She was 44 years old.

 

May her soul rest in peace, Amen.

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