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Gaddafi’s son released by Libyan govt after seven years in prison

Saadi Gaddafi, son of Muammar Gaddafi, sits behind bars during a hearing at a courtroom in Tripoli, Libya
Saadi Gaddafi, son of the former leader Muammar Gaddafi, has been released after seven years in prison.

The latest development was confirmed by a Libyan official source and a unity government source on Sunday.

Muammar Gaddafi was outsted and killed during the 2011 NATO-backed uprising. During the fallout of uprsing, Saadi Gaddafi fled for Niger but was extradited to Libya in 2014 and has been imprisoned since then in Tripoli.

Reports say that he immediately departed on a plane to Istanbul after his release.

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Saadi, now 47, was known for his extravagant lifestyle during his father’s dictatorship.

The former professional footballer had been held in a Tripoli prison, accused of crimes committed against protesters in 2011 and of the 2005 killing of Libyan football coach Bashir al-Rayani.

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In April 2018, the court of appeal acquitted him of Rayani’s murder.

During the uprising, three of the dictator’s seven sons were killed, and the country has since sunk into chaos, with rival factions vying for power.

A 2020 ceasefire ended the factional fighting and paved the way for peace talks and the formation of a transitional government this March, ahead of elections set for December.

But preparations are marred by disputes between key stakeholders over when to hold elections, what elections to hold, and on what constitutional grounds.

Libya has suffered chaos, division and violence in the decade since the uprising. The Government of National Unity was installed in March as part of a peace push that was also meant to include elections planned for December.

Saadi Gaddafi’s release resulted from negotiations that included senior tribal figures and Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibeh, the official source said. Another source said the negotiations also involved former interior minister Fathi Bashagha.

In 2018 the Justice Ministry said Saadi Gaddafi had been found not guilty of “murder, deception, threats, enslavement and defamation of the former player Bashir Rayani”.

In July the New York Times said it had interviewed Saadi’s brother, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, who was held for years in the town of Zintan, as his supporters indicate he will run in the presidential elections planned for December.

BREAKING: Bandit Terrorists Abduct Retired NBC Director, Daughter In Katsina

Bandit terrorists have abducted a retired Nigeria Broadcasting Commission, NBC, director, Alhaji Ahmed Bakori and his 15-year-old daughter, Laila.

This is coming hours after the abduction of family members of lawmakers in the Katsina State House Assembly.

It was gathered that the terrorists on Monday night attacked Bakori Housing Units in Katsina State, where the retired director lives.

The bandits who stormed the estate with AK 47 rifles and other weapons reportedly whisked away three other residents.

The homes of the victims were raided around 9pm, according to sources.

Others abducted were Alhaji Bello Aminu Bakori, Shamsuddeen Aminu and one Habibu Rabe of Local Education Authority, Bakori.

Local vigilantes who went after the bandits caught up with the armed men in Danja Local Government Area and after an exchange of gunfire, three victims were said to have regained freedom.

But the vigilantes did not succeed in rescuing Abdulkadir and his daughter.

Recall that bandits had abducted the younger sister of the Deputy Speaker of the Katsina State House of Assembly, Hon. Shehu Tafoki.

The victim, identified as Asma’u Dalhatu was said to be preparing for her wedding ceremony before she was kidnapped on Sunday, 5th September.

She was abducted from the residence of the village head which is her family house around 1am on Sunday.

Source: Naija News

Prophet In Trouble For Showing ‘Pornographic Contents’ On His TV Channel [VIDEO]

Ghanaian Prophet Opambour Adarkwah Yiadom, the founder and leader of Ebenezer Miracle Worship Centre, is in trouble over some p*rnographic contents shown on his television channel.

Prophet Opambour has been tasked by the Film Classification Committee (FCC) to provide documents for all his in-house content by the close of Monday, September 10.

This is after some p*rn0graphic contents shown on his Prophet One TV caught the attention of the management of FCC.

In a letter served to him, FCC stated that Prophet Opambour, while hosting his show, displayed s3xual scenes between a fetish priest and a person purported to be a client.

This, the Committee said, is content that is not appropriate for free-to-air television.

The man of God is liable to facing punishments in accordance with the Offence and Penalties Act in Section 27 of the Development and Classification of Films Act 935.

Below is a copy of the letter served on the television station by the National Film Authority.

Watch the video below :

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IPOB Issues Fresh Sit-At-Home Order Ahead Of Buhari’s Visit To Imo, Says He is Not Welcomed

The Nnamdi Kanu-led Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has reportedly declared Thursday, September 9, 2021, as sit-at-home in Imo State.

President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to visit the Southeast state on that day.

The new directive was made known in a broadcast on Monday evening by IPOB-HDOS, Mazi Chika Edoziem.

The proscribed pro-Biafra group stated that Buhari is not “welcomed into Imo State, Biafra Land on Thursday, 9th September, 2021.”

According to him, “all the traditional rulers, all ndi iche and every Biafran should stay away from any ceremony organized by Hope Uzodimma to welcome him.”

He declared total lock down of Biafra on that day, Thursday 9th September, 2021.

Recall that Governor Hope Uzodinma had on Saturday told newsmen that Buhari would be in the state on Thursday to commission some projects.

The governor said Buhari will be visiting the state to commission some “significant projects” executed by his administration

He said: “While in Abuja, I secured approval for President Muhammadu Buhari to visit Imo on Thursday, Sept. 9, to commission some significant projects put together by the Shared Prosperity Administration.

“More to that, Imo has been able to attract additional support from Mr President on management of some ecological problems in the state.”

Arewa Chieftain Slumps, Dies in Head Office

A chieftain of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Alhaji Mohammed Sani Soba, has been confirmed dead after he collapsed in the head office of the northern association.

Alhaji Soba was a retired permanent secretary from the services of the Kaduna state government.

The unfortunate incident was confirmed by the National Publicity Secretary of the ACF, Emmanuel Yawe in a statement on Monday night.

According to Yawe, “Alhaji Soba was serving with ACF on contract basis. Born in 1949, the late Soba obtained his school-leaving certificate in 1964.”

“He proceeded to study and obtain additional qualifications both at home and outside Nigeria in various fields especially administration and legislative studies.”

“He later became the clerk of the Kaduna state House of Assembly. His sudden death was grieved by all at the secretariat of ACF where he held sway as an administrative head until his sudden death,” he said.

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) is a political and cultural association of leaders in Northern Nigeria formed in 2000 which has extensive influence in the Nigerian political space. The forum is a successor to the Northern People’s Congress, which collapsed after the coup of 1966.

The ACF is known to have relations with the Arewa People’s Congress (APC), a militant group set up to protect the interests of the Hausa-Fulani people in northern Nigeria. However, the forum has proven to be committed to democratic processes within the Federal constitution.

Tragedy As Five youths die while conveying corpse of cholera victim from Lagos to Sokoto

Five youths have reportedly been killed while conveying the corpse of their brother, who died of cholera in Lagos to Sokoto state, Newpremises has learnt.

The deceased were said to be sensational migrants to Lagos state where they worked as scavengers.

It was gathered that the six brothers were living at Ojota, an area said to be worst hit by cholera in Lagos state.

One of them was said to have got infected and died shortly.

A source who confirmed the incident to Daily trust correspondent on Monday, said:

“After his death, they decided to bring his corpse to his hometown, Sanyinna in Tambuwal local government of Sokoto state for burial. They chattered a bus to Sokoto and on their way five more persons got infected and died before their arrival.”

“Another five passengers are currently on admission in Sanyinna Primary Health Centre. The bus was not allowed into the town. We had called and informed the driver to proceed to the facility on arrival which he did,” the source added.

According to Alhaji Shehu Abubakar, Ardon Sanyinna said that, the deceased left for a greener pasture in Lagos.

The deceased persons have been buried in accordance with Islamic rites.

May their gentle souls rest in peace.

I Paid Beninese lawyers millions but They Failed To save me from prison – Sunday Igboho

Popular Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo (aka Sunday Igboho), has lambasted his Beninese lawyers for failing to stop his detention at a prison in Benin Republic.

Sunday Igboho revealed that some of the lawyers were paid up to five million million (Naira), expressing disappointment that none of them could stop the judge from detaining him despite their large number in court.

This revelation came out after an altercation between the activist and one of his lawyers, Ibrahim David Salami.

Recounting the issue between him and Salami to one of his supporters on phone, Adeyemo explained how he walked out on Salami when he came to see him inside the Benin Republic prison.

According to an audio of the phone conversation between him (Igboho) and the caller, the activist narrated that Lawyer Salami had kept him waiting and he eventually walked out on him.

“Lawyer Salami came to prison to see me, but he kept me waiting, attending to some other people for more than 15 minutes. I called on him, ‘Lawyer, I’m waiting, I’m hungry. I want to go and eat.’

“But he replied me saying, ‘will you be going then’ and and I walked away’. I don’t lie. He was here to see me, not someone else. He should have told those ones that he wanted to see his client. I am not a kid. I will be 50 in October,” Sunday Igboho said angrily.

While the caller tried to persuade Sunday Igboho to make peace with his lawyers because freedom is better than being in captivity, he retorted that:

“If lawyers don’t want to represent me in court anymore, no problem. It is God who knows how I got here. He will set me free. Are those lawyers God? Lawyers that could not tell the judge not to take me to prison, despite how many they were. They were up to 10. In their presence, the judge ordered my detention in prison. Are those ones lawyers? Those who could not remove handcuffs from my hands until Falola came to do so. Are they lawyers? And they collected huge amount of money. Five million, four million, three million (Naira), that was how they were paid; yet they couldn’t remove handcuffs from my hands. I don’t fear any lawyer or anybody. Anything they want to do to me, I’m ready.

“I don’t need any information from Salami. Anything they want to do, they should go ahead. If he is on phone, he should hear me. I don’t need any information from anyone. I need information from God. I told my wife the last time she came here that I don’t need any information from anyone. The information that nobody has been able to get to secure my release from here, God should give me.”

Igboho was arrested at a Cotonou airport on his way to Germany on June 20, three weeks after the invasion of his house by the DSS.

He has since been detained in a Beninese prison indefinitely for allegedly committing a crime in the French-speaking country.

Don’t expect magic In Provision Of Electricity supply, New minister Of Power tells Nigerians

Nigerians have been told not to expect magic in the provision of adequate electricity supply.

New Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, during his official assumption of duties yesterday in Abuja, stated: No, I am not a magician, but I am here to add value to what is being done.”

He charged heads of parastatals and agencies under him to translate their titles into providing a constant electricity supply for the citizens.

The minister urged the ministry staff to be dedicated to the task ahead, pointing out that he was in the saddle to assist them to deliver their job.

He canvassed cooperation to make him and other members of the team succeed, stating: “ I like good character and honesty, as I have never lied and will not want anyone to do that to me.”

Earlier, the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Otun Emmanuel, refreshed the memories of all that the staff and relevant agencies have been working as a team to deliver President Muhammadu Buhari’s mandate by ensuring availability and affordability of electricity across the federation.

He assured the minister of their cooperation and redoubling of efforts to make his stay worthwhile.

More Woes For Killer Of Super TV Boss, Usifo Ataga As Chidinma’s Trial Moved To High Court

The main suspect, Chidinma Ojukwu in the murder trial of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Super TV, Usifo Ataga is to continue her trial in a High Court.

This is as the Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court presided over by Chief Magistrate Adeola Adedayo on Monday said it would no longer handle the case but Chidinma and some others have a case to answer regarding Ataga’s death.

The decision of the lower court is based on legal advice from the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

Also based on the legal advice issued by DPP Director, Mrs Olayinka Adeyemi, 11 suspects were cleared of complicity in the murder of the Super TV boss while Chidinma and four others are to be tried in a high court.

Others set for trial alongside Chidinma include Adedapo Quadri and Egbuchu Chioma.

More details later…

65-Year-Old Dare Devil Woman Cuts Off Husband’s Head During Heated Quarrel

A Kenyan elderly woman, Margaret Wanjiru, 65, has beheaded her husband John Ndung’u, 99, on Sunday morning after a domestic quarrel.

According to reports, the residents of Kagumo-ini village in Kandara, Murang’a, Kenya were left in utter shock after a 65-year-old woman cut off her husband’s head after a domestic quarrel

Betty Mumbi, a daughter-in-law to the deceased disclosed that Wanjiru woke up in the morning and started throwing insults at her husband, who at the time was in the kitchen taking his breakfast.

“She woke up and started insulting the husband and included me because I was the one serving him breakfast. The husband tried to calm her down, but it was in vain, as she dashed for the panga and slit his throat. I tried saving him, but she also started attacking me,” Mumbi said.

With blood oozing from her father-in-law’s throat, Mumbi immediately raised the alarm to alert her neighbours who rushed to the scene, but it was too late.

“He was lying outside the house as he tried to escape, but she overpowered him and cut off his head,” she added.

Mumbi said that the mother-in-law has on several occasions threatened to kill her husband.

“Earlier in the year, Wanjiru had attacked her husband, hitting him on the forehead, and he sustained serious injuries,” Mumbi revealed.

Police have taken up the matter for further investigations.