A 25 year old newly-married woman, Kate Elizabeth Prichard, was alleged to have pulled a gun from her wedding gown and put it on the groom’s head during an argument hours after they wedded.

According to policemen in Tennessee, South of USA, who arrested her said that when the couple arrived at the motel where they lodged after the wedding, they found Elizabeth and her husband fighting. Police said she pulled a gun out of her wedding dress and pulled the trigger during the argument.

Murfreesboro Police Sergeant, Kyle Evans told BBC: “She pulled out of her wedding dress a 9mm pistol, pointed it at her new husband’s head and pulled the trigger.”

The Police said that the bride then loaded a round into the chamber and fired a shot in the air, causing bystanders to run away.

Elizabeth, who was still on her wedding dress when she was arrested, faces aggravated domestic assault charges. Officers recovered the weapon in a bathroom.[myad]

A 30-year old private driver, Emeka Osuh is alleged to have been caught having sex with the wife of his boss, a director in a company in Lagos on Awolowo Way in Ikeja.

Information had it that the director had already sent his wife packing but charged the driver to court for misconduct by obtaining from his wife and stealing his goods worth N900,000.

The director (name withheld) who owned a beverages company employed the suspect as private and company driver for distribution of their products.

It was learnt that the director from Edo State married his wife who is from Anambra and they had only a child before the incident happened.

Due to the nature of his business, he was always travelling to ensure the smooth running of his business. However, his constant travelling allegedly affected his wife emotionally.

The wife was said to be lonely and she found solace in Osuh who usually came to sleep with her in the house when her husband was not around.

But the escapade came to the open when the husband who had suspected their moves deliberately came back early in the morning, entered their bedroom but did not find his wife.

He then went to the guest house where the driver usually slept and met his wife and driver there in bed. Both the wife and the driver pleaded with him and asked for forgiveness.

The director told them that he had forgiven them but his wife will have to go back to her family while the driver was relieved of his job to enable them to marry.

He reportedly took their only child and sent both of them away.

He was said to have audited his company and discovered that the driver had stolen his products worth N900,000.

The driver was arrested and charged before Ejigbo Magistrates court for misconduct and stealing under the Criminal Code.

He pleaded not guilty.

The presiding Magistrate, Mrs. J.O.E Adeyemi granted him bail in the sum of N50,000 with two sureties in like sum.

He was remanded in prison custody pending when he will perfect his bail condition.

The case was adjourned to 15 August.[myad]

The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mohammed Babadede has warned Nigerians to obtain their electronic National Identity Cards before January next year as they would be one of the conditions for obtaining International Passport.
The Immigration boss, who spoke to news men after a meeting of the National Identity Management Harmonization committee at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, said that every citizen must possess the National Identity Number as a condition to apply for the Nigerian passport.
“We have agreed that from 1st January 2018, anybody who is going to apply for the Nigerian Passport, whether renewal or fresh, must first have a national identity number. Why we are doing this is we want to ease business for Nigerians.
“There is no need for you to go and have your bio metric captured by NIMC and then you come and capture again with the Nigeria Immigration. Once you give us your NIN number we will collect the bio metric from NIMC and produce your passport. That is the intention to do in all other agencies.”
Mohammed Babadede said that foreigners residing in Nigeria were not exempted, as they will also require number when renewing their residence permit.
“I have also given directive that any foreigner, non-Nigerian resident in Nigeria will not get his permit renewed. He or she will not get his renewal until he has a NIN. To achieve this, NIMC NIN and passport numbers will be harmonized and we are committed to allow NIMC in Immigration. All NIMC staff can work in our passport offices.
“So when you come to get the passport you can also get the National identity card. The NIM-C has also allowed immigration staff to work in their offices so anybody who is coming to claim Nigerian citizenship; they will help to identify that citizen. That is the cooperation that we have had so far.”
The Federal Government had, in 2014, ordered all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and security organizations involved in all forms of biometric data capture of Nigerians to complete their registrations and handover to the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC).
The committee’s today, Tuesday, is in continuation of the efforts to achieve the harmonization process.
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Former Nigerian President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has confirmed that thieves, including six policemen who have been arrested, stole six television sets, three refrigerators and one gas cooker from his Abuja house last week.
A statement in Abuja today by his spokesman, Ikechukwu Eze said that investigations had led to the arrest and detention of six policemen and some of the suspects.
“The theft was discovered last month upon which a report was duly lodged with the relevant police authorities.
“The police immediately commenced investigations which led to the arrest and detention of some suspects, six of whom were policemen, even as investigations continue.
“However, contrary to exaggerated reports in some media, only six television sets, 3 refrigerators and one gas cooker were stolen. Being that the house is a modest 4-bedroom duplex, it couldn’t have been fitted with “36 Plasma television sets and about 25 refrigerators” as falsely reported by some media outfits.
“We thank all Nigerians for their show of concern and wish to convey the former President’s goodwill to all Nigerians.”[myad]

The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has announced the forfeiture of his monthly pension which he had been collecting from Kwara State as its former governor.
The Senate President, who featured in a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja today, Tuesday, said that he had written a letter to the state government to stop the payment of the pension.
Saraki confessed that his decision stemmed from complaints in some quarters that former governors who are currently senators or ministers were receiving pension and salary in their new jobs, all from the government.
A civil society organisation, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), had accused the former governors of receiving double pay from government, and said it was illegal.
“No, I’m not collecting pension; the moment I saw that allegation, I wrote to my state to stop my pension.
“So, I speak for myself on that part; I’m not doing that, I am not receiving pension from my state.”
Answering question, Senator Saraki said: “I think I will leave everybody to their individual decision.
“Morally, if you have got another job, you should give it up until when you are truly a pensioner.
“Some of these oversights are not addressing the issues. What the states should do is to go and amend their laws to say that if you have another appointment then you are not entitled to that benefit.
“With this, we will just simplify the matter.”
On the role of Bank of Infrastructure in the country, the Senate President said that the Senate had not had any serious interface with the bank, but that it was involved in some projects.
“We are not engaging with them particularly. I think that they were part of those involved in the Lagos-Ibadan road. But, I don’t think government should really put funds into that.
“I have this strong view and I feel very strongly about it, that nowhere in the world has government funded infrastructure.
“Government cannot, and even if government can fund infrastructure projects, the social sector will suffer – health will suffer and education will suffer.’’
He said there were a lot of complaints that budgetary allocation to health and education was too low, attributing it to the fact that much money was being invested in infrastructure development.
Senator Saraki said that due to the challenges, the National Assembly had passed bills that would encourage private sector participation in infrastructure development.
“What should happen is that we should try and get private sector to take over some of these infrastructure so that the money can go into education and health.
“By doing that, banks like Bank of infrastructure will come in.
“We are really pushing the idea of, particularly, the Lagos-Ibadan road, that appropriating that project from the budget does not show seriousness.
“This is a road that is very viable; that is centre of the commercial activity and we should see how private sector can participate.
“For example, even if you go by the budgetary allocation on that road, last year was N30 billion, this year, after back and forth, we took it back to N20 billion.
“This was done so that if they don’t find private funding, we will take it up.”
According to him, even if the N30 billion was provided, it will not be enough because that road needs about N100 billion to be completed.
“So, the point I’m making which I want to emphasise is that it is the kind of laws and policies that we pass that will encourage private sector that will make the infrastructure deficit to reduce.
“Government alone cannot reduce infrastructure deficit.”
He confirmed that the senators had fulfilled their October, 2016 pledge to contribute N300, 000 each to support Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the North-East.
He said that the senate would continue to tackle humanitarian crisis in the North-East through budgetary appropriations.
“I think that to the best of my knowledge, that is happening but it goes beyond just that. I think that we have shown that we will continue to support in form of appropriation of adequate money.
“As you saw just last week, we also approved some foreign loan that will go toward supporting activities in the North-East as palliative means to fight humanitarian crisis.
“We are close to about 800 million dollars we approved for the executive from that point of view.
“We are always ready to support our men and women in uniform to ensure that whatever they required was provided.”
Senator Saraki said that the lawmakers have being meeting with a lot of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) to provide support to the North-East.
“We are looking at the possibility of what we can do to create more incentives for Nigerians.
“We are approaching individuals and companies to make more donations and see what kind of concessions they can get for the kind of donations they are making in the North-East.”
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Wife of the President, Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, has asked employers in Nigeria to create breastfeeding rooms in work places and flexible working hours for mothers.
She said that many working mothers would have engaged in longer sessions of breastfeeding than they are presently doing.
Aisha Buhari, spoke today, Tuesday, through the Senior Special Assistant to the President,  Dr. Hajo Sani at an occasion marking the 2007 World Breastfeeding Week celebrations in Abuja.
The President’s wife called on Government to prioritize breastfeeding programmes and policies for sustainable protection, promotion and support for breastfeeding women.
She advised media practitioners to use their platform to increase awareness and support for breastfeeding.
Aisha Buhari spoke on the Breastfeeding Advocacy Initiative, saying: “I am delighted to be part of the national launch of the Breastfeeding Advocacy Initiative (BAI) here in Nigeria, which is the first country to launch the initiative in the world. It shows our commitment in advancing breastfeeding to another level.”
In his keynote address, the Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole said that breastfeeding is the most effective strategy to combat malnutrition and other related conditions that contribute to infant and young child morbidity and mortality.
He said that the theme of the event reflects the partnership of all advocates, activists, decision makers, media, young people and celebrants for sustainable results.
Professor Adewole said that even though Nigeria is seen as a breastfeeding nation, with 97% compliance rate, “we are lagging behind in the area of exclusive breastfeeding, which has recorded only a marginal increase in the last 15 years.”
The Minister commended Aisha Buhari who is the national nutritional ambassador saying that her commitment to the cause of breastfeeding is unflinching.
Goodwill messages were delivered by officials from UNICEF, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, DFID, USAID and Dangote Foundation.
Highlights of the event include the unveiling of the BAI logo and the presentation of the National Social and Behavioral Change Communication (SBCC) Strategy for and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) in Nigeria 2016-2020.[myad]