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Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Animated short 'Planes Immigration Nigerians'

A pretty funny animated short inspired by the recent attempt of a Nigerian to blow up a U.S. airline.

Nigerian footballer arrested in Amsterdam

Victor Agali, a Nigerian-born footballer for Greek club Levadiakos, has been arrested at Schiphol airport near Amsterdam for carrying two fake passports, Dutch military police said on Monday.

“At passport control, on December 27, he (Agali) was found to be in possession of a fake passport,” said gendarmerie spokesman Robert van Kapel.

Upon further investigation, the 31-year-old striker in transit at Schiphol on a voyage from Lagos to Athens, turned out to have two sets of fake travel documents, said Van Kapel. “In the one, the page with his personal particulars has been modified, in the other it was the visa,” he said.

A judge will decide on Monday whether to extend the footballer’s provisional detention for further investigation. Agali has played for French teams like Marseille (1996-97), Toulon (1997-98) and Nice (2004-2005), as well as Germany’s Schalke 04 (2001-2004).

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Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Police officer kills nursing mum and baby

A nursing mother and her eight-month-old baby in Ilorin, Kwara State, were shot to death by police last Sunday.

In a swift reaction, the state police command has arrested the trigger-happy policemen fingered in the tragic shooting incident.

The deceased, Mrs. Titilayo Olatunde and her late baby were amongst the six passengers in a taxi cab, when the policemen opened fire on them along New Yidi Road, Ilorin, the state capital.

A competent source told Daily Champion that late Mrs Olatunde, her baby and taxi cab driver where hit by police's bullet about 6.30pm last Sunday.

The driver identified as Isiaka Rasaki was said to have failed to stop at a check-point mounted by the cops.

His taxicab's registration is XB 384 PTG.

Our source said four other passengers in the taxicab were not hit by the police's bullet.

He noted that late Mrs. Olatunde's baby died on the spot while the nursing mother died later at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hispital (UITH).

Rasaki who was hit at the rear is still receiving treatment at the UITH.

The Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO) of Kwara State Police command, Mr. Daboh Ezekiel confirmed the incident he said the four policemen on patrol have been arrested for interrogation and they would be dealt with accordingly if they are found guilty.

He said the driver of the taxi was still responding to treatment and the police will investigate the issue and make public the outcome of their investigation.

Daily Champion

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U.S. blacklists Nigeria

Henceforth, Nigerians will start experiencing what they probably fear the most on the international arena: blacklisting. The country has been added to the infamous list of "countries of interest" and its citizens travelling to the United States would be thoroughly scrutinised, no thanks to Umaru Farouk AbdulMutallab, the would-be bomber who attempted to blow up a transatlantic jetliner on December 25, 2009. But the Minister of Information, Professor Dora Akunyili, has described the move as discriminatory against 150 million Nigerians.

THISDAY learnt last night that the National Security Adviser, Gen. Sarki Muktar, has summoned an emergency security meeting for today to discuss the latest development.

Expected to attend the meeting are the heads of the security agencies, including the Nigeria Intelligence Agency (NIA), State Security Service (SSS) and the Inspector General of Police. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported that the US had stepped up measures to stop potential suicide bombers in their tracks. These measures include categorising countries into two - "states sponsors of terrorism" and "countries of interest" followed with enhanced screening. Starting from yesterday, air travellers flying into the US from Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Yemen and other "countries of interest" would be subjected to enhanced screening techniques, such as body scans, pat-downs and a thorough search of carry-on luggage. The US State Department lists Cuba, Iran, Sudan, North Korea and Syria as state sponsors of terrorism.

The other "countries of interest" whose passengers will face enhanced screening are Afgha-nistan, Algeria, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Pakistan and Somalia. Additionally, all passengers on US-bound international flights will be subjected to random screening, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced. Airports were also directed to increase "threat-based" screening of passengers who may be acting in a suspicious manner. Akunyili is defending Nigeria vigorously saying AbdulMutallab's case is a "one off thing". According to her, the 23-year-old suspect does not represent what Nigeria stands for. "He (AbdulMutallab) was not influenced in Nigeria and he was not recruited or trained in Nigeria.

He was not supported whatsoever in Nigeria and his behaviour is not reflective of Nigerians and should therefore not be used as a yardstick to judge all Nigerians," declared the minister. "Nigerians are peace-loving and happy people. We were even voted as the happiest people on earth," Akunyili stated further. The minister said AbdulMutallab was a well-behaved child from a responsible family who developed an ugly tendency because of his exposure outside the shores of Nigeria. In her reaction, the Chairman House of Representatives Committee on the Diaspora, Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said the US should not have grouped Nigeria with countries where terrorists already have cells. She added that uprisings or killings which Nigerian security agencies had been battling to curtail started even before Al-Qaeda came into existence.

"In fact, we do not in anyway deserve this categorization and I think this is part of failure of leadership because since this happened, we do not have a president speaking with the US President Barack Obama and this is one of the consequences of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua not handing over properly before he travelled for treatment abroad," she stated. The new security measures came in response to the failed Christmas Day attempt by AbdulMutallab to bomb a Northwest/Delta jetliner as it approached Detroit from Amsterdam. AbdulMutallab is the son of wealthy retired banker, Umaru Mutallab. Reports say his father and mother Aisha will travel to the US for his trial which starts on January 8.

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Monday, January 4, 2010

Immigration to tackle human traffickers

Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has vowed to wage war against human trafficking and child labour as a way of making Nigerians to be socially responsible in their various human endeavours within and outside the country.

Addressing officers and men of the Service in Osogbo, the new Acting Comptroller of the Osun State Command, Mr. Mumeen Yusuf Ganiyu, noted that human trafficking and child labour, if allowed in the country, will be inimical to the socio - economic development of any country.

According to him, anybody caught in the act will be seriously dealt with in accordance with the prescribed constitution, as the act is a serious offence in the country.

The Comptroller noted that his official assignment in the state will be strictly observed with caution, transparency, effectiveness and time consciousness.

Mumeen, who opined that measures will be taken to check all illegal immigrants in the state, also enjoined officers and men of Osun Command to always render their service transparently, effectively, cautiously and timely.

He maintained that anything short of those four elements will be inimical to the profession and Nigeria as a nation, saying the end result may not be palatable.

While urging the officers and men of the command to work with ethics to make the command proud of their service to Nigerians, he said indiscipline indolent, intolerance and lack of respect should not be allowed in their work place.

He equally stressed that the only way they can excel is to intensify efforts on companies and hotels around them as to fish out illegal immigrants in the state._ While speaking on the introduction of e - passport, the Comptroller said the revolutionalisation of the system has helped to detect fraud and identify people who perpetrate evil acts.

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