Local prostitutes are fleeing Kano, North-West Nigeria, in their numbers following a  recent clampdown on their activities within the ancient city by operatives of the  Hisbah Command, a Sharia’ah enforcement agency.

No fewer than 1362 women of easy virtues were apprehended by the Sharia’ah  enforcement agency in recent times in line with the state government’s policy to  keep faith with the Islamic injunction.

Most of these females were arrested at different times in different locations within  and outside Kano metropolis, in most cases, with their patrons.

Record from the Sahrada headquarters of Hisbah indicates that about 152 males were  arrested by the agency in the last quarter, bringing the total number to 1514.

“These suspects, mostly youths, were apprehended while engaging in social vices  including prostitution and drug abuse,” Alhaji Saidu Dukawa, Director-General of  Hisbah Board told P.M.NEWS

According to him, out of the number of suspects arrested, 33 were handed over to  National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and other related matters,  NAPTIP, while 27 of them identified as drug addicts and peddlers were transferred to  National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.

He further stated that the agency charged about 364 of the suspects to Shari’ah  Court, “360 were repatriated, including those taken to Christian Association of  Nigeria, CAN, because we identified them as Christians and we believe the best to do  is to hand them over to CAN”.

“Moreso, about 750 youths were warned and released unconditionally, after undergoing  intensive counselling. We are also working with the state Directorate of Societal  Re-Orientation to rehabilitate some of the youths who turned a new leaf as a result  of counselling,” Dukawa added.

However, investigation by P.M.NEWS indicates that some of these local prostitutes  who came from Borno, Adamawa, Plateau and Kaduna states have started fleeing Kano  for the fear of the Hisbah wrath.

This development has also given rise to unprecedented influx of Hausa prostitutes  into Sabon Gari, an enclave in the ancient city predominantly inhabited by  non-Muslims.

Some community leaders and sellers of alcoholic drinks and spirits had engaged  Hisbah in a running battle over its operation within Sabon Gari, known as a “free  zone.”

The remaining local prostitutes who could not leave the state have taken refuge in  the Sabon Gari axis where they believe the Hisbah sledge hammer may be too short to  reach.

P.M.NEWS checks reveal that they have increased the tempo of night-life in some  cheap brothels within Sabon Gari, including the notorious Abedi Street, known as an  abode for local prostitutes.

http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2010/12/10/prostitutes-flee-kano-as-sharia-group-arrests-1000/

Life has been challenging for 31-year old Islamic cleric, Yekini  Akeem, an SS-2 Student of Itabo  Community High School, Itabo, Lanlate, Oyo State, Southwest Nigeria. This is because he is attending  secondary school at that age and he has two wives and seven children.

•Yekini Akeem

In a chat with P.M.NEWS, Alfa, as he is popularly referred to by his colleagues, said one of the  greatest challenges facing him has been the difficulty of interacting with his classmates who are far  younger than him.

Some of them, he claimed, heap lots of insults on him daily because of his age and they know that back  home he has two wives and seven children.

Alfa said: “I disregard every insult because I know what I want.  Often, I serve punishment together  with my classmates even when it is receiving strokes of the cane.”

Yekini blamed the delay in his secondary education on an illness that affected his father in 1995 when  he was preparing for his Junior Secondary School Certificate exam, JSCE. This later truncated his  education.

“ After staying for six years at home, Alfa said he later enrolled in a Qu’ranic school. He graduated  in Arabic studies in 2004 and became a qualified Islamic teacher (Alfa).

After many years of staying away from school, Alfa said he attended a public lecture by Mallam Surakat  Abdul Rofiu which ignited his desire to return to school.

After the lecture, Yekini approached a community leader, Chief Saraki who assisted him to enrol as a  JS1 student in 2006. He was later promoted to JS2 and he wrote his junior WAEC.

Commenting on Yekini’s attitude and performance in school, his Vice Principal, Mr. Gbenga Adeshina  Babatunde said he has been of good conduct, therefore, he had always been interested in his education.

After his secondary education, Alfa is said to be interested in studying Arabic at tertiary level.

•His wives: Rofiat (l) and senior wife Sadiat

But his ambition may be thwarted by two factors. One, his poor financial background. His two wives are  petty traders. One sells banana while the second wife sells food. Yet he has seven children to cater  for. One of them is already a JS 2 student. Alfa relies on his meagre earning as an Islamic cleric and  farming to cater for his family.

Two, obviously because of his age and distractions at home, Yekini is not a particularly brilliant  student.

His principal at Itabo Community High School, Mr. Ayo Opaderin, described Alfa as a humble student but  entertains fears about his ability to go further in education.

He said his poor English might hinder his understanding of other subjects. But he admitted his  education will assist him a lot in his chosen field as an Islamic cleric.

Another daunting task for Yekini who was made Senior Prefect because of his age is that of relating  with relatively younger classmates.

For example, the Senior Prefect Girls, Suliat Aderoju, 19, is one of the oldest of his classmates.  Others in SS 2 with him include Miss Olayinola Jumoke, 18, and 16-year old Toheed Aderinto.

Suliat said of Alfa: “whenever we are playing in the class, he cautions us. He is a nice person who  always encourages us to take our studies seriously. He is very disciplined. He may not be good in  English Language, but he is good in Yoruba and Accounting.”

Alfa disclosed that he went back to school so that he could be a better Islamic preacher because he  needed to master English to be able to evanglise Islamic doctorines, adding “Education is very  important and I feel I should be educated to be a teacher. I am not ashamed.”

http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2011/02/11/ss2-student-has-2-wives-7-kids-says-i-endure-insults-daily/print/

Stampede in Ibadan
Parents storm schools, withdraw pupils
It’s blackmail - Oyo Govt


There was pandemonium in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital as thousands of panic-stricken parents besieged public schools in the metropolis to withdraw their children, following rumours that some pupils died after eating meal allegedly poisoned but provided free by the Adebayo Alao-Akala government.

The poison scare was coming even as the rumour mills went abuzz that Governor Alao-Akala planned to use 200 people for fetish rituals to realize his second term ambition  But the state government and the governor’s campaign organization, swiftly dismissed the reports, describing them as wicked lies and blackmail. Governor Alao-Akala’s Special Adviser on Communication, Dotun Oyelade, in a reaction, said the development was an attempt by political opponents to blackmail his principal as his administration does not run a free meal programme in schools.

He assured state residents of their safety.
Many public schools in the city had become empty by 100pm, after news made the round that some officials and politicians seeking elective offices in the state were distributing free food packs from government round the schools in the metropolis, of which some school children had died after eating thereof.

The food poison scare which  hit the city about noon  spread like wild fire, as anonymous callers made calls to parents and teachers in schools, warning them not to accept or allow their wards to partake of the meal.
Parents, including civil servants, market women and housewives stormed primary and secondary schools to withdraw their children and wards, on receiving the alarming messages.

But most school premises were scenes of chaos as  hot arguments ensued between them and  school authorities following the latter’s attempt to prevent the parents, who headed for the classrooms to pick the pupils. Hundreds of parents were sighted at Mokola,, Oniyanrin, Odo Iye, Oke Are, Opo Yeosa, Oje and other parts of Ibadan rushing to  schools in the areas  ostensibly to beat the arrival  of the food distributors.
Similar situation played out in areas such as  Oke Ado, Liberty road, NTC area, Molete, Sango, Ojoo, Mokola, Agodi gate,Old Ife road,Alakia,Challenge,Muslim/Odinjo area,Bodija,Basorun.

Some head teachers had to resorte to locking school gates, but this provoked serious protests and agitation by the teeming parents, some of who threatened to break the gates. Some even assaulted teachers.
The development caused security to be quickly beefed up with armed policemen stationed at strategic locations including Oniyanrin area  to forestall break down of law and order.

 Some of the parents vowed not to allow them back to school until the state government could publicly assure their safety.

A nursing mother met at St. Stephens  Primary  school,Oniyanrin, however told Daikly Sun that she had to go  to the school and pick her seven year old daughter when she  heard the rumours, declaring” You don’t take risks with  politicians. I heard some pupils ate akara(baked beans) and died. They even said some disappeared after eating.

So I had to rush here and pick my daughter.” Investigations at Adeoyo General Hospital, the University College Hospital (UCH) and some private hospitals located around Yemetu and Mokola areas of Ibadan , where some of the victims of the poisonous meal were said to have been taken, did not, however,  reveal any reported  case. Teachers declined comments on the development, but some at C and S New Eden Primary School Mokola  were overheard saying they rexceived phone calls warning them not to receive the toxic food package from the Akala men.

But, Oyelade, assured residents of the state of their safety, describing the whole development as blackmail.

Three Kaduna pilgrims have absconded while performing the 2011 Holy pilgrimage in Israel.

P.M.News learnt that Innocent Eze and Paul Nwodo were the first to abscond on Sunday, 6 February,  eight days after they arrived the Holy city for the pilgrimage.

Then later, on Monday 7 , Emmanuel Eze also disappeared. At least 196 members of the batch five  pilgrims came from the state.

According to Innocent Eze’s room mate , Habila Mafwalal, the first two that absconded – Eze and Nwodo  – displayed some suspicious character that shows that they were not in Israel for pilgrimage but for  other business. He said he was not surprised when he waited on Sunday, 6 February late into the night  for their return from the market , which never happened.

The 67-year old Mafwalal further hinted that the two pilgrims claimed they were going to purchase  battery for Eze’s handset at about 8pm Israel local time and did not return to the Jerusalem Gold  Hotel where they were lodged.

P.M.News gathered that Chibueze seem prepared to abscond from the first day he arrived Israel. His  room mate Pastor Bulus Ishaya told P.M.News that he made regular calls and always told him that life  in Israel was good and he would not mind remaining there after the pilgrimage.

According to Ishaya, immediately he discovered after dinner that Chibueze was no where to found, he  alerted the team leader, Mrs. Esther Jock.

Mrs. Jock, who confirmed the three cases to P.M.News, said it is unfortunate that people abused the  privilege given to them by the state government to embark on Holy pilgrimage

She promised that efforts were being made to fish them out as soon as possible.  She however, informed  that their international Passports have been seized and the case reported to the appropriate  authorities for action.

http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2011/02/11/3-pilgrims-abscond-in-israel/print/

Three Kaduna pilgrims have absconded while performing the 2011 Holy pilgrimage in Israel.

P.M.News learnt that Innocent Eze and Paul Nwodo were the first to abscond on Sunday, 6 February,  eight days after they arrived the Holy city for the pilgrimage.

Then later, on Monday 7 , Emmanuel Eze also disappeared. At least 196 members of the batch five  pilgrims came from the state.

According to Innocent Eze’s room mate , Habila Mafwalal, the first two that absconded – Eze and Nwodo  – displayed some suspicious character that shows that they were not in Israel for pilgrimage but for  other business. He said he was not surprised when he waited on Sunday, 6 February late into the night  for their return from the market , which never happened.

The 67-year old Mafwalal further hinted that the two pilgrims claimed they were going to purchase  battery for Eze’s handset at about 8pm Israel local time and did not return to the Jerusalem Gold  Hotel where they were lodged.

P.M.News gathered that Chibueze seem prepared to abscond from the first day he arrived Israel. His  room mate Pastor Bulus Ishaya told P.M.News that he made regular calls and always told him that life  in Israel was good and he would not mind remaining there after the pilgrimage.

According to Ishaya, immediately he discovered after dinner that Chibueze was no where to found, he  alerted the team leader, Mrs. Esther Jock.

Mrs. Jock, who confirmed the three cases to P.M.News, said it is unfortunate that people abused the  privilege given to them by the state government to embark on Holy pilgrimage

She promised that efforts were being made to fish them out as soon as possible.  She however, informed  that their international Passports have been seized and the case reported to the appropriate  authorities for action.

I hope it's not for their selfish interest......look @ where they've 'helped' Egypt get to!

....but I heard white ladies prefer them (plus all other black African guys) to white guys due to their strength in ...........................

Both have their pros and cons.....

I'm sick of all these news....burning, killing, kidnapping, rituals, road accidents, looting of public treasury, money laundering. I'm not sure the sins committed in Sodom & Gomorrah were this much! I'm sick....so sick of all these. Mr. President is busy doing image laundering for Nigeria with movies and plenty speeches, trying so hard to re-brand the country plagued with so much man-made mishaps ....abeg, we need more actions not words........ :'( :'( :'(

I'm sick of all these news....burning, killing, kidnapping, rituals, road accidents, looting of public treasury, money laundering. I'm not sure the sins committed in Sodom & Gomorrah were this much! I'm sick....so sick of all these. Mr. President is busy doing image laundering for Nigeria with movies and plenty speeches, trying so hard to re-brand the country plagued with so much man-made mishaps....abeg, we need more actions not words........

If that was true, then he's better in the garages collecting "owo-ile" for the NURTW chairmen, silly him!

Given the chance and an enabling environment, Naija woman can do wonders. More seriously, our men have been given the opportunity various times and all can see the result. Why not give the other sex a chance? At the end, a trial will either convince, confuse or conceive u..........

For one Cecilia Ibru, there are thousands of Erastus Akingbola.......

Hmmmmmm.........answers after this time out.....

Me too....

Na wa o!

....maybe cheating  with a blood relation is involved...who knows?

In that case, my 2 hands are up in d air.....all the best to d guy.....& pity to d wife

...and the house girl to wife?

WEll...what can I say? Just take it easy pal, please......