A pastor in the United States of America, Bishop Lamor Miller-Whitehead, his wife and members of his church were robbed of jewelry that was worth $400,000 during a live-streamed church service on Sunday.CNN reports that three thieves were caught on tape barging into Leaders of Tomorrow International Ministry on Remsen Ave. near Avenue D in Canarsie about 11:15am on Sunday. When the armed marauders appeared, the stunned Whitehead, who was wearing a clerical collar, burgundy vestments with gold trim and a long gold necklace, stopped his sermon and crouched down, saying, “Yo, all right, all right, all right” as he lay on the floor, video obtained by the Daily News shows.According to the video, only his legs and feet can be seen on the recording as he lay on the stage as the men bent over him and rifled his pockets.The armed men, who can be seen in the video dressed in black and carrying handguns, removed the expensive bling from Whitehead and his wife, police and the bishop said.Another man seen on the video sitting with what appears to be a prayer book watches impassively as the crime goes down.The robbers took off in a white Mercedes-Benz and are still being sought, police said.After they were gone, the pastor gets up, his collar askew, and walks out of frame in the video.Later, he took to social media to put the crime in context.“I was born without jewelry, jewelry don’t make me,” Whitehead said after the attack in a live video to his 1.3 million Instagram followers.He said on the broadcast that the congregation is “traumatised” after the incident.“I ain’t never scared, and I’m not up here being boastful or talking bad about nobody, but you have these women and children crying still,” he said. That’s not gangster. That’s a layup, like, ‘Oh, I robbed a church.’ You don’t get no points for that.”Whitehead said the robbery would not affect his preaching in the future.“We’re pushing, we’re still doing what we need to do,” Whitehead said. “I’m not a person from the suburbs; I’m from Brooklyn, I’m from the city. I understand the streets. This bishop, I’m not scared.”  Christianity CRIME News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements : 

Terrorists have released three victims, two males and a female, of 62 hostages who are the Abuja-Kaduna train passengers, abducted since March 28 on Monday.The victims were released by the terrorists at a location inside the forest along the Kaduna–Abuja highway.  From there, they were picked up by their relatives, Channels TV reports. This brought the total number of victims that had regained their freedom to 22, which means about 40 people are still in the custody of the terrorists.Recall that terrorists had on March 28 blown up the rail track, killing some and abducting scores of passengers, a situation that called for serious concern about the safety of the nation’s train.Due to the attack, the Nigeria Railway Corporation temporarily suspended activities, with President Muhammadu Buhari directing security agencies to rescue the victims.SaharaReporters had reported on Sunday that the terrorists, via a viral video were seen flogging their hostages and also threatened to abduct President Buhari and the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai.The presidency reacted to the threat hours after, accusing the insurgents of using propaganda to compel the government to yield to their demands.In a statement, the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, claimed that the security forces were not helpless in stemming the tide of insecurity confronting the country.In his usual rhetoric, Shehu had said, “The Presidency, in the meantime wishes to reassure the public that the President has done all, and even more than what is expected of him as Commander-in-Chief by way of morale, material and equipment support to the military and expects nothing short of good results in the immediate.” Terrorism News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements : 

Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, popularly known as "Shi'ites" on Monday in Abuja staged a peaceful protest to demand for the release of the international passports of their leader, Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat.The group, which gathered along the Aguyi Ironsi Way in Maitama, accused the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government of gross violation of the fundamental human rights of the couple. IMN said one year after a Kaduna High Court discharged and acquitted the El-Zakzakys of terrorism charges, the authorities had refused to release the travel documents to them to enable them have access to medical attention overseas. The protesters vowed to sustain the protest and hold those in positions of power responsible, if anything untoward should happen to them. There was no record of any attack from the security agents as the protest was later terminated shortly after the protesters had passed their message to the Nigerian government.IMN had on Saturday marked 'Qudus Day' a day set aside by the movement in Nigeria in support of the Palestinian struggle. The moment was also used to honour to the Shi’ites’ fallen ‘heroes’ and ‘martyrs’ killed by security operatives in Zaria in 2015 by the Nigerian military with the portrait photographs of the victims on display which included the three children of the leader of the movement, El-Zakzaky.The sect said they would never give up on the struggle in demanding for justice for the victims and exercising their right to practise their religion. ACTIVISM Islam News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements : 

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned the Deputy Chief Registrar of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, Mrs. Nkem Apollonia Mba, for alleged involvement in fraudulent activities. ICPC arraigned the accused before Justice Leteem Nyordee of Federal High Court 12, Port Harcourt, on three counts bordering on abuse of office and corrupt demand of gratification by a public officer. The anti-graft body told the court in one of the counts that the Deputy Chief Registrar received a kickback of N500,000 through her bank account from the purchase of Automotive Gas Oil, popularly known as diesel and other products. According to ICPC in a statement on Monday, published on its website, Mrs Mba, had argued that the money was her two percent entitlement according to Order 16 of the Admiralty Jurisdiction (Procedure Rule) 2011. "The court heard that her offence contravened Section 10 and 19 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000, and is punishable under relevant sections of the same Act. "The accused pleaded ‘not guilty’ when the charge was read to her. Consequently, her counsel, S. Somiari applied for bail, praying the court to grant her bail on liberal terms. "The bail application was not opposed by the prosecuting counsel, Dr. Agada Akogwu. The trial judge in granting the prayers, admitted her to bail in the sum of N500,000 with a surety who must have landed property in Port Harcourt. "Justice Nyordee further ruled that the accused must deposit her passport with the court registrar. The case was then adjourned to 26th July for commencement of trial." Corruption CRIME Legal News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements : 

Pupils of Sunshine Nursery and Primary School, Ile-Ife, on Monday staged a protest in front of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) campus gate in support of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).   In a video shared on Twitter by Nigerian Tribune, the pupils were led by adult women suspected to be their teachers. The pupils carried placards with various inscriptions including “When you stand up for ASUU, you stand up for us,” “Don’t borrow our future away,” “Honourable Minister of Education (HME) Mallam Adamu Adamu are you dere? Daris Gawd oh!,” and “I am the future ASUU. Make no mistake about it!”   Chanting “I see ASUU fighting for me,” the pupils appealed to the Nigerian government to fund “universities in Nigeria”, saying once that is done, “Nigeria will become a better place with our hope.”   Nigerian university lecturers have been on strike for five months over the government’s failure to meet their demands including university funding and earned allowances. Pulpils of Sunshine Nursery and Primary School, Ile-Ife, protesting in front of OAU campus gate in support of ASUU! pic.twitter.com/yRc1MKfRmS— Nigerian Tribune (@nigeriantribune) July 25, 2022 Workers from other sectors of the economy including the aviation sector have threatened to join the ongoing strike while the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the umbrella body of the Nigeria Labour Force, has fixed July 26 and 27, 2022 nationwide protests over the strike.  News AddThis :  Original Author :  Sahara Reporters, New york. Disable advertisements : 

Peter Obi Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi has replied the vice-presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Kashim Shettima for saying that Obi can only be president of Igbo nation. SaharaReporters earlier reported that the running mate of Bola Tinubu, the ruling APC presidential candidate, Shettima said the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, can only be President of Igbo land and not Nigeria. Peter Obi The former Borno State Governor stated this recently while featuring on a Channel’s TV programme.         He noted that the LP candidate lacked the requisite experience to rule Nigeria and that the country is too big for the former Anambra State governor to handle. Obi who replied to him in an interview with Vanguard, said that such a statement from Shettima is a threat to Nigerian unity.     He said he satisfied all the requirements to contest for the office of President, adding that he is more qualified than Bola Tinubu who is a principal to Kashim Shetima.   He said, "I’ve heard all sorts of things from people and some are statements that should not be made by people who are in leadership positions. One of the presidential candidates once said a section of the country will not vote for me and now another one. Such statements, for me, debases the polity and questions the unity and the love we should have for each other.     "INEC has stated the qualifications for contesting the elections which I’m sure I’ve fulfilled and I do not know the special qualification his principal, the APC candidate, possesses that I do not possess and I think I’m more qualified than his principal for that office. Is it age qualification? Is it education? Is it in terms of being an entrepreneur?     "I believe that anybody can be more qualified than me.  But I’m qualified. His principal is a two-term governor, I am a two-term governor too. I’ve managed public resources comfortably and effectively to the best of my knowledge. I’m not saying other people didn’t do well.  I’m not saying others are not qualified. But I’m saying that if we look at what we have been able to do in the past, I’m very very qualified to be the president of the country.  “Unless there is another qualification unknown to law and the public. Such statements are statements that have made us bring people who are not competent and people who are not qualified to lead us and that is why we are where we are today.”     "I’ve heard people say ‘Obi can make a good vice president to be in charge of the economy.’ But Nigeria’s problem is the economy.  So, a player you know is very good is the one you want to put on the bench, then you are not ready to solve the problem of the country.     "If you solve the problem of the economy, insecurity will be reduced in a way. Once the economy is good you can unite the country because once people are productive and are doing well, they will not care about tribalism or religion. And I have said my job is to remove the country from consumption to production," he added.       Politics News AddThis :  Original Author :  Sahara Reporters, New york. Disable advertisements : 

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