Robbers Hijack Tanker, Divert N4.5m Fuel

The police in Lagos are on the trail of some suspected robbers, who allegedly hijacked a tanker laden with 33,000-litre fuel valued at N4.5m on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

The robbers were also said to have abducted the vehicle’s escort, Shittu Oluwasegun.

It was learnt that the product was to be delivered to a filling station in Ore, Ondo State, before the tanker was hijacked in the Sagamu, Ogere, Ogun State end of the expressway.

The police said a man, identified simply as Lateef, from whom the tanker was hired to transport the fuel, allegedly connived with the robbers.

A Punch correspondent gathered that the owner of the product, Muyideen Adebayo, had sometime in September, rented the tanker for N170,000 through one Muyideen Abdulhameed and Tunde Adeleke, who reportedly presented themselves as managers.

Abuja To Suffer Water Shortage For Three Days

Water supply to some parts of the Federal Capital Territory will be disrupted for three days, the Federal Capital Territory Administration has said.

Authorities said disruption in supply became necessary to enable technicians to carry out repairs on a damaged water trunk main line around Gishiri in the Mabushi District of Abuja.

“Accordingly, residents of Wuse I, Wuse II, Garki I, Garki II, Maitama, Asokoro, Wuye, Gudu, Games Village, Karu and Nyanya would experience water supply shortages from Thursday October 20th to Saturday October 22nd, 2016,” Muhammad Hazat Sule, the Chief Press Secretary at the FCTA, said in a statement.

Aregbesola Explains How To Cope In Recession; Practice Birth Control, Consume Local Food

I like the birth control part, lol. Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun has called on Nigerians to curb excessive appetite for foreign foods and fabrics. Mr. Aregbesola said this in Osogbo on Thursday while playing host to some youth who returned from Germany after two months of training in modern agricultural techniques.

He said it was more pertinent to practise birth control as panacea to poverty reduction during economic recession.

According to him, the reality today is that Nigeria is in economic crisis especially as the nation’s economic mainstay, oil, was cheap on the international market. He added that the production capacity had reduced significantly due to the activities of the Niger Delta Avengers.

94,000 Pregnant Women HIV Positive In Zamfara – USAID

This is SERIOUS. No fewer than 94,141 pregnant women are said to be HIV/AIDS positive in Zamfara. A United States Agency for International Aids (USAID) funded programme said this through Management Services for Health Organisation, the USAID Prevention and Organisational Systems-AIDS Care and Treatment (PRO-ACT).

The team leader of the organisation, Aminu Sarki, spoke at the end of a seven-year treatment and support rolling plan for those living with HIV in the state in Gusau on Thursday.

Somalia Releases 3 Al-Jazeera Journalists

Somalia's government has released three Al-Jazeera journalists Thursday, two days after they were arrested along with their driver by security forces, the network confirmed.

Hamza Mohamed, a Somali-British journalist for Al-Jazeera's English service, and members of his crew were arrested upon their return from areas held by the Islamic extremists of al-Shabab. Mohamed had been in Somalia for a week on a reporting assignment, Al-Jazeera said in a statement.

The National Union of Somali Journalists welcomed the release of the journalists who were arrested near Somalia's capital Tuesday.

Despite Turning Himself In, Obanikoro Still Held By EFCC Four Days After

Musiliu Obanikoro, a former Minister of State for Defence, who submitted himself to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday morning, has yet to be released, Premium Times learnt late Thursday.

Sources close to him said no deal had been reached as of Thursday evening, a pointer he could spend the weekend in custody.

Mr. Obanikoro flew into Nigeria on Monday morning and reported at the EFCC office in Abuja a few hours later.

The politician faces allegations that he defrauded Nigeria up to N4.7 billion in a racket he allegedly perpetrated with his sons, Jide and Gbolahan.

Sources close to the former minister told Premium Times he had “given useful information to his interrogators”.

Trump Cracks A Joke About Michelle Obama Plagiarism Row At His Wife's Expense

No fewer than 24 hours after they traded blows at the final presidential debate, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump faced one another again on Thursday as they attended a white tie charity dinner.

But while Trump's wife Melania stood by the Republican candidate as he cracked jokes about his rival, Bill Clinton was nowhere to be seen.

And she could have done with the backup.

Not only could the candidates barely stand to look one another in the eye as they arrived for the Al Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York, but Melania also had a death stare for Hillary Clinton.

Clinton, colorful in a fuchsia Ralph Lauren collection gown, had also grimaced as she passed her opponent's wife.