ADAM IDOKO: FAMOUS ISLAMIC CLERIC KIDNAPPED IN NSSUKKA

 Islamic cleric in the South East, Adam Idoko has been kidnapped. Idoko was kidnapped in the early hours of Thursday in his village, Ogrute Enugu-Ezike in Nssukka, Enugu State.

Idoko is also the Deputy Secretary-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, and the Chief Imam of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

NIGERIAN FORMER SENATOR ARRETED IN SAUDI ARABIA

Senator Hassan Barata was arrested by Saudi Arabian authorities after he was found travelling with a revoked diplomatic passport and claiming to be an employee of the Nigerian Embassy, a claim that was found to be false.

Barata was a former chairman of the Senate Committee on Culture and Tourism. He represented the Adamawa South Senatorial District between 2011 and 2015 as a PDP lawmaker. He defected to APC last February but returned to the PDP after losing the APC governorship ticket bid.

 The Federal Government has earlier directed the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) to retrieve diplomatic and official passports from unauthorized holders.

The Nation

INCREDIBLE: NIPPLE THAT WAS BITTEN OFF AS EXHIBIT IN COURT

The story about a woman named Adelowo Taiwo, whose nipple was bitten off during a fight with her neighbor at their compound in Shasha, Lagos sub-urban (read here). Well, this is the nipple that was bitten off shown as exhibit in court.

UPDATE: UNICAL SUSPENDS PROFESSOR NDIFON FOLLOWING ALLEGATION THAT HE RAPED A 20-YEAR OLD STUDENT

Professor Cyril Ndifon, Dean of the Faculty of Law University of Calabar, has been suspended by the authorities of the school following an allegation that he raped a 20-year-old 400-level student (names withheld) in his office on August 29th. Read the story here

Confirming the incident, the Public Relations Officer of the University of Calabar, Effiong Eyo, said the school authority was investigating the matter.

“A panel has been set up to look into the matter. The authorities are looking seriously into it,” Eyo said.

The Cross Rivers state state Police Public Relations Officer, Hogan Bassey, confirmed they were also investigating the matter “The case of rape or sexual assault requires discreet investigation and we have to handle it with care.”

YORUBA: WELCOME TO OYOTUNJI VILLAGE IN SOUTH CAROLINA

This is Oyotunji village in South Carolina. The community was founded by a black America named Walter Eugene King who was born on October 5, 1928 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.

Eugene went to the Cass Technical High School and got fascinated by the African culture. He also got exposed to the Katherine Dunham Dance Troupe at the age of 20 which increased his love for the African culture, particularly that of the Yorubas.

On August 26, 1959, Eugene became the first African born in America to become fully initiated into the Orisa-Vodun African priesthood by African Cubans in Matanzas, Cuba. This marked the beginning of the spread of Yoruba religion and culture among African Americans.

With a few followers, and after dissolution of the Order of Damballah Hwedo, Eugene founded the Sango Temple in New York and incorporated the African Theological Arch Ministry in 1960. The Sango Temple was relocated and renamed the Yoruba Temple the same year.

In the fall of 1970, Eugene founded the Yoruba Village of Oyotunji in Beaufort County South Carolina, and began the careful reorganization of the Orisa-Vodu Priesthood along traditional Nigerian lines. He was initiated to the Ifa priesthood by the Oluwa of Ijeun at Abeokuta, Nigeria, in August of 1972.

He was named king of Oyotunji community in 1972 with the designation,  His Royal Highness Oba (King) Ofuntola Oseijeman Adelabu Adefunmi I, born Baba Adefunmi. He later died and his son, Adefunmi Adejuyigbe took over as king.