The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, July 20, and Wednesday, July 21, 2021, as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration.
The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulates all Muslim faithful and Nigerians at home and in the Diaspora on this occasion.
Heavy rains and floods lashing western Europe have killed at least 42 people in Germany and left many more missing, as rising waters led several houses to collapse on Thursday. Unusually heavy rains also inundated neighbouring Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Belgium, where at least four people were reported dead.
EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwajaren, told The Punch that the commission has observed that some of its targets use naked women as shields during raids, hence the operatives often move in nonetheless to prevent them from destroying evidence.
On Tuesday, Peoples Gazette reported that dozens of hotel guests were left traumatised after EFCC operatives breached their privacy in the early hours of the day at Parktonian Hotel in Lagos.
They told the publication that some guests were naked when the agents who claimed to be on a manhunt for suspected internet fraudsters broke in and prevented them from dressing up before being interrogated. “They broke into the hotel and threatened to shoot the receptionists and management if they didn’t immediately release the master access card to them. So the hotel workers had to comply immediately,” an eyewitness said.
