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Kemi Badenoch recalls how she snitched on a fellow pupil for cheating in an exam and got him expelled

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Leader of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, has revealed how she once snitched on a fellow pupil for cheating in an exam and it led to him being expelled from their school.

Speaking in a recent interview with BBC News, the Tory leader recalled, when she was ‘about 14 or 15’, she stood up during the middle of an exam and said: ‘He’s cheating, he’s the one that’s doing it.’Nigerian beauty tips

‘That boy ended up getting expelled,’ Mrs Badenoch admitted, adding: ‘I didn’t get praised for it.

‘I was a relatively popular kid at school, and people said ‘why did you do that, why would you do it?’. I said ‘because he was doing the wrong thing’.’

After the incident, the Conservative MP said she was told, ‘You don’t belong here, you don’t know how to behave’.

‘I’ve heard that all my life,’ she continued. ”You don’t follow the rules, you don’t do what you’re supposed to’.

”You’re always sticking your head above the parapet, you’re too direct, you tell the truth when you don’t need to tell the truth when you should pipe down’.’

Mrs Badenoch was born in Britain but spent her childhood in Nigeria and the US before she returned to the UK at the age of 16.

Elsewhere in the BBC interview, Mrs Badenoch revealed how the case of Austrian sex offender Josef Fritzl caused her to lose her faith in God.

She said she was ‘never that religious’ while growing up but ‘believed there was a God’ and ‘would have defined myself as a Christian apologist’.

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But this changed in 2008 when she read reports that Fritzl had imprisoned and repeatedly raped his daughter, Elisabeth, in his basement over 24 years.

Mrs Badenoch, whose maternal grandfather was a Methodist minister, said: ‘I couldn’t stop reading this story. And I read her account, how she prayed every day to be rescued.

‘And I thought, I was praying for all sorts of stupid things and I was getting my prayers answered.

‘I was praying to have good grades, my hair should grow longer, and I would pray for the bus to come on time so I wouldn’t miss something.

‘It’s like, why were those prayers answered and not this woman’s prayers? And it just, it was like someone blew out a candle.’

But Mrs Badenoch insisted that while she had ‘rejected God’, she had not rejected Christianity and remained a ‘cultural Christian’.

She said she wanted to ‘protect certain things because I think the world that we have in the UK is very much built on many Christian values’.

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Public officers are stealing Nigeria’s money every minute – EFCC boss

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The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, says public officers steal funds every minute.

Olukoyede spoke in Abuja on Thursday at the 80th birthday celebration of former Attorney-General of the Federation, Kanu Agabi.

He stated that the anti-graft agency receives over 20,000 corruption petitions every year, describing the scale of the theft detailed in many cases as shocking.

“I receive over 20,000 petitions in a year in respect to public corruption, all terrible. What is going on? Like every minute, public officers take money, and if you go through some of our case files you will weep.

“The way people take national resources and Nigerians are victims of these fraudulent activities. And we must come together for once in our lifetime and say no to the activities of some of our leaders,” Olukoyede said.

The EFCC boss noted that some public officers assume office with less than ₦100,000 in their accounts, but within three years, the agency traces millions of dollars to them.

He added that some individuals acquire hundreds of houses while in office, warning that corruption is crippling the nation.

Olukoyede stressed that public officers must be held accountable for their time in office, emphasizing that transparency must remain the guiding standard in public service.

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VIDEO: Police identify officer in viral video saying Obi can never be President

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The Lagos State Police Command has arrested an officer who appeared in a viral video making inappropriate remarks about Peter Obi and Igbo people while travelling on public transport.

The officer who has been identified as INSP. Osumah Frank, was filmed saying Obi or any Igbo person can never become President of Nigeria.

In a statement released today September 25, the command’s spokesperson, SP Abimbola said the command has commenced appropriate disciplinary action against the officer in line with established regulations of the Nigeria Police Force.

Abimbola stated that the statements made by the officer were made in his personal capacity and do not represent the position, views or official disposition of the Lagos State Police Command or the Nigeria Police Force.

She added that the State Commissioner of Police, CP Tijani Fatai, has reiterated the position of the command that all its personnel are expected to maintain professionalism, civility, discipline and respect for members of the public at all times. She further reaffirmed that wearing the Police uniform comes with a responsibility to uphold the dignity and integrity of the Force, and that the Command will not condone any conduct capable of bringing the Force into disrepute or undermining public confidence in the Police.

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Court rejects suit seeking fresh police investigation into late singer Mohbad’s death

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The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit seeking to compel the Nigeria Police Force to conduct a fresh investigation into the death of Nigerian singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad.

Justice James Omotosho dismissed the case filed by the Registered Trustees of Break the Silence Foundation in a judgment delivered on Thursday, ruling that the foundation lacked the legal capacity to institute the suit.

The judge also described the application as speculative and lacking sufficient merit, noting that the foundation failed to produce the original police investigation report to support its claim that the earlier investigation was inadequate.

Justice Omotosho further cautioned lawyers handling ongoing cases against discussing matters before the court during media interviews or on social media, describing such conduct as professional misconduct.

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