Irate husband accuses wife of cheating, beats, stabs her, with broken bottle, in the private part

A 37-year-old man, Victor Ojiaku, who allegedly stabbed his wife, a student, with a broken bottle in her private part, has been granted bail in the sum of N250,000 by the Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court.
Ojiaku, who sells automobile parts and resides at 22, Arike John Close, White Sand, Isheri-Osun in Lagos State, reportedly stabbed his wife whom he suspected of having a sexual relationship with his sales representative.

Magistrate Akeem Fashola, who gave the ruling, also ordered the accused to produce two sureties in like sum. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the case has been taken up by the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team.
The Coordinator of DSVRT, Mrs. Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, narrated how the victim was kept indoors and punished severely by her husband. “The victim, Mrs. Faith Ojiaku, 27, a student, was held hostage by her husband for two days, depriving her of calling any family member for help or receiving medical attention.
She was subsequently rushed to the hospital for treatment after which she collapsed. She then pleaded with the doctor to make use of his phone to call her sister.
It was her sister that informed DSVRT which advised her to report the case at the Police station on behalf of her wounded sister. He also injured the sales representative with a broken bottle and some dangerous weapons.
The suspected assailant, a father of three, is facing a six-count charge bordering on grievous bodily harm, threat to life and assault. Photo Crdt: LIB

72-year-old bricklayer caught with human skull in Osun says “Na mistake”

Idris Ajao, who was arrested in Iwo, Osun state, for removing a human skull from a cemetery, has said he made a mistake, reports DailyTrust.

Idris Ajao claimed to be a bricklayer, but said a herbalist Tajudeen Jawesola had assigned him to exhume skulls from graves in the cemetery in return for N10,000.
Ajao said: “Mistake has no master. It was Jawesola that asked me to get the human skull for him. Everybody knows Jawesola to be herbalist and he wanted to use the human skull to do his work.
He said he would give me N10, 000. I should not have listened to him. It is a mistake”. Police are still on the trail for Jawesola.

Kiss Daniel gets robbed on stage, escapes death as robbers attack Christmas Village in Calabar

In the early hours of Monday, armed robbers stormed the Calabar Christmas Village in Cross River State, while Kiss Daniel was performing.
It could not be confirmed if anyone was killed in the incident, but it was learnt that several people were stabbed. It was learnt that some others, who sustained gunshot injuries, had been hospitalised.
People usually pay rent to the state government to operate shops in the village for the one-month (December 1-December 31) end of year activities. The incident occurred just after midnight while the artiste was performing.

A shop owner, who sold food at the village, Glory Akpan, said: “I was wounded. Some boys came into the village and tried to rob that guy, who sings “Oya talk to me o Mama” (Kiss Daniel), while he was performing.
They threw bottles and other dangerous objects at him. They later brought out guns and began to shoot sporadically. The robbers attacked him and removed his clothes. They would have killed him. I don’t know how he survived that night.
There were thousands of people in the Christmas Village and the situation caused pandemonium. They broke everything in my shop. They carried all my money and robbed many shops. Our chairs were broken.
Everybody ran helter-skelter. Cars were smashed. They broke some cars to steal from them. At a point, the lights went off and I thought I was going to die. Someone even stole my pot of melon soup, which was on fire."

Policeman kills man 5 days to his wedding, in the presence of his fiancée

Friday Nduka was reportedly killed by a police Inspector, Mike Edem, who was on duty at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Mega Station located at the Control Post junction in Owerri, the Imo State, Punchng reports.

The victim, who returned from Malaysia for his wedding in Owerri on December 27, 2016, was reportedly shot dead on December 22 by the trigger-happy policeman, who is now at large, in the presence of his fiancée and younger brother.
Nduka allegedly got into in a serious argument with one of the pump attendants over his missing iPhone 7. He said the argument degenerated into a fight and Nduka, inflicted injuries on the attendant.
The manager of the station, Mrs. Ruth Enemmuo, who is now in police detention, intervened, andas soon as Nduka entered into his car, the police inspector fired, killing him instantly.
It was learnt that the inspector fled the area and had not been seen. The manager later went to the police station to report the killing, but was detained immediately.
A human rights lawyer and counsel to the detained NNPC manager, Kissinger Ikeokwu, said there was no reason for the police to detain the NNPC station manager. “Now, the police are saying that my client should produce their own fleeing officer,” he added.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Andrew Enwerem, confirmed the incident and described the inspector as unruly. Enwerem stated that the Inspector-General of Police had mandated the Commissioner of Police, Taiwo Lakanu, to apprehend the fleeing inspector.

OAU distinction medical student, knocked down by a hit-and-run driver, dies after 6 days in coma

Oluwaseun Olorunfemi, a 400 level medical student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile Ife, has died after being in coma for six days. Olorunfemi, who was hit by a vehicle on Tuesday, while going for “medical posting”, was rushed to Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital (OAUTHC).
At the hospital, Olurunfemi laid in coma until he gave up the ghost on Sunday, December 25. The driver who hit him didn’t wait to acknowledge his act but fled the scene.

Deeper Life Christian Fellowship (DLCF), where he was the choir coordinator, and colleagues of Olorunfemi have been thrown into mourning since the incident occurred. The deceased was reportedly a distinction student in the college of health sciences.

Police sergeant, bank official arrested for bank robbery in Rivers State

Sergeant Promise Ukwuoma and an employee of Access Bank, Rumuolumeni Branch, Samuel Ndudiri, have been identified as members of a criminal gang who attempted to the bank.
According to the State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Nnamdi Omoni, the operatives of the Command on Thursday foiled what would have been a major bank robbery in the state and arrested 3 suspects.

The three suspects with others on the run had brought a filled gas cylinder to the Access Bank premises in Rumuolumeni and had engaged in cutting the main door into the bank when security operatives stormed the place.
However, some members of the gang, including a police corporal, Gabriel Igwe, of the 19 Police Mobile Force, are currently on the run, two AK 47 rifles belonging to the serving police personnel were recovered during the operation.
Ndudiri, the Access Bank employee was said to have masterminded the robbery, with the assistance of the police sergeant, who is from the Department of Operations, Port Harcourt. Via: Punchng

61-year-old man arrested for raping a 10-year-old girl, for months, in a hotel

Timothy Onyeukwu, 61, was caught having unlawful carnal knowledge of one female child of about 10 years old in a hotel in Abia State. Acting on a tip-off, the operatives of the Central Police Station Aba,

swung into action and arrested him while the little girl was taken to hospital for medical attention. Onyeukwu confessed to have been sleeping with her for months in the hotel.

Police arrest suspect planning to bomb Third Mainland Bridge

The Nigerian police said they have arrested a man plotting, with some other people at large, to bomb the pivotal Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos. The suspected bomber was identified as Abiodun Amos alias SENTI.
In a statement, the police described him as the leader of the Militant Gang planning to bomb the 3rd Mainland Bridge in Lagos. He was arrested on 2nd of November, 2016 in a hideout at the bank of Majidun River in Ikorodu area of Lagos State and two AK 47 rifles recovered from his possession.
”The principal suspect is an Ijaw man and a Native of Ese Odo LGA of Ondo State. He is an Explosives Expert who specializes in assembling and modifying large scale Improvised Explosives Devices (IED) for terrorist act.

The suspect also volunteered confessional statement to the Police and named other members of the militant group that are still at large.
One of the suspects at large mentioned to the Police by the principal suspect as the person in possession of their explosive devices and the detonators, was trailed by the Police (IRT) Operatives on the 26th December, 2016 while conveying in a Toyota Camry Car, 2 Cartons of Galantine Dynamite Explosives and 125 Detonators in the boot of the Car in a location in Ikorodu, on his way to link up with the other members of the militant gang to blow up the 3rd mainland bridge.
The Suspect, on sighting the police, jumped out of the Car and escaped into the nearby bush. The explosive devices and the detonators were recovered by the Police IRT operatives and the Explosive Ordinance Department, and the attack that would have been a major devastating and colossus damage to Lagos state and Nigeria was averted.”
The police in s statement by deputy commissioner of police, Don Awunah, said further investigation is being intensified to arrest all the other members of the militant gang still at large.

Police nabs man who kidnapped himself and demanded for ransom from his uncle

Justice Ifeanyi, 21, allegedly planned to kidnap himself with intent to extort money from his uncle. According to the Police, it was revealed that he planned his own kidnap and made a ransom demand of N4m to secure his release.

While confessing to the crime, Ifeanyi said: “I left Rivers for Delta state to plan my kidnap so that I can collect money from my uncle to complete my father’s house in the village. The gang began to threaten me when my uncle refused to pay the ransom so I had to run away."

Policeman’s bullet hits man’s eye in Ibadan

A shot fired by an unidentified policeman attached to Police Area Command, Idi-Ape Ibadan, on Monday, hit one of the eyes of one Yomi Olaitan, around Oje market, Agodi Gate road, Ibadan, reports Tribune.

Olaitan who was driving a brown Honda Accord car behind a truck, was hit in the right eye. Sources informed that the truck driver was engaged in a heated argument, allegedly related with money issues, with the police officers.
The driver of the truck reportedly refused to play ball, this led to a prolonged argument and subsequent shooting by one of the policemen.
The younger brother of the victim, immediately, stopped one of the officers from escaping from the scene. Olaitan’s brother, sources informed, also collapsed in the process of dragging the issue with the police officers.
He was however revived by good-spirited people as he joined his brother, while being taken to the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan. Olaitan is being prepared for surgery, as it was gathered that his brain was not affected.
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Oyo State Police Command, SP Adekunle Ajisebutu confirmed the incident, but was quick to add that it was unintentional and had nothing to do with extortion.
He said the truck driver had caused an accident, due to reckless driving, and had abducted an FRSC staff who wanted to arrest him. The policeman, however, shot at the truck's tyre to demobilize it, but a bullet ricochetted and hit the victim in the eye.

TB Joshua's death is near, Funke Akindele needs serious prayers, Buhari will rule till 2023 - Pastor Faleyimu

The founder of Mountain of Blessing and Miracle Church of Christ, Dr. Olagorioye Faleyimu, has revealed shocking prophecies for 2017, Dailypost reports.
He made this known on Christmas Day in his church in Lagos. On Nollywood, he said, “They need to pray like never before so as not to lose another 2 stars before the year runs out.
Without special prayers, Funke Akindele won’t have a child before she dies because she is destined to be wealthy and famous but not destined to have a child and stable husband until she engages herself in the special prayer.
Whosoever marries her must have another reason because the issue of not having a child will keep coming up and it will scatter the marriage. If she refuses to do the prayer, she will end up adopting a child and by that time, she will be living alone without husband.

Another grace she has is to marry a pastor who can fight the battle on her behalf with prayers. God told me to tell Gov. Fayose to be careful and he shouldn’t turn himself to God.
God said he should watch his mouth so as not to end his political career in jail. PDP will never rule Nigeria again no matter how much they try. APC has 8 years to rule and won’t rule Nigeria again after 2023.
The world black powers have declared Nigeria as their target and their spirit is what is ruling the country. Most of the pastors in Nigeria belong to this secret society because that is where they get powers to perform miracles.
God said we are not worshiping him in Nigeria but worshiping money. Buhari isn’t the Messiah. He is sent to punish those ruining Nigeria and he will do that for 8 years. The Messiah is a man of God and he is not in politics yet.
God said nobody should criticize Buhari’s government because his mission is to set the pace for the Messiah. T.B Joshua should be prayerful so as not to lose a child before he goes because his time is near.
Nigerians should not expect change from anyone in government without changing the flag of Nigeria. God said the present flag we are using is a symbol of suffering."

Black Xmas: 2 killed, many trapped as building collapses at Lagos Police College

Two people have been confirmed dead, while many trapped after a building collapsed at Police College, Ikeja, Lagos, on Sunday, TheCable reports.
The tragic incident reportedly occurred at W Block of the barracks within the college. One of those killed was identified as a sergeant.

Adebayo Kehinde, the spokesman of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), confirmed the incident. “It is true that two person died in a partial building collapse at the Police College," he said.

Young boy found inside a carton in Yaba, Lagos

According to another eyewitness: "This boy of about a year old was put in a box and dumped in the gutter on Alara street in yaba today 25th december, 2016.

He was found by the opc vigilante group on patrol crawling out of the gutter. He hasnt started talking and so no information was got from him, we dont know if he is yoruba, hausa or ibo.
In the picture is the carton he was put, a bunch of bananas and a wrapper. He has since been taken to sabo police station by residents of the area.
May God almighty forgive whoever did this to this innocent soul! I am here trying to imagine what the parent would say to people who knew him!"

Army Issues Alert on Boko Haram Suspects Fleeing Sambisa Forest

A statement by the Acting Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Sani Kukasheka Usman, reads:
"The Nigerian Army wishes to inform the public that due to the ongoing final clearance and occupation of Boko Haram terrorists hideouts in Sambisa forest, quite a number of them are escaping the theatre of operation in the North East to various parts of the country and elsewhere.

Therefore, members of the public especially residents of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States, are hereby requested to be extra vigilant, security conscious of strange movements or persons in the society.
The public are also please requested to report any suspicious person or group of persons to the security agencies for prompt action.
We wish to reiterate our commitment of clearing the remnants of the Boko Haram terrorists in all their suspected hideouts by the end of this year. We therefore solicit for more public support and cooperation to achieve that."

Gunmen abduct Delta State monarch, demand N50m ransom

Gunmen abducted HRM. Orhifi Orovwagbarha Agbarha-Ide Ememoh II, the Ovie of Agbarha-Warri along the Ughelli-Asaba Road, while on his way to Asaba for a security summit. His abductors have reportedly reached his people, demanding a N50 million ransom.

Crdt: Punchng

Notorious gang leader, Nwa Pastor, finally arrested in Imo State

On the 4th of December, 2016, operatives of the command acting on a tip-off arrested one Obinna Chigozie Onuoha aka “Nwa Pastor” who has been on the wanted list of the Police Command having committed serious crimes ranging from armed robbery, murder and cultism.

He confessed to have murdered 3 persons amongst other heinous crimes. He stated that he shot dead one Chibuike at Douglas road Owerri, one Zaiki, a CD plate seller at Ikenegbu road while the third being a bike rider was murdered at Mbaise road.
He made useful statement to the police as being a member of Ayee Secret cult group who only kills rival secret cult group members whenever he sees them and further disclosed that the recent murder of one Chikabala at IMSU front gate was carried out by his gang members namely Shiba, Nonso, Freedom and Brano.
Other members of his gang include Black Fela, Owite, Pharaoh and Ludacris who are now at large.

Victim Traps Robber with Offer of Sex

21-year old man, Tosin Lamidi, who burgled a woman’s apartment and stole her laptop and phone, has been arrested after the victim, Gift Nseobong, contacted him and offered sex to him in exchange for her SIM card, Pmexpress reports.

The burglary took place at 8 Mutiatu Okesalu Street, Ikotun, Lagos. Lamidi was arrested at Ikotun Roundabout where he arranged to meet Nseobong to take her to a hotel as they agreed.
He was arraigned in a Lagos Magistrate’s court sitting in Ejigbo where he was charged with conspiracy and stealing. The presiding Magistrate, Mrs Adeyemi, granted him bail in the sum of N50,000 and ordered him to be remanded in Kirikiri, till he perfects his bail.

Togolese land grabber (Omo Onile) arrested in Lagos

Segun Sunday, a Togolese, has been arrested in connection with land grabbing, alongside Ben Micheal, 31; Segun Muda, 58; and 20-year-old Toheeb Ololade, in Oko-Olomi, in the Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos state.

Micheal hails from Owo, Ondo State, while Oladele is from Oje, Oyo State. Muda, the ringleader, who was said to be a baale in a community in Ibeju-Lekki, is an indigene of the Epe area of Lagos State.
Two locally-made guns were reportedly recovered from the suspects. The baale had reportedly owned up to the crime and sought clemency. The arrest followed a petition addressed to the Lagos State Committee on Land Grabbing by residents of the affected community.
The dwellers had complained about the unlawful invasion of their property to the committee, asking the government to come against the hoodlums. Crdt: Punchng

Renowned Port Harcourt-based gospel artiste, assassinated on his way from a church program

Godswill Adiks a.k.a Will Adiks, was shot dead by yet to be identified gunmen, who ambushed him at the Rivers State Axis of the East-West Road, while returning from a Programme in Benin, Edo State, reports PUO METRO.

It was gathered that the gunmen had trailed his car, shot him at close range, alongside his two guitarists, on the night of the 21st of December. He was later rushed to the University Of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, where he gave up the ghost.

father forces daughter, 13, to marry his 56-yr-old friend

A Qur’anic School teacher in Kurna Babban Layi area of Kano has planned to marry off his 13-year-old daughter, Bilkisu, to his 56-year-old friend, DailyNigerian reports.
A relative of the teenager raised the alarm today when she took Bilkisu to Freedom Radio office in Sharada, for a media campaign against the marriage.

The teary-eyed teenager told reporters that she does not love the man, saying she always cried whenever the matter was mentioned.
The relative said she is calling for authorities, especially Kano State governor and Emir of Kano, to intervene and abort the marriage, billed to hold Friday next week. She said she was concerned about the kind of life the girl would live if she married a man who has 3 wives and many grown up children.
“The groom has three wives, many children and grandchildren. I am appealing to Emir of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi and governor of Kano to help intervene,” she said. She also disclosed that the father planned to marry off Bilkisu’s sister of almost the same age on the same day.

Syria-bound Russian plane carrying 91 people crashes in the Black Sea

Russian military plane has crashed in the Black Sea as it made its way to Syria with 91 people onboard, including musicians heading to celebrate the New Year with troops.

Local news agencies, citing the defence ministry, said the Tu-154 plane had crashed shortly after taking off from the southern city of Adler, south of the Black Sea resort city of Sochi, at 5:40 am local time (02:40 Irish time).

Gunmen Kidnap 3 Female Passengers Traveling In A Bus Owned By God Is Good Motors

38-year old Ms. Naomi Obot, and two other women were kidnapped by armed bandits at about 6:30 pm on Thursday while traveling from Lagos through Abagi to Abuja in a bus owned by the transport company,  God is Good Motors.

Ms. Obot and the two other women were on the first bus that departed the company's Lagos terminal at about 6 am on the 21 December.
Information shared via Ms. Obot's phone, with her family, from an unknown destination, where she is being held captive, indicated that after robbing the passengers in the vehicle, three women were taken away by the kidnappers, who then demanded a N5m ransom. Crdt: Saharareporters

MTN Fires Amina Oyagbola Over Bribery - Saharareporters .

South African telecom giant, MTN, has fired one of its top and most valuable staffers in order to avoid scrutiny by the U.S government over bribes offered to Abba Kyari, Chief of Staff to Pres. Buhari, SR reports.
Shortly after helping to resolve a hefty fine imposed by the Nigerian government, Amina Oyagbola was so important to MTN that the company gave her two strategic positions. Her corporate elevation saw her combining leadership of the Human Resources department with the post of "Director of Strategic Communications" at MTN.
Ms. Oyagbola and her husband were instrumental in resolving MTN's serious problem with the Nigerian Presidency culminating in a massive $5.2bn fine imposed on MTN for ignoring the FG's directive to ensure that all SIM cards were registered as a strategy to curb Boko Haram insurgency.

An insider within the company and other sources in Abuja told SR that, once the fine was imposed, Ms. Oyagbola recruited a close friend, Femi Lijadu, to act as a consultant for “strategic advisory services.”
In that capacity, Mr. Lijadu was a member of the team that negotiated with the FG to reduce the fine to $1.7bn. Sources said Ms. Oyagbola and Mr. Lijadu once worked with Kyari at the United Bank for Africa.
Once the fine was reduced to about a third of the original sum, Ms. Oyagbola’s corporate star seemed to soar. However, MTN last week told her to step down from one of her two corporate positions. A source at MTN claimed that Mrs. Oyagbola decided to resign.
However, another source within the company told SR that the once powerful corporate player was fired after MTN’s bribe scandal with Mr. Kyari came to the notice of the MTN's parent company in South Africa.
The source added that the decision to relieve Ms. Oyagbola was taken in order to avoid the consequences of a global disgrace should US authorities ask questions related to MTN’s reported offer of bribe to Mr. Kyari before he helped broker a deal that lowered the fine earlier imposed by the FG.
Saharareporters

"The score is now 4-4 now. We were killing each other over women" cult leader sings after arrest

Osun State Police Command has arrested notorious cultists in Osogbo and Ilesa, over serial murders between August and November, 2016.
A dreaded cultist and leader of Axe confraternity, Rasaq Mutiu, aka Small Mutiu, who allegedly killed three people in Osogbo and the leader of Eiye Confraternity in Ilesa, Babatunde Oginni akak Bongo, were paraded by the police on Friday.

The Commissioner of Police in the state, Fimihan Adeoye told journalists that Mutiu killed a 40-year-old man, Adesina Akinwale at Oke-Oniti area and also killed 21-year-old Adekunle Badmus at Government Technical College Area in Osogbo on 15th of August, 2016.
The CP added that Mutiu also killed another 25-year-old man, Kehinde Adesina at Abaku Area in Osogbo. A 23-year-old  man, Aderemi Adepoju who was attacked by Mutiu at Ayetoro area in Osogbo was still unconscious in the hospital where he is receiving treatment.
Small Mutiu said he killed those individuals mentioned by the CP because they were members of Eiye Confraternity that killed members of his own gang, Axe confraternity.
His words, “We are just on 4-4 now. They dropped (killed) four on our side and we dropped four from their side. It was a battle between my gang, Axe and the Eiye guys. The battle started from our school, Federal Polytechnic, Offa in Kwara State. We were actually fighting over women.”
CP Adeoye said Bongo was arrested for allegedly killing a newspaper agent, Eluyera Saheed, in Ilesha on Monday, December 19.
Bongo confirmed that he is the leader of Eiye Confraternity in Ilesa and that the deceased newspaper agent was also a cultist. He said the late Eluyera was killed by some cultists from Osogbo who did not take orders from him before they struck in Ilesa.

Policeman gets stoned to death for killing his colleague and one university student over money

A mobile policeman attached to Zenith Bank, Zaria, on Friday killed his colleague attached to the same bank following disagreement over monthly stipends being given them by the bank.
The quarrel between the policemen, Mathew Joshua, corporal and Aliyu Kamilu, sergeant, ensued following discovery that the sergeant had been short-changing the corporal.

When Joshua confronted Kamilu on the issue, they started shouting at each other and “the corporal, who is holding-on to his rifle shot at the sergeant in his stomach.
“After shooting the sergeant, Josua started shouting and shooting sporadically, which eventually led to the killing of a university student,” an eye witness told NAN.
The eye witness said that four customers of the bank also sustained bullet wounds. “When the report of the incident reached their command in Zaria, a team of policemen was immediately mobilised to the area.
“The policemen met their colleague with two rifles. They had no option than to systematically take position. “One of them succeeded in shooting Joshua on the leg, which gave people around the opportunity to descend on him with stones.”
He said Joshua, the corpses of Kamilu and the student were rushed to Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH), Shika, Zaria. The hospital authority also confirmed the death of the student and Kamilu.
A source at the Police Area Command, Zaria, also confirmed the death of Joshua at ABUTH.

Driver reveals why he kidnapped his boss of 7 years

Kelvin Ogie, 27, has told the police in Lagos that he masterminded the abduction of his former boss, Adeola Asumo, after he was sacked for fighting with his co-worker in the company.
The suspect was not happy with the manner he was sacked so he and his friend, Andrew, kidnapped and collected about N1m from his boss.

He said: "After we kidnapped him, we drove him to the bank and withdrew about N1m from his bank account. We also forced him to sign a document to replace the vehicle with the salary he owed me.
We then allowed him to go." Andrew took N800,000 while Ogie took N200,000 with the vehicle to Auchi. He added: “I was later arrested in my father’s house while Andrew is said to have been on the run since then.” Crdt: NewTelegraph

Cultists kill South-Africa based Nigerian youth, three weeks to his wedding

Bode Ibidun, who returned to Nigeria, recently, in preparation for his wedding on January 7, 2017, was, over the weekend, killed by some gun wielding cultists, in Osogbo, Osun State.
Punchng gathered that the deceased was killed by members of a cult group known as ‘Arise Boys’ which is based in Igbona area, because one of the members was dating the lady, who the deceased was planning to marry.

Ibidun, it was learnt, was killed inside the Toyota Camry which he newly bought. He was said to be driving along Sadiat area on Saturday when he was stopped by three members of the cult group who were riding on a motor cycle.
Various sources said that although Ibidun was killed by the cultists, he was not a cultist himself, but had friends among another cult group known as ‘Onile.' The deceased was buried on Sunday.
While the burial rights were being conducted, members of the cult group that killed him stormed his mother’s house and wanted to set it ablaze, but were prevented by the police.

I killed my father because he wanted to use me for rituals. He deserved to die - U.K returnee

A week after his arrest, Abubakar Babalola, an Ireland deportee, alleged to have stabbed his father to death and attempted to kill his mother, has confessed to the crime.
Babalola, who was paraded yesterday by the Lagos State Police Command, attributed his act to his angst over his parents’ decision to allegedly use him for rituals.

According to him, “my father got what he wanted. He started it all. I was living in the United Kingdom when he used black magic to bring me back to Nigeria and he locked me up in the house. I don’t know what they intended to do with me.
They called some native doctors to do some rituals with red oil, which they kept in my room. The native doctors made some incisions on my body and since then, I have not really been myself.
I have been seeing strange things and hearing strange voices. As a religious person, I resorted to God and was praying for my freedom but each time I tried to escape, my father will call miscreants, (area boys) who will beat me up with reckless abandon.
The intimidation was too much and I was looking for any means of escape. One day, I escaped from my room to the kitchen and I took two kitchen knives, which I hid in my pocket for protection.
On that fateful day, while my mother was cooking in the kitchen, I greeted her but she started raining abuses on me. I knew there was trouble because she always was angry.
I went to my father too and he started raining curses on me. When I asked what the problem was, he started beating me and as I was tired of his beating, I dipped my hand in my pocket and brought out the knife and stabbed him in the leg.
When he wanted to disarm me, I stabbed him in the stomach and he fell down and my mother started shouting. I threatened her to give me the key to the door so that I could leave.
She refused and I stabbed her too. They started it all. They wanted to use me for ritual. I regret my actions anyway but if they did not bring me back to Nigeria, I would have still been in the UK."

Former governor of Delta State, James Ibori has been released from U.k prison.

He was released a few minutes past noon upon a court order. His media aide, Mr. Tony Elumenor confirmed the release. Ibori was sentenced by a United Kingdom court to prison for 13 years and served out his term midnight yesterday.

Expectation of his return home to Nigeria, however, remains murky as friends and associates many of who are gathered in London deliberate on the future of the former governor.

Lassa Fever kills NYSC member and assistant nursing officer in Ogun State

Activities at the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, Ogun State, were paralysed on Tuesday as medical personnel and patients deserted the hospital due to fear of Lassa fever which claimed two lives in the hospital.

The victims were an assistant nursing officer, Abolanle Adesuyi, and a serving corps member. The resurgence of the viral disease came barely four months after the state government declared the state Lassa fever free.
The late corps member was said to be a patient who had been down with the viral disease and had been admitted into the FMC, Abeokuta. Adesuyi was said to have attended to the corps member, from who she contacted the virus.
Two others – a doctor and a nurse – are currently being monitored at the intensive care unit of the FHC, Idi-Aba, over the virus.
As soon the news of the nature of the death of the assistant nursing officer got to the hospital, many medical personnel in the department deserted the place. Some patients in the hospital were also said to have pleaded to be discharged for fear of Lassa fever.

For Allegedly Doing Yahoo Yahoo Inside His Palace, Court Wants King of Iwo Arrested

An Osun State Chief Magistrate Court has issued a warrant of arrest against a first class traditional ruler in the state, the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi after he failed to show up in court to defend allegations against him by the Oluwo of Iwo-Oke, Oba Kadiri Adeoye.
Oba Adeoye had approached the Magistrate Court accusing the Oluwo of Iwo of concealing some facts about his past to the state government when he was installed as a first class monarch about a year ago.

Oluwo-Oke in a 33-paragraph affidavit said Oba Akanbi’s character did not befit a person of his status and calibre as he was used to carrying armed thugs, miscreants and hoodlums around to harass, intimidate, molest and attack persons whom he perceived as his enemies.
He further alleged that Oba Akanbi forged his name to obtain travelling documents to the United States where he was jailed in New York City and deported to Nigeria in year 2000.
He added that Oba Akanbi later travelled out with his real name to Canada in 2001 and became a Canadian citizen but was also arrested in Toronto and was in jail between 2006 and 2007.
“These facts were concealed for the state government which appointed and installed him as the Oluwo of Iwo,” the suit read. He also accused him of presently making money through the internet fraud otherwise known as “Yahoo Yahoo” and was using his palace as a cover-up.
Source:channels

102 bags of plastic rice intercepted in Lagos

The Federal Operations Unit, Ikeja of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has seized 102 bags of plastic rice branded “Beat Tomato Rice’’ with no date of manufacture. The Customs Area Controller of F.O.U. Comptroller Mohammed Haruna, said the commodity was stored for distribution as Yuletide gifts for the public.

Haruna said officers of the unit seized the plastic rice along Ikeja area on Monday, adding that a suspect was arrested in connection with the seizure.
“Before now, I thought it was a rumour that the plastic rice is all over the country but with this seizure, I have been totally convinced that such rice exists.
We have done the preliminary analysis on the plastic rice. After boiling, it was sticky and only God knows what would have happened if people consumed it.
I advise those economic saboteurs who see yuletide season as a peak period for nefarious acts to desist from such illegal business.
Haruna appreciated well-meaning Nigerians who provided the service with prompt information that led to the discovery of the bags of plastic rice.
The controller, however, advised the media to educate the public on the existence of plastic rice, adding that it was no longer a rumour.

3 children of a Nigerian woman spend 3 days next to their mother's corpse

Three children - aged 5, 10 and 11 - spent days next to their mother's body - unaware that she had died - with no food or water before being rescued by police in Spain.
They told passers-by they couldn't understand what was wrong with their mother when they went looking for help in the street because she was in bed and 'wouldn't open her eyes.'

They were described as being barely dressed when they were found. The youngest child fainted as he was being assisted by neighbours who realised they were in trouble and gave them juice and water and something to eat.
Police found their mum's body after entering into their home in the Majorcan, Palma, on Tuesday. A post-mortem is expected to confirm the unnamed woman died of natural causes.
The children, two boys and a girl, were taken to hospital for a check-up before being taken into local authority care after the authorities were unable to find any trace of their father.

Female banker who allegedly hired assassins to kill husband gets N1m bail

A Lagos banker, Oluchi Tochukwu Onyebuchi, who allegedly hired two assassins to murder her husband was on Tuesday granted N1 million bail by an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.
Magistrate M.O Olajuwon also ordered that the two alleged hired assassins, Chigozie Nworie (32) and Kingsley Ofelete (36), be remanded in Ikoyi Prisons.
The Prosecutor, Insp. Julius Babatope, told the court that Onyebuchi, 32, contracted Nworie and Ofelete to assassinate her husband on October 9 at No. 18, Fatai Kofo St., Agungi, Lekki.

He said, “The accused made away with the victim’s Land Rover jeep with Reg. No. LND 275 DZ after hacking the complainant and pouring acid on him. The victim’s HP laptop, iPhone, car documents and other valuables estimated at N9.3m were also taken away by the accused.
Onyebuchi had informed the two accused on where she had hidden machete, cutlass and acid in her husband’s compound which they were to use in eliminating him.”
Babatope said that Nworie and Ofelete were arrested with the victim’s blood-stained Range Rover on their way to deliver the car to Onyebuchi’s brother in Anambra. The trio are facing a three-count bordering on conspiracy, robbery and attempted murder. The accused plea was, however, not taken.

Gang member arrested with beheaded police officer's phone, names sponsor

The police have arrested a member of the gang that killed Deputy Superintendent of Police, Mohammed Alkali(Right), and his driver in Uju Forest, Omoku area of Rivers State, with the late officer's LG phone.
Christian Chukwuemela Ekikeme, 22, was nabbed at about 6pm on Saturday, following six days of tracking the cult gang that ambushed and killed Mr. Alkali and his driver, Sergeant Peter Uchi, during the 10 December federal legislative re-run polls in the state.

Ekiekeme, also known as Prince Okoroma, an indigene of Okposi village, near Omoku, was arrested by the operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Response Team (IRT) in Omoku, when he came out from the creek to visit his girlfriend.
Sources revealed that he confessed to the beheading of the DSP, adding that his head and driver's body were thrown into a river while the white Mitsubishi pick-up van belonging to the police was parked deep in Uju Forest.
He also confessed that he and 9 members of his gang members have seven AK-47 rifles, two pump action guns and that they ambushed the police team because they felt they were against their party.
He listed other gang members as Kelvin, John Ahiaikwo, Chukwuemela AKA Jungle Justice, Izu, Bright (Gang leader), Okechukwu, Ngozi, Christian, himself, and Kachi Nwokocha, who is their sponsor. Crdt: SR

Speeding vehicle kills 12 school children in Gombe Maulud procession

At least 12 children were killed when a pickup van ran into a procession of students marking the birthday of Prophet Muhammad in a town in Gombe state yesterday.

The incident happened in Malam Sidi town. The driver was said to be coming from Gombe on a high speed when he lost control and ran into the Maulud procession.
The event was staged by hundreds of Islamiya School pupils some of whom came from neighbouring villages.
A witness said he counted about 20 corpses, adding that over 30 children were injured and taken to the Cottage Hospital in Malam Sidi. Crdt: DailyTrust

56-year-old pastor impregnates his 16-yr-old daughter

A 16-year-old girl is allegedly carrying a 7-month-old pregnancy for her 56 years old father, Prophet Taiwo Oluboyode, in Odode, Idanre area of Ondo State, Vanguardngr reports.
Oluboyode, who owns a white garment church and currently in police custody, allegedly informed his interrogators that he was tempted by the devil to commit the act.

However, residents of the area are of the opinion that the cleric must have carried out the act “to renew his spiritual power.”
Findings in the town showed that the cleric is popular and his church, located at Oke-Ijebu Street, Odode, Idanre, always records high traffic of miracle-seeking worshippers from far and near on a regular basis.
Sources close to the church revealed that the prophet is a specialist in bathing women in streams to ward off evil spirits and those tormented by spiritual husbands, who prevent them from getting married or having babies.
Reports had it that the prophet lives alone with her daughter after the wife left him years back. A family source hinted that the suspect had refused to remarry after the wife left and had preferred sleeping with his daughter instead.
It was learnt that the victim stopped going to school when signs that she is pregnant was becoming evident.
It was gathered from police source that when the victim took in and informed the suspect, he allegedly gave her some concoctions to terminate the pregnancy, but it failed.

CNN Governor Emefiele emerges chairman of global Islamic bank

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria,Godwin Emefiele, has been elected as the Chairman of the International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation. He was elected on Thursday in Jakarta, Indonesia.
By this development, Emefiele had also become the head of the general assembly of the financial body comprising nine countries and the Islamic Development Bank, with headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation is a global institution established by central banks, monetary authorities and multilateral organisations to create and issue short-term Shariah-compliant financial instruments to facilitate effective cross-border Islamic liquidity management.
By creating more liquid Shariah-compliant financial markets for institutions offering Islamic financial services, the IILM aims to enhance cross-border investment flows, international linkages and financial stability.
The body’s major mandates include developing a robust Islamic liquidity management as a catalyst for cross-border financial linkages and facilitating effective cross-border liquidity management instruments for institutions that offer Islamic financial series.
The organisation is also charged with the responsibility of enabling a future global finance industry with greater connectivity, stability and sophistication. The current shareholders comprise of central banks and monetary authorities of Indonesia, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mauritius, Nigeria, Qatar, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and the Islamic Development Bank.

Uganda court issues arrest warrant for Wizkid and his manager, orders Interpol to arrest them

Face TV, through its lawyer, Fred Muwema, has obtained a warrant of arrest for the singer, who allegedly failed to honour a US$60,000 contractual obligations to perform at a concert in Uganda on December 3.
The warrant, issued by the Buganda Road Court, has directed the International Police (Interpol) and Uganda Police to arrest Wizkid. The warrant reads:

“To: Any police officer, Uganda police
force/international police (Interpol).
Whereas Sunday of Lagos Nigeria. Stands charged with the offence of; C1: Obtaining money by false pretence contrary to section 305 of the penal code act. C11: cheating contrary to section 307 of the penal code act.
You are hereby directed to arrest the said Sunday Are and produce him before me on or before the 16th day of January 2017.” The order was issued today by Magistrate Baligeya Moses Mufumbiro.
According to Muwema, Wizkid’s manager Sunday Are was paid the full performance fee of US$60,000, a brokerage fee of $5,000 and $3,000 as per diem for the days Wizkid’s group was going to stay in Uganda.
“Our client then incurred substantial expenses in booking and re-booking flights, hotel, venue, advertising and promotions for the concert, which expenses grossed over $300,000.
In the meantime, more than 25,000 Ugandans paid for tickets in advance in anticipation of the Concert. To our client’s dismay and utter shock, Wizkid and his troupe did not show up for the Concert despite assurances were made up to the very last minute.
This misconduct by the accused has not only damaged the name and reputation of our client.” In response, the court issued the arrest warrant against both Wizkid and his manager Are.

Lady nabs her nanny with loads of stolen items from different sources

The employer in question wrote: "Blessing my nanny has been stealing from myself and so many other homes she must have worked and lived in.
She was about to travel home for Christmas when I discovered she's been stealing and also stole from my family friends homes where she was caught on camera stealing when she went there with my kids for the weekend.

She stole from two different homes in one weekend and she stole from both houses. Among her victims is Augustina. The same agent who brought her to me, took her to Augustina.
I have decided to put this out here just in case you know her or anywhere she has worked before and just in case you recognise this jewelries as yours. She has since been taken to the Dolphin Estate police station in Lagos."

Man kills his own mother and dumps her corpse inside soakaway

Segun Ogunlusi, 33, was said to have stabbed Mrs Abimbola Ogunlusi, 60, to death on Tuesday at her house situated at 16, Oketunde Street, Molatori, Ogijo, Sagamu, Ogun State.

He was arrested, following a report from his younger sister, Yetunde
It was learnt that he hurriedly buried her in a soak away close to the house. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the incident in a statement Thursday, said the reason for the action of the suspect was still under investigation.

Nigerian banker jailed for 7.5 years, over an N8 billion CBN currency scam

Justice Nathaniel of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, has convicted and sentenced Tope Akintade, a former staff of Ecobank, to 2.5 years imprisonment on each of the three counts of stealing and conspiracy pressed against him by the EFCC.

Akintade was convicted for his complicity in the infamous N8 billion CBN currency mutilation scam. The convict is also to forfeit a Shopping Plaza and another property located in Ibadan, allegedly acquired with proceeds of crime.
One of the counts that sent Mr. Akintade to prison reads: “That you, Tope Akintade between 2010 and May 2011, did conspire with Kolawole Babalola, Olaniran Muniru Adeola, Toogun Kayode Phillips and John Paul to convert the sum of N490m which sum was illegally derived from CBN, to wit: by inducing the CBN to deliver the said sum to EcoBank Plc as against the actual sum of N79.8m."

Protesting workers shut down Arik Air operations over unpaid salaries

Workers of Nigeria’s largest airline Arik Air, have shut down operations of the airline following months of unpaid salary arrears and other anti-labour practices.

Also, United Labour Congress and the Nigeria Pilots and Engineers union on Tuesday shut the offices of Arik Airlines, due to the inability of the airline to pay its workers for seven months.
The protesters displayed placards containing messages communicating their grievances. The Acting Chairman of ULC, Alhaji Tokunbo Korodo, said in a telephone interview in Lagos that the union could no longer tolerate the inhuman treatment of Arik’s management to workers.
Korodo said that apart from owing workers for seven months, the management of the airline was not remitting the taxes of workers to relevant bodies. The unionist said that five executive members of the ULC working in Arik had been sacked.

21-year-old pregnant woman plots ex-lover’s kidnap for N100,000 ransom

Eniola Kareem, her husband, Paul Kareem, 23, and his friend, Ayoola Sodiq, 21, were arrested in Lagos, after kidnapping Idris Saheed, 23, and receiving the payment of N100,000 ransom into Paul’s account, from the victim’s parents.

According Eniola, who claimed to be the brain behind the kidnap, “I called Idris to come to my house after I was told that he was coming to Mowe in Ogun State. I mooted the idea of kidnapping him because I know how rich his parents are.
I told my husband about how we would kidnap him and tie him with a rope. I told him that when he comes to the house, I will do anything he wants.” On his part, Paul said: “I met my wife in a club, where I dance and we started dating.
The person we kidnapped told my wife that he was coming to the house, thinking she was still single and that was what prompted the kidnap. We did not harm him. The boy is gentle and cooperated with us."
Speaking, the third suspect, Ayoola Sodiq, said: “I was given N30,000, while Paul took N40,000 and gave N30,000 to his wife." Crdt: Vanguardngr

Cultists sack Osogbo, one person killed, 7 arrested

A member of a cult group was killed, over the weekend, by a rival cult group in Osogbo, Osun State, as cultists sacked and no fewer than seven cultists have been arrested by Osun State Police Command, DailyTrust reports.

There was a palpable tension in Osogbo as rival cultists hunted their opponents, brandishing dangerous weapons, shooting sporadically and scaring the residents.
A resident of station Road said that members of a cult group killed a member of a rival group and that the other group also mobilised and retaliated same way.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Fimihan Adeoye, said only one person was killed and that the person that killed him has been identified and would be arrested.

Toy guns recovered from kidnappers as police foil kidnap attempt in Abia State

A gang of kidnappers at Amavo Village in Owerrinta, along Enugu/ Port-Harcourt expressway, have been arrested by the Anti-Robbery Squad attached to the Abia State Criminal and Intelligence unit in Umuahia.

The members are Ifeanyi Monday, Ikenna Ubani, Uchenna Nwosu and Maduabuchi Sunday, while Uzoma James was reportedly on the run.
The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Adeleye Oyebade, said they're arrested on their way for a kidnap operation, adding that a search on them led to the recovery of two locally made guns, one single barrel gun, one plastic toy gun and one wooden toy gun.

Wife stabs her husband’s mistress, with a broken bottle

Amudat Shosanya, who hails from Kwara State, was yesterday arraigned before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stabbing her husband’s lover, Remilekun Adeshina, on the head, neck, hand and fingers, with a broken bottle, reports The Nation.

Shosanya has been married to her husband, Wasiu, for eight years without a child. The accused, it was learnt, caught her husband with Remilekun and quarrelled with him for having extra-marital affair. She allegedly stabbed her husband on the lap close to his manhood.
She then reportedly went to attack the victim at her shop, on December 13 around 11.27am at Jebba Street in Ebute Meta. Shosanya, 39, is facing a charge of assault. She pleaded not guilty. Magistrate Helen Omisore granted her N10, 000 bail with one surety in the like sum and adjourned the case to January 12, 2017.