Exploitation by Lastma official, Lagosian cries out

The victim wrote: "I was exploited by a Lastma official (Suenu Adejoke) by name yesterday and would like to know if/how I can be assisted or if someone can tell me what to do.
According to her I used one way ( there was no sign to indicate this) I saw other vehicles moving the same way also. Two vehicles before me and several others behind me. She claim they are military men.

So i told her to allow me turn back, next thing she jumped into the vehicle started dragging the steering with the driver. She later claim that she was assaulted by my driver (George) and she had a miscarriage in the course of this.
We were taken to Area F police station where she demanded N150k for assault. This woman collected N70k cash from my manager and I really feel bad about this because the police did not even help matters. Don't know if there is any official handle (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) where I can report  this."

Easter Tragedy: 2 teenagers drown in Benin swimming pool

Two teenagers have drowned in a hotel swimming pool in Benin, the Edo State capital.

It was gathered that Ikponmwosa Isibor, 17 and Emmanuel Abuzu, 16 paid to use the pool at Okhoro Play House, last Saturday and drowned at about 4:00p.m. Some staffs of the hotel have been picked up for interrogation over the matter. Crdt: Tribune

On his first day at work, driver diverts 600 bags of flour, sells off truck as scrap after dismantling it

Operatives of Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a driver, Garuba Lawal, 36, from Kwara State, who connived with 3 other persons in diverting his company 600 bags of flour before dismantling the truck for sale in pieces.
Garuba was recruited by the company (name withheld) in Apapa, Lagos, the same day, to move the 600 bags of flour to a bakery in Ibadan, Oyo State and was baited with N2m by his accomplices to do their bidding.

Garuba disclosed that after loading, a young man, Ismaila from Oyo State, approached him for a discussion. “He asked me how much I have made in since I have been driving truck. I replied him that I just joined the haulage company.
He asked again, have ever seen money in your life? I said no. He asked me again, if you see N2m, what would you do with it? I answered him that I would quit this truck driving job. Then, he told me that he would introduce me to a deal. That was how we started”.
Garuba, in company of the three accomplices, diverted the 600 bags of flour to Sagamu. The truck head was later removed and Garuba was given N50,000. He drove the truck head to Kwara State in company of two other member of the team to sell it off.
"I took the two guys to where I live with my wife. They promised to return with my share on N2m as soon as bank is opened. They collected N15,000 for hotel accommodation from the N50,000 they gave me.
When I didn’t see them that day and the following day, I agreed with a buyer to knock down the truck into pieces and sell the parts for N450,000. After, we had dismantled it, the RRS, Lagos arrested me."
The company disclosed that they were yet to see the motor boy that followed him on the said trip, fueling suspicion that the motor boy might have been killed to pave way for a seamless execution of their plans.
Investigation revealed that the gang has been involved in several diversions of other products. Arrested along with him were Jimoh Adeleye, Wasiu Azeez and Adeniran Jacob.

14-year-old girl sent on an errand, goes missing in Lagos

NAME: Chinwendu Ekemezie
Age: 14 years
Last seen: 3pm , April 07 2017
She was sent to the market to buy foodtuffs for dinner with sum of #500 on the said date.

Time lapsed and she didn't come back and upon further investigation, the security man guarding the compound said he saw her take another route different from the one that leads to the market.
ACTION TAKEN SO FAR: We have searched the neighbourhood, her school, the church to no avail. We have also made a report to the police station at Agboju/old ojo road, satellite town lagos on April 8th 2017.
Pls if seen/located, she should be sent to the nearest police station or alternatively a phone call can be placed to me on
0803 379 6751
0811 357 9150

Whistle blower helps EFCC recover another N250m in Lagos

A tip off from a whistle blower today led operatives of EFCC to intercept huge sums of money in various currencies at the popular Balogun market in Lagos.
The monies include €547,730 and £21,090 as well as N5,648,500. The total haul is about N250m at the prevailing exchange rate at the parallel market.

The intercept followed information that about N250m cash was being moved somewhere in the market for conversion into foreign currencies by unnamed persons.
Operatives responded timely, met the money in Bureau de Change office, but a large chunk of it had been converted into Euro and Pounds sterling.
The BDC operators found in possession of the monies claimed they were acting on behalf of their boss who sent the money to them from one of the Northern states in Nigeria.
Two persons apprehended in the course of the raid are helping the Commission in its investigation.

Skeletal remains found in Boston identified as 22-yr-old Nigeria lady who went missing in 2016

The slim bracelet found with the remains of a young woman discovered in a patch of Dedham woods last week had an engraving that said “peace.”
When authorities seeking help released a photo of the bracelet Friday, someone came forward immediately with a crucial tip: Susan Anyanwu-Corbin, a Boston resident who went missing last year at 22, had a bracelet just like that.

Working over the weekend, forensic investigators were able to confirm that the remains matched dental records for Anyanwu-Corbin, a Nigerian immigrant who was last seen in February 2016.
Police are now looking for information about her disappearance. Anyanwu-Corbin, described as outgoing and caring, may have been missing for as long as three months before an uncle, George Corbin, reached out to the police.
Anyanwu-Corbin left Nigeria shortly before her 18th birthday, sponsored by another family member. She attended West Roxbury High School for a time before switching to an alternative diploma program for working adults, while working a series of retail jobs.
Her remains were discovered by a man walking through a low-lying pocket of woods just beyond busy High Street in Dedham, between the back of the town’s municipal “snow dump” and the edge of Brookdale Cemetery.
The information developed to this point does not establish that there was or was not foul play associated with her disappearance and death.

Man rapes 12-year-old boy to death in Niger State

A 12-year-old boy, identified only as Aminu, has lost his life after he was allegedly sexually abused by one Abubakar, a tea seller in Ngwayanma, in the Kontagora area of Niger State.

Abubakar, aka Maishai, had reportedly abducted Aminu from his parents’ house sometime in March, and held him hostage in his (Abubakar’s) apartment. He was alleged to have severally had anal sex with Aminu for two weeks, until the victim fell ill.
It was gathered that a neighbour, who got wind of Aminu’s abduction, raised the alarm and reported the case to the police at the Kontagora division. While Abubakar was arrested, the boy was admitted to a hospital, where he died.
A police source said that Abubakar was arraigned in a Kontagora Chief Magistrate’s Court before the boy died, on two counts of abduction and unnatural offences, to which the defendant pleaded guilty.
“The unfortunate thing is that he was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment with a fine of N30,000, which is ridiculous. The punishment generated a lot of outcry. But it is not the police’s fault. What the police can do is to appeal the case or file a new charge, now that boy is dead,” he added.
The Niger State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Elkana James, confirmed Aminu’s death, saying that the case had been transferred to the command headquarters in Minna.
He added that the suspect would be re-arraigned on a fresh charge of culpable homicide. He said, “He is still in prison, serving the one month’s imprisonment. Once the new charge is filed, he would be reproduced to take his plea.”

85-year-old woman abandoned by her children, dies

Mrs. Bolaji Isaac, the 85-year-old woman who lamented that her five children had abandoned her, is dead.
Isaac died on Wednesday at the Lagos Island General Hospital where she had been receiving treatment since she was taken to the Old People’s Home, Yaba, by the Lagos State Government.

It was initially reported that the octogenarian had been putting up with a friend, Mrs. Sadatu Ahmed, after her children allegedly refused to cater to her. She had expressed frustration with life, saying she wanted to die.
The Ikare, Ondo State indigene, had particularly accused one of her children, Samuel, a lawyer, of not picking her calls and refusing to allow her know his place of residence.
She added that another child chased her out of an apartment rented for her by a Pentecostal church, Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries. “I don’t know what I did to deserve all these troubles. I want to die. This suffering is unbearable for me,” she had said.
In his reaction, Samuel had said his mother was troublesome, adding that she always fought with her children’s wives. The state government had, however, taken her to the Old People’s Home, from where she was taken to the general hospital for treatment.
She was receiving treatment at the hospital when she died on Wednesday around 11pm. Samuel, who also confirmed the development, said he was at peace because he was able to reconcile with his mother before she died.
He said, “We spoke on the phone and we reconciled our differences. She passed on around 11pm at the general hospital. I was there this morning (Thursday). The family is going to meet on how to organise the burial.” Crdt: Punchng

Man blames the devil after killing his uncle by tying him to a tree till he died of hunger

The Enugu State Police Command, on Wednesday, announced the arrest of a man, Daniel Ekemezie, for allegedly killing his uncle, Pa Patrick Odoh, 83, over land dispute.
The command’s spokesman, Mr Ebere Amaraizu who disclosed this in a statement, added that the suspect blamed the devil for his action. Amaraizu said that the killing happened at Ukpata community in Uzo-Uwani LGA of the state.

The suspect said that he and his uncle had been locked in a protracted land dispute. According to him, on March 4, 2017 at 8 p.m. he, Ekemezie alias Bakassi and a father of two, left his house in Ukpata community and headed to his uncle’s place, Pa Odoh place.
“On getting to the place, I woke my uncle up and tied his mouth with cloth to avoid him shouting, while I whisked him quietly that evening to Iyimkpafu/Ofiakputu forest in our community.
I tied him on the tree with rope and left him till March 8, 2017. When I discovered after five days that he was dead, I buried him in a shallow grave,’’ Amaraizu quoted the suspect as confessing to the police investigation team.
The suspect led police operatives to the grave, where the decomposed corpse of late Pa Odoh was recovered on 4 April 2017.

If you love your life, leave Apostle Suleman alone, Nigerian Bishops warn Stephanie Otobo

Some Nigerian Bishops under the banner of the Niger Delta Bishops and Ministers Forum (NDBMF), have warned Ms. Stephanie Otobo to retrace her steps from her allegations against Apostle Suleman or face the wrath of God.
The president of NDBMF, His Eminence, Dr. Julius Ediwe, who spoke to newsmen in Port Harcourt said the allegations of Ms. Otobo against Apostle Suleman is pure falsehood.
“We want to let Nigerians and the whole world know that this is propaganda. It is false. As spiritual fathers in the land, we will not be quiet and watch a young girl with whoever that is sp

onsoring her, spoil the name of a man of God.
A man of God who has single-handedly stood in defense of Christians in this country, Africa and the whole world. We cannot sit down and watch a young girl like that speak blasphemy of such a man of God. We are here to say it is an error.
As Niger Delta Bishops and Ministers Forum, we condemn the actions of the young girl and whoever that is sponsoring her. We want to advise them to leave Apostle Suleiman alone; allow him to do what God has sent him to do.
God called him to preach the gospel and we are enjoying the gospel and we love what he is doing. I want to let Nigerians know that Apostle Suleiman has made us, clergymen proud in this country.
Such a man is not somebody who that little girl should come up to rubbish. So, we are saying, please, if you love your life, run away from this evil paid for against the man of God.
If not, the wrath of God is coming upon you! We know that such allegation can come at any time to any man of God who preached the truth and has integrity. We want to urge Nigerians not to buy into what that young girl is saying.
Anybody that is following the girl should be careful, because they are incurring the wrath of God. Remember, the Bible said, touch not my anointed and do my prophet no harm.
God has not permitted anybody to speak such evil of any man of God. We are warning whoever is involved in this to be careful with men of God.”

Bill to prohibit tribal marks passes second reading

A Bill for an Act to provide for the Prohibition of Facial Mutilation, Offences, Prosecution and Punishment of Offenders on Tuesday passed second reading in the Senate.
The Bill is also for the Protection of victims under threat of facial mutilation and other related Matters. Sen. Dino Melaye (APC-Kogi), who sponsored the bill, said that there was no doubt that Africans of old used tribal marks as a means of proper identification.

Leading debate on the bill, Melaye said in those days, members of the same village, tribe or lineage had the same tribal marks. Melaye said that the hometown and lineage of a child or anyone with tribal marks were immediately identified, while outsiders who did not have such marks were also spotted.
He further explained that parents also used tribal marks to lay credence to the legitimacy of their children. However, the lawmaker said “all these reasons cannot be scientifically proven, and hence cannot enjoy the support for this harmful practice’’.
“The irony of these marks is that it makes victims subjects of mockery by friends. Imagine someone being called a tiger simply because of the thick cheeks resulting from facial marks.
These people have been subjected to different reactions. Some have lamented the marks that are bequeathed on them as generational inheritance.Many have cursed the day which this dastardly act was performed on them.
Many of the grown adults have confessed that the most terrific debacle of their lives is their tribal marks. Some have become eunuchs because of this stigma. Imagine a boy in the class of 25 pupils carrying a tribal mark. His mates will call him the boy with the railway line.
They are emblems of disfiguration. Some of them have developed low self-esteem and most times treated with scorn and ridicule including rejection by the female folks.
The reactions of people who interact with them say it dampens and lowers their spirit,’’ he said. Melaye stated that besides the health implication of the practice, it was an infringement on the rights of children, adding that every Nigerian child deserved the right to live.

Plateau Commissioner slumps, dies while jogging with governor

The Plateau Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Mr Samuel Galadima, slumped and died on Wednesday, while jogging along with Governor Simon Lalong, at the Rwang Pam Stadium, Jos.

The Director of Press Affairs, Mr Emmanuel Nanle, who confirmed the incident said, “The commissioner slumped while jogging and was rushed to the Plateau Specialist Hospital, where he died.”
Nanle said that the official was gasping for breath by the time he arrived the hospital. “Doctors tried to stabilise him but could not. We have lost him,” he said.

Student of Madonna university shot dead by Armed Robbers #graphic

According to facebook user Paul Nonye.
"A physiology student of Madonna University Okija shot dead by 8:50pm this night after he refused to surrender his phone to some group of armed boys in between Steve Jane Hostel and Obama Hostel owerri.

Haven rushed the young man to FMC Owerri while he was still alive, the consultants on duty refused treating the innocent boy who went out to buy bread and milk for dinner...his name is Ibezunma Kelechi .C. , please if you have possible clue to any of his relations ,kindly alert me. We tried our best to save his life but its quite a pity the two doctors on duty are so heartless even with the approval of the police they refused to treat the young man."

Nigerian man sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually exploiting a S. African teenager

The High Court in Johannesburg has sentenced a man convicted of sexually exploiting a 15-year-old girl and forcing her into prostitution to an effective 20 years in prison.

Two weeks ago Eke Ogochukwu was found guilty of four charges relating to human trafficking. The teenager escaped in August 2015 and received help from a nearby church in Rosettenville. Judge Majake Mabesele says what the accused did was cruel.
“Clearly what happened to her was cruel, inhuman and degrading and was a violation of the right to human dignity, which is enshrined in our Constitution.” Ogochukwu, known to the girl only as Johnny, sexually abused her.
The court heard that he would drug her, force her to perform sexual acts with other men and take the money she made through prostitution. The young girl was given R50 a day for food and a further R100 for every man she was forced to sleep with.
The judge says Ogochukwu took advantage of the teenager as she was homeless after running away from her Vereeniging home in 2015 following a fight with her mother.

Air Force man who killed his girlfriend, is still alive and behind bars, here is why he did it

The Nigerian Air Force has confirmed the arrest of an air force man, Kalu B.A, for allegedly shooting dead his girlfriend, Solape Oladipupo, in Markudi, Benue State.
The incident happened on Saturday at the NAF Tactical Air Command, Makurdi, Benue State. It was learnt that the lady, popularly referred to as Shomzy, was allegedly shot dead by Kalu after he accused her of having a romantic affair with other men.

It was gathered that the two air force officers had had an affair for some months, after they met at a military parade. It was learnt that Oladipupo, who hailed from Badagry, Lagos State, was on Saturday allegedly shot dead by Kalu after the latter accused her of dating other men.
After the killing, it was speculated that Kalu also shot himself because of his post on his Facebook page, which read, “My last night as an airman. Ask about me later and hear my story, you will be surprised.”

It was, however, learnt that Kalu had been arrested and in military detention. The NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa, said investigations were ongoing into the matter to ascertain the motives of the suspect.
He said, “She was initially rushed to NAF hospital, but when it was beyond their control, she was transferred to the state hospital where she died. Kalu has been arrested. Investigations are ongoing into the incident. We will unravel the circumstances that led to the incident.”

Pastor who steals laptops of conference and seminar participants, arrested during fellowship

Ikemefuna Aje, 47, was arrested on Wednesday, by the operatives of Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command, after he had gate-crashed into a seminar organised for internet brand managers at a hotel in GRA, Ikeja, Lagos.

He made away with 5 MacBooks, one HP computer and some assorted personal effects of the workshop participants. Ikemufuna, captured on CCTV, drove into the venue, before heading straight into seminar, precisely when the participants were having launch in another room.
The suspect, who was corporately dressed, wore the tag of seminar participants before making away with the items. He had, after stealing the said items, taken them to computer village, Ikeja, and sold them to one Saliu Ibraheem for N1, 110, 000.
RRS operatives in tracking the suspect traced him to 5, Tony Street, Ejigbo, Lagos where he was hosting about 34 other church members in an house-fellowship.
Recovered from his house, were a car a 4Runner Toyota, a master key, Zinox laptop, several computer bags, computer and tablet accessories as well as seminar materials and a sum of N700, 000.
The seminar organiser said the seminar was not advertised online neither in any national newspapers and they're surprised how he got to know of the event and managed to come at the exact time about a hundred participants were having launch.
According to sources, Ikemefuna had several scouts who furnish him with information on conferences and seminars. The suspect said that the seminar was one of the many others where he had gate crashed.
The buyer of the stolen items said he had known Ikemefuna for more than 7 years. As at yesterday, the operatives had recovered all the laptops.

Teacher's cane permanently damages student's eye in Kaduna State

A teenager, Raliya Suleiman, a Junior Secondary School (JSS) student of Government Secondary School, Kachai, has lost sight in her right eye after a teacher hit the eye with his cane, Daily Trust is reporting.

Raliya was allegedly flogged by a teacher in the school, one Moses Aura, because she came to school late on 23th February, 2017. The cane hit her right eye and has resulted to permanent eye damage.
The Tafidan Kachai and Raliya's uncle, Sani Abubakar, who confirmed the incident, said, "Raliya was late for school that faithful day, 23rd February, 2017 and the teacher, Moses Aura asked her and many others to kneel down and wait for him.
When he came back, he started beating her and the cane hit her right eye. She was rushed to the National Eye Center, Kaduna, unfortunately, they said the water in the eye had drained out and there was nothing they could do to salvage the eye."

Police recover 13 ATM cards from man arrested for withdrawing N1m from victim’s account

Eze Udo was arrested by the men of the Umuahia Central Police Station in Abia State for allegedly withdrawing the sum of N1,049,545 from his victim’s account, following a complaint by the victim, Mr. Oka Monday, whom the suspect stole his ATM card.

Monday was making attempts to withdraw some money from an ATM in Umuahia, when the suspect offered to assist him due network failure.
It was learnt that after attempts to withdraw the money failed, the suspect having memorised the victim’s secret pin number, advised him to follow him (the suspect) to a nearby bank where the transaction might be easier.
However, Udo suddenly absconded with his ATM card and Monday started getting debit alerts. During a police search in the suspect’s house, 13 different ATM cards belonging to different victims were recovered.

Fake chemist kills pregnant woman while trying to help her with abortion

Godswill Umoren, a 30-year-old drug dispenser in Akamkpa LGA of Cross River State, has been arrested by the police for allegedly injecting a pregnant woman, Mrs. Uduak Udofia, in an attempt to abort her pregnancy.

The injection led to the death of Mrs. Udofia on February 11, 2017. Umoren, who claimed to be a chemist, was said have administered the injection following the advice of the deceased’s husband, Mr. Sunday Udofia.
The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Hafiz Inuwa, said that the administered injection was meant to terminate the pregnancy of the deceased. Inuwa said the suspect had confessed to the crime and would soon be charged to the court.
Umoren, who is an indigene of Ikot-Ekpene in Akwa Ibom State, said: “I am not a medical personnel, I learnt how to administer drugs and inject patients from my brother who is a doctor. I only helped her to recover.” Crdt: Punchng

We only wanted to threaten him – Man who killed his boss over N63,000

On March 3, 2017, 20-year-old Precious Victor, a barman at King’s Bar located at Anifowose, Mushin area of Lagos, realised that he had had enough. He said he needed to get out of the job, but first, he had to force his boss, Mr. Tajudeen Oso, to give him some money.

“All I wanted to do was to threaten him a little, get N63,000 from him and run away,” he said. According to him, he realised he could not carry out the plan alone, so he enlisted the help of one of his friends, Kelechi, and another acquaintance, a customer named Ahmed.
But Victor said things went terribly wrong with their plan. By evening of that day, his boss, Oso, lay dead. The man had been stabbed twice in the stomach. He bled to death on the premises of his bar.
Victor said, “I live in an accommodation on the premises of the bar. Kelechi lives with me as well. I was actually introduced to my boss (the victim) by Kelechi’s boss. We discussed the plan and when Ahmed, whom I had known as a regular customer, came to the bar to drink on Friday, I also told him about the plan and he said he was interested.
The plan was only to threaten my boss, and tell him we needed N63,000. We had no intension of killing him. That day, I was hiding in the kitchen when Kelechi put our plan in motion. But something went wrong. He hit my boss in the head with a bottle.
When I heard noise, I came out. My boss then said, ‘Precious, you people want to kill me?’ I said no but he came towards me and bit me in the stomach. He was dragging me and would not let go.
Kelechi was dragging him so that he could free me but when he did not, Kelechi took a knife and stabbed him twice in the stomach.” The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Police Command, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, explained that they would be charged to court as soon as investigation into the case was concluded. Crdt: Punchng

Official electrocuted during illegal connection of electric cables

It was tragedy in Ondo town, headquarters of Ondo West Local Government Area, on Saturday following the electrocution of Kola, an ad-hoc staff of the Ondo Business District of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company, BEDC.

The incident occurred at the Government Reserve Area, GRA, located at Itanla along the Ondo/Akure highway, while he was trying to connect a wire from an electric pole.
Kola was in charge of the area on behalf of BEDC and was attempting to connect a wire from the pole to a new building nearby, when he was electrocuted. The motorcycle he rode to the place was seen packed under a mango tree.
Officials from the BEDC later arrived the scene to remove the body from the pole. The Business Manager of the Ondo Business District of BEDC, Chris Enuamaka, while confirming the incident, noted that Kola was on an illegal duty at the time of the electrocution.

Lagos Arrests, Prosecutes 122 Cultists, Miscreant

The Lagos State Government says it has arrested and prosecuted 122 notorious cultists and miscreants in Mushin area of Lagos. Those arrested included 87 miscreants and 35 notorious cultists.
Operatives of the Lagos State Task Force in an overnight raid at the weekend swooped on the affected and arrested them.

The Chairman of the Lagos State Task Force, Olayinka Egbeyemi disclosed that the overnight operations was sequel to public report that they could no longer sleep with their two eyes closed due to criminal activities around these areas.
Egbeyemi disclosed further that the 35 notorious cult members were arrested along with their gang leader, Sanju Agbabiaka (aka ‘120’ ) at mid-night while they were recruiting new members into their group around Akala area of Mushin.
He said investigation revealed that the 35 arrested cultists belonged to a group called ‘Omije Boys’. The chairman added that the 87 miscreants and 35 notorious cult members had been terrorising innocent citizens by dispossessing them of their valuables and raped women, particularly young girls.
Egbeyemi, who confirmed that 10 female and 15 teenagers were among the arrested miscreants said one para-military officer attached to the Agency was seriously injured with broken bottles during the operations. Crdt: PMNews

Pregnant woman stabs husband to death over ‘Baba Ijebu’ lotto

A 29-year-old housewife, Onyinyechi Akunne, who allegedly killed her 35-year-old husband, Abuchi Akunne, with a kitchen knife over a lottery ticket of Premier Lotto Ltd also known as “Baba Ijebu”,was on Monday brought before an Ikeja High Court.

Onyinyechi is facing a charge of murder which contravenes Section 221 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2011. She, however, denied the charge.
The State Prosecutor, Mrs C.K Tuiyi-Carena, told the court that the accused allegedly committed the offence on March 28, 2015 at her residence located at No. 85, Idimu Road, Ejigbo, a surbub of Lagos.
“On the day of the alleged murder, Onyinyechi was preparing a meal while Abuchi was sitting on a chair in their home looking at his ‘Baba Ijebu’ lottery tickets. Angered by her husband’s action, Onyinyechi scolded him for his love for gambling and a fight ensued between them.
She took the kitchen knife she was using to cut vegetables and stabbed her husband fatally in the chest. The stabbing inflicted a deep cut in Abuchi’s chest which led to excessive blood loss and his eventual death.
The victim died before he could be taken to hospital by Onyinyechi and concerned neighbours,” she said. She was pregnant when the offence was committed.
She, however, gave birth to a baby girl while in custody at the Kirikiri Female Prisons.
Onyinyechi was in court on Monday with the baby. Counsel to the accused, Mr Q.U. Ogudu, told the court that the accused had opted for a plea bargain. “My Lord, we have applied for a plea bargain agreement which the state is not objecting to.”
The prosecutor also confirmed to the court that the parties were working towards the plea bargain. Justice Josephine Oyefeso adjourned the case to April 6 for a report on the plea bargain agreement.

I robbed to pay my son’s hospital bill – Suspect

Uche Udoma who claimed to be a car panel beater in Abia State, said he had stayed without any job to do for a long time, adding that when he needed money to restore his son’s health, he had no option but rob to raise the money.

He said, “That was what led me into stealing. I broke into my neighbour’s house and stole her Plasma television, but I was caught in the act and the television set was collected back from me.”
It was gathered that operatives of the Anti-kidnapping Unit attached to the Umuahia Central Police Station arrested the suspect while responding to a distress call from one Dr. Chioma Okoli, whose house was burgled by the suspect at Amakama Housing Estate in Umuahia.

I have managed to rape up to 7 women. I pay off my victims to avoid jail – Kidnap, fraud suspect

For 11 years, Emmanuel Nwobilo AKA Ukunwayin, a native of Umuwankwo area of Abia State, allegedly carried out criminal activities of kidnapping, scam and rape, Punchng reports.
By his own admission, each time he was caught by the police, the case never got to court as he always found ways of getting himself off the hook. But when he landed in the net of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Abia State Police Command recently, he was made to chronicle his crime activities on camera.

Nwobilo explained that since 2006 when he had been actively involved in crime, he had raped up to 7 women. His gang operate by using tricycle riders to lure their victims.
According to him, every day, he gave N1,500 to each rider to fuel their tricycles and they use this to kidnap their victims or in some cases, use them to transport victims they intend to defraud.
He said, “I have been arrested many times in the past. But I usually settled the complainants. I have never been charged to court. I was once detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department in Umuahia on a case of a woman I defrauded of N50,000. I also raped the woman.
But when I was arrested, I begged for the case to be settled out of court and compensated the woman with N100,000. The case was closed and I was not charged to court.”
Nwobilo’s recent arrest is a result of defrauding another victim of N800,000, which he has also confessed to. Asked what he intended to do now that he had been recaptured by SARS, he explained that he was willing to pay back any of his victims who showed up.

RRS arrests kidnappers fleeing after collecting N3m ransom

The operatives of Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command over the weekend arrested 3 suspected kidnappers fleeing from Ibadan, in Lagos, after collecting N3m ransom.

The kidnappers, Adekunle Funsho (31), Charles Ezeilo (32) and Obioha Nnaji, were apprehended in Abule Egba, Lagos, after kidnapping a lady and collecting N3m ransom.
The kidnappers had, after, collecting the ransom in Ibadan, Oyo State, fled to Lagos. The police in Ibadan, after discovering that the kidnappers were heading to Lagos with the victim’s Toyota Highlander, radioed Lagos for assistance and they were arrested.

Mother throws her newly born baby inside soakaway

A mother of six from Guru village in outskirt of Bauchi, Bauchi State has confessed that she threw her one day old infant into the soak -away shortly after delivering her at home because of hardship.
Juliana James, an indigene of Shendan LGA of Plateau State, wept profusely as she spoke with journalists at the Police Command Headquarters in Bauchi, saying she loved her child.

The housewife who lives with her husband James and her six children-five girls and a boy in a one room apartment – claimed that things were so rough for her family that she decided that the way out was to sacrifice the new born.
“Things are hard. My husband has no job. He had an accident three months ago he is still in the hospital ago and the situation became worse for us. We don’t see food to eat. We were dying of starvation.
I delivered at home and threw the baby in the toilet because I don’t know how we are going to take care of it. I didn’t tell my husband," she narrated amidst sobs.
The newborn whose cry attracted neighbours, was rescued alive nearly 12 hours later before being rushed to the Abubakar Tafawa University Teaching Hospital for medical attention.
A source claimed that Juliana seemed to be depressed due to hardship. “She was a hardworking mother who fried bean-cake in the neighborhood but for some time now, during her pregnancy, she had not been coming out. May be the recession took it’s toll on her,” the source said. Crdt: Punchng

Sex-starved teenager rapes chicken because he could not find a woman to go out with him

A sex-starved Kenyan sicko claimed he raped a chicken because he could not find a woman to go out with him. Kevin Simiyi was reportedly caught in the vile act by the hen’s horrified owner, and the fowl died shortly afterwards “from exhaustion.”
Simiyi, 18, told a shocked court he was too afraid to chat up women, and they did not fancy him, anyway, because he was poor. “I was caught defiling the hen by its owner,” he said. “I fear approaching women because of the high level of poverty and I feel women are very expensive. “Yes, I did it.”

The hen’s owner Judith Nasimiyu told the hearing the bird died of exhaustion last Friday as vets collected evidence against Simiyi. Simiyi pleaded guilty to bestiality and brazenly asked the court to be lenient because he was a first offender. But magistrate Stephen Mogute sentenced him to 15 months in Bungoma Prison.

Man flees after stabbing his lover to death in Benin

A middle-age man simply identified as Nosa Ajegunle, has allegedly murdered his girlfriend in Benin City, Edo state. Residents of Igede off Erediauwa Street, in Ikpoba Okha LGA, were, last week, thrown into mourning mood following the death of Miss Nwana Asuquo.

The suspect was said to have stabbed the lady to death with a bottle after a heated argument and immediately took to his heels. Blood stain was still visible at the carpet in the deceased apartment where she was allegedly murdered.
According to the deceased Sister, Eunice Asuquo, the suspect was so much in a hurry after committing the crime. She said, “When I came out, I saw the man, Nosa entering his vehicle.
I asked him what was the matter but he ignored me and entered his vehicle and drove off. I entered inside the house only to find my sister on the floor, dead”. The victims neighbour, Mr Effiong Precious noted that before he left the unmarried couple were happy and didn’t quarrel.

Nollywood actor, Hanks Anuku, becomes a Ghanaian, having naturalised

The veteran actor Hanks Anuku has finally embraced Ghana as his adopted country, Ghana Link reports. The actor who has relocated to Accra has now become a naturalized citizen of Ghana.

In a recent interview with Ghana Creative Arts, Hanks said he is going to stay in Ghana for the rest of his life in order to help Ghanaians. Actor Hanks Anuku turns Ghanaian with new name Nana Kwame Fifi Kakra Anuku.
On why he left Nigeria, the actor said the crisis in Nigeria forced him to leave the country and send his family to London while he hustle in Accra Ghana.

Fake counsel for suspected thief arrested in court

34-year-old Olayomi Adegbite, who allegedly paraded himself as a lawyer, was arrested at a Lagos magistrate’s court in Ogba, while appearing as a counsel and applying for the bail of a defendant arraigned in court for stealing, Punchng reports.
As Adegbite made the bail application, a presiding magistrate of Court 5 where the defendant was arraigned observed flaws in his presentation.

The magistrate, Mrs. Temitope Oladele, who is on induction under Chief Magistrate O.J. Awope, was said to have invited him to her office for questioning upon which it was discovered that he was never called to the bar.
A lawyer at the court, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said he had warned Adegbite on several occasions of the consequences of his action, but he refused. “He started coming to the court in December.
He would dress as a lawyer and walk around to assist defendants to perfect their bails. He was working with a lawyer. I approached him to stop parading himself as a lawyer, but he was furious with me.
On February 24, 2017, he appeared at Court 5 to hold brief for the lawyer in a case of stealing. When the magistrate noticed that he could not apply for the defendant’s bail, she summoned him to her chambers,” he said.
He was subsequently arrested by policemen from the Ikeja division and brought to Court 4 on Thursday by a police prosecutor, Sergeant Raphael Donny, on one count of impersonation.
The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge. The presiding magistrate, Mrs. Davies Abegunde, consequently sentenced him to 100 hours of community service across magistrates’ courts in Lagos, except Ikorodu, Epe and Badagry magistrates’ courts.
The magistrate added that he should place placards with inscriptions, ‘I am a fake lawyer,’ on his front and back while cleaning the courts.

Face of the apprentice that was paid N60k to steal two of her boss' children

Tobiloba Adebiyi, the mother of a 3-year-old, Oluwasemilore, who was declared missing about a month ago, has narrated how her apprentice, Mary John, kidnapped and then sold the baby in Anambra State.
The child was rescued by operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad. She said that Mary John’s real name was  Gladys Austin, a mother of one from Cross River State.

She said that Austin, barely spent a week as her apprentice in Alagbado, Lagos State before she kidnapped and fled with her daughter. The police later discovered that Oluwasemilore was afterwards sold to four different buyers before she was rescued.
“After she was arrested in Badagry, she said she had been paid N60,000 for the job before coming to my house and she had planned to kidnap two of my children. But she couldn’t because I had said if she didn’t come with a guarantor by Monday, she should not come to work.
After she kidnapped Oluwasemilore, she left for Anambra by a bus the same day, and she sold her to an elderly woman, telling the woman that my daughter belonged to a prostitute who wanted to get rid of the girl.
The woman buys new babies and resells to families without children. The policemen asked her to call the woman that she had another child to sell. When she did, the woman asked her if it was a ‘trouser’ or ‘skirt’, which was a code name for a boy or girl. We decided to give her my son as bait.”
Oluwasemilore was resold to someone else in Awka, Anambra State who has also resold the child to another woman in the state. Tobiloba said all those who bought her daughter resold her because they were attacked by a strange illness.
“Those people said when the child got to them, they became sick and their business started failing. Within one month, my child had been sold to 4 different families. The 4th woman was wealthy and despite falling sick, she decided to keep her and enroll her in a new school. 4 suspects have arrested in connection with the kidnapping,” she said. Crdt: Punchng

House of Reps Speaker, Dogara’s outrider dies in crash while piloting him home

Aminu Salisu, one of the outriders in the convoy of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara has died in a crash, The Nation reports.

Salisu who was a Sergeant in the Nigeria Police Force, was involved in a collision with a car while piloting the Speaker home on Wednesday evening, along Aminu Shagari Way when a car suddenly intercepted Salisu’s BMW motorbike at the junction leading to the SGF and DSS offices, while it was on top speed.
Salisu died instantly. The late officer who hailed from Okpokwu LGA of Benue State, was married with four male children and lived in Dede Police Barracks, Abuja until the time of his death.

Seun Egbegbe All Smiles After Being Granted N5m Bail Today

Nollywood marketer, Seun Egbegbe and one Oyekan Ayomide, who were arrested for defrauding some Bureau De Change operatives of over N40.647m, between 2016 and February 2017, have been granted bail by the Federal High Court in Lagos.
Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo granted him granted a bail of N5m with two sureties each in a sum of N2.5m. He ruled that Egbegbe should be granted bail once he meets bail requirements.

One of the sureties must be a civil servant who has attained level 16 while the other surety must be a land owner in any part of Lagos metropolis. The landowner must submit Certificate of Ownership of the landed property and while the civil servant must submit his international passport to the court.
The sureties must swear to an affidavit while the house and office addresses and telephone number will be verified by the court. Egbegbe will be in prison custody pending fulfillment of bail conditions.

Buhari gave ‘corrupt’ Nigerian judge N500,000 during his certificate controversy, witness tells court

A witness in the corruption trial of Justice Adeniyi Ademola has alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari gave the embattled judge N500,000 while his certificate controversy was pending before Mr. Ademola.

Some persons had filed a suit challenging Mr. Buhari’s candidacy prior to the 2015 elections, alleging the president had no secondary school certificate as required by law.
The witness said the money was given through Mr. Buhari’s former lawyer, Kola Awodeyin. The witness, however, said he does not consider the money a bribe.
Mr. Ademola is being prosecuted by the Nigerian government for alleged corruption. He has denied the charges and requested accelerated hearing at the trial in Abuja‎. He is being prosecuted alongside his wife, Olubowale, and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Joe Agi.

Five months after his death, 16 children of Ibru start property, paternity battle

Five months after the death of frontline businessman Chief Olorogun Michael Ibru, 16 of his children are in a legal tussle over their paternity and his multi-billion naira assets, The Nation reports.
One of his sons, Oboden Ibru, has approached the Igbosere High Court, Lagos, for a declaration, among others, that he and his 15 other siblings are entitled to the estate of their father.

In a counter-claim, one of the late Chief Ibru’s daughters, Janet Ibru, urged the court to declare that only persons whose paternity are confirmed by a diagnostics centre in the United States are entitled to an equal share of the estate.
Furthermore, she is seeking an order of the court directing the administrators of the estate of the late Ibru to refund to her, the expenses incurred in taking care of the late Ibru during the final year of his life.
Oboden’s suit was filed February 8 by Chief Bolaji Ayorinde (SAN) but has not been assigned to a Judge.

Pastor sentenced to 20 years in jail for defiling 13-year-old daughter of his friend of 25 years

Pastor Vincent Kete has been sentenced to 20 years in prison with hard labour for defiling a 13-year-old girl in Ghana. The pastor pleaded guilty to defiling the daughter of his friend of 25 years.

Presenting the facts in court, prosecutor Inspector Kofi Atimbiri said the accused called the victim to his room on Tuesday, February 7. and forcibly had sexual intercourse with her. The accused and the victim’s father, as friends, lived in a single room in a mission house of their church.
The pastor told an Accra Circuit Court presided over by Abena Oppong Adjin-Doku that his action was the work of the devil and does not know what came over him. He was sentenced on his own plea.

Official electrocuted during illegal connection of electric cables

It was tragedy in Ondo town, headquarters of Ondo West Local Government Area, on Saturday following the electrocution of Kola, an ad-hoc staff of the Ondo Business District of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company, BEDC.

The incident occurred at the Government Reserve Area, GRA, located at Itanla along the Ondo/Akure highway, while he was trying to connect a wire from an electric pole.
Kola was in charge of the area on behalf of BEDC and was attempting to connect a wire from the pole to a new building nearby, when he was electrocuted. The motorcycle he rode to the place was seen packed under a mango tree.
Officials from the BEDC later arrived the scene to remove the body from the pole. The Business Manager of the Ondo Business District of BEDC, Chris Enuamaka, while confirming the incident, noted that Kola was on an illegal duty at the time of the electrocution.

18-month-old boy dies after his mom served him kerosene instead of water in Benin

The incident happened, last Tuesday, at about 10am, at Iguma Street, Off Medical Stores Road, Benin, Edo State. Isreal Buhari had complained to his mother, a hired kerosene seller, that he was thirsty.
The mom then mistakenly gave him kerosene stored in a beverage can, to drink. The child, the only boy of four children, was said to have, on first gulp, immediately spat out the remaining content in his mouth, before his mother realized her error.

His mother,Mrs Ata Buhari, said with the help of neighbors, some volume of palm oil was immediately given to Isreal, before he was rushed to a hospital, where he died few hours later.Narrating how she ‘mistakenly’ served her only son kerosene instead of water, Mrs Buhari, from Kogi State, stated that one of her children had filled an empty can of beverage with water, which they took to the stop that fateful morning.She added that a similar container of beverage inside which she stored kerosene, was kept in her shop and when her child complained of thirstiness, she ‘mistakenly’ picked the one filled with kerosene. Crdt: Nigerianobservernews

Nigerian doctor commits suicide by setting himself and hotel on fire in Abuja

One Dr. Isaac Ojukwu has set himself ablaze in a rented hotel apartment in Nyanya, Abuja. The incident which occurred in the early hours of Thursday.
Narrating the ugly incidence to newsmen in Abuja on Friday, the owner of the burnt hotel, an Associate Professor at the Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Sylvanus M. Itodo (MON); said it still remained a shock, how an adult would just wish to take his own life, without a particular known reason.

“We were all sitting together that fateful night (Wednesday night) before he left to watch football match and I also left the hotel premises by 11pm, to go and sleep. It was around 12am that I recieved a phone call from one of the boys in the hotel, crying, that my hotel was on fire.
Before I could get down here, the flame was everywhere; and it took the efforts of the Federal Fire Service to prevent the inferno from escalating to the surrounding houses,” Itodo lamented.
The deceased, who hailed from Ohuhu, Umuahia, Abia State, had been staying in the apartment, Boundary Plaza Hotel, Nyanya, for the past 5 years.
He was married to a German woman with kids. Tt was, however, revealed that, none of his family members, including the wife or children, had paid him a visit all through his stay in the hotel.
An eyewitness, Ohize Yakubu, said they made frantic efforts to pull the deceased out of the building, but he struggled and ran back into the burning room.
He said: “We forced his door open, we met him standing in the sitting room while fire was burning in the bedroom. He was unhurt, we then held his hands and asked him to follow us.
All of a sudden, he struggled his way from our hands and ran into the burning room. At this point, everyone ran back as the inferno had started escalating and all my belongings got burnt." Crdt: Dailypost