by Admin | Feb 24, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A young girl has been reportedly stoned to death by her step mother in Wadata area of Makurdi, the Benue State capital. The yet-to-be-identified infant, believed to be four years, was killed by her step-mother for reason yet to be ascertained. According to a source, the suspect allegedly conspired with two others now at large to stone the little girl to death. Confirming the development to DAILY POST Thursday evening, the Benue State Police spokesman, Moses Yamu said the suspect had been picked and she confessed committing the alleged crime. Asked what was her reason for stoning the little girl to death, Yamu said the suspect claimed she was under strange influence. “Yes, we got the report about the lifeless body of an infant discovered in an uncompleted building around Wadata on Wednesday and we went there to retrieve it. “On reaching there, some residents of the area accused the step mother of being behind the dastard act. Our men picked her up and she confessed conniving with others to commit the crime. “She is currently in the police custody and search for others involved in the act is still on,” Yamu...
by Admin | Feb 24, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, on Thursday said five persons have been sentenced to various prison terms for selling fake forms to unsuspecting candidates. He said JAMB had embarked on massive prosecution of individuals and syndicates that engaged in the sales of fake forms to let them know that it is no longer “business as usual.” Oloyede, who spoke at the 2017 Nigerian Academy of Letters Annual Lecture on Thursday in Abuja, said there was delay in the sales of the forms due to logistics. He said the board would begin sales of forms once the board had finished sanitizing the system. Oloyede said: “We have observed that people are selling fake forms but what we are doing is to try to sanitize the system and as soon as the sanitization is done we will start selling the forms. “We have arrested so many people in Abuja, Abeokuta, Ado Ekiti, Port Harcourt, Yenegoa, almost everywhere. You know bad people are evenly distributed in Nigeria. “We are prosecuting and some are in courts and in the last three months we have secured about five convictions. People who are sentenced; some to imprisonment, some to fine but what is important is that they will now know is not going to be business as usual. “We need to reassure stakeholders that those selling fake forms are gone. We are not going to sell out forms through the other process. “We will start the sale of the form and by May the examination will be...
by Admin | Feb 24, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI An Ikeja Division of the Lagos High Court on Thursday sentenced a man, Sulaiman Olalekan, to death by hanging for the murder of his wife, Chika Egbo, on November 20, 2012, in a case of domestic violence. The convict, on the fateful day, had poured acid on his wife, having become overwhelmed by the fact that the deceased went back to prostitution against his advice. The trial judge, Lawal Akapo, in his judgment, convicted Mr. Olalekan for the murder of his wife and sentenced him to death accordingly. After the sad incident which resulted in the eventual death of the victim, Ms. Egbo, and in line with the zero tolerance posture of the Governor Akinwunmi Ambode-led administration on issues of domestic violence, the Lagos State Government through the State’s Ministry of Justice had taken over the prosecution of the case and filed necessary processes in court. Mr. Olalekan reportedly met the deceased at Signal Hotel in Ijeshatedo area of Lagos State, where they started a relationship that resulted in marriage. It was after the marriage that Mr. Olalekan bought her a second hand Volkswagen Bus and paid her school fees at the Enugu College of Education. But the deceased reportedly reneged on her commitment to the relationship by returning to prostitution, which caused Mr. Olalekan to procure acid from a battery charger in Ikotun area of the State and lured her to visit with his mother on the day when he poured raw acid on the deceased. The victim was admitted at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) for emergency medical treatment, where she eventually died. Justice...
by Admin | Feb 23, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A vulcanizer, Wasiu Ibrahim, 35, was on Wednesday brought before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly raping his sister-in-law. The accused, who resides at 61, Abeokuta St., Ogba, Lagos is being tried for rape. The Prosecutor, Insp. Clifford Ogu, told the court that the offence was committed on January 26 at the residence of the accused. Ogu said that the victim, a 15-year-old girl was residing with her sister, the wife of the accused. “The accused raped the victim when his wife had travelled,” the prosecutor said. Ogu said the accused came home drunk and forcefully raped the victim. The offence contravened Section 259 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2011. The accused, however, pleaded not guilty. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Taiwo Akanni, granted the accused bail in the sum of N250, 000 with two sureties in like sum. Akanni adjourned the case till March 15 for...
by Admin | Feb 23, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A Jos magistrate’s court on Wednesday sentenced a labourer, Mohammed Tijjani, to two years imprisonment for stealing assorted shoes valued at N933,000. Tijjani, a resident of Jugwa Extension, New Karu in Nassarawa State, was arraigned on three counts of criminal conspiracy, store breaking and theft. The magistrate, Mrs. Helen Danboyi, handed down the sentence after the accused pleaded guilty and begged the court for leniency. The prosecutor, Karimu Bashiru, had told the court that one Udeh Ubong of Rayfield, Jos reported the case to Anglo Jos police station, on February 8. Bashiru quoted Udong as saying that on the said date, the accused burgled his store through the roof, and stole assorted shoes, valued at a total of N933,000 The prosecutor said that during police investigation, the accused confessed to the crime. Bashiru said that the offence was punishable under sections 348, 347 and 287 of the Penal...
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