by Admin | Feb 3, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Three year old Oluwasemilore Adebiyi pictured above, has been kidnapped by her mother’s apprentice identified as Grace John from Benue state at her mother’s shop located at Number 1 James Oyedele street off Temidire road Moshalashi Alagbado area of Lagos state on Saturday January 28th. Narrating how she was kidnapped to LIB, her father, Adebiyi Olawunmi Festus, said Grace had resumed as an apprentice at his wife, Tobiloba Adebiyi’s bead and hat making shop last week, Monday, January 23rd. She was asked to provide a guarantor as well as a passport for documentation but the apprentice kept giving excuses. “On that Saturday January 28th, she told my wife that she wanted to go and buy gala and my daughter pleaded with her mum that she wanted to follow Aunty Grace. The mother permitted her to go. Minutes after Grace and the little girl failed to return, my wife started looking for her. She saw them on the road with one guy who she thought was Grace’s brother/guarantor and that they were coming to her shop to fill her guarantors form. When they did not return, she went back to the place where she had earlier seen them but couldn’t find them again. She started calling Grace’s number who would pick up and drop immediately until she switched off her phone” The little girls mother, Tobilola, said she had previously taken a photo of Grace with her phone but after the incident, she couldn’t find the photo again. Apparently, Grace had deleted the photo as she planned to kidnap the little girl. The matter has been reported at...
by Admin | Feb 3, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The General Court Marshal (GCM) of 7 Division sitting in Maiduguri, Borno State has sentenced a serving soldier to seven (7) years imprisonment for manslaughter for shooting and killing one Mr. Umar Alkali within the popular Monday Market in Maiduguri metropolis on 23 December 2015. The soldier (name withheld) was found guilty of manslaughter punishable under Section (105) of the Armed Forces Act CAP A20 of the Laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 2004. The soldier’s plea that he acted in self defence, that the deceased assaulted and tried to wrestle his rifle from him before he shot and killed him to save his life and that of his compatriots was set aside on the ground of use of disproportionate force. While dismissing the initial charge of murder leveled against the soldier the GCM upheld the charge of manslaughter. The President of the Court, Brigadier General Olusegun Adeniyi while delivering the verdict gave a detailed account of all the proceedings and relevant laws that guided the court at arriving at its decision. Another soldier (name withheld) was also found guilty of one count charge of desertion punishable under section 60 of the Act. He was sentenced to 14 months imprisonment. It will be recalled that the Acting General Officer Commanding 7 Division Brigadier General Victor Ezugwu in August 2016 inaugurated a General Court Marshal with the mandate of dealing with matters that may arise from activities of troops within the Division’s area of responsibility and to ensure that troops work within the framework of their rules of engagement. While reading the rulings of the court, the...
by Admin | Feb 3, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A businessman, Chris Ifeorah, who allegedly defrauded a South African firm of $936,000, on Wednesday in Lagos got a reprieve as he was released on a N2 million bail. A Lagos State High Court sitting at Igbosere on the island which gave the ruling, also granted Ifeorah two sureties in like sum as part of the bail condition. Justice A. M. Nicol-Clay said the sureties should produce evidence of tax payment to the Lagos State Government. Ifeorah was on arraigned on January 18 alongside his company, Wigmore Trading Limited, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on a two-count charge of stealing and fraud to which he pleaded not guilty. The prosecution counsel, Muritala Usman, told the court that the accused committed the offences sometime in 2015 at Kellogg’s Company in South Africa. He alleged that the accused obtained some goods on credit from Kellogg’s and promised to pay back within three months. Usman said: “He became elusive after receiving the items until he was tracked down by the EFCC.” Usman had urged the court to remand the accused in custody pending the determination of the case. But counsel to the accused, B. Osakwe, urged the court to grant the accused bail on liberal terms. He said the accused’s mother was willing to stand as surety and would also produce the accused in court throughout the trial. Osakwe said: “The applicant has no criminal record and will be available to stand trial. “We are from the same village. I offer to produce my call-to-bar certificate or the Certificate of Occupancy of my own house in Okota, Lagos....
by Admin | Feb 3, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The former Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency Patrick Ziadeke Akpobolokemi who is undergoing trial for massive corruption has assaulted and threatened to slap and kill a journalist covering his trial. In December 2015, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had arraigned him and five others before Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court Lagos on twenty two count charge of conspiracy fraudulent conversion and Money Laundering. Also arraigned were the Executive Director Captain Eziekiel Bala Agaba, Ekene Nwakuche, Governor Amechee Juan, Blockz and Stonz Limited and Al-Kenzo Logistics Limited. The accused persons were alleged to have fraudulently converted the sum of N2, 365,600,000 meant for the implementing of the International Ship and Port Security (ISPS) Code which NIMASA was the designated implementation agency. The former DG was said to have gotten presidential approval for the release of the said monies through the office of the then National Security Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, Mr. Sambo Dasuki. For the purpose of executing the ISPS, a committee chaired by Captain Bala was set up by Akpobolokemi. Other members of the committee were Captain Warredi Enisuoh Mr Vincent Udoye, Governor Amechee Juan, Captain OBF Ola dipole and two NPA staff. The committee was mandated to coordinate the activities relating to the ISPS in line with international regulations and the scope in Nigeria. Investigation by the EFCC however revealed that, upon receiving the money, the committee instead of executing the project diverted the entire sum to their personal use, using companies owned by them and their associates to lauder the illegal proceeds. But as journalists continue...
by Admin | Feb 3, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Following the earlier news reported regarding the arrest of Nollywood actress, Toyin Abraham’s ex-boyfriend, Seun Egbegbe, men of the Nigerian Police have confirmed that the film maker indeed tried to dupe a BDC operator. The film maker according to fresh reports tried to dupe the BDC operator of the sum of $60,000. Speaking on the arrest, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, confirmed that the film maker is currently under investigation after he was reported to have pretended to be a medical doctor. The embattled filmmaker is being held at the Area H Police Command in Ogudu for the alleged criminal offence. She said: “Yes, the command in investigating him. He is under interrogation at Area H now.” Recall that the film maker was some months ago arrested for allegedly trying to dupe a shop in computer village, Ikeja of 9 iPhones. Seun Egbegbe is expected to make an appearance before the Ikeja Magistrate’s Court on February 8th in connection with the alleged...
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