by Admin | Feb 3, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Wednesday signed into law the anti-kidnapping bill recently passed by the state House of Assembly with a pledge to ensure its full implementation. The law imposes a penalty of life imprisonment on kidnapping for ransom, as well as death penalty for kidnappers if a victim dies in the course of kidnap, among others. At the signing ceremony at the Lagos House, Ikeja, Ambode said the spate of kidnapping in the state required decisive action from government. He said aside from the law, the government would put other measures in place to prevent kidnapping and other security breaches. The governor said, “Security is of utmost importance to our administration and we are confident that this law will serve as a deterrent to anybody who may desire to engage in this wicked act within the boundaries of Lagos. “While we use this law to address the challenge and punish the criminals, we are also putting in place appropriate measures, particularly in our schools and other vulnerable targets, to prevent security breaches.” Ambode assured residents that the justice system would be activated to execute the anti-kidnapping law to the letter. The governor also signed the Sports Trust Fund Bill and the Sports Commission Bill into law, explaining that the laws were enacted to address key issues, as well as harness the potential in the sports sector. The Speaker of the state Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, who was represented by the Majority Leader of the House, Sanai Agunbiade, said the laws were a clear testimony of the commitment of the state government to the security...
by Admin | Feb 2, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A three-man robbery gang engaged a team of policemen from Ogijo Division, Ogun State, in a gun battle that lasted 10 minutes, Tuesday, in its bid to escape being arrested. However, a suspected member of the gang was arrested, while others escaped. Vanguard gathered that the suspects stormed Tulamania Hotel in Odo-Nla area of the state, pretending to be customers. According to vanguardngr; The gun-wielding suspects, thereafter, attacked unsuspecting lodgers, dispossessing them of their valuables. While the operation was ongoing, one of the hotel’s staff alerted policemen at Ogijo Division. A team from the division, led by the Divisional Police Officer, Muhammed Tijani, stormed the scene and was confronted by the suspects. Spokesman for the state Command, ASP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed that “one locally-made gun and three live cartridges were recovered from the...
by Admin | Feb 2, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today Wednesday 1st February 2016 arraigned one Prince Spencer Adikibi, before Justice U.N. Agomoh of the Federal High Court, sitting in Port Harcourt on a 2 count charge bordering on forgery. The complainant, MTN Nigeria Communications Limited alleged that sometimes in 2008 the defendant, a former staff of MTN, a Based Transceiver Station (BTS) land acquisition officer in Port Harcourt allegedly forged and signed a renewal of Tenancy Mast Space Document to one Allwell Onyeotito, the landlord of the said property where MTN Mast was erected. According to investigation, the lease was meant for 10 years which was paid for by MTN but the defendant in a bid to defraud the complainant, forged and utter the company’s documents, thereby shortening the period of the contract to Five Years and diverted the balance of the funds for his personal use. Count one reads: “that you Prince Spencer Adikibi on or about the 1st of April, 2008 at Port Harcourt within the Jurisdiction of this honourable Court did forge a document titled “ RENEWAL OF TENANCY OF MAST SPACE OF OUR MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITY ON YOUR PROPERTY” purporting same to have been signed and issued by MTN Nigeria Communication Limited with the intent that it may be acted upon as genuine and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1 (1) (c) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act, Cap M17 of the Revised Edition (Laws of the Federation of Nigeria) 2007 and Punishable under Section 1 (2) of the same Act. The defendant pleaded not guilty when the charge was read to him....
by Admin | Feb 2, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI This is quite sad! For six hours, 19-year-old Rilwanu Akintunde was beaten up, handcuffed and locked inside a teargassed room for allegedly stealing N90,000. The teenager’s torturers were his mother, Mrs. Akintunde, her brother Kayode and a policeman identified as Titus. Rilwanu, alias Rado, denied collecting the money said to belong to his mother, a hawker. But his attackers didn’t believe him. Unable to bear the torture, the teenager passed out and was rushed to Beachland Hospital, Arepo, where he was confirmed dead on Sunday evening. His torturers secretly buried him at his mother’s site at Sotel, not knowing their action would draw the wrath of residents of Oriola Street, Ibafo and environs. Youths in the area went berserk after discovering that the money for which Rilwanu was tortured to death was later found in his mother’s closet. Wielding cutlasses, bottles, sticks and fire, the mob, it was gathered, stormed Kayode’s residence; chased the tenants away and vandalised his property. Inscriptions, such as “Rado was a good son born by a stupid mother” were seen on walls of the building, with roofs, doors and windows destroyed. When The Nation visited the community, residents were clamouring for justice to the culprits. It was gathered Kayode and his police friend, Titus, had fled the neighbourhood. The deceased’s mother and Kayode’s wife were arrested by policemen from Ibafo Division, who visited the place. According to residents, Rilwanu’s killers might have had another motive for their action because the teenager was neither a thief nor troublesome. His friends, it was gathered, produced an obituary for him, which they pasted not far...
by Admin | Feb 1, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI An Ibadan Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday remanded a 40-year-old teacher, Sampson Eyo, who allegedly raped his nine-year-old pupil. The Chief Magistrate, Mr. Taiwo Oladiran, directed that the accused should be remanded at the Agodi Prisons custody pending the advice of the Oyo State Director of Public Prosecutions. Consequently, the court did not take the plea of the accused. Eyo, a teacher in a nursery and primary school, Bashorun, Ibadan, was arraigned on one count. The prosecutor, Sgt. James Oriola, told the court that the accused had unlawful carnal knowledge of the pupil between September 2016 and Jan. 19, 2017. Oriola said, “Eyo, being the class teacher of the girl and also her lesson teacher, lured the girl after lesson period and had carnal knowledge of her.’’ He said that the accused committed the offence at 4:00p.m. at the school premises. Oriola said that the offence contravened Section 218 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Oyo State, 2000. Section 218 stipulates 14 years imprisonment for offender. The case was adjourned to Feb. 27 for...
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