by Admin | Oct 25, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, has sentenced a prophetess, Felicia Oyelade, to two years’ imprisonment for forging land documents and selling same to unsuspecting members of the public. The 59-year-old prophetess was said to be in charge of the Christ Apostolic Church, Ori Oke Basiri, along Idanre Road, Akure. She had been standing trial on one count of forgery since 2013 following an allegation that she altered documents showing an agreement between her late husband, Olasunkanmi Oyelade, and the complainant in the matter, Mr. Isaac Babalola. According to the prosecution counsel, Mr. Adewale Bamisile, the convict altered the original documents to read 12 hectares of land purchased at a cost of N35,000, instead of 7.871 hectares purchased for N25,500 by her late husband in 1977. The prosecutor had said, “Oyelade’s shady deeds was exposed when she sold a portion of the land around Preston College, along kilometre 4, Akure-Owo Road, Akure, to an unsuspecting buyer with the forged document after the same land had been sold to another person by the rightful owner and complainant in the matter, Mr. Isaac Babalola.” Oyelade had pleaded not guilty to the charge of forgery levelled against her, saying she was part of the transaction between her husband and Babalola’s family when the land was bought. She said the documents were found in her husband’s room after the demise of her husband and that she had relied on it to sell the land to the people. After a plea for leniency because of Oyelade’s “teeming dependants and the church she was leading” by the convicts...
by Admin | Oct 24, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Lagos State Police Command has arrested some suspected members of Eiye Confraternity, who allegedly used a residence on Halidu Avenue in Shibiri, in the Okokomaiko area of the state, for cult activities, Punch reports. Among the suspects are three brothers, David Richard, 33; Sunday Richard, 39; and 29-year-old Odefe Richard. Two other siblings, John Agboroko, 30; and 34-year-old Matthew Agboroko, were also apprehended. Other suspects are Samson Okpe, 32; Paul Jago 30; Saheed Oriyomi; 32; and 29-year-old David Quenum from the Republic of Benin. The police said the residence belonged to one Mrs. Rosemary Lawrence, who lives on Old Marine Road, Apapa. According to Punch Metro, a shrine, where new members were initiated, was uncovered by a team of policemen who stormed the compound at about 5am on Saturday. It was gathered that wraps of drugs suspected to be cannabis were also recovered from the scene. A police source told our correspondent that some operatives had been on surveillance of the area prior to the arrest of the suspects. “There was a shrine in an apartment on that premises, where the suspects used to meet and initiate new members. We got information that the gang was initiating new members and we stormed the compound. Some of the suspects are siblings. We have been keeping a close watch on the group’s activities for some time. They are Eiye Confraternity members,” the source said. The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, confirmed the arrest, adding that the Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, had directed that the suspects be charged to court. She said, “At about 11.30pm...
by Admin | Oct 24, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom have officially signed off on their divorce, and all that’s left is a judge’s John Hancock, TMZ has learned. Khloe and Lamar have reached a property settlement and each has now signed legal docs that were filed Friday. It’s been an on-again/off-again process. TMZ broke the story, Khloe first filed for divorce in December 2013, but the divorce stagnated for almost 2 years while Khloe went back and forth, trying at times to save their relationship and save...
by Admin | Oct 24, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI But for the intervention of the police, an alleged notorious leader of an armed robbery gang at Igando would have been lynched yesterday morning. Akeem Folorunso alias Scorpion was apprehended around 5:30am, after he and another suspect at large, attacked residents of 6, Ismail Abass Street, Igando. They were said to have broke into the house and attempted to rape a female occupant, when the victim’s father prevented them. Angered by his obstruction, the suspects, it was gathered attacked the man before carting away his properties. Neighbours who discovered what was happening, surrounded the residence and also contacted the police. Scorpion was nabbed while his colleague escaped. It was gathered that the residents beat him to a coma and wanted to lynch him before policemen from Igando Division got to the scene and whisked him away. Police spokesperson, Dolapo Badmos, told Nation that the suspect was taken to the...
by Admin | Oct 24, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI At the commencement of investigative hearing into the alleged illegal repatriation of $13.9 billion out of the country by MTN yesterday, the company told the Senate Committee on Banks, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions, that circumstances compelled it to move funds without observing the law. The Senate had on September 27, 2016, alleged that MTN in connivance with the Minister of Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Enelamah, and four commercial banks exploited the porous Nigerian financial system to move the money out of the country without the required authorization. According to This Day, the upper legislative chamber according to a motion moved by Senator Dino Melaye (Kogi West) on September 27, alleged that MTN smartly beat Nigeria’s financial regulatory laws by failing to obtain a certificate of capital importation (CCI) as authorised by CBN Financial and Miscellaneous Act within 24 hours between 2006 and 2016 before moving the money out of the country. It further alleged that the repatriation was done through four banks, viz: Standard Chartered Bank, Stanbic IBTC, Diamond Bank and Citi Bank. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MTN, Fedi Moolman, admitted that the company moved funds without complying with the 24-hour order for the issuance of CCI, saying it was practically impossible to do so. Nevertheless, he stated that the action was taken without any deliberate intention to flout Nigerian laws but was rather compelled to do so because of circumstances which he said made it impossible for it to observe the 24-hour provision in the Act for issuance of CCI. He said: “There was no intention to flout the rule and regulation. The...
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