by Admin | Mar 27, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Kidnappers of a first year Accounting student of a private university in Lagos, Rachel Chukwuemeka, have reportedly demanded N10 million ransom for her release. The undergraduate, an only child, was abducted at her family’s abode in Epe area of the state last Thursday. Report had it that six armed men stormed the community at about 1a.m. in a Sienna car. Residents said they used an axe to break down the Chukwumas’ door and took the 16-year-old girl away. Attempts by her father to rescue her from the invaders grips, earned him machete cuts on different parts of his body. Residents, as gathered, rushed the injured man to an undisclosed hospital, after the armed men had gone. Information at Vanguard’s disposal said Rachel was driven to wharf area, from where they took her into a boat to an undisclosed destination A resident, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said: “From the way they operated, everyone suspected Rachel was their target. Chukwuemeka’s flat is fenced and it is located behind the main building. “Four of them scaled the fence into the compound, while two remained in the Sienna car. One, among the four, who jumped into the compound, was hooded. They went straight to Rachel’s flat and used an axe to break down the door. “While inside, they asked Mr. and Mrs Chukwuma where Rachel was. One of them went straight into her room to grab her. She screamed and cried and was in her pyjamas, almost naked. “They didn’t ask for anything else. They didn’t demand for money, nothing They were not armed robbers.” Some residents also...
by Admin | Mar 27, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI By Favour Nnabugwu INSURANCE companies in the country have stepped up measures to starve off fraud in the industry arising from cash transactions. The companies now prefer customers to pay through Point of Sale (PoS) terminals at their various locations and agency offices. For instance, AIICO Insurance Plc, said it will leave no stone unturned in its ongoing efforts to bring to book perpetrators of unethical and fraudulent activities uncovered in the company’s dealings with the insuring public. The Managing Director, Mr Edwin Igbiti, told journalists that one of its agents (names withheld), is presently being investigated for fraudulent practices relating to cash diversions and misrepresentation of the company. Igbiti said that AIICO Insurance is an underwriter of more than 50 years’ experience, the largest life underwriter in Nigeria and one of the biggest Insurance underwriters in the West African sub-region. He stated that the company has invested in technology and infrastructure to provide multiple payment channels for payment and renewal of Insurance policies. He added that the company encourages its customers to continue utilising these channels which provide instant automation of records. In the same vein, Mutual Benefits Assurance Plc vowed to investigate the alleged unethical practices by some of its staff while pledging to prosecute anyone found to be involved. A statement signed by the Head, Corporate Communication, Ellen Offo, said the company remains firm in its drive to maintain and sustain its integrity. “We use this medium to assure our numerous customers that we shall prosecute anyone found to be complicit. Mutual Benefits has zero tolerance for fraud; therefore a report like this is...
by Admin | Mar 24, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Waleola Sunday, a pastor with the Cherubim and Seraphim (C&S) Church in Akure, the Ondo State capital, was sentenced to three years in prison for child molestation on Wednesday. Mr. Sunday was jailed for defiling male children living near his church at Oke Aro area of Akure. Mrs. Victoria Bob-Manuel of the Akure Chief Magistrate Court sentenced him to prison after he was found guilty of the offense. A SaharaReporters correspondent reported that officers of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Ondo State arrested the prophet after a tip-off. Ebiriku David, the legal officer of the NSCDC told the Court that the pastor was a “serial homosexual” who was in the habit of seducing young males. Barrister David said the offense of the prophet was against section 32 (1) of the Ondo State Child Right Law 2017. Our correspondent reported that the pastor, while pleading guilty before the court, blamed the devil for his escapades. The 32-year-old pastor revealed in his confessional statement that he had defiled more than four children in the neighborhood. “I always enter public schools during their break hours to approach most of these male students before carrying out the act. “And after this, I would take them to the bush and seduce before they returned back to their classes. “I believe it’s devils work because I would always come back to my senses after I molested the little boys,” he told the court. Ruling, Magistrate Bob Manuel jailed the accused pastor for three years at the Olokuta Prison yard in...
by Admin | Mar 24, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A 37-year-old woman, Blessing Elochukwu, was on Thursday charged with stealing her employer’s N1.7 million at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court. The accused, a cashier, who resides at Agbara, a suburb of Lagos, is facing a charge of stealing. The prosecutor, Insp. Simeon Inuoha, told the court that the offence was committed between May and June 2016 at Agbara. “The accused, a cashier in a company, was unable to account for N 1.7million during the audit of the company’s account. “It was discovered that the money was not remitted to the company’s account. “When the accused was asked about it, she could not give a reasonable account of how the money got missing,” he said. Inuoha said that the money belonged to one Mrs Justina Ugbaja. The prosecutor said that the offence contravened Section 285 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011. The accused, however, pleaded not guilty. The chief magistrate, Mrs B. O. Osunsanmi, granted the accused N300, 000-bail with two sureties in like sum. Osunsanmi adjourned the case until March 27 for...
by Admin | Mar 24, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Thursday sentenced a 35-year-old labourer, Shaibu Abas, to three months imprisonment for stealing a cell phone worth N64, 000. Abas, a resident of Utako area, Abuja, had pleaded guilty to two-count charge of joint act and stealing levelled against him. The judge, Mr Abubakar Sadiq, however, gave the convict N15,000 option of fine and warned him to be of good behaviour and desist from committing crimes after serving out his punishment. Earlier, the prosecutor, Mrs Auhioboh Florence, had informed the court that on March 16, one Victor Ubasi of No. 5 Adeyinki Adeoti Crescent, Wuse 2 Abuja, reported the case at Utako Police Station. Florence said that the complainant parked his car opposite a beer parlour at Wuse 2, whiles the convict and his accomplices, now at large, forcefully opened the car and removed the item. She said the accused and his gang stole a Tecno cell phone, valued at N64, 000 and ran away. The prosecutor said that the convict was arrested and he confessed to have sold the cell phone at N18, 000, to one Destiny at Wuse market. Florence said that the item was yet to be recovered and the offences contravened Sections 79 and 288 of the Penal Code Source: Today...
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