by Admin | Feb 24, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Five people, including three teenage boys, who allegedly robbed and killed a man in Epe in Lagos State, were on Thursday charged before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court. The accused — Tosin Olabisi, 19; Jimoh Obrahim, 19; Rasheed Odumade, 19; Sheriff Agbomeji, 20; and Rasaki Ayinde, 40 — are facing a four-count bordering on conspiracy, stealing and murder. The prosecutor, Insp. Chinalu Nwadione told the court that the accused committed the offences on December 18, 2016, at No. 5, Musiliu Murtala St., Poka in Epe. He said the accused, who were armed with a locally made pistol, robbed a man, Nurudeen Sanni, of his phone valued at N37, 250 and shot him on his forehead. The offences contravened Sections 222, 233 and 297 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011. Section 222 provides death sentence for offenders. The Chief Magistrates, Mrs Oluyemisi, ordered that the accused should be remanded in Ikoyi Prisons and that the case file should be sent to the State Director of Public Prosecutions for legal advice. The case was adjourned to March...
by Admin | Feb 24, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Police in Nasarawa State said on Thursday that they had arrested a man, Wale Lawal, for being in possession of fake N1,000 notes worth N8.9m. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Abubakar Sadiq-Bello, told newsmen in Lafia that the suspect was arrested on Wednesday at Omgbolo Hotel in Bukan-sidi area of Lafia. Sadiq-Bello said officers from the Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department of the command made the arrest following intelligence report. He said investigation had revealed that the suspect, who hailed from Lagos State, is a member of a syndicate that was producing and distributing counterfeit currency notes across the country. The commissioner said that the syndicate was based in Lagos and that investigation was ongoing with a view to apprehending other members. He said the suspect would be charged to court after investigation and called on the public to be very vigilant while carrying out cash transactions with other people. Meanwhile, the suspect has denied being a member of any syndicate and claimed innocence of the allegation. According to him, he was robbed along his way to Lafia on a business trip and had to beg some people to assist him to travel back. The suspect claimed that one man gave him a bag at the hotel where he lodged and that he did not know the content of the bag until he was...
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...
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