by Admin | Jul 17, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A 39 year old mother of three identified as Omotayo Salawudeen has confessed to killing her husband in Oshogbo, in Osun state. Omotayo, who said she was “just angry” with her late husband, 43 years old Salawudeen Hakeem, told journalists that she contracted one 24yrd old ex- convict Oladapo Dolapo to do the job. The suspect made the confession while, being paraded alongside her accomplice by the Osun state police command, in Oshogbo, on Monday. According to her, the late husband was a good person who always took care of her needs and that of her children. She said “We’ve been married for seventeen years, we are blessed with three children aged 17, 15 and 12” “He didn’t not offend me, I was just mad at him” “I choked him pillow, after having sex and Dolapo stabbed him to death with knife. “I regret my action. I didn’t know it would feel this way” The accomplice, Oladapo Dolapo also corroborated the confession of the wife. He said the suspect (wife) contracted him to punish her husband by killing him, with a promise to give him whatever he requested, if the operation is...
by Admin | Jul 17, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Police Command in Borno said on Monday that a total of 12 persons were killed while 18 others sustained various degrees of injuries in multiple suicide bomb attacks in Maiduguri. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Damian Chukwu, made this known while confirming the attack at a news briefing in Maiduguri. Chukwu said that the death toll included four female suicide bombers. The commissioner, however, disclosed that soldiers deployed to Mammanti and Cimeri area, foiled an attempt by three other suicide female bombers to penetrate Maiduguri metropolis. He said that two of the attackers were intercepted and killed by soldiers at about 11:59 p.m., on Sunday at Mammanti village in Konduga local government area. Chukwu said that the military also intercepted and killed one suicide bomber who tried to enter Maiduguri at Cimeri area of Mafa local government. He said that the fourth suicide bomber denoted the explosive strapped on her body at a mosque at about 4.30 a.m. in London Ciki area on the outskirts of Maiduguri. “The suicide bomber detonated IED, blew herself up and killed eight persons. “Security operatives have foiled three of the attempted suicide bomb attacks while only one of them carried out the attack and all the four suicide bombers were killed in the attack.’’ Chukwu added that all the attacks occurred at the outskirts of the metropolis. According to him, those wounded in the attacks were rushed to University of Maiduguri, Teaching Hospital for medical attention. The commissioner reiterated the command’s commitment to protect lives and property, urging the people to be vigilant and provide useful information to security agencies....
by Admin | Jul 17, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The court of appeal lagos Division, on Monday affirmed the judgment of a Federal High Court in Lagos which sentenced nine foreigners to five years’ imprisonment each, for stealing crude oil from Nigeria. The convicts are Axel Jabone, Zahirul Islam, Juanito Infantado, Suarin Alave, Gatila Gadayan, Islam Shahinul, Islam Rafiqul, Shaikh Nomany and Rolando Comendador. They were tried by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on a four-count bordering on illegal dealing in petroleum products. of Appeal’s three-man panel, comprising Justices Hussein Mukhtar (presiding), M. L. Shuaib and Frederick Oho, dismissed the appeal, for lack of merit. Justice Oho, who delivered the judgment, resolved all the issues in favour of the EFCC. He said, “All the issues are resolved against the appellants. The appeal is manifestly unmeritorious and is hereby dismissed for lacking in merit.’’ On Dec. 15, 2015, the lower court convicted the foreigners — five Filipinos and four Bangladeshi — of stealing 3,423.097 metric tonnes of crude oil. Justice Ibrahim Buba, who gave the judgment, however, gave each of them an option of N20m fine. He said it was the likes of the convicts that give Nigeria a bad name. Buba found them guilty on all the counts and sentenced them to five years imprisonment each, saying that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubts. He also said that the convicts’ inability to prove that they had lawful permits to deal in crude oil further strengthened the prosecution’s case. Buba agreed with a prosecution witness who testified that the stolen product was illegally sourced in Nigeria as “the Department of Petroleum Resources confirmed to...
by Admin | Jul 17, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A Video showing 10 distraught women, believed to be the ones kidnapped in a raid by the militant group on a military/police convoy in Borno State some weeks ago. Following the incident, which took place a few kilometres outside Maiduguri, on Damboa Road, the Nigeria police refuted claims by Boko Haram that some police officers had been killed or abducted by the terror group. Although the two women who speak on the video, which was sent exclusively to SaharaReporters, do not introduce themselves as police personnel, one Amina Adam Gomdia, speaking in eloquent Hausa, describes five of the women in their midst as public servants who are also breadwinners in their families. Gomdia introduces herself as a lecturer at the Federal College of Fisheries, Baga. It is not clear if the other women, who appear to be too shocked to speak, with some of them in tears, are police women or wives of police officers. But it would be recalled that the convoy they were travelling in when they were attacked was carrying the corpse of a police woman who had earlier been killed by the terrorist group. The second woman who speaks on the video gives her name as Deborah Philipus. She says that right from the minute they were abducted, Boko Haram has taken care of them, including treating their injuries, and that they have not lacked food, water or other necessities. “We are grateful to you,” she says, referring to Boko Haram, “but the Government of Nigeria should not say we were not abducted, indeed we were abducted,” she says. SaharaReporters learned she lost...
by Admin | Jul 17, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI aware that his elder brother visited Nigeria, insisting that his client did not owe him any obligation to report his movement within and outside Nigeria. The fugitive’s $3000 withdrawal was reportedly the last of the $115,000 that was paid into his account by Shell Petroleum for the Videofied project executed by Continental Alarm. “This man refused to honor our invitation, claiming he was suffering from renal disease, but he was well enough to go to Ecobank to withdraw the last dollar from the contract proceeds he is accused of diverting criminally,” one EFCC source said, adding that the fugitive’s arrogant behavior earned him inclusion on a watch list. Our correspondent learned that Mr. Nwasike remains in the EFCC’s custody following his arrest. One source disclosed that the fugitive was arguing that he should be let go on account of his purported ill health, a claim considered spurious by EFCC agents, considering the suspect’s past conduct. “This is a man who has shown disdain for the commission by refusing to respond to our invitation, and now that he has been apprehended, he comes up with the claim of sickness. We consider him a flight risk as he has shown both a determination and ability to run and also hide,” one source said. Mr. Nwasike, who hails from Ogidi in Anambra State, was disengaged by Shell apparently on account of acts of impropriety. He also reportedly met the same fate when he worked for Global Energy. SOURCE: SAHARA...
by Admin | Jul 15, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, who is reportedly out of the country, has instructed that the Commission should challenge the court order stopping the Senator Dino Melaye‘s recall process. In a statement released on Saturday, INEC said Yakubu is not, “succumbing to blackmail,” that was rumoured to have come from the Senate. “It may be of interest here to note that the INEC chair is out of the country. “He left last weekend and was not part of the meeting (some days ago) where the decision was taken to obey the court order. “He had however earlier sought and agreed with legal advice and instructed that the Commission should challenge any court order and the competence of the action when word got out last week that Senator Dino Melaye had filed a suit trying to stop his recall. “If indeed there was a threat of blackmail (overt or otherwise), Prof Yakubu from his words and action isn’t succumbing to it. “In any case, he isn’t a sole administrator and all 12 members of the commission have a say in decision making and there’s a consensus in our approach to challenge the Senator’s suit. INEC should be allowed to do its work, regardless of the outcome,” the statement...
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