By: OKE ZAINAB and AYINLA OLAMIDE
Mon 31 Oct updates
No nepotism, detention of critics under me – Jonathan
Supreme Court Justices under probe withdraw from sittings
We have over 50 gang members – Lagos teenage thief
Boko Haram recruiting youths to supply fuel in Borno – NSCDC
$30bn loan: Fresh executive, N’Assembly’s clash looms
Recession: Ford stops exportation of 500 vehicles to Nigeria
Man treks from Lagos to Zaria for lover
Saraki lauds Army for buying 50,000 Aba-made shoes
3,000 electrical/electronics workers lose jobs in seven months
Rohr Goes Tough On Late Comers
Oshonaike Defies Age, Reclaims African Title
Navy In Mop-Up Operations At Arepo, Other Creeks
Martins Signs N4bn Shanghai Deal
S/Korean Firm To Build 550 Megawatts Power Plant In C-River
World Bank, IMF put pressure on Buhari to come up with economic blueprint
N-Delta leaders reject FG’s $10bn devt package
Ondo guber tussle: Buhari sponsoring Jimoh Ibrahim – PDP chieftain, Babatope
20 killed as military, Boko Haram clash in Damboa
No Nigerian was made political prisoner, prisoner of conscience under my government – Jonathan
Oyegun to be removed as APC Chairman soon – Report
Artisan drowns in Ogun river following Police raid
Medical errors increases deaths in Nigerian hospitals, says expert
$2.2b Arms Deals: Dasuki To Call Jonathan As Witness
Buhari: I’ve never asked anybody to induce judges
Reps uncover N640m paid to 2 unlicensed brokers, summon Customs CG
I miss House but will never apologise to Dogara -Jibrin
Nigerians in diaspora remit N23.5tr to economy in five years
Military will end attacks by herdsmen soon, says Olonishakin
Clinton email inquiry: FBI gets search warrant as agency head accused of 'partisan' actions
José Mourinho behaving at Manchester United exactly as critics said he would
Descendants of Jewish refugees seek German citizenship after Brexit vote
Trump says Clinton would let 650 million people into US in a week
Monday, 31 October 2016
Thursday, 27 October 2016
LOCAL GOVERNMENT CHAIRMAN TO SPEND 7 YEARS IN PRISON
By: OKE ZAINAB and AYINLA OLAMIDE and AJAYI AYOOLUWA
The immediate past sole administrator of Kaura local government in Kaduna state, Ibrahim Akut Baba, has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment for fraud.
Ibrahim Akut Baba will spend 7 years behind bar.
Justice Tukur Mu’azu of Kaduna state High Court convicted and sentenced Baba to seven years imprisonment without option of fine for offences bordering on obtaining money by false pretence.
The convict was arraigned before Justice Mu’azu on Thursday, January 7 on allegation of defrauding one Alhaji Auwal Ibrahim of Rahusa Investment Limited, Sabon Hunkuyi, Kaduna state sometime in 2011, over a phony gas supply contract.
The victim allegedly paid the convict N1million for the supply of five trucks of gas at the rate of N.2million per truck.
The immediate past sole administrator of Kaura local government in Kaduna state, Ibrahim Akut Baba, has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment for fraud.
Ibrahim Akut Baba will spend 7 years behind bar.
Justice Tukur Mu’azu of Kaduna state High Court convicted and sentenced Baba to seven years imprisonment without option of fine for offences bordering on obtaining money by false pretence.
The convict was arraigned before Justice Mu’azu on Thursday, January 7 on allegation of defrauding one Alhaji Auwal Ibrahim of Rahusa Investment Limited, Sabon Hunkuyi, Kaduna state sometime in 2011, over a phony gas supply contract.
The victim allegedly paid the convict N1million for the supply of five trucks of gas at the rate of N.2million per truck.
BANKER HIRES ASSASINS TO KILL EX HUSBAND
By: OGUNDARE YETUNDE and YUSUFF KUDIRAT
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested two suspected hired-assassins and a female banker over failed attempt to assassinate her ex-husband identified as Tochukwu Onyebuchi.
The state Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu paraded the suspects at the command’s headquarters in Abeokuta on Wednesday.
He said the banker, Oluchi Tochukwu, hired the suspected criminals to assassinate her husband in his residence at Ayobo area of Lagos State.
Iliyasu named the two suspected assassins as Chigozie Smart (32) and Kingsley Ikechukwu (36).
He said they were intercepted and arrested on Oct. 19 at Ijebu-Ode while attempting to escape to Onitsha with the victim’s Range Rover Jeep.
He said Oluchi was arrested at Ayobo area of Lagos State.
He said, “One Oluchi, a 32-year-old banker, who is married to one Tochukwu Onyebuchi years ago, got separated from her husband following some matrimonial problems.
“The custody of their only child is currently being contested in the court but Oluchi has another plan.
“She connived with the trio of Chigozie Smart, Kingsley Ikechukwy and one other who is now at large to eliminate her husband.
“She arranged for the weapons which includes cutlass, iron rods and acid which she kept in her husband’s compound at Ayobo area of Lagos State and described where she kept it to the assailants.
“The suspects went there on Wednesday as planned and matcheted the man severally on his head and poured the acid on him.
“The suspects thereafter abandoned the victim and took away his range Rover Jeep which Oluchi instructed them to drop at her brother’s place in Onitsha, Anambra State.
“Luck ran against them when a patrol team of the Ogun State command on Wednesday sighted the vehicle along the Ijebu-Ode/Benin expressway and stopped it for search.
“While searching the vehicle, blood stain was seen and the two occupants were unable to give satisfactory account of the blood stain, hence, they were arrested.
“It was during interrogation that the suspects revealed all that transpired to the police.”
The commissioner said that the victim, who had been treated at an undisclosed hospital, was in the custody of the police helping them in the process of investigation.
Oluchi, however, denied contracting the duo of Chigozie and Kingsley and one other at large to assassinate her husband.
Oluchi, who acknowledged that her three-year-old marriage to her husband had crashed, told journalists that she had no reason to kill him.
Meanwhile, Chigozie told newsmen that it was Oluchi who hired them to kill her husband with a promise to purchase “Tokunbo” cars for each of them after a successful operation.
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested two suspected hired-assassins and a female banker over failed attempt to assassinate her ex-husband identified as Tochukwu Onyebuchi.
The state Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu paraded the suspects at the command’s headquarters in Abeokuta on Wednesday.
He said the banker, Oluchi Tochukwu, hired the suspected criminals to assassinate her husband in his residence at Ayobo area of Lagos State.
Iliyasu named the two suspected assassins as Chigozie Smart (32) and Kingsley Ikechukwu (36).
He said they were intercepted and arrested on Oct. 19 at Ijebu-Ode while attempting to escape to Onitsha with the victim’s Range Rover Jeep.
He said Oluchi was arrested at Ayobo area of Lagos State.
He said, “One Oluchi, a 32-year-old banker, who is married to one Tochukwu Onyebuchi years ago, got separated from her husband following some matrimonial problems.
“The custody of their only child is currently being contested in the court but Oluchi has another plan.
“She connived with the trio of Chigozie Smart, Kingsley Ikechukwy and one other who is now at large to eliminate her husband.
“She arranged for the weapons which includes cutlass, iron rods and acid which she kept in her husband’s compound at Ayobo area of Lagos State and described where she kept it to the assailants.
“The suspects went there on Wednesday as planned and matcheted the man severally on his head and poured the acid on him.
“The suspects thereafter abandoned the victim and took away his range Rover Jeep which Oluchi instructed them to drop at her brother’s place in Onitsha, Anambra State.
“Luck ran against them when a patrol team of the Ogun State command on Wednesday sighted the vehicle along the Ijebu-Ode/Benin expressway and stopped it for search.
“While searching the vehicle, blood stain was seen and the two occupants were unable to give satisfactory account of the blood stain, hence, they were arrested.
“It was during interrogation that the suspects revealed all that transpired to the police.”
The commissioner said that the victim, who had been treated at an undisclosed hospital, was in the custody of the police helping them in the process of investigation.
Oluchi, however, denied contracting the duo of Chigozie and Kingsley and one other at large to assassinate her husband.
Oluchi, who acknowledged that her three-year-old marriage to her husband had crashed, told journalists that she had no reason to kill him.
Meanwhile, Chigozie told newsmen that it was Oluchi who hired them to kill her husband with a promise to purchase “Tokunbo” cars for each of them after a successful operation.
HEADLINES OF THE DAY
By: AMODU MARIAM and OLAWUYI AMINAT
Thur 27 Oct updates
Major, captain, others held for leaking information to Boko Haram
Police to deploy 24,000 officers for Ondo gov poll
Seized $15m: Patience seeks N200m damages
Govt begs foreign airlines not to leave Nigeria
Naira weakens to 470 on fresh dollar shortage
Gun threat stops Anambra sex scandal press briefing
Allow Buhari to implement policies, IYC tells militants
Akpobolokemi paid N40m rent, bought N38.5m bulletproof car –Witness
NUPENG gives FG 21-day ultimatum over job losses
3,000 sacked as multinational oil companies pull out
Banker hires assassins to kill her ex-husband in Lagos
$29.9b loan: Nigerians must stop Buhari, says PDP
Police to deploy 24,000 officers for Ondo gov poll
I Crashed ‘Flying’ From Benin To UK, Says Man Found In Sapele River
Moses Must Earn His Place In Eagles — Rohr
FG sends ICPC boss, Nta Expo on compulsory leave
I would fix power sector, Niger Delta, infrastructure before I leave office – Buhari
$2.2b Arms Cash: Military Rejects Jonathan’s Claim
Danjuma: donors yet to redeem N27b Northeast fund
Women protesters storm court over Jonathan’s wife’s N5b case
Ex-NIMASA chief rented Banana Island home for N40m – EFCC
I am like Jesus Christ, they are after me because they have seen my tomorrow – Fayose
Former Kaduna State University lecturer, Dr John Danfulani remanded in prison for criticizing El-Rufai
EFL Cup: Arsenal host Southampton, West Ham travel to Manchester United in quarter-finals
I want to be remembered for destroying Edo godfathers –Oshiomhole
Reps tackle Buhari over absence of parastatals, agencies’ boards
Senate orders Customs to render 3 years account in 48 hours
In desperate cover-up, Nigerian Army claims “39” not 83 soldiers missing after Boko Haram attack
Our Chairman Not Sacked, ICPC Says Amidst Controversy
Senate suspends amendment of JAMB Establishment Act
UK deploys hundreds of troops and aircraft to eastern Europe
Theresa May under fire for secret talk of Brexit fears
Thur 27 Oct updates
Major, captain, others held for leaking information to Boko Haram
Police to deploy 24,000 officers for Ondo gov poll
Seized $15m: Patience seeks N200m damages
Govt begs foreign airlines not to leave Nigeria
Naira weakens to 470 on fresh dollar shortage
Gun threat stops Anambra sex scandal press briefing
Allow Buhari to implement policies, IYC tells militants
Akpobolokemi paid N40m rent, bought N38.5m bulletproof car –Witness
NUPENG gives FG 21-day ultimatum over job losses
3,000 sacked as multinational oil companies pull out
Banker hires assassins to kill her ex-husband in Lagos
$29.9b loan: Nigerians must stop Buhari, says PDP
Police to deploy 24,000 officers for Ondo gov poll
I Crashed ‘Flying’ From Benin To UK, Says Man Found In Sapele River
Moses Must Earn His Place In Eagles — Rohr
FG sends ICPC boss, Nta Expo on compulsory leave
I would fix power sector, Niger Delta, infrastructure before I leave office – Buhari
$2.2b Arms Cash: Military Rejects Jonathan’s Claim
Danjuma: donors yet to redeem N27b Northeast fund
Women protesters storm court over Jonathan’s wife’s N5b case
Ex-NIMASA chief rented Banana Island home for N40m – EFCC
I am like Jesus Christ, they are after me because they have seen my tomorrow – Fayose
Former Kaduna State University lecturer, Dr John Danfulani remanded in prison for criticizing El-Rufai
EFL Cup: Arsenal host Southampton, West Ham travel to Manchester United in quarter-finals
I want to be remembered for destroying Edo godfathers –Oshiomhole
Reps tackle Buhari over absence of parastatals, agencies’ boards
Senate orders Customs to render 3 years account in 48 hours
In desperate cover-up, Nigerian Army claims “39” not 83 soldiers missing after Boko Haram attack
Our Chairman Not Sacked, ICPC Says Amidst Controversy
Senate suspends amendment of JAMB Establishment Act
UK deploys hundreds of troops and aircraft to eastern Europe
Theresa May under fire for secret talk of Brexit fears
Wednesday, 26 October 2016
APC Will Collapse By January If Things Continue Like This – Acting Spokesman
By: Obayomi Omolade and Onifade Miriam and Adeshina odunayo
The acting National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Timi Frank has warned that unless President Muhammadu Buhari takes urgent action, the party would collapse.
He believes it could happen by January 2017. He gave this warning in Abuja while appraising recent developments in the party, revealing that several realignments were presently going on in the country which could make the APC cease to exist totally by 2019.
Timi Frank said the only way to rescue the party would be for the president to intervene and support calls for the resignation of Chief John Odigie-Oyegun as the national chairman of the APC.
He reminded the President of how Chief Oyegun as chairman of ANPP frustrated him [Buhari] out of the party, forcing him to go and form the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC).
“The same thing is now happening in the APC and Mr President has to act fast because that same thing that drove him out of the ANPP then is also about to drive some people out of the APC because of Oyegun,” he stated.
Frank who claimed he was speaking the mind of most members and other stakeholders of the party, asserted that “at the appropriate time, more leaders of the party would speak out.”
He said he would soon write formally to the President and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, as well as the leadership of the National Assembly to seek their audience in other to adequately brief them on the circumstances that have necessitated the calls for Odigie-Oyegun’s resignation.
“I will also consult the governors (of our party) to make them understand the danger inherent in their silence in the face of the wave of crisis that has enveloped the party.
“This is like a rescue mission I am about to embark on. This struggle to rescue APC is not personal. It is because I love this party so much and I am a very loyal party man and I believe in this party.
“I am also going to pay a visit to our former vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar; I will also visit Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and all the past national chairmen that made the merger to work. I am going to pay visit to my own former national chairman, Alhaji Kawu Baraje, of the then New PDP, Chief Bisi Akande of the then ACN, Chief Ogbonnaya Onu of the then ANPP, Chief Tony Momoh of defunct CPC and Gov Rochas Okorocha who led a section of the APGA to make the APC. This visit is one that I will start anytime soon.”
The acting National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Timi Frank has warned that unless President Muhammadu Buhari takes urgent action, the party would collapse.
He believes it could happen by January 2017. He gave this warning in Abuja while appraising recent developments in the party, revealing that several realignments were presently going on in the country which could make the APC cease to exist totally by 2019.
Timi Frank said the only way to rescue the party would be for the president to intervene and support calls for the resignation of Chief John Odigie-Oyegun as the national chairman of the APC.
He reminded the President of how Chief Oyegun as chairman of ANPP frustrated him [Buhari] out of the party, forcing him to go and form the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC).
“The same thing is now happening in the APC and Mr President has to act fast because that same thing that drove him out of the ANPP then is also about to drive some people out of the APC because of Oyegun,” he stated.
Frank who claimed he was speaking the mind of most members and other stakeholders of the party, asserted that “at the appropriate time, more leaders of the party would speak out.”
He said he would soon write formally to the President and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, as well as the leadership of the National Assembly to seek their audience in other to adequately brief them on the circumstances that have necessitated the calls for Odigie-Oyegun’s resignation.
“I will also consult the governors (of our party) to make them understand the danger inherent in their silence in the face of the wave of crisis that has enveloped the party.
“This is like a rescue mission I am about to embark on. This struggle to rescue APC is not personal. It is because I love this party so much and I am a very loyal party man and I believe in this party.
“I am also going to pay a visit to our former vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar; I will also visit Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and all the past national chairmen that made the merger to work. I am going to pay visit to my own former national chairman, Alhaji Kawu Baraje, of the then New PDP, Chief Bisi Akande of the then ACN, Chief Ogbonnaya Onu of the then ANPP, Chief Tony Momoh of defunct CPC and Gov Rochas Okorocha who led a section of the APGA to make the APC. This visit is one that I will start anytime soon.”
Governor Ambode Rolls Out N500m For Disabled In Lagos
By: Ayinla Olamide and Ajayi Ayooluwa
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday inaugurated the Governing Board of the Lagos State Office for Disability Affairs, LASODA, to manage the N500 million Disability Trust Fund, DTF, expressing optimism that it would aid people living with disabilities in the state to realize their dreams and live more comfortable lives.
Ambode, who spoke at the Lagos House, Alausa, in Ikeja, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria while inaugurating the Board, said it was in fulfillment of his administration’s promise to ensure that the affairs of people living with disabilities was managed by people passionate enough to show that there is ability in disability.
“The Board will also manage the Disability Trust Fund. In fulfillment of the promise I made on May 29th, 2016, this Fund has in its kitty today, N500m with a marching order to solicit from the public and other charitable organisations, additional support for its objectives, he said.
“We could not have done otherwise, given the array of people with disabilities who possess requisite qualification, experience and character. In addition, we believe in their ability to manage the Disability Trust Fund more judiciously because they have a more personal understanding of the needs and situation of our less privileged people. This fund will give our brothers and sisters a needed boost to make a livelihood for themselves and a chance to fulfill their potentials,” he added.
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday inaugurated the Governing Board of the Lagos State Office for Disability Affairs, LASODA, to manage the N500 million Disability Trust Fund, DTF, expressing optimism that it would aid people living with disabilities in the state to realize their dreams and live more comfortable lives.
Ambode, who spoke at the Lagos House, Alausa, in Ikeja, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria while inaugurating the Board, said it was in fulfillment of his administration’s promise to ensure that the affairs of people living with disabilities was managed by people passionate enough to show that there is ability in disability.
“The Board will also manage the Disability Trust Fund. In fulfillment of the promise I made on May 29th, 2016, this Fund has in its kitty today, N500m with a marching order to solicit from the public and other charitable organisations, additional support for its objectives, he said.
“We could not have done otherwise, given the array of people with disabilities who possess requisite qualification, experience and character. In addition, we believe in their ability to manage the Disability Trust Fund more judiciously because they have a more personal understanding of the needs and situation of our less privileged people. This fund will give our brothers and sisters a needed boost to make a livelihood for themselves and a chance to fulfill their potentials,” he added.
TEACHER SEXUALLY ASSAULTS A 12 YEAR OLD STUDENT BY PUTTING HIS MANHOOD IN HER MOUTH
By: OGUNYEMI DEBORAH
A teacher, Enilolobo Olamilekan, has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting one of his students at Abogunloko area in Ikotun, Lagos.
Olamilekan, who hails from Lagos State, admitted to have lured the girl to his parent’s apartment at 17 Ayodele Shitta Street, where he took advantage of the 12-year-old Junior Secondary School 2 student.
Parading the suspect before journalists at her Oduduwa office, Ikeja yesterday, Lagos State Police image maker, Dolapo Badmus, explained that the suspect was apprehended by the school’s management after her mother lodged a complaint.
However, Olamilekan explained that he did not have carnal knowledge of the girl. Rather, he said he only put his manhood into her mouth.
According to him, “I teach them Business Studies, while I take some of the students on extra lesson after school hours. Her mother requested for a private lesson for her daughter and I told the mother to get her writing materials last Tuesday.
“But on Wednesday, she did not do her home work and when I asked why, she said that her mother had not bought her the books. She also said that she was hungry.
“After giving them the assignment for the day, I went to a shop to buy some things and she followed me. I bought her some books, biscuits and also gave her N50. But the owner of the shop said I should return the empty bottles of soft drinks I earlier bought. She told the girl to follow me to collect them. But when she got home, I brought out my manhood and put it inside her mouth.
“But when I saw my younger brother, through the window, returning from school, I removed it.”
The bubble burst after the girl’s curious mother got wind of what happened and subsequently reported the case at the Ikotun Police Division.
The suspect, according to Badmus, will be charged for indecent assault, admonishing parents to be wary of those they leave their children with, particularly the girls.
A teacher, Enilolobo Olamilekan, has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting one of his students at Abogunloko area in Ikotun, Lagos.
Olamilekan, who hails from Lagos State, admitted to have lured the girl to his parent’s apartment at 17 Ayodele Shitta Street, where he took advantage of the 12-year-old Junior Secondary School 2 student.
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| Enilolobo Olamilekan at the Police station... On Wednesday.. Photo by: Sodipo Timilehin |
Parading the suspect before journalists at her Oduduwa office, Ikeja yesterday, Lagos State Police image maker, Dolapo Badmus, explained that the suspect was apprehended by the school’s management after her mother lodged a complaint.
However, Olamilekan explained that he did not have carnal knowledge of the girl. Rather, he said he only put his manhood into her mouth.
According to him, “I teach them Business Studies, while I take some of the students on extra lesson after school hours. Her mother requested for a private lesson for her daughter and I told the mother to get her writing materials last Tuesday.
“But on Wednesday, she did not do her home work and when I asked why, she said that her mother had not bought her the books. She also said that she was hungry.
“After giving them the assignment for the day, I went to a shop to buy some things and she followed me. I bought her some books, biscuits and also gave her N50. But the owner of the shop said I should return the empty bottles of soft drinks I earlier bought. She told the girl to follow me to collect them. But when she got home, I brought out my manhood and put it inside her mouth.
“But when I saw my younger brother, through the window, returning from school, I removed it.”
The bubble burst after the girl’s curious mother got wind of what happened and subsequently reported the case at the Ikotun Police Division.
The suspect, according to Badmus, will be charged for indecent assault, admonishing parents to be wary of those they leave their children with, particularly the girls.
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