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                                                      The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today, December 13, 2018 secured three convictions at the Federal High Court sitting in Benin City, Edo State. One of those convicted is Oluwalusi Kikelomo . She was arraigned before Justice M. G. Umar on a one count charge of stealing and obtaining by false pretence. Upon her arraignment, Mrs. Oluwalusi pleaded guilty to the charge. And based on a plea bargain arrangement betwee n the prosecution counsel and the defence counsel she was convicted and sentenced to six months imprisonment. All assets recovered from her as proceeds of crime are to be forfeited to the victim.                                                      The charge against her reads: “That you, Oluwalusi Kikelomo, while being a branch Manager in O- FAGE Enterprise Nigeria Ltd, between February 2017 and October 2018 in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State within the jurisdiction of this honourable court,

                          The Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested two suspected cultists, robbers and recovered firearms. Spokesperson for the commad, DSP Asinim Butswat, who confirmed the arrest on Friday, said the suspects were nabbed during a Stop and Search Operations embarked on by operatives  in Yenagoa metropolis. Policemen on Friday afternoon, arrested a notorious Icelanders cultist, Ayibamiebi David, 20,  AKA Desperado in a tricycle along Ekeki Road, Yenagoa. The suspect, a native of Opuama Community, Southern Ijaw LGA, he was arrested in possession of a locally made pistol. In a similar development, on Thursday, 13 December 13, at about 1Pm,  the Surveillance team of the Command Monitoring unit, acted on a tip-off and arrested one James Oweifa, 22,  AKA Grade, a native of Agbere Community, Sagbama LGA. The suspect, also a notorious Icelanders cultist was arrested in possession of a locally made revolver pistol with five rounds of 9mm live ammunition

                                                  Immigration police in Thailand has arrested two African women accused of working as prostitutes. Glory Nasaazi, 39, and Shamim Nai’ga, 33, said to be from Uganda, were taken into custody on Walking Street in Pattaya. According to Pattaya Mail, other African women standing nearby managed to escape during the raid. The arrested women were processed for deportation.

                                   A six-week-old child simply called baby Benedicte has survived deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo. The six-week-old infant has been dubbed “a miracle’’ by Congo’s Ministry of Health for surviving Ebola which she caught as a newborn. “The little girl is called Benedicte and she was born on Oct. 31, so she’s about one and a half months old,’’ Jessica Ilunga, a spokesperson for the ministry said on Friday. Sadly, Benedicte’s mother died during childbirth while also infected with Ebola which has so far killed more than 300 people in eastern Congo. Benedicte received 24-hour care throughout her hospitalisation and is the youngest person to recover from the virus in this outbreak, the ministry said. She is now home with her father and aunt.

Raymond Azuka, who was prosecuted by EFCC for forging a reference letter purportedly signed by former minister of finance, Okonjo-Iweala, in order to gain employment at the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting, NSPM as Security Assistant 1A, has been sentenced to four years in prison. Justice M.B. Idris of a Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Nyanya, had, on November 14, 2018, found him guilty of two counts of forgery, which he committed between May 2013 and August 2014. Justice Idris held that the prosecution proved the counts beyond every reasonable doubt and so sentenced him to four years on each of the counts to run concurrently.

                                         banker and Account Officer with Access Bank, Ojo Adefemi Adedoyin, who allegedly connived with one Favour Oriafoh, 30, to defraud a Hong Kong national, Xu Yue of £79,000 (Seventy Nine Thousand Pounds) has been arrested by EFCC. They were arrested by operatives of the Uyo Zonal Office of the Commission, following investigation into a petition received from the Hong Kong Police Force, that the young lady was a victim of romance scam traced to Nigeria. Admitting to the crime, Oriafoh who goes by the con name, Terry Mac, confessed that he opened a FaceBook account in the name, just to defraud whoever falls prey to his baits. “She had fallen in love with me as Terry Mac, a football agent,” he said. He thereafter took advantage of her love and defrauded her of the said amount, using the domiciliary account of one Adeyemi Hassan Adedeji. During interrogation, he confessed that the Banker, Adedoyin, provided him with the domi

                                   Sani Mohammed, a member of a 5-man kidnap gang arrested by operatives of the IGP’s Intelligence Response Team, has disclosed that they would have made about N500 million from kidnapping wealthy victims in Abuja, and Kaduna, this December, had they not been arrested. According to Dailytrust, Mohammed was arrested alongside three others from their base in Enugu State. Their arrest is sequel to the purported plan for the gang to kidnap one an Abuja-based businessman, Alhaji Ulere. Those arrested along with Sani are: Babangida Garba, Dogo Ibrahim, and Ibrahim Haruna. Sani told the police interrogators that their plans were to make at least N500 million from ransom, this December. Sani, who the police described as one of the dangerous armed robbery suspects and kidnappers, admitted abducting a lot of affluent people in the past. In fact, the suspect said, he has lost count of the number of operations he has embarked on since he joine

                           Nigerian Army has buried 19 of its 23 troops killed in the Metele attack by Boko Haram, last month. Lt. Colonel Ibrahim Sakaba and 22 soldiers of 157 Task Force Battalion, Metele, Abadam Local Government Area, Borno State, who died in the gun-battle against Boko Haram on November 18 were buried on Friday in a solemn military ceremony at Army Cantonment Cemetery, Maiduguri. Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, said the troops paid the supreme price in the battle to keep the Northeast region safe. Buratai, who was represented by the army’s Chief of Training and Operations, Maj. Gen Lamidi Adeosun, said the names of the “fallen heroes will be written in gold” whenever the history of the counter-insurgency operation is documented. He appealed to the families and relations of the officer and soldiers to mourn the deceased personnel with the understanding of the huge role they have played in keeping the country at peace. He said the

                                    The trial of Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia was stalled at the Lagos High Court Sitting in Ikeja on Friday as the judge slumped before proceedings could commence. According to reports, the incident caused the court to adjourn further proceedings till January 26, 2019 while lawyers and family members rushed to the aid of the judge and it was gathered that she was later rushed to a hospital after she was revived. Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia and her co-defendant who is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Godwin Obla, were dragged before the court by the economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). She is standing trial on 26 counts bordering on unlawful enrichment, taking property by a public officer, corruption, forgery and giving false information to an official of the EFCC. Obla, on his part, is facing trial for allegedly bribing Ofili-Ajumogobia with N5m. They have both pleaded not guilty to the charges.

                                       It's no longer news that Nicki Minaj' s new boyfriend Kenneth Petty, is a convicted rapist who is also a murderer. Now, TMZ has obtained terrifying details about his 1994 Rape Case where his victim detailed account of the incident and it is truly horrific. Court documents reveal the victim's account in Kenneth Petty's rape case from 1994. The 16-year-old victim explained to police that she was allegedly kidnapped before being raped. The victim told police that Petty approached her from behind in Queens, NY before he “placed a hard circular object” to her back and "made a clicking sound." The victim, convinced it was a handgun, and took his instructions when he told her to "keep walking." She claimed that he took her to a place down the street and forced her into an upstairs bedroom with the gun still pointed to her back. She alleges that he “laid his weight on top … pinched her sides and squeez

                                  The Apapa Government Reserved Area Residents Association has given the Federal Government a 21-day ultimatum to clear all bridges and roads in the area of trucks to ease movement. The residents on Friday told journalists that unless urgent steps were taken to resolve the traffic problems, they would mobilise and shut down the area completely. The President of the association, Brig. Gen. Sola Ayo-Vaughan (retd), said the traffic congestion which had turned Apapa and other parts of the Lagos metropolis into one huge parking lot was as a result of government’s lack of planning and will to enforce its laws and policies. He noted that the continuous queues of trucks and tankers blocking the entire network of intersecting roads, bringing traffic in all directions to a standstill were no longer acceptable.  Ayo-Vaughan stated that the problem which was within Apapa had snowballed into a Lagos traffic, making movement in the area and its

                                             A woman suffering from dementia has been reported missing after she left where she was being cared for and never returned. According to the daughter of the missing woman identified as Feyisayo Akinola, her mother who lives in Abeokuta in Ogun State, went missing on the 9th of December 2018 and has not being found till date. Anyone with valuable information should kindly contact her daughter, Mrs Lawani on 08172779971,08183501193.

                                          The suspect who is cooling off in the cell at Tolu Police station, revealed how she sent a child to call Wisdom from their room. Ndubiife, a mother of one, then took him to the backyard where she hit his head against the wall, before hitting his head again with a big stone, leading to his death. Consequently, she dumped the child's corpse in the toilet, where Mr Samuel later found him. Asked why she killed the boy, Ms Ndubuife disclosed that her intention was to inflict severe injury on him so that his father would spend money on treating him.

                                   An unidentified white lady travelled all the way to Ghana to have an internet fraudster known locally as a ‘sakawa’ boy, arrested for defrauding her. According to Adomonline, the white lady had been defrauded some years back by the suspect identified as Solomon Attah, to the tune of 20,000 euros (GHC 113,000). After which, he cut ties with her. The lady then tracked Attah to Ghana and with the help of the local police, he was arrested. In the video, operatives of Ghana’s Criminal Investigations Department were seen trying to gain access into the house, where Attah and some other suspected internet fraudsters were living and carrying out their activities. Attah and his crew attempted to bolt but the police personnel were quick enough to capture them. They were arrested and taken to the police station. While the arrest was taking place, the white man that accompained the lady demanded that Attah paid part or the full amount of money he

                                    A newborn baby boy has died one month after he was mauled by his parents' dogs. Reuben McNulty was just one month old when he was attacked in the early hours of Sunday, November 18 at the family's home in the village of Yaxley, near Peterborough in Cambridgeshire, England. His parents' Staffordshire Bull Terriers named Fizzy and Dotty both attacked him. He died in the hospital om Thursday, almost 4 weeks after the dog attack. The boy's parents Dan McNulty, 31, and Amy Litchfield, 28, were arrested on suspicion of child neglect and released on bail. Detectives say the baby's death is not being treated as suspicious. The dogs have since been put down.

                          A J5 Peugeot has killed two three -year-old children after crashing into a mosque in Plateau state. The victims were participating in the Muslims’ Friday Juma’at prayers at the Yelwa- Shendam Central Mosque, in Shendam Local Government Area of the state. Witnesses said the incident occurred as the prayer was closing. Abdullahi Salihu, the chief Imam of the mosque, told PREMIUM TIMES on the telephone that two women were seriously injured. “Yes, the incident had occurred,” he said. “Two minors have already died while two other women were critically injured and have been rushed to a hospital for treatment. “I was inside Mosque when the incident occurred but later came out to see for myself what has happened. We also calmed angry youth who wanted to burn the car. The driver of the car is safe and nothing will happen to him, ” the chief Imam said. The cleric gave the names of the deceased as Khadija Dayyabu and Muhammad Kabiru. He added tha

                             The Nigerian Army on Friday buried 19 soldiers among those who lost their lives in an attack by Boko Haram insurgents at Metele, Guzamala Local Government Area, Borno. 23 soldiers were killed and 31 others wounded when the insurgents attacked 157 Task Force Battalion, Metele, on Nov. 18. The fallen heroes, who were laid to rest at the Military Cemetery, Maimalari Cantonment, Maiduguri, were I.A. Sakaba, a lieutenant colonel, and 18 soldiers. Muslim and Christian Chaplains officiated at the burial. The Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, a lieutenant general, described the incident as tragic, noting that the soldiers sacrificed their lives in defence of the nation’s territorial integrity. Represented by Lamidi Adeosun, Chief of Army Training and Operations, Mr Buratai announced that the deceased soldiers would be buried when their relatives arrived in Maiduguri. He said the army lost some troops and equipment due to upsurge of insurge

                                         A drug user who was sold flour instead of cocaine reported his disappointment to a police officer in Peru. According to a video shared online, the dealer deceived the buyer by handing over a plastic baggy filled with what was supposed to be cocaine. But when the man tried to snort it, he noticed it was flour. Disappointed, he saw a police officer on a routine patrol shift and he approached him to report his failure to purchase cocaine. "I am from La Porra, I came to get my drugs, boss," the addict told the cop in a video shared online. "And I want to file a report because they’ve given me flour, boss." The drug abuser begged the cop to help him get his supply of cocaine and the cop broke out laughing. He told the officer: "Help me out with that, boss, because one comes here to get his drugs and they give you flour." According to Article 299 of the Peruvian Penal Code, it is legal in the South

                            A 7-year-old girl from Guatemala has died of dehydration and shock after she was taken into Border Patrol custody last week for crossing from Mexico into the United States illegally with her father and a large group of migrants along a remote span of New Mexico desert. The child’s death is likely to intensify scrutiny of detention conditions at Border Patrol stations and CBP facilities that are increasingly overwhelmed by large numbers of families seeking asylum in the United States. According to CBP records, the girl and her father were taken into custody about 10 p.m. on December 6th south of Lordsburg, N.M., as part of a group of 163 people who approached U.S. agents to turn themselves in. More than eight hours later, the child began having seizures at 6:25 a.m., CBP records show. Emergency responders, who arrived soon after, measured her body temperature at 105.7 degrees, and according to a statement from CBP, she “reportedly ha

                                                 This is the moment a girl snuck out of home to meet a boy she had been chatting with on Facebook, not knowing she was walking to her death Viktorija Sokolova, 14, sneaked out of her home to go and meet the boy in April this year but the next day she was found dead, propped up against a park bench. New CCTV was shown at a trial of a 16-year-old boy accused of murdering her. It was alleged that the boy hit her so hard that some of her teeth fell out. He then allegedly killed her. Afterwards, prosecutors said the boy had sex with her lifeless corpse. The jury will today continue to consider its verdict and this is the first time the footage of Viktorija has been released to the public. The court heard that the 16-year-old suspect had previously been diagnosed with anxiety and depression and had come under the care of Child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS). At the time of his arrest on April 13, he all

                                            A Nigerian footballer has died while warming up for a match. Dominic Dukudod, a former Kano Pillars player popularly known as ‘Don K’, slumped yesterday while warming up before a friendly match between Abuja United and Nasarawa United at the Lafia township stadium, Nasarawa state, according to sports journalist Niyi Busari. Dominic slumped while he was warming up with his teammates before the match. Just before he died, he took to Facebook to share photos of himself before the match with the caption: Nasarawa unite is in problem That was the last thing he would ever post. Friends and fans have commented on the post to express their shock and pray that he rests in peace.

                            A make-up artist is facing murder charges after she allegedly covered up two pregnancies then killed the babies when they were born by throwing them away in the trash. Alyssa Anne Dayvault, 30, was exposed after she was taken to hospital suffering vaginal bleeding. While at the hospital in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, she delivered a placenta and umbilical cord but no child. She later admitted to police that she had given birth to a boy at home. A police warrant said: The defendant stated that the child was born alive and took multiple gasping breaths after having been born. The defendant further stated that she failed to secure medical treatment and did not personally take action to attempt to preserve/save the infant’s life. The defendant then disposed of the child’s body in a waste receptacle at her residence in NMB without seeking help or notifying authorities. Alyssa, who was popular on social media for always sha

A paedophile was sentenced to receive 100 lashes of the cane for having sex with an underage girl. The Indonesian man was one of two men given the punishment, one for having sex with his underage step-daughter, and the other for having sex with an underage neighbour. During the public flogging which was carried out in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province on Wednesday, the man began begging for mercy after the 5th stroke of the cane. He raised his hand and begged the masked officer carrying out the lashing to stop, saying he could not take the pain, but after doctors declared him fit enough to continue, he received 95 more strikes. Local prosecutor Isnawati said: We’ll only postpone a caning if the doctors say there’s a serious health threat. The other man being punished took all 100 lashes in silence while blood began to seep through his white shirt. Both men were also sentenced to up to five years in prison.

                              Kazimoto's death was confirmed on Jagwa Music's official Facebook page. “Our lead singer Jackie Simela passed away yesterday from a car accident which happened in Morogoro region where he went to attend a funeral of his aunt. We have lost the best singer we have ever had. Stay in Power king,” the group wrote. Kazimoto will be remembered by fans and fellow musicians for his wry sense of humour on stage and his musical playfulness. Many have paid tribute to the singer.  “Yesterday we learnt of the death of singer Jackie Simela who passed away in a car accident in Morogoro where he was attending his aunt's funeral,” Nafasi Art Space director Rebecca Corey wrote on Facebook.  “It is so hard to believe he is gone. My heart goes out to his family, friends and bandmates, and everyone who loved his music. We have truly lost one of the greatest.” Hailing from the capital Dar es Salaam, Jagwa Music became part of Tanzania’s music s

                                 A Cheshire Police constable has been jailed for 25 years for 37 offences including the rape and sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl. Ian Naude , 30, who was named in three sex probes was jailed earlier today by Judge Clement Goldstone QC at Liverpool Crown Court. The court heard that Mr. Ian sent sickening messages to his victims, including one to a 13-year-old victim, where he said: 'You're old enough baby. Girls are having sex when they're 10 and 11 these days.'                                  According to Mail Online, he also met a child during a domestic incident at her house and began grooming her by exchanging sexual images and messages. He then took her away in his car, drove her to a secluded spot, and attacked her in the back seat.                                 He reportedly ran a fake online profile of 15-year-old 'Jake Green', and told one 14-year-old girl she was 'pretty and interesting&#

                                    The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Federal Operations Unit (F.O.U.) Zone D, Bauchi, has seized contraband worth N156. 61 million in 2018. ‎The Controller F.O.U. Zone D, Peters Olugboyega, made the disclosure at a news conference in Bauchi on Thursday. According to him, this is an increase of N55 million compared to the seizures made in 2017. ‎ He noted that from January to December 2018, the Unit made seizures ranging from smuggled foreign rice, foreign soap and second-hand clothes. According to him, other seizures are spaghetti and hard drugs. Mr Olugboyega, a comptroller, said the seizures were made in spite of low economic activities caused by insurgency. ‎He said a recent seizure of a used Mercedes Benz truck with Reg. No. ABJ 250 XA was made on November 21 by officers of the Unit based on credible information. He said the suspected Benz truck, carrying contraband, was involved in an accident near a military check point on

                                           A Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos on Thursday sentenced a 24-year-old man, Binfa Lamde, to death by hanging for killing his stepmother. Justice A. I. Ashoms, who handed down the judgment, declared that the prosecution had proven beyond reasonable doubt that Mr Lamde killed the woman. “Going by the facts before this court, you, Binfa Lamde, mercilessly took the life of your stepmother, Mrs. Kum Zwade, in cold blood. “This sentence is mandatory; the law states that any person convicted of murder shall be punished with death by hanging. “The sentence of this court upon you is that you will be hanged until you are dead,’’ Mr Ashoms declared. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the convict was first arraigned on July 14, 2014, charged with culpable homicide, contrary to section 221 of the Penal Code, and punishable with death upon conviction. Mr Lamde was said to have committed the crime on April 10, 20

                                        Two persons were reportedly killed, while others sustained various degrees of injuries in a violent clash between two rival cult groups in a supremacy battle at Baiyeku, Ikorodu area of Lagos State. Members of the cult groups, Aiye and Eiye confraternities, were said to have engaged each other in a fierce battle at Awobo and Shelewu areas of Igbogbo-Baiyeku, Ikorodu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the clash, which caused commotion in the areas, was later put under control by the 63 Police Mobile Force (PMF) in Igbogbo-Baiyeku. Narrating how it happened, Saheed Aleje, the Baale of Baiyeku, told NAN that the fracas started around the evening of Wednesday. Mr Aleje said one person was reportedly killed at Awobo Estate, while the second person, a tipper driver, was also killed at Shelewu area. “Immediately I heard about the incident, I quickly mobilised people in the community and informed the security agencies,

                                 A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Gudu, Abuja on Thursday remanded a debarred lawyer, Emeka Ugwuonye, who runs a popular Facebook page, “Due Process Advocate”, in prison following his arraignment by the police. Mr Ugwuonye was arraigned on a 10-count charge of extortion, impersonation, injurious falsehood and false information. He was accused of extorting money from the family of a woman he falsely alleged was killed by her estranged husband. One of the charges reads: “That you Ephraim Chukwuemeka Ugwuonye (m) on or about May to date, at diverse places in Abuja within the jurisdiction of this honourable court did commit illegal act to wit: extortion by threat of accusation of an offence punishable by death, when you intentionally extorted monies and other valuables from friends and associates of late Mrs Charity Chidiebere Aiyedogbon (f) and other members of the public, that Mr David Aiyedogbon killed his late wife, Cha

                                   The Public Complaint Rapid Response Unit of the Nigeria Police force has helped to reunite a young mother with her 4-year-old daughter two years after separation. The Asistant Commisdioner of Police, (PCRRU) ACP Abayomi Shogunle, who confirmed the news in a statement on Thursday, said the child was forcefully taken away from her mother by her father's family living in Kaduna State. Read full statement below: PUBLIC COMPLAINT RAPID RESPONSE UNIT (PCRRU), On the 5th of December, 2018 at about 11:00am one Ms. B (full name withheld due to privacy of her infant daughter) came to the PCRRU and narrated how her little daughter was forcefully taken away from her by the family of her estranged boyfriend and father of the little girl who has since relocated to South Africa. During the process of this traumatic ordeal in 2016, the said family boasted that she will never be allowed access to her daughter again, after which her daughter was

                                         A widow staged a protest in her husband’s grave on Thursday at Wanyororo cemetery in Bahati, Nakuru County, Kenya, after a suspect linked to his murder was allegedly released from police custody. The deceased, 33 year-old Edward Mwangi was was found murdered in a farm in Wanyororo B area in Bahati after being stabbed eight times on December 3, 2018. The main suspect is said to have surrendered himself to the police and also presented a knife he used to kill the deceased. Mr Mwangi’s family claims the suspect was released the same day. On Thursday, his widow Mary Wangari led a group of friends and relatives in demanding the arrest of the suspect before the burial could proceed. They also vowed that no burial will take place until the suspect is arraigned in court. “We will not allow the funeral to take place until we get an explanation why the main suspect was released,” said the widow. A rival group had dug a grave at the Wa

                                                 Maiduguri-based Rahma Monguno shared the story on Facebook today. Read below:    "This is Hafsat Umar, her father (Goni Umara Madu) was killed by insurgents a few years ago, on his way to his night shift as a security guard at PZ, located near Ngarnan. She had measles when she was about three, and related or not, lost the use of her lower limbs ever since. Recently, I posted Ahmed Suleimans situation, and mentioned there were others. I was going to make a separate appeal for her and the others, but God so kind, the Vice Principal who's number I gave out on the initial post, called me and said a good Samaritan, who wished to remain anonymous, had called, enquired, and sent him a donation for Ahmeds chair. We managed to get two chairs, and this morning, Ahmed and Hafsat were both delighted and grateful for their new found mobility. May the Almighty bless the donor in ways she to doesn't expect , and thank y

                            A court has ruled that South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma must pay back the money provided for his legal fees. It is estimated that the state has paid between $1m (£792,000) and $2.2m in legal costs for him. Zuma has been fighting multiple allegations of corruption for more than a decade and has incurred millions of dollars in legal fees. The court's decision marks the end of a poor year for Zuma, who was forced out of office in February. His successor, Cyril Ramaphosa , has been working to restore public confidence in the country's prosecution service. Ramaphosa recently admitted that an agreement between Zuma and former President Thabo Mbeki had formed the basis of the decision to continue paying Zuma's legal fees, more than a decade ago. A judge has now declared the agreement invalid and ordered the state attorney to take steps to recover all legal costs incurred. Zuma has a large family, and has often s