Day: September 3, 2021

A 72-year-old man Gesture Omolade, alongside 42-year-old Ayodeji Adejugbe, have been remanded in a custodial centre for the alleged rape of a Nurse apprentice in Ekiti State. The defendants were charged with conspiracy and rape. The police prosecutor, Inspector Olubu Apata, said the defendants raped the 17-year-old several times in Ado Ekiti between July and August 2021. He said, “The defendants took her to Room Two in the hospital where she was an apprentice as a nurse, and had sexual intercourse with her with the promise of giving her N10,000…

Alhaji Usman Galadima, a grade two teacher, who allegedly defied 14 pupils of Central Primary School, Karabonde in Niger State has been suspended by the state’s Universal Basic Education Board (NSUBEB).   Galadima was accused of sexually assaulting some pupils of the school and threatening to kill them should they reveal his deeds.     It was learnt that his sexual allegations came up in July 2021, when two female pupils, aged 7 and 9, reported him to the school’s Headmistress, Maimunat Tanko, who immediately forwarded the report to the Headmaster,…

Seven men and one woman, who allegedly printed fake N98 million notes and US$1.487,700, have been remanded in Suleja Correctional Centre on the order of a Gwagwalada Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday. Musa Mayo, Bala Jatau, Ibrahim Dangana, Luka Daniel, Nnemeka Ude, Asebe Zainab, Sani Muhammed and Abdulkarim Ahmed are being tried on a two-count charge bordering on forgery by the State Security Service (SSS) which they pleaded not guilty to. The Chief Magistrate, Aliyu Shafa, ordered the defence counsel to make a formal bail application for their clients following…