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Teenager arrested for defiling five minors in one week

Mar 16, 2020 topnews

Nwafor Jacob, an 18-year-old boy, was on Friday remanded in a correctional centre by an Ebonyi State Magistrates’ Court in Abakaliki for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old minor. The suspect, who was alleged to have serially engaged in the act for one week, was also alleged to have had the carnal knowledge of four other minors. It was gathered that three out of the five victims were siblings and the accused defiled them between January 19 and January 25, 2020. The police prosecutor, Sergeant Sebastine Alumona, told the court that Jacob…

Fake naval officer arrested for allegedly mutilating man’s private parts

Mar 16, 2020 topnews

A fake naval officer, Azeez Ali, has been arrested by men of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly mutilating the private parts of a 42-year-old man, Sunday Amoo. It was gathered that Ali, during an argument, used a military Jack knife to mutilate Amoo’s private parts, which resulted in multiple deep cuts. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, in a statement on Sunday, said Ali, who impersonated a naval officer, was arrested around Berger bus stop in the Bariga area of Lagos. He said, “On March 14,…

Gas plant Explosion kills 17, raze 50 houses in Lagos

Mar 16, 2020 topnews

A gas explosion which occurred at Abule-Ado area, near the International Trade Fair Complex, Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State on Sunday, has left no fewer than 17 persons dead and 25 others injured. More than 50 buildings in the area were impacted by the explosion, as hundreds of residents were rendered homeless. Several vehicles parked in the area were also destroyed by the explosion. Boarding pupils of the Bethlehem Girls College were trapped in the wreckage of their hostel, as residents and sympathisers pulled them out of…

Lamentations as network failure mars UTME exam

Mar 15, 2020 topnews

Due to power and network failures, the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination started nationwide on a poor note on Saturday, particularly in some centres in Lagos. Some candidates in a few Computer-Based Test centres in Lagos State, scheduled for 7am, were seen crying as they could not take the exam until 1pm. They became more tearful, after they went in and reportedly wrote two or three papers, during which some of the computers went off. It was learnt that the Virtual Private Network, which transmits the questions from the Joint…

Nollywood actor says homosexuality caused by Ogbanje

Mar 14, 2020 topnews

Pete Edochie, Veteran nollywood actor, believes that reincarnation is the real cause of homosexuality. The bearded actor dropped this bomb in a short video he posted online. Homosexuality is an issue that has become quite prevalent in the society and social media has also further helped to popularized it. Edochie, however, has a different perception. In a video that was shared on Twitter, Edochie said that when a child is born and looks sickly, he or she is suspected to be an ‘Ogbanje’(spirit child) and a mark is put on…

Don’t disrespect obas, Alaafin writes Fayemi

Mar 14, 2020 topnews

Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, the Alaafin of Oyo, has warned the Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, against treating the traditional institution in Yorubaland with levity. Alaafin said unlike in some tribes, where there was nothing attached to their traditional institutions, the Yoruba traditional institution was “ancestral and spiritual.” The monarch stated this in a letter to the state governor dated March 12, 2020, following a query issued by Fayemi to some prominent traditional rulers in the state over alleged insubordination. Fayemi, in the query issued individually to the affected…

Oyetola signs Amotekun Bill into law in Osun state

Mar 14, 2020 topnews

Gboyega Oyetola, Osun State Governor, has signed the Osun Security Network Agency and Amotekun Corps Bill into law. This came as he warned citizens of the state against disrespecting or obstructing Amotekun personnel, as they would be striving to protect the state. He also called on residents to adhere to the spirit and letter of the Amotekun law. The signing of the bill was done yesterday at the Governor’s Office in Osogbo a few hours after the governor received the bill from the State House of Assembly. Speaker of the…

Hudson-Odoi becomes first Premier League player with coronavirus

Mar 13, 2020 topnews

Chelsea’s players and coaching staff were ordered into isolation as Callum Hudson-Odoi became the first Premier League player confirmed to have the new coronavirus late on Thursday. The news casts the viability of this weekend’s games further into doubt after Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta tested positive, also throwing their team into lockdown. “Chelsea men’s team player Callum Hudson-Odoi had a positive test result for coronavirus returned this evening,” a club statement said. “Chelsea personnel who had recent close contact with the player in the men’s team building will now self-isolate…

Omo-Agege sponsor bill to strip president, governors, others of immunity

Mar 13, 2020 topnews

The Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege, has introduced a bill that would alter the constitution and strip the president, his deputy, governors and their deputies of immunity from criminal prosecution. The bill was read the first time on the floor of the chamber yesterday. According to the bill, immunity will not apply “to persons who hold the office of vice president, governor or deputy governor, if it is determined either by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission, Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, Nigerian Police and State Security Service through a collaborative investigation…

Man attempts suicide after killing girlfriend

Mar 13, 2020 topnews

Uber passenger, Princewill David, who jumped into the lagoon, did so in order to escape justice after allegedly killing his girlfriend, the Lagos State Police Command has revealed. David, a resident of Tajudeen Balogun Street, Igando, Lagos, had boarded an Uber from his residence to the Lekki area of the state on February 27, 2020. On getting to the Third Mainland Bridge around 12am, David reportedly asked the driver to stop to allow him to urinate, but the driver, who had learnt about the same tactics allegedly used by one…