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Cleric sentenced to five years imprisonment for molesting minor

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A 35-year-old clergyman, Gabriel Asateru, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment by an Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, for molesting a minor. Pronouncing the judgment, Justice Oluwatoyin Abodunde said, “The accused person stands guilty and is accordingly convicted to serve a prison term of five years and to also pay a sum of N50,000 fine as stipulated by the Child’s Rights Law, 2005.” Asateru, who was accused of defiling a five-year-old girl on December 23, 2016, at Ifisin Ekiti in the Ido/Osi Local Government Area of…

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Imposition of fine by LASTMA illegal -Appeal Court

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The imposition of fines by the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), has been declared illegal by the Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos. The appeal court held that imposition of penalties by the LASTMA ultra vires its power, especially where no platform was established to observe the principles of natural justice. The court declared this while ruling on the appeal filed by LASTMA over judgment delivered by the Federal High Court on September 16, 2011, in the suit no FHC/L/CS/653/2011 wherein it was held that it breached the right…

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Tekno’s producer explains why strippers were conveyed in display truck

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Mr. Lawal Tijani, the producer of Tekno’s latest music video, has explained the incident that led to the conveying of semi-nude ladies in a display van around the Lekki-Ikoyi link Bridge on Friday night. He apologised to Nigerians for the indecent act showing strippers dancing seductively with singer Tekno in a display van in traffic around the Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge. The video clip, which had gone viral on social media, was said to be part of a scene from Tekno’s unreleased video, titled Agege, featuring musician, Zlatan Ibile. The Lagos State…

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Government Officials to supervise El-Zakzaky’s travel for treatment abroad

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The leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat, have been granted permission to travel to an Indian hospital for medical treatment by the Kaduna State High Court yesterday. The ruling was not without conditions attached. El-Zakzaky and Zeenat must not go to any other hospital other than the one they specifically requested. Also, the travel of the Shiites’ leader and his wife must be under the strict supervision of the state officials. The leader of the IMN, whose members are also known…

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Genetic engineers says death will soon be ‘optional’, ageing ‘curable’

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A report by two genetic engineers has it that dying would become ‘optional’ within just 27 years and that the ageing process would become ‘reversible by 2045. José Cordeiro, born in Venezuela to a Spanish parent and mathematician David Wood from UK made the revelation on Monday at their book presentation entitled, ‘The Death of Death’. The event was held in Barcelona, Spain. According to the report, Cordeiro who is based at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US said he had ‘chosen not to die’ and that in…

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Messi suspended from International Football for Three Months

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After claiming the Copa America was “corrupt”, Argentina captain Lionel Messi has been banned from international football for three months. Barcelona forward Messi, 32, was sent off in Argentina’s 2-1 third-place play-off win over Chile and later said the “cup was fixed for Brazil”. He has also been fined $50,000 (£41,121) by Conmebol, the South American Football Confederation. Messi has seven days to appeal Conmebol’s decision to suspend him. The ban means Messi will miss Argentina’s upcoming friendlies against Chile, Mexico and Germany in September and October. Argentina’s qualifying campaign…

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OAU student commits suicide over poor academic performance

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A student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, identified as Opeyemi Grace Dara has allegedly committed suicide. The deceased who was in the Department of English and Literature was said to have committed suicide after a dose of lethal substance popularly known as snipper. It was learnt that she took her life following the poor academic performance. But the authorities of the institution confirmed that the deceased committed suicide due to depression occasioned by poor academic records. A copy of her academic records obtained from her page on the school portal indicated that…

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Bobrisky to ‘broke’ guys: My beauty is for Nigerian politicians

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Bobrisky, christened Okuneye Idris Olarenwaju, on Saturday warned “broke guys” who come after her for relationship to steer clear.p Bobrisky had earlier told his fans that he had become a transgender, and would love to be addressed as a woman. The cross-dresser took a swipe at some boys as broke, saying his beauty is for politicians in Nigeria and in other countries. The UNILAG graduate stated that he didn’t become a shemale for broke boys, warning them to stay away from him. “Bia!!! All this broke men coming to my…

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Sowore arrested for plotting regime change -Police

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Omoyele Sowore, the convener of #RevolutionNow Protests, and the Global Coalition for Security and Democracy in Nigeria, has been accused by the Nigeria Police Force of trying to force a regime change in the country. The Police said inciting Nigerians, home and abroad, to join a planned ‘revolution’ march against the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on Monday, August 5, amounts to treasonable felony and acts of terrorism. Sowore, pro-democracy activist and the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the last general elections, had been…

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Firm suspended for using truck to display strippers

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The suspension of the advertising agency whose truck was used in displaying some semi-nude strippers seductively dancing on a pole in Lagos traffic has been announced by the Lagos State Signage and Advertising Agency. In the statement which was signed by its Chief Executive Officer, Mobolaji Sanusi, the agency said the suspension of Provision Media System Limited would subsist until the completion of the investigation. The statement read in part, “The Lagos State Signage and Advertisement Agency has suspended, pending final investigation, the practicing Licence of an advertising firm, Provision…

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