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64-year-old carpenter arrested for defiling six-year-old in Lagos

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Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a carpenter, Habib Abdullahi, 64, for defiling a six-year-old girl in Ikorodu, Lagos. The Commisioner of Police in Lagos state, Edgal Imohimi, who paraded the suspect, said the mother of the victim informed the command of the incident, adding that the outcome of the investigation conducted revealed that the suspect took the victim into his room and sexually abused her. He added that the victim, who was irritated by the suspect’s action, upon interrogation by her mother, identified Abdullahi as the…

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Having sex in car not a crime -Nigeria Police

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The Head of the Police Public Complaints Rapid Response Unit, Mr. Abayomi Shogunle, while responding to a question on Twitter said having sex in one’s car is not a crime. He however, said it could be considered a crime if one has sex with underage person; or if the car is parked in a religious institution when the act takes place. The Police also say car sex is unlawful if both persons are of the same sex. The Police, therefore, asked that anybody who is harassed for having sex in…

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Why Nigeria Needs To Invest More In Healthcare, Education Reforms — DFID

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The Department for International Development (DFID) says Nigeria needs to invest more in healthcare, education and economic reforms. The country head of the oganisation, Debbie Palmer, said this on Monday during a conference organised by the Not Too Young To Run group in the nation’s capital, Abuja. She explained that there are projections that soon Nigeria could become the third largest nation on earth which could mean a rise in the number of the working age and potentially, a boost in the nation’s GDP. However, according to her, this can…

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President Buhari appoints wife as member of C’ttee for elimination of drug abuse

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President Muhammadu Buhari, has appointed his wife, Dr. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari as member of Presidential Advisory Committee on the Elimination of Drug Abuse. The Committee has the former Military Administration of Lagos, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa, retd, as its chairman. President Buhari also inaugurated the Ministerial Steering Committee which is headed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Boss Mustapha. The president presides over Inauguration of Two-Tier Presidential Intervention Structure on the Elimination of Drug Abuse in State House, Monday. Inaugurating the two committees at the Presidential…

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Pastor arrested for defiling church member’s twin daughters

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Mike Oliseh, a 54-year-old assistant Pastor of the Anointed Chosen Vessel Ministry, Okota, Lagos, has been detained at the Lagos State Police Command Headquarters, Ikeja, for allegedly defiling the 12-year-old twin daughters of a church member and close friend. It was gathered that while Oliseh allegedly penetrated the private parts of the first victim, he allegedly  inserted his fingers in the private parts of the twin sister. It was learnt that Oliseh, an indigene of Delta State, and the girls’ father, Obi (not real name) lived on Ago Palace Way,…

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BEDC refutes fictitious information on license withdrawal message by EDO by EDOSCO

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The attention of the Management of BEDC Electricity PLC (BEDC), has been drawn to a fictitious online publication posted by the Edo State Civil Societies Organization (EDOSCO) that the operating license of BEDC has been withdrawn and that customers in Benin, should not pay for electricity based on this position. We wish to strongly condemn the publication in its entirety which is a propaganda by EDOSCO, an organization peddling misinformation, after BEDC instituted court cases against some of it’s members for illegal tampering with power equipments. Our esteemed customers should…

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Man sentenced to 15years imprisonment for having sex with pregnant goat

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Reuben Mwamba, a 22-year-old man, who admitted having sex with a pregnant goat, has had his jail term extended to 15 years. Mwamba was previously imprisoned by a court in Zambia for five years but prosecutors were outraged, so they took his case to a higher court. Now the Kasama High Court has sentenced the 22-year-old to 15 years of hard labour. The court was told that Mwamba of Mutono village had broken section 155 (b) of the Penal Code, Chapter 87 of the Laws of Zambia. But prosecutors demanded…

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Reps approve June 12 as Democracy Day

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June 12 has been approved by the House of Representatives on Thursday as Democracy Day in Nigeria. The current date, May 29, was deleted from the Public Holidays Act and replaced with the new date. The presidential election acclaimed to be the freest and fairest in the country’s history was held on June 12, 1993, but the results were annulled by the then military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida. The approval followed the adoption of a report by the Committee of the Whole on a bill seeking to amend the Public…

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Teacher defiles five-year-old pupil in Ondo

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Ebenezer Adeyeye, a primary school teacher, has been remanded in prison custody by a magistrate court sitting in Okitipupa, in the Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State. Adeyeye, was accused of defiling a five-year-old pupil inside the school’s toilet in Okitipupa. He was arrested by the men of the Ondo State Police Command on November 7, 2018. The accused was said to have lured the victim to the school toilet, where he allegedly had a carnal knowledge of her. He was arraigned on one count of rape. According to…

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Intersociety to Vatican -Retrain Mbaka

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The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Intersociety, yesterday called on the Third Vatican Council to retrain the  Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry Enugu, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, following the alleged humiliation of the Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,   Peter Obi by the priest. The society says doing so “will help in saving the image of the Catholic Church and its people of good conscience, as Enugu Adoration Spiritual Director is in dire need of fresh ideas and higher studies.” Intersociety also called on…

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