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Senior lecturer remanded for defiling housemaid

Aug 14, 2018 topnews

Andrew Ogbuja, a senior lecturer at the Department of Catering and Hotel Management, Benue State Polytechnic, Ugbokolo has been remanded by a Makurdi Upper Area Court on Monday for allegedly defiling his 13-year-old housemaid. Andrew who was arrested last Friday, pleaded with the judge to temper justice with mercy and grant him bail to enable him to go back home and resolve the matter amicably. The accused, who spoke through his counsel, David Ojile, promised to take full responsibility for the treatment of the victim, saying it was a family…

2 prison inmates pursue PhD as 57 others prepare to write WASSCE

Aug 14, 2018 topnews

The Controller of Prisons, Lagos Command, Mr. Tunde Ladipo has disclosed that two of its inmates are already pursuing their PhD at the Kirikiri Maximum Prisons. According to Ladipo, there is renewed interests in education among the inmates across the various prisons in the state. He said the progress and courage exhibited by the two PhD inmates at the maximum prison had sparked off a new zeal for academic pursuit among other inmates. In his words: “The command is committed in ensuring that no inmate is left behind in…

Artisan breaks into Oyo govt house, steals from police

Aug 14, 2018 topnews

An Ibadan Magistrates’ Court sitting in Iwo Road has sentenced one Sunday Ajayi, a 35-year-old bricklayer, to jail for six months after being found guilty of breaking into the Oyo State Government House in the Agodi area of Ibadan and stealing property worth N535,000 from members of the police bomb squad stationed on the premises. Police prosecutor, Sunday Ogunremi, told the court that the convict scaled the fence and went to the policemen’s apartment where he stole the valuables on July 31, 2018. The charge read in part, “That you,…

Landlord installed secret cameras in tenants’ rooms to make sex videos

Aug 13, 2018 topnews

Paul Dunster, 59, a former security worker, who is also a landlord has been charged to court for making 183 videos featuring how his tenants had sex. The unsuspecting tenants discovered that the man who rented the house to them had installed cameras in their bedrooms and bathrooms. The landlord made sex videos from their intimate activities. The perverted landlord confessed to law enforcement agents that he made secret videos of the tenants’ activities, especially when they were engaged in sex. Paul installed the secret cameras mainly to watch…

Man punches lover’s mother to death over child custody

Aug 13, 2018Aug 13, 2018 topnews

Ondo state police have launched a manhunt for a farmer, Segun Daniel, who allegedly killed his lover’s mother, Mrs Beatrice Lajuwomi, at a farm settlement in Igbotako, in the Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State. It was learnt that the 29-year-old farmer allegedly had a heated argument with the 42-year-old mother of his lover over the custody of his child, who was said to have been living with the deceased. The argument was said to have later resulted into a fisticuff between them. It was gathered that Daniel gave…

Corruption Under Buhari Govt Worse Than PDP’s 16 Years – Makarfi

Aug 12, 2018Aug 12, 2018 topnews

Former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Caretaker Committee Chairman, Ahmed Makarfi has insisted that the level of corruption under the All Progressives Congress, APC-led administration was worst than PDP’s 16 years. The former governor of Kaduna State and a presidential aspirant said the current level of corruption will not be known until APC leaves power. Speaking with PDP leaders in Enugu, he claimed that the anti-graft war was weak under President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration because it has been politicised. Makarfi said, “By the time APC is kicked out in 2019,…

Infidelity: Girl arrested for cutting off fiance’s manhood in Jigawa

Aug 12, 2018Aug 12, 2018 topnews

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence has said that a 17-year-old girl, Ramatu Tafida, has cut off the manhood of her 25-year-old fiance, Mr Abdullahi Sabo, in Jigawa State. The corps Spokesman in the state, Adamu Shehu, who confirmed this in Dutse on Saturday, said the incident occurred in Babura Local Government Area of the state. Shehu said the victim, a resident of Kofar Gabas and a teacher at the Government Girls Secondary School Babura, was engaged under the N-Power programme of the Federal Government. Shehu said, “The incident occurred on…

Hired assassin changes mind after eating victim’s meal

Aug 11, 2018 topnews

The police in Lagos have arrested two men for attempting to assassinate a sexagenarian, Mrs Gladys Osaigbovo-Omon. The sixty-year-old woman narrowly escaped being assassinated at her residence in Benin-City, the Edo State Capital, a fortnight ago. The two suspected assassins hired to eliminate Mrs. Gladys we’re paraded at the Lagos state police command while efforts were still on to arrest the alleged mastermind, an Europe Based Nigerian woman. Surprisingly, the alleged mastermind turned out to be Mrs. Gladys younger sister while one of the suspected assassins was discovered to be…

Those Plotting Saraki’s Fall Are Enemies Of Democracy – Ortom

Aug 10, 2018 topnews

Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom said Friday that those plotting to overthrow the leadership of the National Assembly were enemies of the country’s democracy. In a press statement issued by the governor’s spokesman, Terver Akasa, the governor urged the persons behind the plot to take a close look at the country’s constitution as well as Senate rules to be properly guided. The governor stated that though the election of a President of the Senate requires simple majority, removing the holder of the office takes two-thirds of the entire Senate members.…

United Secure 3 Points On Opening Day

Aug 10, 2018 topnews

Manchester United saw off Leicester City in the Premier League’s opener, with Paul Pogba and Luke Shaw getting the goals at Old Trafford. Goals from Paul Pogba and Luke Shaw secured Manchester United an underwhelming 2-1 victory over Leicester City in the opening game of the 2018-19 Premier League season. United went into the campaign on the back of a tumultuous pre-season that was dominated by discontent and a lack of signings, leading to Jose Mourinho making veiled digs at the club’s hierarchy and, while they secured all three points…