Family members of a Microbiology graduate of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA) identified as Kemi Adeniran are in tears following her sad death.
It was gathered that the 2018 Batch 'C' Stream 2 corps member serving in Ibadan, Oyo State, died on Friday, in a motorcycle accident while heading home after the INEC training for 2019 general elections.
Many have taken to social media to mourn her. RIP!
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday struck out a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwamadike (a.k.a Evans), against the police over seizure of his property.
Justice Mojisola Olatoregun held that the court lacked the jurisdiction to entertain the case.
She said that the suit ought to have been filed before a Lagos State High Court where the applicant was facing charges of kidnapping.
Evans, through his counsel, Mr Olukoya Ogungbeje, filed the suit in June 2018 and joined as respondents, the Inspector General of Police (IG), the Nigeria Police and IG’s Intelligence Response Team.
The applicant prayed the court to declare that the alleged forceful seizure of his property by the respondents without any court order was illegal and unconstitutional.
He listed some of the property as N500 million, another N500 million, two residential houses located at Magodo, Lagos State, a Brigade wristwatch worth $20,000, necklaces worth $25,000 and five pieces of diamond rings.
Also listed are one Lexus 470, a Grand Cherokee, a Toyota Highlander, 85 Samsung television sets, 45KVA generator, 22KVA generator, 20KVA inverter worth N10 million and five set of freezers.
The applicant had sought an order compelling the respondents to unconditionally release the property.
Evans had also asked the court for an order compelling the respondents to unconditionally unseal and vacate without delay, the two residential houses located at Magodo.
The judge noted that the respondents did not file any defence in spite of being served hearing notices.
She, however, held that when confronted with a claim under the fundamental rights enforcement procedure, it would be important for the court to critically look at the reliefs sought.
According to her, the main issue to be decided is whether the plaintiff’s claim constitutes a violation of his rights under the Fundamental Human Rights (Enforcement Procedure), adding that the right to own a property cannot be denied except for due process of the law.
She held that the applicant failed to show that the property were forcefully seized within the circumstances of his arrest.
“The only conclusion I can draw is that the property were taken consequent upon his trial for kidnapping before the Lagos State High Court."
According to the judge, although federal and state high courts have concurrent jurisdiction, the instant case ought to have been taken to the court where the defendant is facing trial for kidnapping.
Other prayers sought by Evans include an order compelling the respondents to apologise to him and pay him N1billion as damages for the alleged forceful seizure of his property.
An Osun State High Court on Monday sentenced three persons to death over the murder of a 400-level student, Oluwafemi Timileyin Sonibare, of the department of Microbiology, Osun State University, Osogbo, the Osun State capital.
The convicts were: Abdulrofiu Sakariyahu (19), Yusuf Kareem (18), Ayuba Ibrahim (20). Meanwhile, Isiaq Yusuf (40) was discharged and acquited, as the fifth person, Abdulkareem Adeoti (50) bagged 2-year imprisonment.
The Prosecutor, who was the former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in the state, Dr. Basiru Ajibola, told the court that the 5 convicted persons, in connivance with one other person now at large committed an offense which contravened sections 516, 319, 242 and 319(1) of the Criminal Code, Cap 34 Volume 11.laws of Osun , 2002 and punishable under same.
The Defense Counsel, Mr. Kazeem Badmus, however prayed the court to temper justice with mercy towards his clients.
The presiding judge, Justice Kadijat Akano, who delivered the judgement, found the 3 convicts guilty of murder, conspiracy and misconducts.
She said the prosecution have proven his case beyond reasonable doubt, adding that the judgement would served as lesson to others who indulge in such Criminal and Hilarious acts.
The judgement was premised on the murder, improper interference with the parts and indignity to the death of late Sonibare. The convicts committed the offence on June 26, 2017, at Oke-Baale area, Osogbo.
President Buhari's friend and spokesman of the Atiku campaign, Buba Galadima says many of those who make up the crowd seen at venues of recent APC rallies are charades, claiming that the people were paid to attend the presidential campaigns of the ruling party.
Galadima made this assertion while appearing as a guest on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics.
He alleged that at "Every campaign that Buhari goes to in an APC-controlled state, local governments are empowered with twenty to forty-five million naira to purchase people and bring them to these rallies, and suddenly Buhari starts addressing the crowd and they all disappear because they must fulfill the contract for which they were brought in."
The Elder Statesman claimed that in Kaduna, Atiku gathered twice the number that Buhari gathered, adding that the same feat was experienced in Kano.
Strange times we live in. A young man was apprehended yesterday after reportedly stealing a female underwear in Lagos, and wearing same to avoid being caught.
It was gathered that the boy was nabbed after stealing panties which allegedly belongs to his sister, for suspicious reason best known to him.
The young man who was suspected of stealing the panties was forced to strip off his trouser after being caught by residents in Oshodi area of the state. The pant was seen on him.
The boy was later handed over to the police for necessary action.
Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, says Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), will not win the 2019 election even if witches and wizards endorse him.
Adesina said this in reaction to the endorsement of Atiku by five socio-cultural groups in the country.
Writing via his Twitter handle on Monday, he said President Muhammadu Buhari’s opponents will fail during the elections, no matter whose endorsement they get.
On Sunday, the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF), Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Afenifere and Middle Belt Forum (MBF) had adopted Abubakar, saying he had shown that he would restructure the country if given the mandate.
But the Buhari campaign had described the endorsement as a deception, alleging that it was engineered and carried out by PDP supporters and sympathisers.
These are some of the most wanted criminals and suspects that police are looking to speak to.
The National Crime Agency, UK has appealed for information about people wanted by police in connection with serious crimes.
All the people pictured are on the agency's 'most wanted' list, but members of the public have been urged not to approach them.
The University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital has expressed its decision to dispose 450 corpses abandoned in the hospital since 2010.
Chief Medical Director, Dr. Christopher Amah, who spoke to The Punch in an interview, said that most of the corpses were dumped by operatives of the Enugu State Police Command, while a few of them were those that died in the hospital but because of some unknown reasons, their relations did not ask for the bodies.
Amah called on those who have relations among the dead persons to come and collect the bodies free of charge.
He said: “These corpses have been in the hospital since 2010, occupying the space.
“Most of them are suspected robbers that Police shot dead and later dumped in the hospital.
“We have published the notice in the media, after which we have commenced the process of disposing the bodies through mass burial.
“We went to court and got the permit. One of the conditions was that we must advertise the intention so that affected persons could come and claim their relation’s body.
“The notification is for one month; but as soon as the one month notice expires, the law permits us to perform mass burial as necessary.”
The Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Chief Audu Ogbeh on Monday in Kano, said the Federal government will place final ban on the importation of tomatoes paste before the end of 2019, ostensibly to encourage massive local production.
Ogbeh who was on fact finding tour alongside, the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Mr. Godwin Emefiele to Dangote Tomato process plant at Kadawa in Garun-Mallam local government of Kano state, Monday, said that the Federal government under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari will embark of tomato revolution across the country as part of its diversification policy in agriculture.
According to him, the sum of N250 billion has already been earmarked by the Central Bank of Nigeria through the Bank Agriculture to disburse as soft loans to tomato outgrowers as part of the apex bank’s Anchor-borrower scheme.
Ogbeh, lamented that the country has spent over $22 billion on the importation of tomato paste from China annually, added that the CBN intervention will not only empower local growers but strengthen the nation’s foreign exchange earnings.
President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media & Publicity, Femi Adesina, has condemned the endorsement of PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, by a slew of organisations.
He also warned that even if witches and wizards endorse the presidential hopeful, it would only lead to defeat for him.
It may be recalled that five socio-cultural groups, including the Northern Elders’ Forum, Afenifere, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the Pan Niger Delta Forum and Middle Belt Forum had, on Sunday, endorsed Atiku for the forthcoming presidential candidate.
But while the Coalition of United Political Parties describe Atiku’s endorsement as “a fatal blow to President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election bid,” taking to his verified Twitter handle on Monday, the president’s aide had tweeted: “NEF, PANDEF, Afenifere, others endorse Atiku. Let witches and wizards also endorse, if they like. The harder they come, the harder they fall. No beating the Nigerian people.”
A Kano Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday ordered the remand of a 61-year-old man, Ibrahim Alfa, over the alleged s-xual assault of seven boys between the ages of eight and 10.
Alfa, who resides at Layin Jajira Quarters, Kano, is facing a charge of gross indecency.
The Prosecutor, Insp. Pogu Lale, told the court that one Hassan Sule of Kofar Ruwa Quarters, Kano, and four others, all of the same address reported the case at the Dala Divisional Police Station, Kano, on January 23.
Lale said that sometime between July 2018 and January 2019, the accused deceived and lured the complainants’ 10-year-old sons into his shop situated at Yan Rodi Kofar Ruwa Market, Kano.
“The accused assaulted the boys by sucking their p-nis one after the other, gave them cassava and groundnut cake,’’ he alleged.
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
According to the prosecutor, the offence contravened Section 285 of the Penal Code.
The Chief Magistrate, Muhammad Jibril, ordered the remand of the accused in prison custody and adjourned the case until February 28, for mention.
A wife, Maryam Abubakar, on Monday took her husband, Shamsu Lawal, to a Sharia Court in Magajin Gari area of Kaduna State, asking for divorce.
She expressed her desire for a divorce because her husband did not care for her.
Maryam told the court that her husband abandoned her for six months, with no food, medical attention and shelter.
She also told the court that her husband owed her N40,000.
“He sent people to pack all my things out of the house we were living at Pambeguwa; I am now living with my mother in Kaduna,” she said.
She prayed the court to dissolve the marriage and compel her husband to pay her the money he owed her.
The defendant, however, denied the allegations, saying he had never left his wife for even a month. He, however, confessed to holding a N40,000 she had asked him to save for her.
The Judge, Musa Sa’ad-Goma, ordered the defendant to refund the N40,000 to his wife.
He also ordered the couple to return to court with their parents on February 13.
The Nigerian Army on Sunday said its troops had successfully foiled attack and killed four Boko Haram insurgents at Malumfatori community in Abadam Local Government Atrea of Borno State.
Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Operation Lafiya Dole, made the disclosure in a statement in Maiduguri.
Nwachukwu disclosed that gallant troops of the 118 and 119 Battalions engaged the insurgents when they attempted to attack the border community on Saturday night.
He said that the troops killed four insurgents and recovered high caliber ammunition while several others fled with gunshot wounds.
A retired priest who married his toyboy lover after meeting online says he's happier than ever, despite their 55 year age gap.
Philip Clements, 80, tied the knot with Florin Marin, 25, in 2017 - but they now live 1,500 miles apart.
Last summer, aspiring model Florin - originally from Romania - got a job with a car rental company and they've had to live separately ever since.
But Philip, who lives in Dover, said he has never been so happy.
He said: "Florin is my first long and meaningful relationship since I retired from the church, I am just so in love with him.
"He is the funniest man ever, he makes me laugh until my belly hurts.
"Laughter is such an important ingredient to our marriage. Florin is the most amazing man and is so handsome.
"I hate it when we are not together, but we have accepted it and we are now stronger as a couple now we live apart.
"Being miles apart doesn't affect our relationship at all, we talk daily on FaceTime and I look forward to catching up and hearing about his day at work.
The couple who met on dating site Gaydar in 2015, now meet up every two to three months and have been on holidays to Turkey, Spain and Romania.
Florin, who is also an aspiring model, said: "Some people might say what have we got in common when we are 50 years apart, but actually we have loads in common and enjoy each others company.
"My family have accepted our marriage and think a lot of Philip which is amazing.
All brides want to look perfect on their wedding day , so most opt for a trial run of their bridal hairstyle in the lead up to the big day.
It gives them the chance to check they're happy with it, work out timings and to make sure it will stay in the entire night.
And it's a very good thing one American bride decided to splash out for one, as what the hairdresser went for wasn't exactly what she had in mind.
The woman took a photo of what she wanted along with her to the salon and handed over more than $100 (about £76). She was horrified by the result and shared the two photos on Facebook to shame the hairdresser. The bride-to-be didn't reveal whether she paid the hairdresser in the post.
Senator Joseph Waku is dead. Joseph Waku, a former senator who represented Benue North West Constituency at the National Assembly, is dead.
He died on Sunday after a brief illness. Waku, aged 72, served at the National Assembly in 1999, under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Media personality Toke Makinwa has revealed she wants to fall so deeply in love, have lots of money and have some Bambinos(Italian word) which means children in life.
She wrote;
I want to fall sooooooo deeply in love, make lots and lots and lots of money, travel the world, discover new places and see the world 🌎, have some Bambinos, serve God and glow till eternity ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨⚡️⚡️🔥💥☄️#everythinggoodwillcome #Onbecomingmore #Iambecomingmore
