Tag: prosecution

1Dec By MosesianNo Comments

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Alleged cybercrime: Trial of Naira Marley stalled over absence of prosecution witness

The alleged cybercrime trial of popular musician, Azeez Fashola, a.k.a Naira Marley was stalled today Tuesday, November 30, at the Federal High Court in Lagos, following the absence of a witness for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission prosecuting the case. Augustine Anosike, a forensic analyst, is the second prosecution witness in the case. Mr. Anosike who concluded his evidence-in-chief on October 27, was scheduled for cross-examination on Tuesday. At today's proceeding, however, the prosecuting counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo, told the court that the witness was absent in court on "compassionate grounds”. The court subsequently adjourned till November 30, 2021, for cross-examination. Marley is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on an 11...

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24Nov By MosesianNo Comments

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All 3 men charged in Arbery’s death convicted of murder

BRUNSWICK, Ga. -- Jurors on Wednesday convicted the three white men charged in the death of Ahmaud Arbery, the Black man who was chased and fatally shot while running through their neighborhood in an attack that became part of the larger national reckoning on racial injustice. The jury deliberated for about 10 hours before convicting Greg McMichael, son Travis McMichael and neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan, who all face minimum sentences of life in prison. It is up to the judge to decide whether that comes with or without the possibility of parole. Travis McMichael stood for the verdict, his lawyer’s arm around his shoulder. At one point, McMichael lowered his head to his chest. After the verdicts were read, as he stood to leave, he mouthed “love you” to his mother, who was in the c...

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24Nov By MosesianNo Comments

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EFCC places Governor Obiano on watchlist

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has placed the incumbent Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, on a watchlist, ahead of the handover of government in the state. This was contained in a letter to the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) dated November 15, 2021. The EFCC requested the immigration to place Governor Obiano on a watchlist and inform it anytime he is traveling out of the country from any of the international airports, as well as other points of entry and exit. The reason for placing the governor on watchlist is yet unknown. Sources told Channels Television that the move was an indication that the agency may have been discreetly investigating the governor and possibly have intelligence that he is planning to escape aft...

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13Nov By MosesianNo Comments

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Former Catholic Priest who is now married to three wives denied bail after being arraigned for stealing Ksh15.4M (N56m)

A former Catholic Priest, Ambrose Otieno Denis Ongwen accused of stealing Ksh 15.4 Million (N56m) from Peace Africa International will spend the weekend in custody. Milimani senior principal magistrate K. Ondieki directed the accused who was charged with one count of stealing on Friday morning following his arrest on Thursday November 11 by Kenya's Directorate of Criminal Investigations officers, be remanded at Capital hill police station until Monday, November 15, 2021, when the court will rule on his bail application. The suspect who is accused of carrying out the act on January 2019 and February 2021, denied the theft charges and urged the court to grant him reasonable bond terms on grounds that the offence he was charged with is a civil matter that is ongoing before the High ...

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12Nov By MosesianNo Comments

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Witness says he’s scared to testify against Baba Ijesha in court – Prosecutor

The prosecution team of the Lagos government says one of the witnesses set to testify against Baba Ijesha is scared to testify in court. State counsel, Mr Yusuf Sule, disclosed this on Friday, November 12, while explaining the absence of two witnesses slated to testify against the actor in his ongoing trial for sexual assault. The prosecutor said: "My lord, the first witness is a police officer, he could not come to court today because he has been transferred and needs to get permission from where he was posted. "The second witness could not come to court; he is jittery, he is scared to come to court. "My lord, we will ensure that all the witnesses are in court by next week Friday." Following the submission, Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo adjourned the case until November 19 for...

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10Nov By MosesianNo Comments

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Court adjourns Kanu’s trial to January 19

Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has adjourned the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) till January 19. Kanu, who was brought into the courtroom around 9.52am, complained that security agents refused to allow some members of his legal team, including his lawyer from the United States of America, Bruce Fein, to enter the courtroom. Kanu’s team of lawyers had staged a walk-out over the refusal of operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, to allow some of them to gain access into the courtroom. Speaking on the issue, Nnamdi Kanu told Justice Nyako that Fein, who was handling a case for him in the US, was around to witness his trial. Kanu said from the dock: "I have an ongoing case in the US. I have not b...

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9Nov By MosesianNo Comments

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Kidnap: Two prosecution witnesses refuse to testify in Evans case over security reasons

Trial of alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike alias Evans, and Victor Aduba, a dismissed army personnel, has been stalled after two prosecution witnesses refused to testify in court due to security reasons. Lagos state counsel, Mr Yusuf Sule disclosed this while appearing before an Ikeja Special Offences Court on Monday November 8. Sule said; “We have two witnesses but they said they would not be able to come to court to testify, for security reasons. “The second witness is the younger brother of the kidnap victim. They said they would prefer to testify over zoom. “As a result, the prosecution will like to file an application for a zoom meeting." Though Sule's request was not opposed by Onwuamadike’s counsel, Mr Oyekunle Falabi, and A...

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8Nov By BobbyNo Comments

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How Ope Saraki procured 80 KVA generators against 100 KVA approved by govt – Witness

A prosecution witness of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Adedayo Muyideen Dunmoye, in the ongoing trial of Ope Saraki, a cousin to the former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Monday, narrated how the defendant executed the contract awarded to McDrive Logistics and Institute Limited, by the previous Kwara state government. He detailed how the defendant knowingly acquired indirect interest in the said contract. The offence according to the anti-graft agency is contrary to Section 12 of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences, ICPC Act 2000. Adebayo Dunmoye, led in evidence by Sesan Ola, Counsel to the EFCC, told the court presided by Justice Adenike Akinpelu, that his company, McDrive Logistics and Institute Lim...

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5Nov By MosesianNo Comments

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EFCC secures conviction of man parading himself as Facebook COO

The EFCC has secured the conviction of a Nigerian man, Shitu Labeeb Adebowale, accused of parading himself as Sheryl Sandberg, the Chief Operating Officer of Facebook to swindle unsuspecting victims. Justice Adenike Akinpelu of the Kwara State High Court, Ilorin found Adebowale guilty of the two-count charge preferred against him by the EFCC and sentenced him to six months imprisonment. Also tendered was a manager’s cheque of N205,705 which he raised as restitution to his victims. Mbachie, thereafter urged the court to consider the plea of guilt entered by the defendant, the plea bargain agreement signed by both parties, the extra-judicial statements of the defendant and the unchallenged testimonies of the prosecution witness to convict the defendant as charged. Justice Akinpelu...

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31Oct By BobbyNo Comments

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Group Sues Buhari, Seeks Recovery Of ‘Missing N881Billion In 367 Ministries, Departments, Agencies’

A lawsuit has been filed against President Muhammadu Buhari by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) over his failure to probe the alleged disappearance of N881 billion from ministries, departments and agencies among others. The group is seeking the probe of "allegations that over ₦880 billion of public funds are missing from 367 ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs), to ensure the prosecution of those suspected to be responsible, and the recovery of any missing or diverted public funds". The suit followed the grim allegations contained in part 2 of the 2018 annual audited report by the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation that ₦880,894,733,084.811 was spent by 367 MDAs without any appropriation. In the suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/1281/2021 filed...

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26Oct By MosesianNo Comments

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Alleged Cyber Fraud: Several credit card numbers extracted from Naira Marley’s iPhone – EFCC testifies

The trial of Nigerian music star, Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, on 11 charges bordering on conspiracy, possession of counterfeit cards and fraud, resumed on Tuesday, October 26 at the Federal High Court, Lagos. The anti-graft agency had arraigned the artiste Naira Marley, who sang the popular song: “Am I a Yahoo Boy”, before the Federal High Court, Lagos. The agency said the offences were committed on different dates between November 26, 2018, and December 11, 2018, as well as May 10, 2019. The EFCC alleged that Naira Marley and his accomplices conspired to use different ATM cards to defraud their victims. The EFCC also said that the defendant possessed and used counterfeit credit cards belonging to different people, with intent to defraud others. On Tues...

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24Oct By MosesianNo Comments

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Federal Polytechnic Bauchi sacks two lecturers for alleged sexual harassment

The Governing Council of the Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi, has sacked two of its lecturers who were found guilty of sexually harassing their students. This decision was made during the 98th meeting of the Governing Council of the Polytechnic which was held on Saturday, October 23. The dismissed lecturers are Musa Baba Abubakar of the General Studies Department and Adebusoye Michael Sunday of the Nutrition and Dietetics Department. The development follows a complaint by a Human Rights Organization, Prison Inmate Development, (PIDI Nigeria) accusing the management of the institutition of attempt to shield Mr. Musa Baba Abubakar, who is notorious for sexually harassing female students. The letter of complaint addressed to the Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Ministry...

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23Oct By MosesianNo Comments

Sport

Update: Real Madrid star Karim Benzema’s lawyers demand sex-tape blackmail case against the France striker is dismissed

Karim Benzema's lawyers have called for charges against him over an attempt to blackmail fellow player Mathieu Valbuena with a sex tape to be dismissed. On the last day of hearings, Benzema's lawyers claimed the prosecution had failed to provide evidence to convict the star of complicity in an attempt to blackmail. 'One can ask what really interests French people in this case? Sex? Money? Football? Not the judicial element in any case,' lawyer Antoine Vey told the court, adding that the prosecution's case had been built around Valbuena's 'feelings'. Addressing the judge, he added: 'It's never too late to do some law. You are the final safeguard.' Benzema's other lawyer, Sylvain Cormier, criticised a 'media-judicial circus'. The prosecution demanded a 10-month suspended sen...

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20Oct By MosesianNo Comments

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Trump calls Mark Zuckerberg ‘a criminal’

Former President Donald Trump has defended U.S. Representative Jeff Fortenberry, following the Republican's indictment for lying to federal authorities about a $30,000 campaign contribution. A federal grand jury indicted Fortenberry on Tuesday October 19, after the lawmaker put out a defiant YouTube video featuring his wife and dog in front of a cornfield where he vowed to fight the charges. The indictment charges the nine-term Republican with one count of 'scheming to falsify and conceal material facts' and two counts of making false statements to to the FBI, according to the Los Angeles US Attorney's office. The office said Fortenberry made the false statements to agents looking into illegal campaign contributions to his 2016 reelection effort. According to the indictment, ...

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14Oct By MosesianNo Comments

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Scavenger allegedly kills Ondo landlord for preventing him from picking iron rods in his compound

The police in Ondo state have arrested a 39-year-old scavenger, Basiru Ibrahim, for allegedly killing a 45-year-old man identified as Arise Ikuesan. Ibrahim was said to have committed the crime in Ore, the headquarters of Odigbo local government area of the state. The deceased who was a ‘Landlord’ in the area, died from the injury he sustained from the attack that occurred on September 13, 2021. Confirming the incident, the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Funmi Odulami, said the landlord was attacked for trying to stop the scavenger from picking scraps in his compound. “On 13th September, 2021, at about 1600hrs, a report was made at Ore Divisional Headquarters that a scavenger, Basiru Ibrahim ‘m’ 39 years old hit an iron rod on the forehead of one Arise Ikuesan ‘m’...

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12Oct By MosesianNo Comments

Celebs

DSS allegedly moves actor Chiwetalu Agu to Abuja

Veteran actor Chiwetalu Agu has been moved to the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja by the Department of State Services (DSS), The Nation reports. Recall that the actor was first arrested by the Nigerian Army on October 7, 2021, around Upper Iweka in Onitsha, Anambra State, for adorning a Biafra outfit while distributing bread and other items to the poor. The army had accused him of soliciting support for the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra which has been accused of several acts of terrorism. He was subsequently handed over to the DSS for investigation and prosecution. A relative of the actor who spoke on the recent development said attempts to see him in Abuja were rebuffed by the DSS. “We heard that the idea is to move him away from the South-East. We have made efforts t...

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1Oct By MosesianNo Comments

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Ilorin alfa jailed for defrauding South Korean using Buhari aide’s name

Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court, Ilorin, on Thursday, September 30, sentenced an Ilorin-based Alfa Jamiu Isiaka to 28 years imprisonment for an oil contract scam. The cleric was arraigned for fraud and obtaining by false pretence. The offences were contrary to Section 1(1) (a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006. The judge held that the prosecution tendered enough evidence to prove that Jamiu was guilty of the allegations. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had on June 14, 2019 arraigned the convict on four counts. He pleaded “not guilty”. Jamiu presented himself as President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesman, Femi Adesina, and ex-Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NN...

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26Sep By MosesianNo Comments

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Man Slaughters his 14-year-old Brother for Money Ritual in Kwara

The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has arrested one lsmail Saliu, 25, for allegedly conniving with a herbalist and one other, to slaughter his 14-year-old brother, Azeez Saliu, for money ritual. Spokesperson of the NSCDC in Kwara, Babawale Afolabi, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, September 25, in Ilorin stated that the incident happened in Kosubosu, in Baruten local government area of the state. "On Friday 13/09/2021, operatives of the NSCDC in Kosubosu divisional office got a distress call from a neighborhood about suspicious movement of certain individuals in their area," Afolabi stated. "Some officers in the divisional office with operatives of the Anti-Vandal patrol team in the area swung into action and subseque...

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25Sep By BobbyNo Comments

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Lagos: Police rescue man tied over N4.6m debt, arrest culprit

The police in Lagos have arrested Oluchi Okoye alias PACA for tying Reuben Alozie to a stake over unpaid N4.6miliom debt. The suspect tied up the debtor at No. 29 Abeokuta street from September 22nd to 23rd when Alozie was rescued by officers. Okoye said he resorted to self-help after several efforts to recover his money from the victim failed. He was apprehended after a complaint Okoye’s wife, Angela lodged at the Denton Police Station. Angela cried out over her husband’s fate and informed operatives that Okoye held him hostage in dehumanizing conditions. Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu has directed that the suspect be transferred to the command’s tactical unit for investigation and prosecution. Odumosu warned people against taking the law into their own hands ins...

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24Sep By MosesianNo Comments

Celebs

R.Kelly’s Attorney compares him to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in closing arguments for his trail

An attorney for R&B superstar R. Kelly compared him to civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in his closing argument at the singer’s federal racketeering trial Thursday September 23. Kelly attorney Deveraux Cannick said the accused sex fiend is trying to hold the government to account by making prosecutors prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt — in the same way King fought for rights guaranteed by the Constitution. Cannick quoted from King’s “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech, telling jurors the civil rights leader protested in streets across America because the US government at the time was not being fair and true to all citizens. “Somewhere I read of the freedom of speech. Somewhere I read of the freedom of assembly. Somewhere ...

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24Sep By BobbyNo Comments

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Former lawmaker, two others arrested as ex-Deputy Speaker alleges threat to life

A former member of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Hon. Joseph Adegbesan, and two other suspects have been arrested by the police over alleged threat to the life of the former Deputy Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Hon. Oludare Kadiri. Adegbesan, a close associate of the Secretary to the State Government, Tokunbo Talabi, was nabbed Thursday by operatives of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Force Headquarters, Abuja, alongside one Muibi Olufodun and another suspect identified as Samson. The policemen had stormed Awa in Ijebu North Local Government Area of Ogun State to pick up Adegbesan, while the others were arrested in Ago-Iwoye, it was gathered. The former Deputy Speaker, who is representing Ijebu North II State Constituency, had instructed his counsel, Oludare Ad...

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22Sep By BobbyNo Comments

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Ogun: Man impregnates 16-year-old niece three times, aborted two pregnancies

A 52-year-old man, Jimoh Mutaliu has been arrested by the police in Ogun State for allegedly impregnating his 16-year-old niece. It is the third time the suspect has reportedly impregnated his teenage niece, having succeeded in paying for the termination of their first two pregnancies. Ogun Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement on Wednesday, said the suspect was arrested on Tuesday in Abeokuta, the state capital. The father of the victim had reported the case at the Adatan police division, saying he discovered that his daughter was pregnant and she confessed that his own brother, who is also an uncle to the girl was responsible. He also reported having discovered that his brother had been sleeping with his daughter for quite some time, adding that “h...

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22Sep By MosesianNo Comments

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Man sentenced to 28 years imprisonment for killing female lawyer in Lagos hotel room

An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday, September 21, sentenced a 23-year-old chef, Joshua Usulor, to 28 years imprisonment for killing a lawyer, Mrs Feyisayo Obot. Usulor brutally murdered the 34-year-old mother of two on January 26, 2019, at the Citiheights Hotel, Opebi, Lagos State, where both of them lodged in different rooms. Obot, an employee of an Abuja-based non-governmental organisation, Save the Children, was in Lagos to write a project management examination. The prosecution, led by Mrs O.A. Bajulaiye-Bishi, had said that Usulor, a resident of Number 30, Fadiya Street, Ketu, Lagos, sneaked into the deceased's hotel room to steal her money and her phones in order to offset his outstanding hotel bill. The deceased struggled with him but was overpowered. He then...

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18Sep By BobbyNo Comments

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Police arrest Lagos govt employee attempting to commit suicide

Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command arrested a middle-aged man who attempted to commit suicide. Adekunle Ajisebutu, Public Relations Officer, in a statement on Saturday gave the deceased’s identity as Akinlolu Ajayi, 54, an employee of Lagos State Development and Property Corporation (LSDPC). Ajayi, resident of No.1, Owodunni Street, Oworonsoki, was seen on the Third Mainland Bridge trying to jump into the lagoon at the University of Lagos (UNILAG) waterfront. The anti-crime patrol team of the Bariga Police Division on a routine patrol of the area rescued and took him into protective custody. Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, appealed to members of the public not to take their own lives no matter the challenges. The Police boss warned that such a condemnab...

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18Sep By MosesianNo Comments

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22-year-old woman allegedly poisons her 4 stepchildren, leading to the death of three of them

The Yobe State Police Command have arrested a 22-year-old woman, Khadija Yakubu, for allegedly poisoning her stepchildren, resulting in the death of 3 of them. The incident happened at Makara-Huta area of Potiskum local government area of Yobe State on Friday, September 17. The stepmother is alleged to have given the children poisoned tea and they became sick after taking it. The incident was confirmed in a press release signed and issued by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Yobe State Command, ASP Dungus Abdulkarim. According to the statement, findings indicated that the children were rushed to hospital after taking the tea prepared by the said suspect in the early hours of Friday at about 0900hrs on September 17, 2021, but three of the ...

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18Sep By MosesianNo Comments

Lifestyle

Donald Trump’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star covered in dog poop

Former US President, Donald Trump's Hollywood Walk of Fame star has been covered in dog poop. The load was dropped on Thursday September 16 and it was learnt that whoever is behind it won't face any prosecution as it is not vandalism. TMZ reported that Californian laws says someone can only be prosecuted for vandalism if they "deface with graffiti or other inscribed material" or if they damage or destroy someone else's property. The owner of the dog might however be held for violating L.A.'s "pooper scooper law" which requires dog owners to pick up after their pets. Donald Trump's star has suffered lots of vandalism in the last 5 years. James Otis, a member of the famed Otis Elevator fam, vandalized the star with a pickax in 2016 and several times in the years that follow...

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15Sep By MosesianNo Comments

Celebs

British rapper, Bugzy Malone cleared after fracturing two men’s jaws

British rapper, Bugzy Malone has been cleared of unlawfully punching two men. The popular grime artist fractured their jaws with single blows shortly after his girlfriend phoned him to say three men were breaking into their home on 9 September 2018 Malone, 30, said he drove to his former home in Ramsbottom, near Bury, as he feared for the safety of his then partner, Miami McKenzie, and his mother Mavis, who were inside the property. A friend also called him to say the house was "being done over", Manchester Crown Court heard. As he approached the property he said he saw his friend with two men in "what was clearly a confrontation". The Manchester-born rapper, who is now based in London, ran over and hit out with a "reflex" punch to one of the men who he said had lunged t...

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8Sep By MosesianNo Comments

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Police confirms escape of suspect from custody in Edo

A suspect arrested for burglary by vigilante group has escaped from police detention in Benin City, Edo State. Spokesperson of the State Police Command, SP Bello Kontongs who confirmed the development in a statement on Tuesday, September 7, debunked claim in an online publication that the suspect’s gang members bribed police to secure his freedom. The PPRO said that the suspect, Chuks Obuh was arrested at Agbor Road in Benin city and was handed over to the men of Esigie police Division, Benin city for discrete investigation and possible prosecution. "Contrary to what was reported on social media that the suspect’s syndicate bought police over to secure the freedom of their member, the suspect actually escaped from lawful custody on 5th September, 21 during a heavy downpour at ab...

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7Sep By BobbyNo Comments

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Caitlyn Jenner says she is pro-choice but supports Texas new abortion law

Caitlyn Jenner has said that though she is all for "a woman's right to choose", she also supports Texas' new, restrictive abortion law and the state's right to adopt it. Texas passed a law that bans abortion after six weeks. Reproductive rights activists have slammed the law, saying it is an attempt to get around Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court ruling that mandates abortion rights in the United States. The law was signed by Texas Governor Greg Abbott and went into effect last Wednesday. It's one of the strictest abortion measures in the U.S., applying to cases of rape and incest and only making an exception for medical emergencies. The new law makes it illegal for an abortion to be conducted once a fetal heartbeat has been detected, and allows citizens to bring legal actions against d...

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2Sep By BobbyNo Comments

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Heads to roll over 6 trillion naira misappropriation in NDDC, Buhari vows

President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed that unscrupulous Nigerians involved in the misappropriation of six trillion naira pumped into the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC would be made to cough out the missing funds. Buhari who received the Forensic Audit Report carried out on the commission lamented that over 13.777 projects awarded by those at the helms of affairs were abandoned. The President received the report through the Attorney General of the Federation AGF and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami. Buhari while receiving the report said no one indicted for shady deals in the NDDC would be spared no matter how highly placed. To demonstrate the federal government’s seriousness, the President ordered that the report be made available to the Federal Ministry ...

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26Aug By MosesianNo Comments

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Retired matron bags 10 year Jail term for Buying Baby boy for N50,000 and selling him for N200,000

Justice Okon Okon of an Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has sentenced a 47-year-old retired matron, Gertrude Akpan, to 10 years imprisonment for trafficking  children. Prosecutors told the court that one Ubong Ekwere on May 12, 2018, abducted the six-year-old boy in the custody of his grandmother and sold him to Akpan for N50,000.  Akpan who is a mother of three then sold the child to one Kate Ogbonna in Owerri for N200,000 in Imo state. Delivering judgment in the case on Wednesday, August 25, Justice Okon found Akpan guilty of the unlawful removal and transfer of the boy from Akwa Ibom to Imo state and jailed her without an option of a fine. “Apart from the confession of the convict, the evidence of the prosecution witness that she assisted the police in the recovery ...

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26Aug By MosesianNo Comments

Lifestyle

‘R. Kelly forced all his girlfriends to write fake letters denying they were Sexually abused,’ alleged victim testifies

A woman has testified that R&B hitmaker R. Kelly’s forced her and his other girlfriends to write fake blackmail letters denying allegations of abuse in order to protect himself from possible legal troubles. The witness, testifying as a “Jane Doe” in federal court in Brooklyn, made the claims on Wednesday, August 25, at his New York City trial. 'As insurance and a way to make sure these women wouldn't talk, [Kelly] created and collected collateral. He made them create embarrassing videos and false letters,' Assistant U.S. Attorney Maria Cruz Melendez said during her opening remarks at Kelly's ongoing sex abuse trial in federal court in Brooklyn on Wednesday, the Daily News reported. 'The defendant would tell us exactly what to say,' the accuser, known on the witness stand a...

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9Aug By MosesianNo Comments

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Falana demands arraignment dates of detained 800 Boko Haram suspects

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Femi Falana (SAN) has demanded for an update on the arrest of 800 Boko Haram suspects from Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN). The demand was made in a Freedom of Information request titled ‘Request for Information on Prosecution of Arrested 800 Boko Haram Suspects', which was signed by Sam Ogala on behalf of Falana and Falana chambers on August 5, 2021. The law firm which demanded for when the Boko Haram suspects would be arraigned in court, said the information should be provided within seven days in accordance with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, 2011. The statement read;   “In April, 2021, the governors expressed their reservations over the delay in the trial of the ter...

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9Aug By MosesianNo Comments

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Two Nigerian fraudsters forfeit over N200m, luxury cars and properties valued at N260m to FG

Judgment day finally came for two Nigerian fraudsters, Tobilola Ibrahim Bakare and Alimi Seun Sikiru as they lost cash and properties in upscale Lekki axis of Lagos to the Federal Government following their arrest and prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The forfeited assets include the sums of N196, 741, 216.82 and N7, 054, 852.01 in bank accounts; two vehicles, a Mercedes Benz E500 and a Toyota Hilux 2020. Others are; five bedroom duplex situated at Ibrahim Eleto Street, Osapa London, Lekki, Lagos, four bedroom semi-detached duplex situated at Ologolo, Jakande, Lekki, Lagos and another four bedroom semi-detached duplex in Southern View Estate, Mayor Court, Chevron Alternative Road, Lekki, Lagos. The two vehicles are valued at N30million while th...

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8Aug By MosesianNo Comments

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Cashier Arrested for Hiding N1million in Private part

A 23-year old cashier working with a popular supermarket in Okota area of Lagos, Miss Chioma Ezeiru, was caught after she allegedly hid some money from sales in her private parts and she was captured by CCTV. The incident happened at Temple Hill Supermarket located at Oludegun Street in Okota area of Lagos, according to a report by PM Express. According to Police sources, the audit by the supermarket showed money was always missing after sales and the management decided to investigate. The management reviewed their CCTV and it was discovered the sales lady, Chioma, has been hiding the money in her private parts. The management then invited her, she watched herself stealing and hiding some of the money inside her private parts. She reportedly admitted and said she only stole N290...

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30Jul By MosesianNo Comments

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Unilorin final year Student Jailed over Cybercrime

The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of a final year student of the University of Ilorin, Ajani Samuel, over internet-related offenses, including romance scam. Ajani, 25, was among the 30 suspected fraudsters arrested on May 4, 2021, around Tanke Area, University Road, Ilorin by operatives of the Commission. Upon the plea of guilt entered by the defendant, and uncontroverted evidence tendered by the prosecution against him, Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin found Ajani guilty of the two counts preferred against him by the EFCC. One of the counts reads: “That you, AJANI SAMUEL (ALIAS ROSELINE THENG) sometime between the month of June 2020 and May, 2021 at Ilorin, Kwara St...

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29Jul By MosesianNo Comments

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Chinese Billionaire who Criticised the Government is Jailed for 18 Years for ‘Provoking Trouble’

Sun Dawu, a Chinese billionaire pig farmer and agricultural mogul, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison and fined 3.11m yuan (£345,000) for crimes including “provoking trouble”, in a case observers believe was politically motivated. The court in Gaobeidian, near Beijing, said Sun was guilty of crimes including “gathering a crowd to attack state organs”, “obstructing government administration” and “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”, a catch-all term often used against human rights figures and dissidents. Sun, an outspoken supporter and friend of Chinese political dissidents, was arrested on 11 November alongside more than 20 others including his wife, two sons, and daughters-in-law. Groups including Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) say the prosecution is apparent...

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23Jul By Ajiboye IfeoluwaNo Comments

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Fake Customs Officer Bags 20 years Imprisonment For Employment Scam In Kwara

A man identified as Yakubu Azeez Afolayan who claims to be a customs officer has been sentenced to bagged a 20-year sentence by Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar of Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on Thursday, July 22 for defrauding unsuspecting victims. The convict, posing as a Customs Officer, allegedly swindled several unsuspecting job seekers under the guise of helping them secure employment into the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, before the long arm of law caught up with him. The 34 year-old Yakubu from Share in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State was arraigned on March 14, 2019 on a four-count charge by the Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. One of the counts reads: “That you, Yakubu Azeez Afolayan, between the months of Nov...

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23Jul By MosesianNo Comments

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Fake Customs Officer Sentenced to 20 years Imprisonment for Employment Scam in Kwara

Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar of Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on Thursday, July 22, sentenced a self-styled customs officer, Yakubu Azeez Afolayan, to twenty years imprisonment having found him guilty of offences bordering on impersonation and job scam. The convict, posing as a Customs Officer, allegedly swindled a number of unsuspecting job seekers under the guise of helping them secure employment into the Nigeria Custom service, NCS, before the long arm of law caught up with him. The 34 year-old Yakubu from Share in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State was arraigned on March 14, 2019 on a four-count charge by the Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. One of the counts reads: “That you, Yakubu Azeez Afolayan, between the mo...

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22Jul By MosesianNo Comments

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Lawyer in EFCC’s Net for allegedly Forging Bail Documents

The Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested one Ewa Okpo Edmund, popularly known as ' Street Lawyer' for allegedly presenting a forged medical report to procure the bail of his client, Noble Dainge Tamunoateli (a.k.a. Frederick Collins) an alleged internet fraudster currently under prosecution on charges bordering on criminal impersonation and possession of over N14 million suspected to proceed of crime. The offense is contrary to Section 22 (2)(b)(i) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention ETC) Act, 2015 and punishable under Section 22 ( 2 ) ( b ) ( iv ) of the same Act. A statement released by the antigraft agency says on receiving the bail documents, operatives of the Commission proceeded to the University of Calabar Teaching Hosp...

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21Jul By MosesianNo Comments

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1984 Extradition Treaty between Nigeria, Benin, Togo and Ghana excludes political refugees – Sunday Igboho’s counsel

Yomi Alliyu, Lead Counsel for arrested Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho has stated that the Extradition Treaty of 1984 between Togo, Nigeria, Ghana and Republic of Benin excludes political fugitives. According to him, the treaty states that where the fugitive will not get justice because of discrimination and/or undue delay in prosecution, the host country (in this case Benin) should not release the fugitive. The Federal Government of Nigeria had placed the Nigeria Immigration Service and the Nigeria Customs Service on alert to stop Igboho from leaving the country after the Nigerian secret police had raided Igboho’s Ibadan residence in the Soka area on July 1, 2021, arrestimg alt='1984 Extradition Treaty between Nigeria, Benin, Togo and Ghana excludes pol...

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19Jul By MosesianNo Comments

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Serial fraudster bags 15-years for N4m Fraud

Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri, on July 16, 2021, sentenced a serial fraudster, Alen Abel to fifteen years imprisonment for obtaining N4, 065, 000.00 (Four Million, Sixty-five Thousand Naira), under false pretence. The offence is contrary to Section 1 (1) (a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under Section 1 (3) of the same Act. The convict was arraigned on July 14, 2021, by the EFCC on two separate one-count charge. One of the charge reads: ‘‘That you Alen Abel, sometimes in May 2020 at Maiduguri, within the Jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud did obtained One Hundred (100) bags of rice worth N900, 000.00 (Nine Hundred Thousand Naira ) only from Saaqndo Orseer Emmanue...

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15Jul By Ajiboye IfeoluwaNo Comments

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PDP Governors are defecting to APC to avoid prosecution – Benue Governor Ortom

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortoms alleged that governors of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) defecting to the All Progressives Congress(APC) are doing so to avoid prosecution from the Federal Government after mismanaging public trust and resources. On why PDP governors are defecting to APC, Ortom told Sunnewsonline;   "You know in politics as defined by one of our greatest philosophers in our time, that politics is a game of interest; no permanent enemy, no permanent friend. People are free to defect to any political party for whatever reason that they find expedient." " I was in PDP when things did not go down well with me, I defected to APC and I won election in 2015 and several other people were carried on my back as a result of my defecting to APC and they won." ...

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15Jul By MosesianNo Comments

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Ex-Gambian junta member Sentenced to Death for murder

A Gambian court sentenced an ally of ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh to death on Wednesday July 14, for his role in the murder of a former finance minister. Jammeh seized power in 1994 as part of a bloodless military coup in the West African state. He then ruled with an iron fist until January 2017, when he fled to Equatorial Guinea after losing presidential elections to Adama Barrow. According to reports, Gambia's government subsequently established a Truth, Reconciliation, and Reparations Commission (TRRC) to investigate Jammeh-era abuses, which heard several hundred witness testimonies between 2019 and May. But Yankuba Touray - a member of the junta that ruled The Gambia for some years after the 1994 coup - refused to testify at the TRRC in 2019. Public prosecutors then charged him ...

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14Jul By MosesianNo Comments

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Senate Approves 20-year Jail term for Persons Caught Snatching ballot Materials

The Nigerian Senate has prescribed a 20-year jail term for anyone caught snatching ballot materials during elections. The lawmakers gave the approval for such punishment while passing the bill establishing the Electoral Offences Commission. The function of the commission includes investigating electoral offenses, prosecution of electoral offenders, and maintaining records of all persons investigated and prosecuted. Amongst the prescribed punishments for any offender include -Five years jail term or N10m fine for party officials who engage in electoral fraud The senate in Clause 12 of the bill approved at least five years imprisonment or a fine of at least N10 million naira or both, for any officer or executives of any association or political party that engages in electoral...

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12Jul By MosesianNo Comments

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Fake Priest Jailed in Abuja

One Jacob Samuel has been convicted by an Abuja high court after being arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abuja Zonal Office on an amended one-count charge of cheating. Samuel pleaded guilty after being arraigned before Justice J.O. Onwuegbuzie for falsely representing himself as a genuine priest or spiritualist and inducing one Rebecca into delivering to him the sum of N103, 000 (One Hundred and Three Thousand Naira). Based on his plea, the prosecution asked the court to convict him accordingly. But his counsel, M.K Agbontien urged the court to temper justice with mercy as the defendant was a first-time offender and had returned the proceeds of crime. The court convicted and sentenced the defendant to six months imprisonment with an option of N50, ...

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4Jul By MosesianNo Comments

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Two students arrested for allegedly threatening to kidnap a principal and some students in Zamfara

The Police Command in Zamfara has arrested two students for allegedly threatening to abduct a principal, staff, and students in two separate secondary schools in the state. The state Commissioner of Police (CP), Hussaini Rabi’u, who disclosed this to newsmen, said the command received reports of the threat from authorities of the Federal Government College (FGC), Anka, and Dominican College, Gusau. ”On 25th June, 2021, a letter in respect of the above subject matter was found close to the suggestion box of Dominican College, located in Sha’iskawa area, Gusau. The letter contained a threat to kidnap the Principal of the school, Rev. Sister Chinyere and some students of the school. Receiving the report of the complaint from the school management, the police detectives swung i...

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3Jul By Ajiboye IfeoluwaNo Comments

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Yoruba Nation Lagos rally: HURIWA reacts to girl’s death, demands arrest, jailing of CP

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has reacted to the death of a teenage girl simply identified as Jumoke, during the Yoruba Nation rally in Ojota, Lagos, on Saturday. The association, in a statement issued on Saturday by the group’s National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, and Media Affairs Director, Zainab Yusuf, demanded the arrest, prosecution and jailing of the Lagos State police Commissioner. HURIWA also condemned the bellicose and anti Democratic tendencies of the Lagos State police commissioner who consistently issued threats of violence against the participants at the Lagos rally coordinated by agitators for the self determination of the Yoruba nationality of Nigeria. The statement read in part: “The killing of this little girl whose only cri...

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2Jul By Ajiboye IfeoluwaNo Comments

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Housewife allegedly uses hot iron on 5yr old stepdaughter’s private part over bedwetting

The Adamawa State Police Command has nabbed an 18-year-old housewife for allegedly pressing a hot iron around the private part of her five-year-old step-daughter. The police said the housewife did this because the stepdaughter urinated in her bed. The police said the suspect, Aisha Muhammed, a resident of Wuro Patuji village in Mubi South Local Government Area, committed the crime on Thursday. The child has reportedly been under the care of the suspect after the baby’s mother was divorced by her father. “Investigation revealed that the suspect, who is the second wife to the victim’s father, committed the offence by using a hot iron on the girls’ privates, tortured and inflicted injury on the baby,” the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Suleiman Ngutoje, said in a state...

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30Jun By MosesianNo Comments

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LASU Student Jailed for 21 years for Raping Fellow Students

A student of Lagos State University (LASU), Afeez Ogunbowale has been jailed for 21 years for being involved in armed robbery and rape of two fellow LASU students. Ogunbowale who has been suspended by LASU over the case, reportedly committed the offence alongside others who are at large, on April 18, 2018, at Okokomaiko area of Lagos. Testifying in court on November 4, 2019, the two rape victims revealed that they lost their virginities to the attack. The victims who disclosed they were robbed of their phones, power bank, earpiece, gold chain and N1, 200 by five men but raped by two members of the gang, Ogunbowale and another who is at large, said they were able to identify the convict who is in same faculty with them through Facebook. Though it was alleged that the suspect co...

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