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AYO FAYOSE Human Rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has said that the Ekiti state Governor, Ayodele Fayose will not be allowed by the courts to contest again for Governorship position in 2018 ‎to serve his first term which was truncated in 2006 as a recent statement credited to him claimed. Fayose was impeached about seven months to the end of his first term in 2006, but the Supreme Court in 2014 reinstated him as the Governor of the state. As the Governorship elections in the state perches round the corner, Mr. Fayose has been reported to have said that he would seek a re-election to complete his first tenure which was truncated in 2006. He reportedly made the statement on Monday. FEMI FALANA SAN ‎However, the Human Rights lawyer, Falana, while reacting to Fayose’s claims said that the Governor’s bid to seek re-election was illegal and unconstitutional. According to him, “Tenure extension by a governor under any disguise is anomalous. No court can prolong the tenure of a sitt...

A 14-year-old secondary school student is facing trial at an Ikeja chief magistrate’s court over the defilement of his neighbour’s seven-year-old daughter.  The accused, who resides with his parents in Bariga, Lagos, according to police prosecutor, Raphael Donny, broke into the toilet where the girl was easing herself, and defiled her. He said the accused committed the offence in December 2016, noting “it was the cry of the girl that alerted the mother, who immediately rushed to the scene.  “When the mother saw blood stains on the child’s clothes, she shouted and efforts to apprehend the boy were unsuccessful as he ran away from the house. The case was reported at the police station, while the boy was later sighted in Agege and arrested by the police.” The accused, however, denied the charge.  Chief Magistrate D. Abegunde admitted the accused to N300,000 bail with two sureties in like sum. Abegunde, however, ordered the accused remanded in the Boys Correc...

A 56-year-old man, Sunday Adimagwu, and his son, Kenneth, 21, were yesterday brought before an Ikeja Chief Magistrate’s court and charged with defiling a 12-year-old girl. The father is being tried for defiling his own daughter, while the son was arraigned for allegedly defiling the same girl— his step-sister.  Both the father, a driver, and the son, a trader, live at Ajangbadi, Okokomaiko, a suburb of Lagos, on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway. The prosecutor, Inspector Clifford Ogu, told the court that the offences were committed between September 2016 and April 2017 at the apartment of the accused.  Ogu said the 12-year-old girl had been staying with her father and the step-mother, following a separation between her mother and the father. According to him, “both have sexually assaulted the girl on different occasions; father and son took turns to defile her.  “When the girl had the opportunity, she ran to her mother’s house and told her what she has been going throu...

A chef, Godwin Obot, 40, was arraigned in Lagos on Wednesday for allegedly defiling his neighbour’s eight-year-old daughter after luring the girl into his room with soft drink. The accused was brought before a Tinubu Chief Magistrates’ Court, charged with defilement of a minor.  Obot, however, pleaded not guilty and was granted bail in the sum of N500, 000 with two sureties in like sum. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Kikelomo Ayeye, directed that Obot must provide two sureties, one of whom should be a community leader. Ayeye said the other surety should be a civil servant on grade level 16.  She said the accused should be remanded in prison if he failed to meet the bail conditions. The Prosecutor, Insp. Nurudeen Thomas, told court that Obot committed the offence on May 18 at about 2 p.m. at Esther Adeleke Street, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos.  Thomas said that the accused defiled the eight-year-old when her parents were away at work. “Obot, who knew the parents of the girl ...

Sick terrorist Salman Abedi This is the Brit-born suicide bomber who killed 22 innocent people and maimed 64 others in the Manchester Arena nail bomb massacre. Sick terrorist Salman Abedi, 22, was unmasked as Theresa May raised the UK threat level to “critical” for the first time in 10 years with up to 3,800 soldiers on the streets because another terror attack could be “imminent”. The Home Secretary Amber Rudd has this morning said it’s “likely” Abedi “was not doing this on his own” as police arrested three more men in South Manchester in connection with the incident. Abedi had secret jihadi training during family trips to Syria and spooks fear he was not acting alone when he carried out the atrocity that ISIS has claimed responsibility for. Today French interior minister Gerard Collomb has said the Manchester bomber is believed to have travelled to Syria and had “proven” links with the Islamic State terror group. Mr Collomb said: “He was a British national of Libyan ori...

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — British police and intelligence agencies arrested three more suspects Wednesday in connection with the Manchester suicide bombing and moved quickly to secure key sites across the country, including Buckingham Palace and the British Parliament at Westminster. Home Secretary Amber Rudd said the bomber, identified as British-born Libyan Salman Abedi, “likely” did not act alone when he killed 22 people and wounded dozens at an Ariana Grande concert Monday night in Manchester. She said he had been known to security forces “up to a point.” Officials are examining Abedi’s trips to Libya as they worked to piece together his allegiances and foil any new potential threats. Police said three men were arrested Wednesday in south Manchester, where a day earlier a 23-year-old man was also arrested and a number of homes were searched. Britain raised its threat level from terrorism to “critical” after an emergency government meeting late Tuesday amid concerns that t...

A 41 year- old man, Uche Odinaka has been arraigned before an Asaba Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday for allegedly cutting off his neighbour’s nose. The prosecutor, Mrs Ekugbe Biokoro, told the court that the accused committed the offence on the May 7, 2017 at No 5 Obi street, Asaba. She said Odinaka assaulted his neighbour, one Uche Ukwuraivwe and used a machete to cut the complainant’s nose during a scuffle. Biokoro said that the offence was punishable under Section 355 of Criminal Code,Cap C21 Vol 1 Laws of Delta State of Nigeria 2006. The accused, however, pleaded not guilty and was granted bail in the sum of N120,000 and a surety in like sum. The Magistrate, Mrs Okonkwo Akanume, ordered that the surety must be a civil servant residing within the jurisdiction of the court, own a landed property in Asaba and should deposit two passport photographs with the court. Akanume adjourned the case till May 30, for definite hearing.

A 20-year-old man, Olayinka Bamgboye, was arraigned in an Ikeja Magistrate’s’ Court on Wednesday for allegedly stabbing one Waheed Alagbede. Bamgboye, who resides at No.5, Fafunmi Street, Ajasa, Lagos, is facing a count charge of assault.The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Prosecutor, Sgt. Yomi Egunjobi, told court that the accused committed the offence on April 28. Egunjobi said the accused stabbed Alagbede with a knife after giving him punches and inflicting serious injuries on him. The prosecutor said that the accused assaulted Alagbede because he refused to apologize when he flashed touch light in his face. He said that the offence contravened Section 172 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.Section 172 prescribes three-year jail term for assault. The Magistrate, Mrs M.O. Osibanjo, granted bail to the accused in the sum of N20, 000 with two sureties in like sum. Osibanjo said that one of the sureties must be gainfully employed and should...

SITE OF THE BLAST The Police in Borno on Wednesday confirmed the killing of three suspected female suicide bombers after a failed attack near Maiduguri. Mr Victor Isuku, the spokesman for the command made the confirmation in a statement in Maiduguri. “Today at about 17.55hours, three female suicide bombers, suspected to have been conveyed by motorcycle and dropped at a distance to Mamanti village in Molai area, were sighted and intercepted by vigilant security operatives. “In the process, they hurriedly detonated explosives strapped to their bodies, killing themselves only’’, Isuku said. He said that a team from the Police Explosive Ordnance Department was promptly drafted to the scene to sanitise the area and restore normalcy, adding there was no civilian casualty. The police had confirmed the killing of three suspected suicide bombers after a foiled attack at the University of Maiduguri on May 19. Police on May 20 confirmed the killing of a suspected suicide bomber af...

A man in Texas, US considers himself the luckiest man alive—and he has reason to. 36-year-old Adam Lyon has lived with his two girlfriends, Jane Shalakhova and Brooke Shedd, in the same house for more than two years. He and Brooke have a son, Dante, who is two years old. Now the trio is expecting another child in July as Jane is pregnant. One big happy family: (R-L) Adam, Jane, young Dante and Brooke Adam says the arrangement is better than the usual parenting setups: "It's so sweet that we all get to parent and raise the kids together." He added that their kids will benefit from having three parents instead of two because they are able to manage life much better. The trio share the same bed They all share the same bed, do everything together and participate in parental duties for Dante as well as Oliver, Brooke's son from a previous relationship. They also run an online consulting business.Jane also says the setup changed her mind about not wanting kids be...

The Police in Katsina state yesterday paraded two suspected motorcycle robbers, Umar Sada alias ‘Yaume’ and Ahmed Adamu alias ‘Dindingi’ both of Kofar Sauri area of Katsina metropolis for killing three persons and stealing their motorcycles which they sold off to a buyer from Niger republic for N9000. The duo who were apprehended by the state Commissioner of Police’s surveillance Corp, said they were offered N3,000 for any motorcycle they steal and that in the three occasions they have stolen motorcycles, they killed the owners, took the motorcycles and sold it to their buyer who rewarded them with N3,000 cash for each operation. Speaking at the police state command, one of the robbers, Ahmed said; “After every operation we take the motorcycle to Hirji town to meet one Mikailu Rahamawa who cross over to Niger Republic to return with our payments. At most we are paid between N3,000 to N4,000 depending on what he tells us, we collect and return to continue. So far we have operat...