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Mr. Olajide Fasakin, an aide to the embattled former Chairman of the defunct Presidential Task Force on Pension Reform, Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina, has said that his boss was in hiding so as not to be killed. According to Fasakin, Maina took the measure after escaping several assassination attempts from perceived enemies. While speaking on Channels Television, Fasakin insisted that he did not know the whereabouts of the embattled former pension reform chairman, but added that Maina was shot at five times in the past but was saved by his bulletproof car. When asked whether Maina would come out if the Senate promised to protect him, the aide said it was not advisable for his boss to come out. He said, "I would not advise him to come out because there was a petition against some members of the seventh Senate for having collected N3bn from some pension thieves. "The petition is with the ICPC and the EFCC, we haven't got the report up to this moment. "The only way out, most l...

It has been reported that a Cameroon international kicked the bucket after an alleged romantic encounter with a woman who hails from the Niger Delta region. The 37-year-old Cameroonian man died in yet-to-be-ascertained circumstances in the home of his alleged lover in Ogboinbiri community of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The death of the Cameroonian man, identified simply as Dr. Charles, a patent medicine dealer, on Tuesday, has, however, stirred controversies. Some indigenes of Ogboinbiri community claimed the Cameroonian died after an alleged sexual encounter with his unnamed 35-year-old lover, said to be an indigene of the community. But another account claimed that Charles, who was allegedly ill from an unidentified ailment, allegedly slumped and died in the woman's house before he could be taken to Zia-Ngo health centre, the only medical centre in the community. A community source said his corpse has been deposited at the morgue of the Federal Medical C...

The many victims of police harassment around Nigeria have opened up on how they were tortured by the law enforcement agents. Despite receiving training on human rights of citizens, officers of the Nigeria Police Force have continued to unlawfully detain, torture, and harass members of the public, victims of police abuse told a human rights panel in Lagos. The panel, which comprised members of the National Human Rights Commission and Human Rights Law Services, held a public hearing on police abuses in Nigeria on Monday. Over 30 participants were in attendance including the Network of Police Reforms in Nigeria, Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action, and other civil society organizations. A communique issued at the end of the hearing called for, among other measures, civil society organizations to initiate campaigns to hold Divisional Police Officers responsible for violations at their police stations. In 2014, some civil society organizations collaborated with the Nigeria Police to...

MEN OF THE CUSTOMS SERVICE 59 assorted vehicles and other contraband products have been impounded by men of the Nigeria customs service in Lagos state. The Federal Operations Unit, Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service with headquarters at Ikeja, Lagos has evacuated 59 assorted vehicles with the Duty Paid Value (DPV) of one billion, seventy-six million, eight hundred and ninety-five thousand, seven hundred and seventy-two naira, two Kobo (N1,076,895,727.2) from a hidden house in Ikoyi and car marts in Festac area of Lagos state. According to the Customs Area Controller of the unit, Comptroller Mohammed Uba Garba while briefing newsmen in Lagos today said that over 40 of the vehicles were 2017 models ranging from Toyota Prado Jeeps, Lexus Jeeps, Toyota Hilux, Toyota Camry, Coaster Bus, Toyota Hiace Bus among others. Mohammed hinted that the vehicles were currently under detention awaiting relevant Customs documents from the dealers within a grace period of one month. According to him: ...

Andrey Emelyanenkov reportedly murdered the teacher before killing himself A  student shocked people in his class after he used a knife to stab his teacher to death before taking a selfie with the man's dead body. A heartless student 19, has shocked people after stabbing his teacher to death following a dispute in the classroom in Moscow. Not done, the teenager then took a selfie while smiling over the dead body. The student from Russia was later identified as Andrey Emelyanenkov. According to an eyewitness, the student had a dispute with his Basic Safety teacher, Sergey Danilov in the morning. He then waited for the school break between lessons to attack. As soon as other students left the class, Andrey brought out the knife and launched the attack. As the teacher lay in a pool of his blood, the unrepentant student took photos of the dead body and posted it online. But he did not stop there. He went on to commit suicide seconds after he posted the photo. When the police arrived, t...

New sentence, for breaching a supervision order by raping a woman days after he killed Masa Vukotic, takes jail term to 41 years Schoolgirl killer Sean Price has been handed an extra three years' jail for breaching a supervision order by raping a woman days after the homicide. The sentence takes his total jail term to 41 years and means the 33-year-old will now not be eligible for parole until after 39 years and five months. Price appeared in the county court of Victoria on Thursday via video link to hear his sentence but Judge Meryl Sexton disconnected him from the hearing when he began playing up and making offensive gestures. She earlier refused his request to personally make a "commentary" to the court, given he was already legally represented. Price pleaded guilty to breaching a 10-year supervision order when he raped a woman in a Christian bookshop, shortly after killing schoolgirl Masa Vukotic by stabbing her 49 times in March 2015. He admitted committing the rape ...