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  • Two Nigerians arrested in Kuwait for alleged $14,918 robbery

    Two Nigerians arrested in Kuwait for alleged $14,918 robbery

    The Kuwaiti General Department of Criminal Investigation (GDCI) has arrested two unidentified Nigerians in the Ahmadi Province for allegedly robbing an exchange office and stealing $14,918. They have been charged with the crime.

    In a statement on Wednesday, the Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior, as reported by Arab Times Online, confirmed that the suspects were apprehended within 24 hours after robbing an exchange office in Mahboula, a district in southern Kuwait City.

    Footage on the Arab Times Online website shows one of the suspects exiting a car wearing a balaclava. He is seen entering the exchange office and pointing what appears to be a gun at an official inside.

    The suspects allegedly made away with approximately $14,918.69, equivalent to 4,600 Kuwaiti Dinars when converted to U.S. dollars.

    The report stated, “Investigation revealed that the gang meticulously planned the crime, monitoring the exchange offices from nearby rooftops to identify peak times. They also used stolen license plates to conceal the identities of the vehicles involved in the operation.”

    One of the suspects, whose name was withheld, reportedly confessed after his arrest in Mahboula that he had scouted the location and alerted his unnamed accomplice when the office was free of customers.

    “The second suspect was apprehended in the Al-Qurain Market, and the stolen money, along with a small bag containing the narcotic substance ‘crystal meth,’ was recovered from his residence. The Ministry of Interior confirmed that the suspects and seized items have been referred to the public prosecution for further legal action,” the report added.

  • Appeal Court upholds Ramon Adedoyin’s death sentence over murder of OAU student

    Appeal Court upholds Ramon Adedoyin’s death sentence over murder of OAU student

    The Court of Appeal in Akure, Ondo State has upheld the death sentence of Dr. Ramon Adedoyin, a hotelier, in connection with the murder of Timothy Adegoke, a former Master’s student at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife.

    In its ruling on Thursday, the appellate court affirmed the decision of the Osun State High Court which earlier convicted Adedoyin and sentenced him to death.

    Adegoke lodged at Adedoyin’s Hilton Hotels and Resorts in Ile-Ife, Osun State upon his arrival from Abuja on November 5, 2021, to enable him to arrive early for his examination at the OAU Distance Learning Centre, Moro, in the state, on November 6 and 7, 2021.

    He later went missing and was found dead buried in a shallow grave following an investigation by the police.

    “The judgment of the High Court of Osun State stands. Adedoyin’s appeal is dismissed in part. The Court of Appeal held that Adedoyin was properly convicted and sentenced to death,” the appellate court’s judgement read.

    It further noted that the “Order of forfeiture of Hilton Hotel quashed and set aside. Order of education scholarship to children of Timothy Adegoke by Adedoyin and others quashed and set aside.”

  • Police arrest Imo businesswoman for allegedly battering house help

    Police arrest Imo businesswoman for allegedly battering house help

    OWERRI – The Police in Imo State have arrested a 35-year-old businesswoman, Edith Nwachukwu for battering her 13-year-old house help, Kelechi Ejieke.

    The suspect was arrested on Tuesday by the operatives of the Owerri Urban Divisional Police headquarters after the minor was rescued from her at the popular Relief Market in Owerri, the state capital.

    The woman who is now detained by the police was said to have accused the minor of stealing her money.

    The founder of Stand for Humanity Foundation and a journalist, Chidiebube Okeoma, with some traders had alerted the police who arrested the woman and picked the minor.

    Okeoma said that some traders forcefully rescued the child from the businesswoman who had allegedly inflicted injury on the girl and ordered more ten pieces of cane to use on the girl.

    “Men of the Owerri Urban Divisional Police headquarters have arrested the woman and the minor rescued. The child was taken to a hospital in Owerri as the injury was severe. The suspect was detained.

    “When I was informed, I quickly alerted the DPO. Thanks to some traders who rescued the minor and also involved the police. At the police station, the woman who later pleaded for mercy said her house helped steal her money, an allegation the girl denied.

    “She said she battered the minor, a native of Amaeke Abam, Abia State, out of anger.

    “Our organization, Stand For Humanity Foundation, is interested in this matter and we will ensure justice is served to further serve as a deterrent to people who dehumanize children. Child battering is a crime. We will continue to push until people stop it”, Okeoma narrated.

    The spokesperson for the police in the state, Henry Okoye, said that the state Commissioner of Police, Aboki Danjuma, has zero tolerance for child battering and all forms of crimes.

    Okoye disclosed that investigation into the matter had commenced by the police in the state.

  • Alleged 6bn fraud: Court grants EFCC permission to amend charge against ex-minister Agunloye

    Alleged 6bn fraud: Court grants EFCC permission to amend charge against ex-minister Agunloye

    Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the High Court of a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Thursday granted leave to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to amend charges against a former Minister of Power, Dr Olu Agunloye.

    The former minister is being prosecuted by the EFCC, on behalf of the Federal Government, in the suit, marked FCT/HC/CR/617/2023, on a seven-count charge bordering on forgery, disobedience of presidential order, and corruption in the Mambilla power plant project in Taraba State.

    The commission alleged that Agunloye on May 22, 2003, awarded a contract titled “Construction of 3,960 Megawatt Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Station on a build, operate, and transfer basis to Sunrise Power and Transmission Company Limited without any budgetary provision, approval, and cash backing.

    It also, among others, alleged that it traced some suspicious payments made by Sunrise Power and Transmission Company Limited to accounts of the former minister, who served in the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

    The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge preferred against him.

    Ruling on the defendant’s objection to the amended charge filed by the prosecution on June 25, 2024, Justice Onwuegbuzie held that having gone through the affidavit in support of the motion for amendment, the court is convinced to allow the amendment.

    He noted that the court may permit an alteration or amendment to a charge or reframing of a new charge at any time before judgment is pronounced.

    He further held that whenever the prosecution decides to amend the charge already before the court, it can proceed to do so without asking permission or leave to do so in so far as it is in line with the provisions of Sections 216 and 217 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) 2015.

    The judge held that, contrary to the defendant’s submission that the attempt by EFCC to amend the charge was to overreach him, the amendment of the charge was not meant to overreach the former minister.

    “The stage at which the prosecution is amending the charge still gives the defendant an opportunity to put up his defence.

    ” The matter is still at the stage of examination in chief of the prosecution. The matter is yet to get to the defence stage.

    “It is my humble view that the amendment is not intended to overreach the defendant and cause injustice to him.”

    He then adjourned until Feb. 3 for the rearrangement of the defendant on the amended charge.

    Agunloye had, through his counsel, Adeola Adedipe SAN, on Nov. 13, 2024, while adopting his written address on his objection to the amended charge, told the court that the prosecution’s attempt to amend the charge was an overreach.

    Adedipe argued that the amendment sought is an overreach, submitting that Leno Adesanya, whose name is being imported into the amended charge by the virtue of the judgment of Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, had acquired a declarative right in the realm.

    According to the senior advocate, that right was enforceable by the court by virtue of Section 287(3) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended).

    He, therefore, urged the court to dismiss the prosecution’s application to amend the charge by holding that no cogent and verifiable reasons have been adduced for such amendment.

    The prosecuting counsel, Abba Muhammed SAN, informed the court that the motion on notice seeking to amend the charge against the former minister was brought pursuant to Sections 216(1) and (2) and 217 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA), 2015.

    He then urged the court to grant the prosecution’s prayers, seeking an order granting leave to amend the instant charge against the defendant and an order seeing the amended charge filed on June 25, 2024, against the former minister, properly filed and served. (NAN)

  • Man beheads, buries father’s head in Abia

    Man beheads, buries father’s head in Abia

    UMUAHIA- A man, identified as Ogeoma Ogbonna, has beheaded his father, Azubuike Ogbonna, in Umuomei community, in Obingwa council area of Abia state.

    Today Price gathered that after beheading his father, Ogeoma later dug a hole where he buried the severed head before neighbors were attracted to the incident.

    The father’s body lay in a pool of blood as sympathizers thronged the compound and expressed shock over what could have led Ogeoma to kill his father.

    Community sources told Vanguard that Ogeoma who is a palm cutter, has been showing signs of mental illness and was always threatening to harm people.

    He was alleged to have earlier threatened to kill his father before executing the evil act, few hours later.

    “Ogeoma has been showing signs of mental illness. He was always threatening to harm people. But nobody in this community knew that he will get to the extent of cutting off his father’s head.

    “We are still in shock on how he could kill his father. Before neighbors were called in to see what happened, he had already buried the head in a shallow grave in the compound. He took people and showed them the grave,” a native of the community, said.

    As at the time of filing this report, Police Public Relations Officer,Abia State Command, ASP Maureen Chinaka, did not respond to calls and a text message sent to her mobile number.

    UMUAHIA- A man, identified as Ogeoma Ogbonna, has beheaded his father, Azubuike Ogbonna, in Umuomei community, in Obingwa council area of Abia state.

    Today Price gathered that after beheading his father, Ogeoma later dug a hole where he buried the severed head before neighbors were attracted to the incident.

    The father’s body lay in a pool of blood as sympathizers thronged the compound and expressed shock over what could have led Ogeoma to kill his father.

    Community sources told Vanguard that Ogeoma who is a palm cutter, has been showing signs of mental illness and was always threatening to harm people.

    He was alleged to have earlier threatened to kill his father before executing the evil act, few hours later.

    “Ogeoma has been showing signs of mental illness. He was always threatening to harm people. But nobody in this community knew that he will get to the extent of cutting off his father’s head.

    “We are still in shock on how he could kill his father. Before neighbors were called in to see what happened, he had already buried the head in a shallow grave in the compound. He took people and showed them the grave,” a native of the community, said.

    As at the time of filing this report, Police Public Relations Officer,Abia State Command, ASP Maureen Chinaka, did not respond to calls and a text message sent to her mobile number.

  • Alleged N400m Fraud Senator Uba, others evading trial, police tells court

    Alleged N400m Fraud Senator Uba, others evading trial, police tells court

    ABUJA–The Nigeria Police Force, NPF, on Thursday, approached the Federal High Court in Abuja, praying for permission to paste a copy of a two-count charge it filed against a former lawmaker for Anambra South Senatorial District, Senator Andy Uba, at the gate of his Abuja residence.

    In an ex-parte application, brought before the court, police, through its lawyer Mr M. C. Anthony, accused the ex-lawmaker and his two co-defendants of evading service of the charge on them.

    Police said its request for substituted service of the charge on the defendants, was predicated on Order 6, Rule 5(b), d(I), 5(e), and 8 of the FHC (Civil Procedure) Rules, 2019.

    However, trial Justice Inyang Ekwo noted that the application ought to have been filed under the relevant provisions of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, ACJA, 2015.

    Consequently, he directed the prosecution to go back and put its house in order, even as the court adjourned the matter till February 18 for the arraignment of the defendants.

    Police had in the charge that was filed in the name of the Inspector General of Police, alleged that the defendants were involved in a N400million fraud.

    It told the court that the defendants defrauded one Mr. George Uboh, whose petition led to the charge.

    Those cited as 2nd and 3rd defendants in the charge marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/538/2024, which was filed before the court on October 10, 2024, are; Crystal Chidinma Uba and Benjamin Etu.

    Specifically, police alleged that the defendants, alongside one Hajiya Fatima who was said to be at large, had sometimes in 2022, conspired and defrauded the complainant.

    The former lawmaker and his co-defendants were accused of obtaining by false pretence, by making a presentation to Mr Uboh that they had perfected a way to secure the position of the Managing Directorship of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, for any person that could afford the sum of N400 million.

    The prosecution told the court that the defendants knew that the claim they made in the presentation was not true.

    They were said to have committed an offence contrary to Section 8 and punishable under Section 1 (3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006.

    More so, in count two of the charge, the IGP alleged that the defendants and Fatima (at large), had in 2022, conspired amongst themselves to defraud, and induced Uboh with a presentation that they had perfected a way to give an appointment of the post of MD of the NDDC to who could afford the N400m.

    The defendants were said to have obtained the money and converted it into their personal use, and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1 (2) and punishable under Section 1 (3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006.

    Processes before the court indicated that Uboh had in a letter dated April 5, 2023, and addressed to the IGP, detailed how he was allegedly defrauded.

    The petition was said to have been supported by both documentary evidence and voice recordings.

    According to Uboh, “Andy Ubah stated unequivocally to me that he has perfected a way to give NDDC Managing Directorship to any candidate who brings N400,000,000.

    “That if the appointment does not occur, he will refund the money.

    “I nominated my sister, Honourable (Engr.) Doris Uboh, who by profession is qualified to be NDDC MD.

    “Andy Ubah provided two accounts and instructed a transfer of N200,000,000 each into the accounts.

    “I instructed another sister of mine, Princess Engr. Ify Akanmode, who is a business partner and whose account I had some funds, to do the transfers.

    “Till date, Andy Ubah has promised to pay and has not,” the petitioner alleged.

    The prosecution said it has lined up more than six witnesses to testify in the matter.

    The prosecuting counsel told the court that the defendants, who are currently on administrative bail, could not be charged to court since 2023 owing to a fundamental right enforcement suit they filed to halt their trial.

    He said the instant charge was filed after a restraining order that was obtained by the defendants, was vacated.
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  • Church member I accommodated defiled my daughter – Witness

    Church member I accommodated defiled my daughter – Witness

    A man (name withheld) on Thursday narrated before an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court how a man, Blessing Adetula, allegedly defiled his nine-year-old daughter.

    Adetula is standing trial on a count charge of sexual assault by penetration.

    At the resumed hearing, the witness was led in evidence by the state counsel, Mr Babajide Boye.

    He told the court that the defendant was his church member who he accommodated in his house.

    “I know him from church.

    “I accommodated him in my house because the work he was doing was close to my house.

    “He could not go to work every day from his own house,” the witness said.

    The witness said that his daughter was nine at the time of the incident, adding that he has three children, two boys and a girl.

    He revealed that the alleged incident happened on his wife’s birthday.

    The witness said: “I was at work but my wife was at home because it was her birthday.

    “My wife left home very early to Ikotun market to get something, before she came back, something happened.

    My wife overheard my daughter telling one of her brothers to tell their mother what happened.

    “My daughter later confessed to her mother that Adetula inserted his manhood into her vagina.”

    The witness told the court that he instructed his wife to report the case to the police

    “The police took my daughter to Mirabel Medical Centre in Ikeja and ran some tests on her,” he said.

    Justice Rahman Oshodi, after listening to the witness, adjourned the case until March 12 for cross-examination.

    The prosecution alleged that the defendant committed the offence on March 8, 2020, at Raji Street, at Egbe Ikotun, Lagos.

    According to the prosecution, the alleged offence contravene Section 261 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2015.

  • NNPCL disobeys court order on cluster establishment, says Rivers community

    NNPCL disobeys court order on cluster establishment, says Rivers community

    The Bukuma community in Rivers has decried the alleged refusal of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporations Limited’s (NNPCL) to implement a 2021 court judgement on cluster issue.

    The Paramount Ruler of Bukuma, King Precious Elekima, made this known during an interview with Newsmen in Port Harcourt on Thursday.

    Bukuma, in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers is hosting an oil and gas field, housing 10 oil wells.

    The oil field was operated by Shell Petroleum and Development Company (SPDC) before Eroton Exploration and Protection Limited took it over but later handed it over to NNPCL.

    Elekima explained that the cluster arrangement began in 2007 as a resolution mechanism for communal clashes in the area.

    “The government and oil companies operating in the area established clusters to address disputes between the warring communities at the time,” he said.

    ‘’However, Bukuma, the hosting the oil and gas field, was grouped with 16 other communities in the cluster.’’

    Elekima alleged that the 16 communities which, he described, as having no valid take in the cluster, bound together to deny Bukuma the benefits it deserved as the host community.

    “As a result, the Bukuma people decided to demand their own cluster from Eroton.

    “Our community, hosting the oil wellhead and being the most impacted by oil extraction, deserved its own cluster, but Eroton refused,” he stated.

    The traditional ruler said that after their request was ignored, the community sought legal redress, and tho court ruled in their favour, mandating the establishment of a cluster for Bukuma.

    He said that Eroton did not implement the judgement before NNPCL took over and created NNPC Eighteen Operating Limited (NEOL) to oversee the operations of the wells.

    “The community met with NNPCL to implement the court order, but the company refused to comply and has remained adamant till this day,” Elekima said.

    He urged NNPCL not to be engaging with individuals in the community to give the false impression that it had reconciled with Bukuma.

    The paramount ruler urged the government to hold NNPC accountable for not allowing the host community to receive its deserved cluster.

    “We are being exploited, perhaps because the Bukuma people are a minority group with no influential figures in government or society.

    “This neglect has left the community grossly underdeveloped, even though it hosts a major oil field in the Niger Delta that generates significant revenue for the country,” he lamented.

    Elekima said that the recent explosion at the wellhead 008, which spilled crude oil into the community, has worsened living conditions in Bukuma.

    He reiterated the community’s support of the investigation into the fire incident and expressed confidence that it would identify the perpetrators and bring them to justice.

    “Bukuma people support the investigation because we are peaceful and law-abiding and do not engage in sabotage.

    “We do not dispute NNPCL’s claim that vandals destroyed its wellhead, and we fully support investigations into the fire incident.

    “The community sympathises with NNPCL over the incident and assures that we will never encourage any form of illegal bunkering or vandalism of oil facilities,” he stated.

    He underscored the importance of the damaged wellhead, describing it as one of the largest oil wells contributing to Federal Government revenue for national development.

    “We have always stood with the Federal Government in its fight against oil theft, illegal bunkering, and vandalism.

    “Therefore, we should not be held responsible for the destruction of the facility,” he added.

    The paramount ruler welcomed the involvement of Tantita Security Services, an independent security outfit, in the investigation, but he cautioned NNPCL to be vigilant during the process.

    “NNPC should be cautious in investigation, not to allow any individual to exploit the situation to advance personal interests related to chieftaincy, kingship, or land disputes.

    “The company should ensure that such individuals do not take advantage of the situation to frame innocent people,” he cautioned.

  • Turkish model arrested for attempt to break record of sleeping with 100 men in 24 hours

    Turkish model arrested for attempt to break record of sleeping with 100 men in 24 hours

    A 23-year-old Turkish OnlyFans model, Ezra Vandan, also known as Azranur AV, has been arrested in Istanbul for her controversial plan to sleep with 100 men in 24 hours.

    Authorities deemed her actions as “obscene” and “damaging” to the country’s moral values, reports Daily Mail.

    Vandan publicly announced her intentions on January 14, 2025, via social media, declaring her goal to break a Turkish and then a world record.

    She shared a provocative photo of herself wearing red lingerie, captioned: “My goal is to break a Turkish record first, then a world record! I’m starting with 100 men in 24 hours.”

    Her statement quickly caught the attention of the Istanbul Security Branch Directorate’s Morality Bureau. Following an investigation, Vandan was arrested at a hospital in Atasehir, where she was awaiting a cosmetic surgery procedure.

    Footage of the arrest shows Vandan being escorted by two female officers with her wrists bound behind her back. She was taken into custody wearing a crop top and jeans.

    Adding to the controversy, Vandan reportedly shared a half-naked image of herself, allegedly taken by a police officer during her arrest. She claimed, “I had the photo taken by one of the officers, he didn’t object much.”

    Vandan was charged with obscenity, resisting an officer and slander. The Istanbul 6th Criminal Judgeship of Peace ruled that her actions were provocative and harmful to society’s moral values, justifying prison time.

    Her husband, Pedram Vandan, 25, was also briefly detained but later released.

    The model has defended her actions, claiming her posts do not harm anyone and that she should have the freedom to express herself. “I do not deserve to be judged,” she stated.

    Vandan’s announcement followed recent reports of British adult performer Bonnie Blue claiming to have set a world record by engaging with over 1,000 men in 12 hours.

  • Ogun: 22-year-old to die by hanging for stabbing alleged sex worker to death

    Ogun: 22-year-old to die by hanging for stabbing alleged sex worker to death

    An Ogun State High Court, sitting in Abeokuta on Wednesday sentenced a 22- year old Jamiu Malomo to  death by hanging for stabbing one Asisat Akande, an alleged sex worker to death.

    Malomo was convicted on a one count charge of murder.

    Delivering his  judgment, Justice O. Ogunfowora convicted Malomo for the charge preferred against him, saying that the prosecution has proved its case beyond reasonable doubts and that the 22-year-old was guilty as  charged.

    Justice Ogunfowora held that the evidence presented by the prosecution was tenable and therefore sentenced Malomo, to death by hanging.

    “You are hereby guilty of killing Asisat Akande as preferred against you.

    ”You will be hanged by the neck until you are dead. May God have mercy on you”, he said.

    Earlier, during the trial the State Prosecuting counsel, Mr. A. M. Adebayo, Deputy Director Public Prosecution, said the convict committed the offence on July, 18, 2021 at about 9:30pm at Ori- Apata community, Oke-Aregba in Abeokuta.

    Adebayo, said the convict picked Asisat Akande who was a sex worker, from 3AD bar at Panseke area to his house for sexual pleasure.

    “After having carnal knowledge of the deceased, she demanded for N10,000 which was their agreement, but Malomo refused to give her the the complete money saying he had N8,000.

    “The situation led to an argument between him and the deceased which made the convict brought out knife from his pocket and stabbed her on the neck.

    “The stab resulted to the instant death of the deceased”, he said.

    He noted that Malomo was arrested by men of the Police at the 3AD Club in Panseke where he wanted to pick another girl for sexual pleasure.

    Adebayo however, said that the offence committed “contravened the provisions of section 316 and punishable under section 319 of the Criminal Code, laws of Ogun 2006”.