Cynthia Osokogu’s murder: Judge accuses defence counsel of stalling trial

Justice Olabisi Akinlade of a Lagos High Court sitting in  Igbosere on Monday accused the defence counsel of stalling the trial of the four men charged with the murder of Cynthia Osokogu in Lagos in 2012.
Akinlade made the accusation when counsel to the first and second defendants — Miss Mosunmola Oladapo and Mr Michael Ajayi — were unable to file their written addresses as directed by the court.
The defendants are Okwumo Nwabufo, 33; Olisaeloka Ezike, 23; Orji Osita, 33; and Ezike Nonso, 25.
A source says that Osokogu was allegedly murdered on July 22, 2012 at Cosmilla Hotel, Lakeview Estate, Festac Town, Lagos, by her facebook lovers — Ezike and Nwabufo.
The counsel had at the last hearing closed their

Police Armourer, 4 Others Detained For Renting Rifle To Kidnappers

Imo State police command has detained five of its officers, including the armourer of the New Owerri police division, over how an AK-47 rifle belonging to the police ended up in the hands of dare devil kidnappers operating in the state.
State Police Commissioner, Mohammed Musa Katsina, who confirmed the development, said while four of the five policemen were explaining their involvement in the sordid act, the armourer is being tried for

‘I don’t steal, I only give robbers information’

 

A 28-year-old man, Nonso Egbuzobi, who was recently arrested by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad during a robbery operation in Lagos State, has pleaded with the police to release him, saying he was just an informant and not a member of any robbery gang.

Police authorities had said Egbuzobi and three others were part of a gang that killed three policemen during an ATM robbery at an Access Bank branch in Ayobo, Ipaja area of the state on November 20, 2013.

It was learnt that after the Ipaja robbery, SARS men led by the

Senator Yerima Divorces 17year Old Egyptian Girl, Marries Another 15yr Old

Three years ago, Senator Ahmed Yerima married a 14 year old Egyptian girl named Marian, which caused massive criticism from Nigerians.
The former Zamfara state governor and serving senator of the federal republic of Nigeria, Sen. Ahmed Yerima, has even made matters worse now as he has reportedly divorced her to

“I Buy & Sell Babies” Says Arrested Barren Woman

Two Nigerian women are currently cooling off in police detention after they were caught in a baby trading deal today in Lagos State Nigeria.
Police Detectives at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba, Lagos, western Nigeria have intensified efforts to recover all the stolen babies allegedly bought by an Onitsha-based human trafficker who was arrested in Lagos last Monday for

24-Yr-old Man Impregnates Younger Sister In Cross River

A twenty-four-year-old man, Ndifreke Uko has allegedly impregnated his younger sister, Otobong Uko.
The incident occurred which occurred at Ikang Etta Street in Calabar Municipality of Cross River State, has left residents reeling in shock as they could not fathom why the two siblings engaged in such incestuous act.
Narrating her ordeal, Otobong said: “My brother has been having regular s*x with me until

Patience Jonathan calls for stiff penalties against rape

The First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, has called for stiff penalties, backed by effective laws for perpetrators of sexual violence against women.
Mrs Jonathan spoke in Paris, France on Friday, at the advocacy meeting on sexual violence against women.
The meeting was hosted by the First Lady of France, Ms Valerie Trierweiler, on the sideline of the

Unilorin Student Leaks Female Student Nudé Photos After Sleeping With Her (+18 Only)

The male pictured above is a student of Unilorin who usually takes bedroom photos with girls and then share them with his friends...Unfortunately one of his friends then went further and posted the pictures on a social website.

This is a repetition of what happened to a Nigerian student some weeks ago which made us to advise the general public not to keep private photos on your mobile or computer system 

APC’ll fight corruption, waste – Tinubu

Tinubu

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, has said the decision of the aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party to join the APC will change Nigeria’s political landscape forever.

Tinubu, who said this in an interview with the Aljazeera Television, on Wednesday, added that the party would fight corruption and waste in government. A script of the interview was obtained by The PUNCH, in Abuja, on Wednesday.

He expressed confidence that Nigeria’s political landscape had changed forever and for good.

In response, the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olisa Metuh, said time will tell which political party was truly popular.

Oduah to appear before Senate committee Dec. 5

Ms. Stella Oduah

The Senate Committee on Aviation on Wednesday formally  invited the embattled Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah, to appear before it on Thursday, December 5, by noon.

A letter of invitation signed by the Clerk of the committee,  Mr. Victor Aborisade, and obtained by our correspondent explained that Oduah and the chief executive officers of agencies under her ministry would brief members at the Senate New wing.

Nigerian Drug Dealer Hides Cocaine In Loud Speakers: NDLEA Arrests Maduagwu Nnaemeka Charles In Kano

 
A 28-year-old Nigerian man identified as Maduagwu Nnaemeka Charles has been arrested at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, MAKIA, Kano, northwest Nigeria by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for being in possession of 3kg high-grade pure cocaine worth N81 million.

iPhone thief sends victim 11-page handwritten list of 1,000 contacts

An iPhone thief sent his victim a handwritten list of his 1,000 contacts

A pickpocket surprised his victim when he posted him a handwritten note of the 1,000 contacts on his stolen iPhone.

Zou Bin received the 11-page letter after sending a series of threatening texts demanding his Apple handset to be returned.

Customs seizes 36.9kg of Indian hemp

 

Customs operatives attached to Seme Area Command, on Tuesday impounded about 36.9 kilograms of substance suspected to be Indian hemp.

Though, the suspects fled abandoning the substance, the Public Relations Officer, Seme Area Command, Deputy Superintendent of Customs Ernest Olottah, in a statement said the suspects attempted to smuggle in the banned substance into the country through the border.

Couple, in-law arrested for stealing N13m from church

The suspects

A suspect, Pius Edward; his wife, Fausat; and her mother, have been arrested by the Oyo State Police Command in connection with the theft of N13m from Bishop's Court, an Anglican church in Bodija area of Ibadan.

Edward, a security man at the church was said to have broken into an office where the money was kept and made away with it.

Man sends bandits to rob father of N61m

The suspects

A 31-year-old man, Kabiru Mohammed, has confessed to hiring a seven-man robbery gang to steal $383,000 (N61, 280, 000) from his father.

The suspect, who works with his father, told PUNCH Metro that he hired notorious robbery kingpin, Abiodun Ogunjobi, aka Godogodo, to steal the money from his father who owns a bureau de change at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.

Fishing for crime': Desperation, lack of opportunities behind Nigerian piracy, experts say

Akintunde Akinleye / Reuters, file

Suspected pirates are paraded aboard a Nigerian naval ship after their arrest in August.

By Sohel Uddin, Ronke Phillips and Henry Austin, NBC News

PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria -- Anger and frustration that Nigeria's huge oil wealth has not improved the lot of most average citizens is fueling the sort of criminality that led to the kidnapping of two American oil workers off the country's coast last month, experts say.

Police force man’s anus open in unsuccessful drug search

U.S. police officers are facing a federal lawsuit after forcing a man's anus open and making him defecate in front of hospital staff against his will. The police were apparently searching for illegal narcotics, none of which were ever found.
The incident, which took place in Deming, New Mexico, involved David Eckert being forced into enemas, x-rays and colonoscopies. He was then billed for the forced medical procedures.
Eckert was stopped by police after he didn't make a complete stop at a stop sign. Officers asked him to step out of the vehicle, and stated that they noticed that he seemed to be "clenching his buttocks". Law

Seun Kuti on Stella Oduah's car scandal

Nigeria: Coscharis Chairman in Fresh Outburst

Chairman of Coscharis Motors Cosmos Maduka again expressed outburst yesterday at the House of Representatives investigative panel on the purchase of armoured cars valued at N255 million by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA).
The chairman on Wednesday alleged that the investigation was politically motivated. The committee had asked Coscharis to present some documents providing the chassis number of one of the cars.
It said one of the chassis numbers provided by Coscharis differed from the cars they inspected, raising suspicion among the lawmakers. But when Josiah Samuel who is Coscharis MD was called by the

How an Australian woman butchered her boyfriend and removed the skin from his body

Police in 2000 found the head of Katherine Knight's victim John Price in a warm pot, stewed with potatoes, cabbage, and zucchini. Dangling from a nail in an archway was Price’s skin.

Katherine Knight  was sent to prison for life, without hope of parole, the first Australian woman to earn such a punishment, for the brutal murder of John Price.

If there is one lesson to be learned from the death of John Price, it’s that you should never trust a hot-tempered woman whose prize possession is a set of butcher knives.
Price learned this lesson on Feb. 29, 2000, a day before police in the tiny Australian town of Aberdeen — known primarily for its slaughterhouses — found his head in a warm pot, stewed with potatoes, cabbage, and zucchini.