PUPILS ABUSE IN PHOTO: PUPILS UNDER THE SUN

These things happen every day in Nigeria, pupils will stand under the harsh sun in an assembly ground while their teachers would be feeling cool  under the  shade……this is children abuse that need to stop fast .Shared by Twitter user @DIfyzz he wrote, 'What wickedness? As seen today @ Muri Okunola Park, VI: pupils under the sun!!'

SEX TRADE: MEET MADAM ANN: ANOTHER NIGERIAN PIMP 'aka MADAM' IN DUBAI .....WHO WILL SAVE THESE LADIES?

Madam Ann, is a Dubai based Nigerian pimp aka madam. According to investigation, the only name she is known with is just Ann or Tamara the name she used to registered her phone (number withheld).

At present, Madam Ann has her girls lodged in 3-star hotel while the madam stays at home and gives them men. After sleeping with 4 or 5 men she comes around to collect the money from them, and then goes back to work the phones.

According our investigator in Dubai,their modus operand is that as "Hotels cannot be bursted (by law enforcement officers)...They change hotels like every 2 days...any one that stay more than 2 3 or 4 days means there have not been work. Remember the hotel staff may not know what is going on. So if there is lot of work/customers after 2 days hotel will notice and ask them out.

But if there is lot of work, there is no way there won't be a problem with one customer either they stole money or a troublesome customer will misbehave. The Madam always arranges to move them out of the hotel in a hurry. That's the reason they don't take expensive things to the hotels.

The only things they take to the hotels are sexy lingerie to entice customers". In fact, these girls do not know anywhere else in Dubai except the hotel room where they are lodged and the Madam's apartment where they are taken to from time to time as they change hotels.

POLITICS: BLOODY CLASHES @ APC GOVERNORSHIP PRIMARY IN BAYELSA

The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary, taking place at the Samson Siasia Stadium in Yenagoa, was on Tuesday turned to a battle field as supporters of two leading governorship aspirants, Timi Alaibe and Timipre Sylva engaged themselves in violent clashes which left scores, including Alaibe, injured. 

"It was a pathetic sight to see a political event reduced to a combat", said an eye witness.

Trouble was said to have started when it was discovered by Alaibe and his supporters that accredited delegates from Brass, the LG of his arch-rival, Sylva, were far more than all delegates from the other LGs combined  an anomaly seen by Alaibe and his supporters that a heated argument ensued resulting in a free- for- all between the opposing camps. 

Further investigation showed that many of those who participated in the fracas were ordinarily not supposed to attend the primary because they were not delegates but came as organized party thugs.

All efforts by the Adams Oshiomhole committee responsible for the conduct of the primary election to save the day, and that of the police  proved abortive as Alaibe, in company of his close associates, left the venue in obvious protest of the situation. 

Alaibe was said to be getting ready to address a press conference on the issue later today.

Meanwhile, findings also indicated that some of the governorship aspirants have stepped down for the former governor, Timipre Sylva. 

As at the time of filing this report, Sylva was leading in the number of votes cast and likely to emerge winner.  

NIGER STATE GOVERNOR UNDERFIRE FOR TRAVELLING TO WATCH 'CHELSEA & ARSENAL MATCH

Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, Niger state governor, is currently having a problem with his people, for his visit to the United Kingdom to watch the match between Chelsea and Arsenal football clubs in the English Premiership League last Saturday.

It would be recalled that the Governor has warned sports officials in the country not to use his name to organise any competition, reactions have continued to trail the governor’s visit to Stamford Bridge as frivolous, considering the challenges currently facing his state.

It will be recalled that Governor Bello, in August this year, warned the people when board members of the Nigeria Chess Federation and the state hockey team that won the national super league visited him at the Government House that no sports officials in the country should use his name to organize any competition.

A trader, Ibrahim Musa said: “Things are hard for us in Niger State while our governor is travelling to watch matches.

I heard they said he was on invitation, but is it not government resources that he used for the trip? “We did not vote him in to watch football, we voted him because we want him to work and bring back the lost glory of the state. Watching match is not governance.

”The state-owned football team, Niger Tornadoes, has just gained promotion to the elite Nigeria Premier League which the governor is not watching, but could waste state funds to watch football abroad..........”

SARAKIGATE 2: LET THE TRIAL BEGIN...BLOW BY BLOW @ TODAY'S TRAIL PROCEEDING

Bukola Saraki, the President of the Senate and Nigeria’s number 3-man, has arrived the courtroom of the Code of Conduct Tribunal in Abuja this morning accompanied by not less than 50 Senators  to face trial over a 13-count charge of corruption leveled against him by the Code of Conduct Bureau.

 It will be recalled that the tribunal yesterday made it mandatory for the Senate President to appear this morning and answer the charges. Saraki has been docked and he pleaded not guilty to all the 13-count charges. The chairman of the Code of Conduct tribunal has withdrawn the bench warrant against him.  See more photos below.

Earlier in the day:

It was gathered that the Senate President and his supporters first converged at the National Assembly early on Tuesday morning where his colleagues decided to provide cover for the senate president to prevent him from being arrested or humiliated by the police, from where they took off in a convoy of buses for the tribunal.

9:32 a.m:

 Senator Bukola Saraki arrived the tribunal premises accompanied by “about 50 senators and some members of the House of Representatives”… according to a PREMIUM TIMES reporter at the trial, are Theodore Orji, Sam Egwu, Ike Ekweremadu, Shaba Lafiaji, Aliyu Wamakko, Rafiu Ibrahim, Tayo Alasoadura, Hamma Misau, Samuel Anyanwu, Sabi Aliyu Abdullahi, among others.

10.32 a.m:

The Chairman of the Tribunal came into the courtroom and apologized for the delay in the commencement of proceeding. He said the tribunal was sorting out some matters.

Saraki’s battle to prevent his appearance before Tribunal:

Senate President Bukola Saraki’s battle to prevent his appearance before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) collapsed yesterday.

His lawyers, Joseph Daudu (SAN) and Adebayo Adelodun (SAN), argued passionately against his appearance at the CCT where he is charged with alleged false declaration of assets, but the tribunal restated its order that the Inspector General of Police and other security agencies should arrest Saraki and produce him before the tribunal at 10am today.

The Court of Appeal, Abuja before which Adelodun argued an ex-parte application for an order setting aside the warrant of arrest issued on Friday against Saraki refused the application. It ordered Saraki to put the respondents on notice and fixed September 29 for the hearing of his substantive appeal.

At the Federal High Court, Abuja where Adelodun equally argued another motion on behalf of Saraki, for an order restraining the CCT and the Ministry of Justice from proceeding with the Senate President’s trial, Justice Ahmed Mohammed refused to grant the order. He adjourned till September 30 for the hearing of Saraki’s pending substantive suit and the objection filed against it by the respondents.

At the resumption of proceedings yesterday before the tribunal, prosecution lawyer Rotimi Jacobs (SAN) on noticing that Saraki was absent, urged the tribunal to inquire from his lawyer, Joseph Daudu (SAN), why his client was absent despite the undertaking he gave on Friday to produce Saraki in court today.

Jacobs said he prevailed on his client not to execute the bench warrant on account of the undertaking by Daudu. He said he was taken aback that Daudu failed to fulfill his promise.

When asked by the tribunal Chairman Justice Danladi Umar why his client was absent despite his (Daudu’s) promise to produce him, Daudu said he was not sure the tribunal actually expected him to produce his client.

He said his client would not appear before the tribunal because he was challenging the tribunal’s jurisdiction to hear the charge and that the tribunal was not properly constituted in view of the absence of one of the three judges.

Daudu argued that since the Code of Conduct Bureau/Tribunal Act (CCB/TA) provided that the tribunal must comprise three judges, including a Chairman, it was illegal for it to sit with just a member and a Chairman.

“Whatever is being done here is illegal. I will not want my client to be part of this illegality. You are sitting illegally. Let us put a stop to this,” Daudu said.

Daudu also urged the tribunal to stay proceedings and await the outcome of an appeal his client filed against the tribunal’s ruling of Friday in which it ordered Saraki’s arrest for not attending proceedings.

He also argued that the Administartion of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) 2015, which makes it compulsory for every accused person to first submit himself or herself before a court and take plea before raising an objection to a charge, was not applicable to the tribunal.

Jacobs faulted Daudu’s argument, insisting that the tribunal was properly constituted. He argued that the CCB/TA only provided for the constitution of the tribunal, but that Section 28 of the Interpretation Act,  which has the force of law by virtue of the provision of Section 318 of the Constitution, provides that two members of the tribunal form a quorum.

Jacobs argued that the tribunal could not stop its business just because Saraki filed an appeal. “The Supreme Court has held that where you feel the proceedings are wrong, you do not sit in your house to challenge the propriety or not. You should come before the court,” Jacobs said.

Ruling, Justice Umar said the tribunal disagreed with Daudu’s submissions.

“A cursory look at the 3rd Schedule of the Code of Conduct Tribunal Procedure Sub-Section C17 provides that the Criminal procedure Code (CPC) and the Criminal procedure Act (CPA), are the laws applicable to the tribunal.

“It therefore follows that by the introduction of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA), 2015, the tribunal is duty-bound to apply the new ACJA as a law, because it says that the CPC and CPA are no longer valid by the introduction of the ACJA.

“The defence counsel has prayed this tribunal to dispense with the appearance of the accused person and the application of the ACJA on the premise that it is not applicable to the tribunal.

“We have decided to take the position that in the interest of the administration of justice, that the accused person is to be made or compelled to appear before this tribunal consequently. That is the generally acceptable norm – that matters involving criminal element, the accused person must attend court.

“In view of the provision of Section 305(1) of the ACJA  and Section 306 of the same Act,  the application to stay proceedings in this matter due mainly to the filing of an  appeal at the Registry of the Court of Appeal is hereby refused.

“Appropriately, the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and other security agencies, as this tribunal ordered earlier, are still, by the order, to arrest and produce the accused person tomorrow, the 22nd of September 2015 at 10 am prompt, to answer to the charges against him. That is the order of this tribunal,” the judge said.

The tribunal consequently adjourned till 10am today.

After listening to Adelodun move the ex-parte application, the Court of Appeal declined Saraki’s prayer for an order staying the execution of the bench warrant issued against him by the CCT. The appellate court, in a ruling read by Justice Moore Adumein, held that it was not in its character to entertain ex-parteapplications, and to interfere with proceedings in the lower court. It ordered that the respondents be put on notice and for parties to return on September 29 for hearing of the motion on notice.

The Court of Appeal wondered why Saraki was reluctant to appear before the CCT, noting that “to appear before the Code of Conduct Tribunal is not a death sentence.” The appellate court said by its rule, it does not grant interim injunction, but that every motion before it must be on notice.

At the Federal High Court, Justice Ahmed Mohammed entertained arguments from lawyers to Saraki, the CCT, the Code of Conduct Bureau and the Federal Ministry of Justice on the motion by Saraki seeking an interim injunction against the CCT, CCB and the Ministry of Justice, restraining them from proceeding with his (Saraki’s) trial before the CCT.

Justice Mohamed noted that since the respondents had responded to all the processes filed, filed a preliminary objection, and the parties joined issues, he would prefer not to waste time, considering interlocutory applications.

The judge said in view of the constitutional and radical issues raised by the respondents in their objection, it was better to hear the substantive suit with the objection, he adjourned till September 30.

ALLEGED RAPE: DISOWNED RANDY UNILAG LECTURER BEGS MAGISTRATE FOR PROTECTION FROM 'HOSTILE' REPORTAGE

Afeez Baruwa , 42,  disowned part-time lecturer in the Department of Accounting‎, at the University of Lagos who was accused of raping an 18-year-old teenager in July, as she sought help to get admitted into the university  has told the court through his lawyer, Kunle Abimbola, that media houses were reporting the case wrongly.

                                 

The accused University of Lagos lecturer, Afeez Baruwa, who is standing trial before a Lagos state magistrate court for allegedly raping an 18 year old girl has asked for protection from “hostile” media reportage.

“It has come to a case where we have to seek the ultimate protection of the defendant from the press, he is still presumed innocent until proven guilty. On the last adjourned date, it was stated that the defendant was ill. The next day, Punch went to town with the headline ‘‎UNILAG lecturer stays in prison, shuns court.

“On the 15th of August, 2015, Saturday Punch published the story ‘UNILAG lecturer: Asthma saved me from being raped, says another victim. On the 22nd of August, 2015, Saturday Punch carried an interview with the Dean at the faculty where the defendant worked and he called the defendant a rapist.

“The defendant is being tried and convicted in the media which runs against Section 36(5) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. It still remains an allegation, the defendant is still presumed guilty,” Mr. Abimbola was quoted by Premium Times.

On his part, ‎magistrate Tajudeen Elias said the case is an “exceptional circumstance” and told media to report the proceedings accurately.

“It is incumbent for the press to report accurately as unnecessary comments will amount to subjudice,” he said as he adjourned the case till November 13.

 The head of the Information Unit of the university, Olagoke Oke, who spoke with a Punch reporter said Dr Baruwa is not on the university’s employee list whether teaching or non-teaching

NOSTALGIA: 'DOCTOR' ISHOLA OYENUSI UNCROWNED EMPEROR OF NIGERIAN ROBBERS

‘Doctor’ Ishola Oyenusi is a name etched in the history of Nigeria as one of the most violent armed robbers, a criminal who unleashed boundless terror on many Nigerians.

OYENUSI: The last moments
Ishola Oyenusi (he called himself Dr. Oyenusi even if he never finished the secondary school), was terrorising all of Lagos, Nigeria’s largest commercial centre.

There was a story of how he snatched his first car on Herbert Macaulay Road in Yaba, Lagos. Why? His girlfriend was broke. He eventually sold the car for N400 but the sad part was that in the process of stealing the car, the poor owner was shot dead. He actually snatched the first car he saw on the road. Such was the ferociounature of his audacity.

Oyenusi’s arrogance was also legendary. In 1970, he was arrested and handcuffed by a police officer. As the policeman was ordering him around, Oyenusi blasted him and thundered: ‘People like you don’t talk to me like that when I am armed. I gun them down.’

Hmmm, but that was not all. Oyenusi was so feared that when the famed movie director, Chief Eddie Ugbomah made a film titled ‘The Rise and Fall of Dr. Oyenusi’ in 1977, there was no one bold enough to come forward to act the role of the armed robber because they feared his members would show them shege. Ugbomah had no other option but to act the role himself with the feature film depicting the senseless violence of armed robberies and the absolutely atrocious manner by which lives of innocent Nigerians were snuffed out.

Actually, Ugbomah was threatened. He received a letter from thieves who invaded and looted his provision store, carting away allthey could. In the letter, they promised to return his goods if he would only stop shooting the film in which he exposed the support received by the armed robbers from their ‘godfathers’ and even high-ranking officers in the Nigerian Armed Forces.

In the 1970s, Oyenusi was no doubt the uncrowned emperor of Nigerian robbers and he is described as the ‘first celebrated armed robber in Nigeria’. He is regarded by some as the pioneer of conventional armed robbery in Nigeria.

 When Oyenusi reigned at the height of his regal confidence, he declared:‘The bullet has no power.‘ As at that time, armed robbers were
condemned to death and thousands joyfully came out to ‘enjoy’ the grisly public executions before the firing squad on the pristine beaches of Lagos.

Although Nigeria no longer has very ‘famous’ bandits and thieves like Anini (at the age of 26, Lawrence Nomayagbon Anini was the most notoriousrobber in Nigeria), Babatunde Folorunsho, Monday Osunbor, Shina Rambo, Buraimoh Jimoh, Oyenusi, ‘Mighty Joe’, ‘Captain Blood’ and George Iyamu (a former Deputy Superintendent of Police who was Anini’s collaborator), armed robbery is nonetheless a major problem in the nation.

THE END

In March 1971, Oyenusi was nabbed by the Nigerian Police after he organized a robbery in which $28,000 (value as at that time) was stolen. They killed a police constable in the process.

 Although the first public execution of robbers had taken place in April 1971, that of Oyenusi and his criminal allies was a special case and the Lagos government took time to prepare the grounds at the Bar Beach.

DOCTOR-ISHOLA-OYENUSI-EXECUTION @ BAR BEACH

By 8.am, officials were already at the execution arena to check the whole place just to ensure that everything went on ‘well’. A combined team of police officers and soldiers struggled to contain the surging crowd of thousands of excited spectators.

At about 9.15 am, a team of Lagos City Council workers came to the execution arena with empty mock coffins which they calmly laid behind the execution stand.

About half an hour later, eight robbers were led to the execution stand… over 30,000 Nigerians trooped to the famous Bar Beach .

While some in the crowd jeered and booed Oyenusi and his Gang of Seven, some of his friends and family members present could not hold back their tears.

As for Oyenusi, he was smiling, smiling to the last but the agony on his face too was unmistakable. But just few minutes before his body was riddled with hot-leaded bullets from stern-faced soldiers of the Nigerian Army, he finally confessed saying: ‘I am dying for the offence I have committed.‘

The soldiers came to a screeching halt and stood at attention by the van. All of a sudden, one of them let out a shrill command! The door was flung open and slowly, Oyenusi appeared from within the darkness of the Black Maria.

 Oyenusi was cloaked in a dark long-sleeved shirt and his hands were tied behind his back. He spotted a pair of dark loafers and his trousers were wrinkled.

As the soldiers grabbed and tied him to the pole, he was still scanning through the crowd. One of the giggling spectators in the crowd whispered to the next ‘Who is he looking for?‘.
Smartly, seven soldiers formed a lethal line in front of Oyenusi. A soldier let out a fierce command to the sharpshooters. All of them took aim at Oyenusi. The next voice reverberated all over Nigeria: ‘Fire!’

Like an electrocuted being, his body shook vigorously as he slumped and went limp around the pole that held his remains.
For a man who said bullets had no power to penetrate his skin, he slumped in seconds, surrendering to the high-velocity missiles directed at his mortal vessel.

However, Oyenusi, who confessed that he joined the armed robbery business in 1959,was not to die alone. He was to end his journey on earth with six of his other gang members whom he had led to their last robbery at the WAHUM factory at Ikeja, Lagos on the 27th March, 1971.

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