FOUR WOMEN APPEARS IN COURT FOR OPERATING BABY FACTORY IN MAIDUGURI

 According to twitter user @Dan-Borno who shared her photo online, a woman identified as Ngozi Nwokocha, (pictured above) and her accomplices, allegedly sold the babies for N100,000 each. They harbored young pregnant women in a house at Galadima and when the vulnerable women give birth, they sell off the babies.

All the accused  were arraigned before the Borno state High court, for operating a baby factory in the Galadima area of Maiduguri, the Borno state capital ; but pleaded not guilty to the crime. The presiding judge, Justice Fadawu Umaru adjourned the case to January 9, 2017 and directed that they be remanded in prison.

OLUWO OF IWO MODE OF DRESSING: OBA THAT SPITS ON THE FACE OF YORUBA TRADITION AND CULTURE

The 16th Oluwo of Iwo kingdom,Oba Rasheed Akanbi who is married to a Jamaican woman and has lived abroad for over 20 years, was crowned the Oluwo of Iwo kingdom in Osun state, on November 9, 2015.

Much have been said about the mode of dressing of this monarch; however,the most captivating and educative of the criticism was that of  Pa Joseph Fagbola... inter alia: "By his mode of dressing, Oba Akanbi, Oluwo of Iwo has put our traditional institution on the line in the first place and he must therefore appear before the Chief Magistrate Why would Ooni of Ife Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwuyi , and Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi not call the Oluwo to order over his mode of dressing?.
 He is spitting on the face of Yoruba tradition and the foremost Obas in Yoruba land must wipe the spitting off.

 Soon Obas will be wearing jeans and T-shirt with crown on their heads Becoming an Oba is not a reality show at all It is the symbol of our rich culture and tradition which must be handed over to our children and children's children without blemish"

POLICE KILLS SUSPECTED KIDNAPPER.... RESCUES PREGNANT WOMAN AND 2-YEAR BABY (GRAPHIC PHOTO)

 The Delta state Police Command yesterday rescued a pregnant woman and a two year old baby from a kidnapper's den at Issele-Ukwu Road, in the state. During an exchange of gunfire, the police killed one of the suspects pictured above and arrested another.

Photo credit: Christian Onwugbolu

LAGOS HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY OKAYS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KIDNAPPERS

The' Anti-kidnapping Bill' was yesterday passed into law by The Lagos State House of Assembly . Tagged “A bill for a law to provide for the prohibition of the act of kidnapping and for other connected purposes”, it will become law after Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s assent.


The bill prescribes death sentence for kidnappers whose victims died in their custody. Kidnappers whose victims did not die in their custody will get life jail.

It was passed following the adoption of a report presented by Chairman of the House Committee on Judiciary, Petitions, Human Rights and Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) Mrs Adefunmilayo Tejuosho.

Speaker Mudasiru Obasa directed the Acting Clerk of the House, Mr Azeez Sanni, to send a copy of the bill to Ambode for assent.


The bill states: “Any person, who kidnaps, abducts, detains, captures or takes another person by any means or tricks with intent to demand ransom or do anything against his/her will, commits an offence, and liable on conviction to death sentence”.


The bill criminalises attempt to kidnap and stipulates life imprisonment for anyone who attempts to kidnap another person.
Also, the bill is against false representation to release a kidnapped or abducted person. This attracts seven years imprisonment.


The lawmakers also approved 25 years imprisonment for whoever threatens to kidnap another person through phone call, e-mail, text message or any other means of communication.


The bill provides that any person, who knowingly or wilfully allows or permits his premises, building or a place to which he has control of to be used for the purposes of keeping a person kidnapped, is guilty of an offence under the law and liable to 14 years imprisonment without an option of fine.


The House also adopted the recommendation of its Committee on Youths and Sports on: “A bill for a law to provide for the establishment of the Lagos State Sports Commission and for connected purpose”.

from The Nation

OSAMA BIN LADEN's SON ADDED TO USA TERROR BLACKLIST

Hamza bin Laden , son of deceased al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden has been officially added to the U.S. counter-terrorism blacklist,also added to the list is Ibrahim al-Banna, a senior leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula as global terrorists. A move that bars U.S. citizens from doing business with them, the State Department said.

Hamza, who is now in his twenties was named an official member of al-Qaeda in 2015 by senior leader Ayman al-Zawahiri and is seen as a possible successor to his father.

Hamza is Bin Laden's child with and Khairiah Sabar, one of the wives who was captured during the 2011 raid on his Abbotabad compound in Pakistan.

In 2015, al-Qaeda released an audio message from Hamza, which called on followers in Kabul, Baghdad and Gaza to wage jihad, or holy war, on Washington, London, Paris and Tel Aviv.

He now joins his half-brother Saad on the US sanctions list as a "specially designated global terrorist" - someone who threatens national security or the safety of US citizens.

OLORI OLA ADEYEMI: LAST WIFE OF ALAAFIN IN PICTURES

 Olori Ola Adeyemi is the last wife of Alaafin of Oyo, Alayeluwa Oba Lamidi Adeyemi CFR Continue to see more photos.

CONVICTED NIGERIAN ESCAPES FROM PRISON IN MUMBAI HOURS BEFORE HIS DEPORTATION!

John Okoro,35, who was arrested in 2014 in a narcotic case was released from prison on December 31, and brought to the Azad Maidan lock up in preparation for his deportation to Nigeria.


He had asked for permission to step out of the detention room on the first floor of the agency around 2 am, saying he wanted to use the toilet, and then jumped from the balcony. He crashed through the asbestos roof and fled on foot.

The constable guarding him also leaped from the balcony in a desperate attempt to nab him, but ended up injured. He is recovering at the Nagpada police hospital. An alert has been issued for Okoro.

"Around 2 am, Okoro told the constable on guard that he wanted to visit the washroom. He was being taken there when he jumped from the balcony. He landed on the asbestos roof, which immediately gave away," a police officer said. "He ran in the directions of Mahapalika Marg."

Another officer said a manhunt had been launched and the Anti-Narcotics Cell had asked informers to be on the lookout. Okoro was wearing a blue shirt, blue jeans and slippers.

Fresh charges stemming from his daring escape have been registered at the Azad Maidan police again.
Source: Mumbai Mirror