BODIES OF THREE POLICEMEN KILLED BY PIPELINE VANDALS/MILITANTS IN OWUTU-IKORODU STILL MISSING.

The attack on a team of policemen in Owutu area of Ikorodu, Lagos, in the early hours of Monday, during which three policemen were shot dead and others injured, was said to have been carried out by militants-turned vandals. 

This is just as the policeman, who managed to escape from the scene of the shooting, attributed his survival to his name.

The surviving policeman, a Sergeant identified as Fortunate Endurance Imasuen, according to a family friend who spoke on condition, said: “My name, Fortunate, saved me. For the first time in my life, I knew the meaning of my name.

40-YR-OLD MAN RAPES 4-YR-OLD GIRL TO DEATH IN BAYELSA. #SAYNOTORAPE.

Officials of United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, and other stakeholders in the protection of the rights of the child were shocked, yesterday, to hear of the case of a 40-year-old man that raped a four-year-old girl to death in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.

The revelation was made by the State Coordinator of Child Protection Network, CPN, Mrs. Mariam Kombo-Ezeh.

She also revealed two other cases of child abuse, which occurred in the state, including the death of a seven-year-old girl of complications from HIV/AIDS after being raped and infected by a man, and another 13-year-old girl gang-raped in Yenagoa, the state capital.

28-YR-OLD GRADUATE & 4 OTHERS NABBED WITH N57M WORTH OF COCAINE.

A 28-year-old university graduate of Economics, Nonso Akubueze, has been arrested along with four other suspects by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for alleged drug trafficking.

It was learnt that Akubueze and the other suspects – Simon Omoluonye, Obidike Onodyer, Friday Onyeabor and Emma Ifoh – were apprehended at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, with 11.5 kilogrammes of cocaine substances valued at N57m.

It was gathered that the suspects had smuggled the drug into the country from Brazil.

NIGERIA RISK ECONOMIC DECLINE - PRESIDENT BUHARI.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday warned that with the fall in oil prices, Nigeria risked economic decline, if it failed to manage its resources prudently.

Buhari gave the warning during a meeting with members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, Buhari urged accountants to take their audit reports seriously.

45-YR-OLD CHARGED FOR RAPING & IMPREGNATING 16-YR-OLD. #SAYNOTORAPE.

A 45-year-old driver, Ganiyu Afolabi, was yesterday charged before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court in Lagos for allegedly defiling and impregnating a 16-year-old girl.

This came as 22-year-old Oluwatudimi Folajimi has been charged before a Yaba Magistrate’s Court in Lagos for allegedly forging an identity card of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, to enable him write exams for a 400-level student of medicine.

On the rape case, the accused, who lives at Meiran area of Lagos State, was said to have called the victim to his room under the pretext of sending her on an errand and defiled her.

PRESIDENT BUHARI DID NOT MAKE 100-DAYS PROMISES - PRESIDENCY INSIST.

The Presidency insisted on Tuesday that President Muhammadu Buhari did not promise Nigerians that he would achieve specific things within his first 100 days in office.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Garba Shehu, stated this while responding to questions about reports on documents titled, “One Hundred Things Buhari Will Do in 100 Days” and “My Covenant with Nigerians.”

Shehu said the documents did not emanate from the official channel of Buhari’s campaign media department.

(VIDEO HIGHLIGHT) SWANSEA HUMILIATES MANCHESTER UNITED AGAIN....THREE TIMES IN A ROW. SWA 2 MAN U 1

SWANSEA 2 MANCHESTER UNITED 1

17-YR-OLD CHARGED FOR RAPING 9-YR-OLD GIRL SINCE SHE WAS 3 YEARS OLD. #SAYNOTORAPE.

A 17-year-old boy has been charged with raping a nine-year-old family friend at a state fair.

Jonathan Fleming was arrested at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium after the victim's father became concerned when he saw the pair together.

An investigation by the Crimes Against Children Unit alleges that Fleming has been sexually abusing the girl since she was about three years old. 

38 VIRGINS DIE IN SWAZILAND ROAD ACCIDENT ENROUTE KING'S WIFE CHOOSING CEREMONY.

A road accident in Swaziland has killed 38 girls and seriously injured 20 others who were on their way to a traditional ceremony where King Mswati III can choose a new wife, pro-democracy activists reported.

The accident happened on Friday night when their open truck smashed into a car on the road between the tiny kingdom's two main cities, Mbabane and Manzini, en route to the traditional Reed Dance.

"A total of 38 young girls have been pronounced dead, with more than 20 others seriously injured," Swaziland Solidarity Network spokesman Lucky Lukhele said.

HOW SEVEN DIED IN KADUNA AIRFORCE PLANE CRASH.

A light military plane, Dornier 2k,  has   crashed in Kaduna with all seven on board feared dead. 

The plane, which took off   from Dana Airport, operated by the Nigeria Air Force, NAF, in Kaduna, came down some minutes after at the Kantoma Army Barracks, otherwise known as the NDA Barracks, around 6. 45am on Saturday morning, a source said..

At the time of this report, all movement into and outside the barracks  was barred.

TAX EVASION - FIRS GOES AFTER 325,000 COMPANIES AND PERSONS.

The Federal Inland Revenue Service would soon go after multinational companies, corporate organisations and individuals who are evading payment of taxes in the country.

The move is part of a renewed effort by the agency to boost tax revenue to fund the programmes of the Federal Government.

Statistics obtained from the service revealed that out of the 450,000 companies in Nigeria, only 125,000, representing 27.7 per cent, pay any form of taxes.

JONATHAN & DIEZANI MADUEKE FACE PROBE OVER PURCHASE OF 3 MOBILE CAMPAIGN STAGES FOR N1.37BN

The ongoing probe of the immediate past administration by President Muhammadu Buhari is to beam its searchlight on the alleged purchase of three mobile stages, costing $6.9m, by former President Goodluck Jonathan and two of his officials, a Presidency source has said.

According to a document, which was obtained from the Presidency on Saturday, the deal, which is now a subject of investigation, was allegedly carried out by Jonathan; his Chief Security Officer, Mr. Gordon Obuah; and former Minister of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke.

The fund was said to have been withdrawn from one of the numerous accounts of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.

(VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS) CRYSTAL PALACE HUMILIATES CHELSEA AT STANFORD BRIDGE. CHE 1 CYP 2. (I 1-2)

CHE 1 CYP 2

EPL defending champions Chelsea lost to Crystal Palace earlier today. Jose Mourinho needs to wake his side up else  Abrahimovic's hammer might fall on him soon.  

Chelsea's recent form - LDLWL...........

THAI POLICE ARREST MAN SUSPECTED OF BEING BEHIND THE BANGKOK SHRINE BOMBING.

Thai police have arrested a foreign suspect and uncovered bomb-making materials today following an investigation into the deadly Bangkok shrine bombing, officials said.

Plainclothes police raided an apartment used by the man, named as Adem Karadag on his passport, in Nong Jok on the outskirts of Bangkok today.

On entering the man's apartment, investigators reporting uncovered ten passport as well possible bomb-making materials.

HOW FASHOLA MISSED OUT ON BEING APPOINTED AS SECRETARY TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to go outside the permutations of political enthusiasts to appoint key officers of the administration was a fallout of the endless squabbling and the fait accompli that was forced on him by political opponents of his favourite for the post, former Governor Tunde Fashola. 

The disappointments by political stakeholders from the south nonetheless, the appointment of northern minorities and Christians into key positions by the Buhari administration is meanwhile receiving mixed welcome from the Northern minorities.

Buhari had on Thursday sidestepped the favourite nominees including Fashola and former Governor Ogbonnonya Onu to appoint Engr. David Lawal, the national vice-chairman, Northeast, of the All Progressives Congress, APC as the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF.

NIGERIA POLICE FORCE APPOINTS AG. ACP OLABISI KOLAWOLE AS FIRST FEMALE P.R.O.

Nigeria Police has appointed its first Female Police Public Relations Officer ,PPRO. She is Ag. ACP Olabisi Kolawole. Her appointment was ratified by the Inspector General of Police Solomon Arase today August 28th. Congrats to her. 

She is a graduate of Nigeria Police Academy; she studied Law in Ogun State University and graduated with Bachelor of Law degree (LL.B) in 2000. She graduated from the Nigeria Law School where she obtained a (BL) degree and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2002. She attended University of Leicester, United Kingdom where she obtained a Masters degree in Police Leadership and Management (PLM).

OBASANJO IS A LIAR & AN ECONOMIC ILLITERATE - PROFESSOR WOLE SOYINKA.

Nobel Laurette, Prof Wole Soyinka has described former president, Olusegun Obasanjo as a liar and somebody who should not be taken seriously and that he has no respect for him.

Soyinka said this yesterday, Friday August 28th, at an event organised by Telecommunication company, Globacom, at the Eko Convention Centre, Eko Hotel and Suites, in his honour.

The event which was a gathering of the crime de la creme in the literary industry, was tagged “An Evening With Soyinka”.

LADY STABS LOVER TO DEATH OVER SEX.

KILLER - BLESSING EDET

The shrill shout for help rented the quiet atmosphere in Ogombo village, Lekki, Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State, at the early hours of Tuesday, last week. Residents who were jolted from sleep felt reluctant at first to come out, apparently thinking it was a robbery attack. 

When a man later discovered to be the landlord of the building where the shout emanated from summoned courage to go see what the problem was, he was reportedly taken aback, on seeing a young man in the pool of his blood, with a kitchen knife by the side of his ribs.

The dying man, Mr. Edet Ebong, a member of staff of the Akwa Ibom State Transport Company, was reportedly rushed to a hospital within the vicinity by policemen from Ogombo Division who were alerted by the landlord identified as Baba Dada. Unfortunately, he was reportedly rejected. Thereafter, he was rushed to the Marina General Hospital where doctors battled in vain to save his life.

65-YR-OLD MAN REMANDED IN PRISON FOR DEFILING 7-YR-OLD GIRL. #SAYNOTORAPE.

In another case that has highlighted the increasing child sexual abuses in Nigeria, a 65-year-old landlord, in Akowonjo area of Lagos, Mr. Ganiyu Sani, has allegedly raped a seven-year-old girl, Blessing. But this time, the parents of the victim believe he did it for ritual purposes.

The civil servant mother of the victim told correspondents that on Monday, August 17, 2015, when she got back from work and was having dinner with her children, Blessings started to touch her crotch and complain of pain.

“I felt the part she was touching and asked what was wrong with her. I thought she was referring to her lower abdomen and believed it must be stomach ache. But she insisted that it was her private part.

CHADIAN COURT SENTENCE 10 BOKO HARAM FIGHTERS TO DEATH.

A court in Chad on Friday sentenced 10 suspected members of Nigeria-based Islamist group Boko Haram to death in connection with a double suicide bombing in June that killed 38 people in the capital N’Djamena.

“The 10 Boko Haram defendants have been condemned to death,” declared the ruling in Chad’s first trial of Boko Haram members.

The defendants were accused of criminal conspiracy, murder, wilful destruction with explosives, fraud, and illegal possession of arms and ammunition as well as using psychotropic substances.