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Armed bandits on Monday night abducted no fewer than three students of the Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary in Ikorodu area of Lagos State. Available information has it that the gunmen stormed the school at about 8pm and took three female students along with them.   The school, located at Agunfoye-Lugbusi village, is owned by the Anglican Communion, Lagos Diocese. The police has confirmed the development. The spokesperson of the Lagos State Police Command, Dolapo Badmus, said detectives have swung into action to secure the release of the girls.   The state Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, was said to have spent the better part of the night in the school and surrounding bushes and villages in search of the girls.

Nigeria’s Presidency has denied stories that the Muhammadu Buhari administration may have stopped its promise to pay N5,000 stipend to some vulnerable Nigerians as promised by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, during its electioneering campaign. But Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity who spoke to State House Correspondents on Monday was emphatic that the President never promised to pay N5000 to unemployed Nigerians. President Buhari had during a meeting with members of Nigeria community in Saudi Arabia last week reportedly said his priority is not paying N5000 to unemployed Nigerians. The President, according to reports, told his compatriots that he would rather spend such funds on development of infrastructure. Akande told reporters that there is no way government can go back on the payment of the N5000 to vulnerable Nigerians as half a trillion was included for such purpose in the 2016 budget which is still being conside...

Detectives attached to the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSRAS), Ikeja, Lagos State Police Command, have arrested a burglar, who mistakenly locked himself inside a victim’s car. The suspect, Jamiu Anisoro, used to burgle cars with an iron rod, sharpened and shaped into a key. He burgled a car on premises of Mainland Hotel, Oyingbo, Oto Railway Ebute-Metta and got trapped inside the car, leading to his arrest.  When the car owner came out, he saw Anisoro inside his car and alerted the police. Although the key had opened many car boots and doors, it, however, had a clause. Once it has opened a door, the door would become faulty. The master or normal key wouldn’t be able to operate the door again. A police source said: “Anisoro specialises in opening vehicles with a master key. He got a rod and sharpened it into the shape of a key. His modus operandi is to watch motorists coming to Oyingbo Market. After the person parks, he would find out where the person...

The Maroko Police Division in the Lekki area of Lagos State has arrested a self-acclaimed Alfa, Alhaji Ibrahim Ahamido, for allegedly defrauding a trader, Sarah Moses.  We learnt that Ahamido collected N350,000 from Moses, promising to boost her business by turning the money to N5m.  He was, however, alleged to have fled with the money, after giving his girlfriend, Hawa Musa, N100,000 to “renew their love”.    A source explained that the victim had been introduced to Ahamido sometime in December, 2015, in a restaurant in Lekki.  Ahamido was said to have boasted special powers that could make him multiply money after prayers.  The source said, “The woman initially did not believe. So, he promised to help her bring out her child, who at the time was arrested by the police for an offence he committed.  “He prepared some concoction for her, and just like that, the woman’s son was released.  “That immediately convinced her and she truste...

 A teenager, who was allegedly kidnapped from Bayelsa State to Kano, Ese Oruru, said on Monday she was not interested in reuniting with her family, denying reports that she was abducted from her home in Bayelsa State. In an exclusive audio recording obtained by us on Monday, the girl also said she eloped with her lover to Kano in order to convert to Islam.    ''My name is Aisha Chuwas. I am 17-year-old. I came here to be a Muslim and I will stay here.'' She said in the audio. The recording appeared a conversation between Miss Oruru and a police interrogator in Kano. A human rights lawyer, Huwaila Mohammed, who was given access to the girl at the Zonal Police Headquarters in Kano, said upon interrogation, she understood the girl was never forced to convert to Islam.    '' I was there to protect her rights.'' Ms. Mohammed said. ''When I approached her initially, she refused to talk to me. Later she opened up to me. ...

The Oyo State Police Command on Monday paraded a suspected ritualist, whose name was given as Kamoru Oladele for being in possession of human head. Briefing journalist at the state police headquarters in Eleyele, Ibadan on its activities in February, the Commissioner of police in the state, Mr. Leye Oyebade disclosed that a syndicate who was specialise in selling human parts was arrested by the Special Anti-Kidnapping squad of the command. “The arrest was made possible after the squad received credible intelligence on the clandestine activities on them. After two weeks intensive investigation, the leader of the syndicate, Kamoru Oladele, aged 50 years was eventually arrested during negotiation to sell fresh human head for thirty thousand naira. When his house was searched, one smoked human skull was recovered. “The suspects who engaged in this terrible business had until now used the human parts for different purposes including rituals. During int...

Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II has ordered the immediate release of Ese Oruru, the 14-year-old teenager who was abducted from her home in Bayelsa, converted to Islam, and forced to marry a man in Kano.  The Kano Emir who gave this order on Monday, February 29, also asked the Kano State Sharia commission to liaise with office of the Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of police, zone 1 to commence the process of returning girl who was abducted by Yunusa of Kura local government area of Kano state. The emir of Kano, in his first official response since the abduction of the youngster was made public, distanced himself, Kano emirate council from the purported abduction by her suspected lover.  “I have ordered the sharia commission to liaise with the office of Deputy Inspector General of police zone to repatriate and reconcile the teenager with her family immediately,” he said.  The young girl was abducted in Opolo, Yenagoa local government area of Bayelsa...

A so called man of God and the General Overseer of the Victory Pentecostal Church located in Mbaitoli Loal Government Area of Imo State, Pastor Mark Chukwudi Etiti, has been arrested by the state police command for allegedly butchering his banker wife, Perpetua Udoka, to death.  According to reports, Etiti an indigene of Agwa in Oguta Local Government Area of the state, is a secondary school drop out and was a wheelbarrow pusher before he got the ‘call’, had allegedly deceived Udoka into marrying him after she went to him to seek God’s intervention over whom to choose out of three suitors who wanted to marry her including a medical doctor, a fellow banker and a public servant.  But Etiti told her that none of them men was the chosen one for her except himself, and she ended up marrying him. According to sources, the Udoka’s family was not particularly happy about the union considering Pastor Mark’s educational background and social status but she stood h...

The Senator representing Ogun East in the National Assembly, Prince Buruji Kashamu, has ‎urged the Federal Government to investigate the activities of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) depots across the country. He said this during an empowerment programme of the Omo Ilu Foundation, held at Ijebu-Igbo, on Sunday, that the current fuel scarcity is artificially induced. The lawmaker who is the leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)‎ in Ogun State,explained that many of the NNPC depots sell above the the official price to marketers. Kashamu alleged that some officials of the Corporation asked independent marketers to pay the pegged price by government into a designated account and pay another difference of N30 to N35 per litre into private account or collect cash. He said, "‎ I wish to implore the Federal Government to investigate the activities of the NNPC Depots across the country. I believe that the current scarcity is arti...

Nigerians across the country are reacting to the massive controversy surrounding the Senate President Bukola Saraki’s purchase of luxury vehicles. Earlier today, Premium Times reported that members of the Senate and House of Representatives will receive a fleet of 400 top of the line cars, with Saraki set to receive 10 cars worth N330 million.  The fancy cars include Mercedes and Toyotas, and given that Saraki’s personal car budget is now bigger than that of most government schools, the grant shocked many Nigerians.  Saraki’s office swiftly released a statement to react to the media storm, explaining that the cars are necessary as his current fleet is old and falling apart, condemning the media for breaking the story.  “The press should avoid deliberately inciting members of the public against public officials,” the statement said.  “The Senate president and his colleagues are conscious of the economic situation in the coun...

Last Friday’s confirmation of the death sentenced passed on General overseer of the Christian Praying Assembly (CPA) Chukwuemeka Ezeugo (aka Rev. King), has been attributed to the handiwork of witches and wizards by his church members.  The members also reaffirmed their belief that Rev. King will be spared the hangman’s noose and “return to join us.”  The self-styled cleric was sentenced to death in 2007 for the burning to death of a member of his church in 2006.  He appealed the judgment and lost before the apex court sealed his fate last Friday.  But yesterday during the first church service after the Supreme Court decision at the Lagos headquarters at Ajao Estate, off the Murtala Muhammad Airport Road, Pastor Ifeanyi King, who preached said: “Our G.O. (General Overseer) the most holiness, Rev King, is coming back. He said he would come back and we believe the words of his mouth. We believe his report that he is coming back.  Everythi...

Uzordima Chukwudi, a 29 year old lotto operator was arrested alongside Joseph Chiaotu, aka Ejima, 21, Anozie Chinonso, 25 and 27-year-old Chukwuma Agim, who is a prison official, in connection with the kidnap of a woman in Imo State. Speaking to journalists during the week, Chukwudi said he was studying Mechanical Engineering at Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Imo State before he dropped out in his final year.   “What led me into kidnapping was unfortunate“My girlfriend is pregnant and I have been under pressure to pay her bride price but I had no money. She told me that since she became pregnant her mother had been ostracised by her fellow women in their village. The pressure was too much that I needed to look for money by all means.” On how he came across the other suspects, Chukwudi explained that when the pressure became unbearable, he contacted two of his friends; Nnamdi, who is now in prison, and Chiboy, who later introduced him to Agim for th...

Armed robbers have attacked two private hospitals in Okitipupa, in the Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State in two separate attacks.  The attacks were allegedly carried out last week Sunday and Monday by the same gang.  A source told our correspondent on Sunday (yesterday) that the robbers, who stormed the hospitals between 10pm and 11.30pm in the two days, collected undisclosed amount of money from the nurses and others at the hospitals.  According to the source, the hoodlums also collected some money from the patients on admission, while patients and nurses who had no money to give them were beaten up.  One of the victims, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said, “The hoodlums were four in number; masked, and they came to the hospitals on motorcycles. They threatened to shoot anybody who did not cooperate with them, so all of us lied down and allowed them to carry out their operation without any hindrance.  “They asked every...