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Magaji Dansade raped his 7-month-old step daughter leaving her in a critical condition and fighting for her life at the Turai Umar Yaradua Maternity and Children Hospital, in Katsina State.

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared eighty-six suspects wanted for various crimes. Here are the 10 most wanted. 1. Former governor of Jigawa state, Saminu Turaki is wanted by EFCC in connection with a case of criminal conspiracy, stealing, money laundering and misappropriation of public funds to the tune of N36 Billion. 2. Tompolo , the Ex-Delta Militant leader, is wanted in a case of conspiracy, illegal diversion of the sum of N45.9 billion belonging to the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA. 3. Iliasu Olanrewaju Abdul-Rauf , the National Coordinator, Federal Civil Service Staff with Disabilities Multipurpose Cooperative Society, Abuja, allegedly collected the sum of N1.7Billion under the guise of awarding contracts for the establishment of rehabilitation centers across the 36 states of the federation. 4. Former Chairman of Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Abdullahi Maina , for offenses bo...

The police in Bauchi State have arrested four suspected cultists who allegedly killed a man, Abdulhakeem Bauchin, and buried him on a mountain in the Gwallameji area of the state. It was gathered that the four suspects – Michael Sansai, 23; Samuel Uzima, 24; William Yakubu, 28; and Dauda Akanni, 26, were arrested by the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the command. Our correspondent learnt that the victim was killed on March 12 and buried on Rugan Jira Mountain, before the police found his decomposing body five days later. According to the police, preliminary investigation revealed that the suspects allegedly belonged to the Black Axe confraternity. Some exhibits recovered from the gang included the mobile phone of the deceased, seven wraps of dry leaves suspected to be Indian hemp, torn clothes of the deceased, a sim card and other incriminating items. The Bauchi State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Haruna Mohammed, confirmed the incident, adding that the suspects...

Villagers in India have rescued a newborn baby girl who was found buried alive. The girl, thought to be no more than six hours old, was left to die in a shallow sand pit in a field when a young child spotted her feet poking through the ground on Saturday. The baby, found in Jajpur district in Odisha state, was rushed to hospital where she remains under observation, officials said. The area where she was discovered is one of many impoverished states where families hope for sons and go to any lengths possible to avoid having to raise a daughter.  Chief medical officer Jajpur district Fanindra Kumar Panigrahi told AFP: 'She is doing fine and all her parameters are normal. She is a full term baby, weighing around 2.5 kg. 'Her umbilical cord was intact and body was still covered with vernix.' A witness who helped with the rescue, Alok Rout, said: 'It was a little kid who first saw the feet of the child buried under a co...

Dozens of attackers using steel chairs on Tuesday attacked Africans in a mall, Ansal plaza Greater Noida, a satellite city of New Delhi, in India. In a video that went viral,  locals went on a violent rampage using steel chairs to attack shoppers in the mall. However, the police said 10 people had been wounded, while India’s foreign minister said authorities were investigating the attacks. It was reported that hundreds of residents of the Indian city attacked Africans after a teenage boy died of a suspected drug overdose. Africans living in India frequently face discrimination and even violence and are often accused of involvement in the illegal drug trade. Riots broke out late Monday after police released five Nigerian students detained over the youth’s death — saying they had no evidence against them. punchng.com

The mother of Stephanie Otobo, the Nigerian woman who accused a cleric, Johnson Suleiman, of infidelity and abuse, visited the Omega Fire Ministry headquarters in Auchi, Edo State, on Sunday to plead on her daughter’s behalf. Ms. Otobo’s sister accompanied their mum who is popularly called Mama Tope to the church. Their statements and apologies were beamed live on the church’s website on Sunday morning. But in a swift video reaction on Instagram on Sunday, Ms. Otobo, who said she has since returned to Canada, claimed that her mother was threatened to apologise to the embattled pastor. The budding singer also debunked her apology to Mr. Suleman, popularly called Apostle Suleman, saying she was threatened.

Hassan Adebayo Dino Melaye The Vice-Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Ibrahim Garab, has confirmed Dino Melaye, the senator representing Kogi State, graduated from the school. Mr. Garba made the confirmation at the investigative hearing hearing of the Senate Committee on Ethics and Privileges on Monday. He said, “From records, Mr. Melaye “formerly known as Daniel Jonah Melaye” graduated from ABU with Third Class BA Geography in 2000. Mr. Melaye said he formerly changed his name. The mother of Miss Stephanie Otobo the Canadian based Nigerian lady who claimed that Apostle Johnson Suleiman General-Overseer, Omega Fire Ministry Worldwide had an amorous affair with her and that he went to her parent seeking for her hand in marriage, visited the Omega Fire Ministry Worldwide on Sunday seeking for forgiveness from the GO for her daughter. Otobo mother (Mama Tope) in the video posted on @WeLoveApostleJohnsonSulema Facebook p...

Alex Badeh in court Photo: A prosecution witness, Nuhu Dalhatu, on Thursday told a Federal High Court, Abuja, that about N800 million used for the construction of a shopping mall linked to Alex Badeh, a former Chief of Air Staff, was traced to the Nigeria Air Force, NAF’s account. Mr. Badeh is standing trial along Iyalikam Nigeria Limited on a 10-count charge bordering on money laundering, criminal breach of trust and corruption to the tune of N3.97 billion brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. While being led in evidence by prosecution counsel, Rotimi Jacobs, Mr. Dalhatu, a forensic analyst with the EFCC, told the court that investigations were carried out on a number of properties, linked to Mr. Badeh, one of which was the shopping mall located at 2, Oda Crescent. “I was asked to investigate the procurement scam that was linked to the Office of National Security Adviser, ONSA, and Nigeria Air Force arms procurement con...

Two of the four men tried for the 2012 murder of a general’s daughter, Cynthia Osokogu, are to pay the supreme price for the offence. Okwumo Echezona Nwabufo and his nephew  Olisaeloka Ezike are to die by hanging, Justice Olabisi Akinlade of the Lagos High Court said yesterday. Justice Akinlade found them guilty of drugging, chaining and strangling Osokogu, who was a Nasarawa State University post-graduate student, to death at Cosmilla Hotel, Festac Town, Lagos, on July 22, 2012. Orji Osita, 37, and Ezike Nonso, 29, were discharged and acquitted of the charge of recklessness, negligence and possession of stolen goods. Osita, a pharmacist, had been accused of supplying Nwabufo with Rophynol, a sedative which was allegedly used on the deceased, without a prescription. While Nonso was accused of buying her stolen Blackberry phones from Ezike. Nwabufo, 37, Ezike, 27, Osita and Nonso were arraigned on February 8, 2013, on a six-count charge of con...

Lagos State Police just recovered the real body of Dr. Oji Allwell, this was after the victim committed suicide on Sunday Evening. Our TVC News Correspondent, Ivy Kanu reported earlier that the man asked his driver to park his black Jeep with Lagos number plate LND 476 EE on the popular bridge and leapt into the lagoon at around 5p.m between Adekunle and Adeniji end of the Third Mainland Bridge. Officials of the State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) and men of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the State Police Command were at the scene of the incident. The victim named Orji, according to account by LASEMA, was said to have told the driver to park that he wanted to have a confidential discussion with his client unknown to the driver that his boss was on a suicide mission “Before I knew what was happening, my boss had jumped into the lagoon without a life jacket”, the driver was quoted by an eyewitness. LASEMA in a statement said it received distress call at about 4.5...

This is the dramatic moment Iraqi soldiers disarm a young child in a Chelsea kit who was found with what appears to be a suicide bomb strapped around his waist.  The boy, thought to be about seven, was seized outside the war-torn Iraqi city of Mosul after hiding among families fleeing ISIS . A soldier can be seen gently lifting up the child's blue shirt, bearing the name of Chelsea star Eden Hazard, to reveal what looks like an explosive belt fastened to his midriff. In a tense two-minute clip, he then slowly snips wires and cuts away the device while telling the youngster: 'Don't be afraid'. Video of the encounter was captured outside Mosul. A caption with the footage, released on LiveLeak, claims that the boy is the youngest ever child suicide bomber - however this has not been verified. In the clip a soldier can be seen crouching down next to the youngster and speaking to the camera. He says the video is being filmed on March 18 and then expla...

LAGOS—A 61-year-old landlord, Toafeek Hassan , was, yesterday, arrested with fresh human head and other body parts of a lady he was alleged to have murdered, at Ikoga community in Badagry area of Lagos, Sunday. Vanguard gathered that the deceased, a yet-to-be identified lady, approached Hassan, a cleric, for spiritual cleansing in Sango Otta, due to some challenges she was facing. Arrested Vanguard gathered that he was on his way to hand over the needed body parts to a cleric yesterday, when he was accosted by curious people, as the bag was dripping blood. When they forcefully took the bag from him, a female head, two wrists and a heart spilled out. They raised alarm, which alerted other residents. But for the prompt intervention of policemen from Area ‘K’ Command, Badagry, Hassan would have been lynched by a mob, who tied his hands, legs and was dragging him on the ground. Confession On interrogation before police arrived, Hassan disclosed that ...

    The senator representing Kaduna Central District at the National Assembly, Shehu Sani has blamed the laziness and lack of productivity by some northerners on the mentality of federalism which supports the undue dependence for survival on a central government. Sani said this in Abuja while receiving the leaders of Women Connect Initiatives (WCI) in his office yesterday. He said governments in the Northern region needed to lead the people by examples by being less-dependent on federal allocation. According to him, this situation was responsible for the continued agitation by states in the Niger Delta who were seeking equity in sharing the nation’s common wealth. Sani explained that: “Nigeria is moving into a new phase in its history as a country and as a people. The era of oil money is almost over. The federal system we have today is one in which people go to Abuja to collect money. This should not be the case. “Northerners who have oil ...