Author: Festus Adeloye

A Bayelsa State High Court, sitting in Yenagoa has sentenced a 41-year-old father, Baridapsi Needam, to 14 years imprisonment for raping and impregnating his daughter. The victim, however, gave birth to a baby girl in the pendency of the trial. The accused, Needam, in the suit numbered YHC/14C/2022 was charged with the offence of rape contrary to Section 1(1) of the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Law of Bayelsa State, 2021. The State Prosecuting Counsel and Deputy Director in the Bayelsa State Ministry of Justice, Pere Amanda Egbuson, told the court that investigations revealed that the accused, Needam began defiling his…

Police have arrested a woman after footage emerged of a female prison officer having sex with an inmate in an HMP Wandsworth jail cell. The suspect was taken into custody yesterday on suspicion of misconduct in public office. The video shows a prison officer engaging in sexual acts with an unidentified prisoner at the Category A jail in south-west London. The woman is seen wearing her uniform during the explicit encounter. The footage, believed to be recent, depicts the officer first performing a sex act on the prisoner before having intercourse with him. The incident was reportedly filmed by the…

The 1 Division Nigerian Army Kaduna said its operatives have arrested 47 suspected rail track vandals. The division’s acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations Officer, Lt.- Col, Musa Yahaya, disclosed on Saturday in Kaduna. Yahaya said , “The arrest was made by the troops while on routine patrol along Kakau Daji- Anguwan Ayaba, they intercepted and arrested 47 suspected rail track vandals on June 26.” He said the suspects had loaded two trucks with the vandalized rail tracks before their arrests. Yahaya stated that the suspects revealed that they were employed by one Alhaji Babawo, who is at large, to…

Media personality and actress Moet Abebe has confirmed that she is in a long-term romantic relationship with rapper Ice Prince. On the “Bahd And Boujee” podcast, she revealed that they have been together for 12 years, calling herself his “baby girl.” When asked about having children with him, she playfully dodged the question, while she affirmed to have received financial support from him, referring to him as her “boo.” She said, “Ice Prince is my man. We have been dating for 12 years. I’m his baby girl.” Tolanibaj asked: “Do you plan to have children with him?” Abebe replied :“Our…

The Ondo state police command has dragged a 35 year old herb seller, Taiwo Mufutau, before an Akure family Magistrate court, for allegedly, defiling his 8 year old biological daughter. Mufutau was arraigned on a single charge of rape, a violation of Section 25(a) of the Ondo State Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Law of 2021. The police prosecutor, Martins Olowofeso, informed the court that “the defendant was apprehended on June 18, 2004, following a report made to the Anti-kidnapping Unit at Alagbaka about the inappropriate relationship between him and his daughter. Olowofeso said that the defendant was subsequently detained for…

Aston Villa have signed Netherlands defender Ian Maatsen from Premier League rivals Chelsea, the club announced Friday on their website. No fee was disclosed, but several British media outlets reported Maatsen had moved to Villa in a deal worth £37.5 million ($47.4 million, 44.3 million euros). The 22-year-old left-back was a member of the Borussia Dortmund team beaten 2-0 by Real Madrid in the Champions League final at Wembley earlier this month while on loan from Stamford Bridge. He is currently with the Netherlands at Euro 2024 in Germany after being called into the squad as a replacement for injured…

Amid the crisis in Rivers State, former First Lady Patience Jonathan has urged the two warring parties to give peace a chance. Jonathan made this appeal during the 60th anniversary of the Nigeria Institute of Public Relations, NIPR, international colloquium in Abuja on Thursday. Speaking on the theme “Public Relations, Value Re-orientation and Economic Transformation,” the former First Lady called on the factions to allow the current administration of Rivers State to operate smoothly without interference. Rivers has been embroiled in a crisis following the fallout of former Governor Nyesom Wike and his Governor Siminalayi Fubara. After leaving office in…

The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos on Friday affirmed the judgement of a Lagos State High Court, which sentenced Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James, popularly called Baba Ijesha to five years imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old minor. The appellate court in its lead judgement delivered by Justice Folashade Ojo found the Appellant, Baba Ijesha, guilty on counts 4 and 5, where he was accused of indecently touching a minor and sexually assaulting her. Other members of the panel, Justice Abdullahi Bayero and Justice Paul Bassi aligned themselves with the lead judgement. The Lagos State Government arraigned Baba Ijesha on…

A defiant US President Joe Biden made clear Friday that he has every intention of staying in the White House race, despite a disastrous debate performance against Donald Trump which triggered panic among Democrats. “I don’t walk as easy as I used to, I don’t speak as smoothly as I used to, I don’t debate as well as I used to, but I know what I do know — I know how to tell the truth,” Biden told a rally packed with roaring supporters in North Carolina. He added: “I know right from wrong. I know how to do this…

The Supreme Court has upheld the conviction and six-year jail term handed to former Managing Director of the now defunct Bank PHB, Francis Atuche by the Court of Appeal in Lagos in a judgment delivered on June 23. In a unanimous judgment on Friday, a five-member panel of the apex court held that the appeal by Atuche was without merit. The judgment was on the appeal marked: SC/CR/1223/2023 filed by Atuche. In the lead judgment prepared by Justice Habeeb Abiru, but read by Justice Moore Adumein, the apex court held that the appellant failed to show why it should tamper…