Man Gets 6 Months Imprisonment Over 46 Eggs

A resident of Mabushi in Abuja, Musa Abdullahi, has been asked to spend the next six months in prison for stealing 46 pieces of eggs.This is according to a sentence delivered on Friday, 27 September, 2014  by Senior Magistrate Grace Adebayo-Eisapeat at the Wuse Zone 2 Senior Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, FCT.The magistrate handed down the judgment after the convict had pleaded guilty to committing the crime, according to the News Agency of Nigeria.It was gathered that Adebayo-Eisape, who told the convict that the...

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60-Year-Old Man Defiles Minor In Edo

Officials of Edo State Police Command on Tuesday paraded a 60-year-old man, identified as Friday Akpan, for allegedly raping a 9-year-old daughter of his employer.[caption id="attachment_3464" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Some of the rape suspects paraded[/caption]The state’s Police Commissioner, Foluso Adebanjo, who made this known to TheNation, said the suspect, who was employed as a gateman at the residence of the victim, lured the minor into...

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U.S Judiciary Are Racist, I Will Fight On - Buruji Kashamu

 Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, stakeholder in Ogun State, Buruji Kashamu has described the United States judiciary of racism.The court had earlier ruled that Mr. Kashamu be prosecuted for drug trafficking.Kashamu had filed an appeal to quash his indictment for smuggling drugs into the U.S but it was dismissed by U.S. Court of Appeal had on September 15.The court upheld an earlier ruling, in May, by a U.S. District Court which equally dismissed the motion filed by Mr. Kashamu, a close ally of President Goodluck Jonathan.“I...

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How Nigerian Police, Military Torture And Kill Civilians

Torture has become a part of the police system in Nigeria and it is alarming how the authorities who are supposed to protect its citizens subject them to all kinds of torture.A report published today, September 18, titled, “Welcome to hell fire: Torture and other ill-treatment in Nigeria” has detailed the how the police and the military in Nigeria routinely torture women, men, and children some as young as 12, using a wide range of methods such as...

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