Oxford grooming sex case: Five men jailed for life.

Two pairs of brothers are among five men jailed for life for their part in a sadistic sex grooming ring which abused children from Oxford.
Mohammed Karrar, 38, of Kames Close, Oxford, will serve at least 20 years after being convicted of 18 offences including child rape and trafficking.
Bassam Karrar, 34, of Hundred Acres Close, Oxford, will serve at least 15 years.
Akhtar and Anjum Doghar were also jailed for life.
Akhtar Doghar, 32, and Anjum Dogar, 31, of Tawney Street in Oxford, will each serve a minimum term of 17 years.

Google to replace UK National Census

Internet search engines could replace the national census by providing cheap data on citizens, a government paper has suggested.
The last census, which went out in 2011, missed out three-and-a-half million people but cost nearly half a billion pounds.
Under plans to cut down on census costs, labelled ‘Beyond 2011’, the government could collect data from search engines such as Google.
It would be a controversial move as the company is currently facing criticism for failing to cut down on child porn, and for paying minimal taxes in the UK.
Critics also believe it would be an invasion of privacy, and it raises questions about the Prime Minister’s closeness to Google.
In a bit to cut down census costs, the Office for National Statistics has investigated collecting ‘administrative data' from NHS, tax and benefit records, the electoral register, school and university rolls and other public sources.
But officials also want to use information from the private sector, from companies with databases each covering more than ten million people.

How I Swindled American Women Of $48,000 – Student

A final year student of Imo State University, Chibuzor Akobundu, has been arrested by operatives of Special Fraud Unit, Ikoyi, for allegedly swindling foreign women to the tune of $48,000 through a dating website.
Surprisingly, the 22-year-old Microbiology undergraduate confessed that his victims, resident in the United States of America, were 'swept off their feet' by his profile on the dating site.
The suspects are Chibuzor Akobundu, Devon Miles, Martin Williams and Sani Bala Ismaila, and other alleged accomplices.
He spoke with journalists yesterday, while being paraded alongside two staff of a second generation bank, who allegedly facilitated the withdrawal of money via Western Union Money Transfer.
The suspect adopted Devon Miles as his name and pasted a photograph of an unknown American citizen as his profile on the dating site.
Victims
He confessed to have swindled five American single women within the ages of 40 and 50, in search for husbands.
He gave the name of his first victim as Antoinette. He promised to marry her and was able to dupe her of $16,000 before she suspected he was a fraudster.
His next victim was one Jettie Simpson, who reportedly sent $5,000 to him via Western Union.
Others also duped by Akobundu were Shelly Bashir, $100; Billie Klock, $13,000, in a relationship that reportedly lasted for five months, and Andrea Desena, $8,000.
'How I operate'

Two Sentenced To Death By Hanging For Robbing Monarch

Two men, Sola Famuyiwa and Adeniyi Owolabi were sentenced to death by hanging by an Ado-Ekiti high court on Tuesday.
The men in Ekiti will be hanged for robbing a traditional ruler in Ekiti, Oore of Otun-Ekiti, Joshua Popoola off some items including a beaded crown, 15 bundles of assorted clothes and one Mercedes Benz 280 saloon car.
This is coming barely one day after Edo State convicted four men by hanging despite pressure from civil society groups and the international community.
Tuesday's sentencing also comes despite mounting calls for the abolition of capital punishment in Nigeria and other countries still applying it.
Other items stolen during the robbery operation included one international passport with two years valid U.S. visa, N350,000 and $16,000.
The convicts committed the offence on April 3, 2002 at the palace of the traditional ruler in Ekiti State.
The state counsel handling armed robbers' case, Oluyemi Akintayo, said the offence contravened Section 1(2) of the Robbery and Firearms Special Provision cap 398 vol.XX11, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 1990.She also said the accused committed the crime while armed with offensive weapons such as guns and dynamites.
Justice Monisola Abodunde, in her judgement, said the accused were guilty as charged based on the evidence before the court.
She sentenced the accused persons to death by hanging.

FG Bans Civil Servants From Chieftaincy Titles

I will applaude the Federal Government of Nigeria for the change in responsibility.At time the blames always go to the president and other politicians but the civil servants are worst when it comes to corruption. You see directors saving huge amount for Chieftaincy title.I don't what you think but i believe is a nice idea.

The Federal Government on Tuesday banned the conferment of chieftaincy titles and “other sundry awards” on civil servants until after their retirement or disengagement from service.
The Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Alhaji Bukar Goni Aji, in a circular sent to all Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government however directed that where the traditional titles were mandatory by inheritance, “due clearance must be obtained from the Secretary to the Government of the Federation” through his office.
A statement issued in Abuja by the Director (Communications) in the Office of the HOS, Mr. Tope Ajakaiye, said “it has come to the notice of government that some civil servants are in the practice of soliciting for chieftaincy titles and sundry awards, an act, which is inimical to the principles of anonymity, integrity and political neutrality which are the core values of the civil service.”

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Security Man Breaks ATM, Steals N12m

Have you ever wonder why you visit some ATM point and what you see "Machine can not despense cash" Greed and selfishness has caused a security man and employee of First Bank Nigeria Plc, Jibowu Branch, Seyi Jaiyeola, is standing trial at a magistrate's court in Ebute Meta for allegedly breaking the company's automated teller machine and stealing a sum of N12, 533,900.
The bank's branch Service Manager, Mr. Kayode Aiyewunmi, who gave evidence in court, said Jaiyeola was on a N20, 000 monthly pay and was a member of the Odua People's Congress.

He said the company had observed that one of the bank's four ATMs was having a reconciliation problem and had employed the service of an expert to help unravel mysterious disappearances of money.
 Aiyewunmi said, "We discovered that there was always a shortage of cash in the machine."Despite our reconciliation efforts, the ATM was still having problems and we engaged the service of an expert who submitted his report and said the machine did not have any reconciliation issue."He said somebody was breaking into the machine in the middle of the night to steal the cash.

UK High Commissioner Explains The £3,000 Visa Bonds

THE British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Dr Andrew Pocock, has cleared the air on the controversial £3,000 visa bonds for Nigerian visa applicants to the United Kingdom (UK).
Pocock, who met with the Nigeria’s Foreign Minister, Olugbenga Ashiru, on Tuesday, said the visa bond projects was not what was reported in most of the Nigerian media.
He added that the British government “has announced that it intends to undertake a very small scale trial of the use of financial bonds, as a way of tackling abuse in the immigration system – which occurs when some people overstay their visa terms.”
He said “the details of a pilot scheme are still being worked out,” adding that no final decision had been made.

Rotten Apple? iPhone 5 is TWICE as slow as Android rivals, claims watchdog

 Do you owned one of the iphone 5, what are your observations compare to other smart phones? Comment if you actually believe that Apple iphone 5 is more or less a rotten apple? 
 A report from daily mail that 
Geekbench tests has revealed Samsung Galaxy S4 to be the fastest smartphone Apple iPhone was shown to be bottom for processing and memory speed Technical tests showed that bigger processors do not always mean better speeds

The iPhone 5 is the slowest smartphone among the best selling brands on the market, consumer watchdog tests claim.
Technical tests to measure processing and memory speed ranked the Apple handset bottom of seven of the most popular phones on the market in the UK.
It is slower than both the main Samsung models as well as rivals from Google, Sony, HTC and Blackberry for popular tasks such as playing games, editing pictures or using apps.

And the top ranked phone, the Samsung Galaxy S4 is almost twice as fast, according to consumer champions Which? who carried out industry-recognised laboratory tests.
The findings will be a blow to those iPhone 5 fans who have wrongly assumed their trendy mobile, the best-selling in the world, is also the best.
Which? used what are known as the Geekbench speed tests. The higher the score, the faster the phone. The Samsung S4 scored 3,188 and the iPhone 1,664.

Obasanjo Dumps Politics For Evangelism, Organizes Nationwide Crusades

I read a report from daily post that the Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo may dump politics for evangelism soon, . 
The Ota farmer, we gathered has joined other clerics in organising nationwide crusades. 
The reason, it was learnt may no be unconnected to the fact that President Jonathan could not allow him to dictate how he wanted Nigeria to be governed. 
In protest, Obasanjo was said to have dumped politics for evangelism, having been trained at the National Open University.
He was said to have teamed up with a royal father from his home town, Oba Adedapo Tejuoso, Karounwi III, and the world-renowned evangelist, Kayode Williams whose ministry is Bishop Kayode Williams World Outreach, to hold crusades nationwide. 
Sources disclosed that Obasanjo, Oba Tejuoso and Kayode Williams, an ex armed robber who repented while in the Sokoto prison, have begun a five-day crusade in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, yesterday. 

Atiku To Jonathan: Leave PDP Alone

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has condemned the appointment of President Goodluck Jonathan as leader of a reconciliation committee that will meet with aggrieved party members across the country and resolve all pending disputes within the ruling Peoples Democratic Party.
Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom had told journalists at the end of the party's National Caucus meeting in Abuja on June 18 that Mr. Jonathan would lead a panel charged with resolving the multiple crises in the party.

But in a statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES, Atiku said Mr. Jonathan's interest and ambition to re-contest in 2015 were at the core of the crises rocking the party and that the President could not be a judge in his own case.

"The President has no business setting up any committee on party matters when his interests are widely believed to be central to the ongoing acrimony within the party," the former vice president said. "It is therefore imperative that we establish an independent committee comprised of credible and neutral members to look into the crises of the party dispassionately and offer a lasting solution because no one can impose their preferred solution on a Party as diverse as our own.

All members must be treated fairly whether or not they belong to the President's camp. Otherwise, we will force people to exercise other options available to them, which the Party may not like."

Messi Father's charged for tax fraud!

Barcelona star Lionel Messi and his father, Jorge, have been indicted on tax fraud charges and a court hearing has been scheduled for September 17, according to El Pais.
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Messi and his father both deny any wrongdoing
Public prosecutor Raquel Amado filed a complaint at a Barcelona district court on June 12 alleging that the reigning, four-time World Player of the Year evaded €4.2 million in tax between 2007 and 2009, the Spanish newspaper reports.
Messi has denied any wrongdoing - as has his father - and his lawyers issued a statement last week saying that he "has always punctually attended to his fiscal obligations".
The case was submitted at the court in Gava, near the Mediterranean coastal town where Messi lives. If found guilty, and barring an out-of-court deal with the tax office, Messi and his father could face two to six years in jail, according to Professor Sandalio Gomez, a sports finance analyst at the IESE Business School.
In the complaint, state prosecutor Raquel Amado alleges that from 2006-09 Messi "obtained significant revenue derived from the transfer to third parties of his image rights, income which should have been taxed".

Jeremy Forrest trial: Teacher and schoolgirl mouth 'I love you' as he is found guilty of child abduction

Runaway teacher Jeremy Forrest and his teenage pupil mouthed 'I love you' to each other as he was found guilty of child abduction today.
The schoolgirl, now 16, broke down in tears as Forrest, 30, was convicted by a jury at Lewes Crown Court after less than two hours of deliberating.
The maths teacher and his 15-year-old pupil fled to France after their relationship was about to be exposed in September last year.
Forrest booked a cross-Channel ferry from Dover to Calais with the schoolgirl, from Bishop Bell C of E School in Eastbourne, East Sussex, before spending seven days on the run.
Scots-born Forrest, of Chislehurst Road, Petts Wood, Kent, was convicted by the jury following an eight-day trial at Lewes Crown Court.
He was labelled a "paedophile" by the prosecution, who said he "groomed" the vulnerable teenager and his actions were a gross breach of trust.
Sitting 8ft behind Forrest in the public gallery as the jury filtered into court, Forrest turned to the teenager and mouthed "I love you".
As the foreman of the jury announced the verdict, the girl put her head in her hands and burst out crying.
He remained stony-faced as the verdict was given, while the schoolgirl mouthed "I love you".
Forrest then turned and said "I'm ok", to which she replied "I'm so sorry".

Rihanna Hits Fan With Microphone At Concert

The singer was performing "We Found Love" at a concert in the UK,and came down from the stage to reach out to her fans, when one overzealous fan refused to let go of her arm. The video of the incident that surfaced online shows Rihanna attempting to move along but getting pulled back by the fan's grip. In turn, Rihanna immediately smacked the fan over the head with the microphone before moving on to continue her set as if nothing happened.
Rihanna was her usual unapologetic self following the occurrence, saying on Twitter that her actions were intentional. "Purpose! That b— won't let me go," she wrote in response to a user who called it an "accident."
Rihanna is no stranger to obsessive fans. When she isn't being clung to at concerts, she's being stalked by crazies. A man was recently arrested on the roof of Rihanna's Pacific Palisades home, and in February a separate man pleaded guilty to breaking in to the singer's home and sleeping in one of her beds.

200 Nigerian Girls Trafficked To Russia Monthly – Ambassador

Nigeria’s ambassador to Russia has said that no fewer than 200 Nigerians girls are trafficked every month into Moscow.
Ambassador Asam Asam, who disclosed this in an interview in Berlin, said that the crime had declined in Western Europe following strict laws on illegal migration and joint efforts by the Nigerian government.
However, attention had shifted to Eastern Europe as the new destination for the trade.
“The major consular challenge we face in Moscow is the influx of trafficked persons from Nigeria. Not less than 200 girls are trafficked every month, and we have so many of them exposed to danger,” the ambassador revealed.
“Some are thrown out of the window and treated harshly. There must be a way of stopping these racketeering , these girls are not tourists, students or government officials yet they are given visas from the Russian embassy in Abuja.”

JTF Bans Use Of Thuraya Phones In Borno

How many people can you tell that uses TURAYA in your area?
The Military Joint Task Force (JTF) in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, has banned the use and sale of Thuraya phones and accessories, including Thuraya recharge cards in Borno State.
Thuraya phones are based on satellite technology and do not rely on any of the existing GSM networks in Nigerian to function.

The Islamic fundamentalist sect, Boko Haram, have reportedly resorted to using thuraya phones to coordinate attacks since mobile communication was largely suspended by the military.

A statement signed on Wednesday by the military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Sagir Musa urges residents to desist from using the device.

Teenager Jailed For Stealing Mobile Phone In Abuja

I don't know if you are as puzzled as I do, but the truth is if  a student was sentence 15 months for stealing a phone.Then, how many years should a politicians that steal billions of naira on a daily basis. I feel the world is for the RICH alone while the poor are allow to died in suffering.

This is a report I got from Naij that, a Grade 1 Area Court in Mararaba, Abuja, on Wednesday sentenced a student, Joseph Olowu, 19, of Aso Pada to 15 months imprisonment for stealing a mobile phone.
The judge, Alfred Maga, convicted the accused on a two-count charge of stealing and constituting public nuisance.
Mr. Maga, however, gave the convict an option to pay N6,000 fine.
The judge also ordered the convict to pay N5,000 as compensation to one Ayuba Tona, the owner of the phone which he stole.
Mr. Maga said, "Why will a 19-year-old be engaged in crimes? You should face your studies and ensure that you improve yourself and the society at large.''
He advised the convict to be of good behaviour, warning that the court would not be lenient with him, the next time he appeared before it.
Prosecutor Inuwa Maigida told the court that the matter was first reported at the 'A' Division Police Station by Tona of Kabiyi village, Mararaba, on Feb. 10.
He said that around 5.30 p.m. on the same day, around the Express Bread by Sharp Corner, Mararaba, Olowu and one Wahab, now at large, conspired and stole Tona's Techno phone, valued at N20,000, his wallet containing N6,900 and identity card.
Mr. Maigida said that during a search on Olowu, N6,390 and a substance suspected to be Indian Hemp, were found on him.

Photo: Baby Born With Quran In Lagos

Residents from various parts of Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have been trying to catch a glimpse of a baby allegedly born with a miniature Quran at 9, Oguntade Street, Shasha area of the state.
Although its scientifically impossible, residents of the area say it is true even though some of them confessed that they did not see the baby clutching the miniature Quran, the holy book of the Muslims. They were only told about it.

The mother of the baby, Kabirat Lamidi, a 32-year old hairstylist, said right from the conception of the baby, she had been sick.
She said when the baby refused to come out after 11 months, she went for a scan where it was shown that she had an object in the womb with the baby.
The Ede, Osun State indigene who said she had been married for 10 years, said she was shocked to discover that few seconds after the baby was delivered, she pushed out a Quran.
"I have been hearing about such incidents and I have always insulted people thinking it could never happen. I believe it is a gift from Allah," she said.

Poll Reveals Nigerians Support Anti Same-Sex Bill

 
A new weekly poll has revealed that 92 per cent of Nigerians are in support of the proposed Anti Same-Sex Bill. The weekly poll conducted by NOI Polls Limited from June 4 - 6 in Nigeria also revealed that the reason behind their support revolve around morality and religion.

According to results of the poll, most Nigerians are of the opinion that the proposed bill is not an infringement on the human rights of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender (LGBT) community because homosexuality is not in their culture as Nigerians. These are two of the key findings from the recent Fundamental Human Rights Poll.

The House of Representatives had on May 30th 2013, passed the Anti Same Sex Marriage Bill that makes same-sex unions in Nigeria a criminal offence punishable by a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison. The bill also criminalises public displays of affection by same-gender partners.

The bill also states that "any person who registers, operates or participates in gay clubs, societies and organisations directly or indirectly, makes a public show of a same-sex amorous relationship commits an offence and shall be liable to a term of 10 years imprisonment."

Wife, 20, Accuses Husband of Sodomy, Drags Him to Sharia Court

A 20-year-old house wife, Aisha Sani, of Nasarawa Kakuri in Kaduna has dragged her husband to the Magajin Gari Sharia Court, accusing him of sodomy and battery.

She told the court on Monday that her husband, Abubakar Usman, was allegedly sodomising her after enchanting her with charms.

According to her, the husband uses charms which makes her unconscious whenever he wants to make love to her through the anus.

Aisha also contended that Usman used to beat her whenever she complained, a situation which made her to vacate her matrimonial home six weeks ago.

Usman, 30, who resides at Hayin Rigasa area of the city, denied the allegation.

He said the marriage was contracted only six months ago and was yet to understand why the wife was accusing him of sodomy.

He told the court that he would accede to the wife's request if she would pay back the dowry paid on her.

The presiding officer, Khadi Usman Abubakar, summoned the parents of the couple to appear before the court on June 24, for continuation of hearing.

(NAN)

Baby Stolen From Imo State Maternity Ward After Birth

There is nothing as painful as nursing a pregnancy for nine months and losing the baby immediately after birth. That is the agony Mrs. Ezinne Chukwuemaka Osuji has been subjected to by those who stole her son a few hours after the baby was born on 5 June, 2013 at a 'Maternity home' in Nworiebi, headquarters of Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State.
The incident has generated a huge public outcry, prompting the arrest of the owner of Elizabeth Maternity Home, Mrs. Elizabeth Obi and her daughter by officers from the Police Divisional Headquarters who transferred the case to the Imo State Criminal Investigations Department and the child trafficking unit.

It is the worst form of treatment a mother could be put through in a so-called maternity home. It is not a surprise to many that this is happening in Imo State at a time girls are impregnated and their babies are sold after delivery to child trafficking syndicates that buy babies and sell them to make profit as if the babies are ordinary commodities that could be bought and sold in the open market.

The theft of Mrs. Osuji's son could be the fallout of the crackdown on owners of 'baby factories' in the state who have resorted to another easy way of continuing with their evil trade by stealing new babies from maternity homes.