IGP Gives NYSC Member Automatic Employment In Abuja

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, has offered an automatic employment to a serving Youth Corps member, following what was described as her outstanding performance during the compulsory one year primary assignment.
The female Corps member identified as Cynthia Kings Ovie, who graduated with a Second Class Upper division from Tansian University in Anambra State, was posted to the Police Officers Wives Association, POWA, International School for her primary assignment.
Speaking with Vanguard  during the commissioning of the project, Wednesday, in Abuja, Ovie explained that on reaching the school, the structure was in a dilapitating state.
She said: “I decided to renovate all the 18 classrooms of the school which were in bad shape and also provided the classes with bookshelves and  magic dusters for all the boards in the classrooms  as well as writing materials, a big national flag and a small one in all the classrooms.
Present at the occasion were Assistant Inspector General of Police in chrage of Zone 7, Felix Ogbaodu; Federal Capital Territory NYSC Coordinator who was represented by Hajiya Mario Mohammed and  Director of Police Education, Deputy Commissioner of Police  Kabiru Ibrahim, who represented  the IGP.
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“Everyone is tired of him…”: 85-year-old serial child molester escapes lynching in Somolu

by Akan Ido
An 85-year-old man who resides in the Somolu area of Lagos yesterday escaped being lynched by mothers and petty traders who accused him of sexually molesting a fourteen year old girl.
The man simply identified as Baba Yellow was reportedly dragged out of his house at George Street by a mob who stripped and booed him until policemen attached to the Onipanu Division intervened to bring the escalating situation under control.
According to a source who identified himself as Olamide, “The mob stripped and on the verge of lynching him when the police arrived.
“It was one of Baba Yellow’s neighbours who discovered that he had been sleeping with the girl. The neighbour had seen her leaving Baba Yellow’s room and he is notorious in the community for sleeping with young girls.
“The girl’s guardian was immediately informed and she raised the alarm after the girl confessed that Baba Yellow had been having regular sex with her.”
Reports say Baba Yellow is a father of four grown-ups who lives with his wife in a one-bedroom apartment. His wife, however, is a trader at Mile 2 market who is rarely present at home.
The young victim narrated her story saying she met the old man at the Sunday market, Somolu where she had gone to buy things for her guardian.
“He gave me some money and asked me to come to his house. When I didn’t show up, he later came to my compound to look for me. That was how we went to his room and had sex. He has been sleeping with me for a month,” she said.
Biliki Usman, a resident of the area said, “He already has a reputation here and most mothers warn their daughters to stay clear of him. Yet he manages to always get victims. There have been claims that he hypnotizes his victims. In 2005, Baba Yellow was arrested and convicted of sexually abusing a nine-year-old girl. He served three years in Kirikiri.
“In 2011, he was arrested by the Alade police division for sexually molesting a nine-year-old too. The matter was later settled and did not get to court. There had been other countless arrests.
“Everyone is tired of him; he is a danger to young children and we just want him out of our community, forever.”
But Baba Yellow told the angry mob that he was lured by the 14-year-old girl.
He said, “Each time she comes to my house, she would undress herself and ask me to look at her breast. You can see she has been coming to me all this while on her own; she is a flirt and spoiled child.”
When contacted, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officers, DSP Ngozi Braide said she is yet to be briefed on the details of the incident promising to give details as soon as she gets them.

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Appeal court determines Rev. King’s fate today

The Court of Appeal in Lagos will Friday (today) decide whether or not to quash the death sentence passed on the General-Overseer of the Christian Praying Assembly, Chukwuemeka Ezeugo (aka Rev. King), by a Lagos High Court, Ikeja on January 11, 2007.

The appellate court headed by Justice Amina Augie on November 5, 2012 had heard arguments of parties on the appeal filed by Ezeugo, through his counsel, Mr. Olalekan Ojo.

Ojo had argued that the lower court judge, Justice Joseph Oyewole, who handed down the death sentence, erred in law in many respects.

But the prosecution, represented by the Lagos State Solicitor-General, Mr. Lawal Pedro, (SAN),   urged the court to uphold Oyewole’s judgment.

“We urge your Lordships to dismiss this appeal,” Pedro said.

Oyewole had convicted Ezeugo and sentenced him to death by hanging for the alleged murder of a church member, Ann Uzoh.

The cleric was on September 26, 2006, first arraigned on six counts of attempted murder.

The prosecution had said Ezeugo poured petrol on the deceased and five others and set them on fire thereafter.

Uzoh died on August 2, 2006, 11 days after the incident, because of the injuries sustained from the incident.

However, Ojo, in his notice of appeal filed on January 16, 2007, raised 16 grounds of appeal against the judgment.

On June 10, 2008, the appellate court granted him leave to argue additional grounds through an amended notice of appeal filed on June 15, 2008.

At the hearing of the appeal, Ojo, who said Ezeugo did not commit the crime and was not at the scene, noted that Uzoh in two statements before her death had said she sustained the injuries in a generator accident.

He added that Uzoh exonerated Ezeugo in the statements, claiming that the latter was not responsible for her injuries.

Ojo further said there was a third statement in which the deceased was said to have claimed the appellant was the one who ordered petrol to be poured on her, thereby contradicting the first two statements.

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Football Player Married: 6-Year-Old Breanna 'Marries' J.J. Watt, Her Favorite Player (PHOTOS)

One six-year-old girl has just done what millions of women can only dream of -- she "married" her favorite football player.
Breanna became an Internet sensation earlier this month when a video of her crying because she's too young to marry Houston Texans player J.J. Watt hit YouTube (watch the video above). Watt heard about the video and set out to find Breanna, tweeting Monday, "Does anyone happen to know this cute little girl? We have to find her and turn those tears into a smile."
Watt did find Breanna, and on Wednesday, tweeted photos of himself "proposing" to Breanna with a Ring Pop and flowers. He wrote that she had agreed to be his "pretend wife for the day." Check out the adorable photos below.

Watt told Yahoo Sports Radio Thursday that he also gave Breanna a white jersey to wear as a wedding dress, and joked that they were registered at Toys 'R Us.
"It was awesome and it was great and we had our first dance to her favorite artist, Justin Bieber. It was really, really cool," Watt said. "It was fun. It was priceless."
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Top Plastic Surgery Countries: International Society Of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons Releases Report

The Huffington Post  |  By Kavitha A. Davidson  

It's been almost three years since Drs. Troy and McNamara hung up their scalpels, yet the plastic surgery craze is showing no signs of slowing down.
According to a recent study conducted by the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, nearly 15 million cosmetic procedures were performed across the world in 2011. The third annual report, entitled "Global Study of Aesthetic/Cosmetic Surgery Procedures Performed in 2011," surveyed licensed surgeons from various nations and combined that data with surgeon estimates provided by each country's surgery board to provide a glimpse into the frequency of such procedures worldwide.
The results revealed some interesting trends in aesthetic preferences as well as various health issues. For example, the United States unsurprisingly ranked first among countries performing breast augmentations, while three Asian countries -- China, Japan, and South Korea -- ranked in the top-five countries performing rhinoplasties (nose jobs).
And while Botox injections remained the top non-surgical procedure performed worldwide -- reflecting a universal desire to fight the effects of aging -- the top surgical procedure overall was lipoplasty, which is becoming ever-more popular as countries battle the increasingly dire obesity epidemic.
Furthermore, the Economist noted that the study's findings may be somewhat unexpected when taking into account total population. While the U.S. ranked first in total number of cosmetic procedures performed, for example, the country actually ranked fourth in procedures per capita, behind South Korea, Greece, and Italy.

Businessman arraigned for sending assassins to kill partner

By Bisola Adeniran 

A 44-year old businesman has been arrested and charged before Igbosere Magistrate’s Court for allegedly attempting to kidnap and assassinate his business partner in order to take over their joint business.
Daniel C Nwafor was arrested after the police investigated the allegation made by his business partner, Emmanuel Okonkwo, that Nwafor allegedly offered an engineer that built his house in Lagos State N7 million for the layout of his house in an attempt to assassinate him over the proceeds of a warehouse they jointly own. According to Okonkwo, who had lived abroad for many years and decided to come back to Nigeria to set up a business, his travails started after he entered into partnership agreement with Nwafor to jointly lease the warehouse called Conference Warehouse at 93/94, Apapa Expressway Oshodi, Lagos.
He said the partnership agreement stated that the proceeds from the warehouse should be shared between them. But the problem began between the business partners over the management of the warehouse and when Okonkwo began to feel that his life was in danger because of the property, he wrote a petition to the police. He alleged that shortly after they started making profit, Nwafor began to claim ownership of the warehouse and hired thugs to chase him from the property, burgled his office and even damaged his personal property.
Okonkwo also alleged that he escaped assassination at the warehouse from the thugs hired by Nwafor, after he threatened to kill him, claiming that the warehouse belongs to him. Later he reported the matter to the police when he recorded conversations between Nwafor and the engineer who built his house, claiming that Nwafor offered to give the engineer N7 million for the layout of his house in order to assassinate him. However, Nwafor denied the allegations.

He admitted that he had business disagreement with Okonkwo and only contacted the engineer for his home address to enable him write a petition to the police. Nwafor, who was arrested by the police at Federal Investigation Bereau, FIB, Force headquarters, is now facing an eight-count charge of felony, attempted kidnapping and murder, stealing by conversion of all the proceeds of a warehouse and jumping bail. The police alleged that the offence Nwafor committed was contrary to sections 409, 403, 285 and 338 of the Criminal Code Law of Lagos State of Nigeria 2011.
He pleaded not guilty and the presiding magistrate, Mrs O Martins, initially denied him bail and remanded him in police custody. But when the matter came up in court on Wednesday he was granted bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties in like sum. The matter was adjourned till 4 March 2013, while the defendant was still remanded in prison custody until he perfects his bail conditions.
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Convicted Murderer Mistakenly Released

A convicted murderer from Indiana walked out the front door of the Cook County Jail to freedom after he was mistakenly released by Illinois authorities following a court appearance here on an unrelated charge, authorities announced Thursday.

Steven L. Robbins, 44, was serving a 60-year sentence for murder and carrying a handgun without a license in Indiana, the Indiana Department of Corrections said.

On Tuesday, Robbins had been released from the Indiana State Prison on a court order to Cook County Circuit Court to face separate Illinois charges, but the charges against him were dropped, officials said.

By one account those charges were drug-related, but on Thursday sheriff’s spokesman Frank Bilecki said Robbins was wanted on an “armed violence warrant” — for allegedly using a weapon while committing a felony.

Sheriff Tom Dart’s office, which runs the jail, is now investigating why Robbins was released from the jail on Chicago’s Southwest Side about 7 p.m. Wednesday night, Bilecki said.

A preliminary investigation indicates there was no “hold” order to keep Robbins in the jail, so staff believed he was free to go.

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