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Rotimi Olayemi, a 47-year-old teacher at the King of Kings College in Benin, Edo state, was on Wednesday sentenced to 4 years imprisonment by an Egor Magistrates’ Court for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old pupil. Olayemi, said to be an English teacher at the college, had been arraigned on four counts bothering on sexual assault. The prosecutor, Mrs Osasu Ewemade, had told the court that the convict, Olayemi, committed the crime on May 26, 2014, in his office in the college.

The Minister of​ State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, on Wednesday said fuel scarcity may persist for two more months as oil produced in the refineries would not be sold but kept in a “strategic reserve”. Addressing journalists after leading members of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) to meet with​President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Mr. Kachikwu said he had no “magic wand” to​ make fuel available overnight. “One of the training​s ​I did not receive is that of a magician, but I am working very hard to ensure some of these issues go away​,” said Mr. Kachikwu.​ “And let’s be honest, for the five or six months we have been here, NNPC has moved from a 50 per cent importer of products to basically a 100 per cent importer.

Nigeria’s premier indigenous car manufacturer, Innoson Motors, may have taken steps to respond positively to criticisms of the prohibitive cost of its vehicles for the average Nigerian. Information newly published on the website of the car manufacturer indicates it has entered into an agreement with a major Nigerian bank for an auto finance plan that would allow customers of Innoson Motors purchase vehicles and spread payments over a three-year period. In the wake of renewed calls for patronage of locally manufactured products riding on the social media trend, #BuyNaijaToGrowTheNaira spearheaded by Senator Ben Murray-Bruce, there were complaints that average workers could not afford to pay for the cars advertised by Innoson.

A multiple accident involving at least 7 vehicles according to eyewitnesses occurred on Wednesday along the popular Ozumba Mbadiwe road in the Victoria Island area of Lagos. The accident scene; credit: Twitter/Gidi_Traffic Scenes from the accident indicate substantial damage to the affected cars, sports utility vehicle and two commercial transport buses all involved in the collision around the 1004 Estate.

Ne-Yo is a dad, again! The singer and his wife Crystal have welcomed their precious son Prince, into the world after a scary emergency C-section! Congratulations are in order for   Ne-Yo   and his stunning wife,   Crystal Renay . The happy couple announced the arrival of  Prince Shaffer Chimere Smith Jr  via Snapchat on March 15 and later shared his photo on Instagram.

Just when you thought Mariah Carey would have an over-the-top wedding with her billionaire fiance, James Packer … think again! It turns out they’re only having 50 people but it will be lavish! Get all the glamorous details right here.                 Mariah Carey & James Packer Third time’s a charm! Mariah Carey and her fiance,   James Packer   are set to tie-the-knot in June on the exclusive island of Barbuda in the Caribbean, according to   TMZ. The Grammy-award winner plans to only invite 50 of their closest family and friends, which will certainly be tough! But it does sound like this wedding will be the event of the summer.

Two suicide bombers attacked a mosque in Maiduguri early Wednesday killing 22 people and injuring 18, the Nigerian Army has confirmed. The attack in Umarari Village, on the outskirts of Maiduguri, occurred during early morning prayers said an official of the Civilian-JTF, Alhaji Danbatta, who coordinated the evacuation of victims. Umarari is about 5km south of Maiduguri, the northeast Nigeria city where Boko Haram insurgency birthed.

The EFCC had received a petition from the United States Department of Homeland Security in 2013 seeking their assistance to investigate a transnational criminal organisation involved in drug smuggling, money laundering and fraud activities. It was revealed during the investigation that Shaliseon had actually been arrested  attempting to smuggle cocaine out of Argentina.             Shaliseon had then planned with Essien, who happens to be her boyfriend, to call her parents and inform them that she had been kidnapped and a ransom of $7000 was demanded by the perpetrators before they could release her . The money was reportedly sent to the kidnappers’ associates in Nigeria with the following details “David Morris, 302 Apapa Expressway, Ikeja Lagos”. However, it was later discovered that David Morris was actually Mfon Essien. The Homeland Security agents had sought the assistance of Money gram to issue a false funds credit, which led to the arrest of the ...

Earlier today,  Police authorities officially handed over abducted 14-year-old girl Ese Oruru to her mother in Abuja after she was rescued by the police from Kano on Monday. However, the Nation is reporting that journalists were banned from witnessing Ese’s reunion with her mother for reasons that may not be unconnected to reports from Vanguard that she is 5-months pregnant. According to Vanguard, the white Hijab dress Ese wore was used to cover the pregnancy.                   The paper also reported that it was her pregancy that made the IGP to provide alternative means of transportation for the girl and her mother. Ese’s reunion with her mother was conducted by Force Spokesperson, Kolawale Olabisi at the police headquarters in Abuja. Ms Kolawole addressed the media while Ese’s mother Mrs Rose Oruru thanked the Press, Police, Nigerians for their intervention. Ese, who will be returning to Bayelsa today with her mum, has insisted that s...

Not all are welcome at rallies for Donald Trump. On Monday, the Republican presidential frontrunner held a rally at Valdosta State University in Georgia, but before the candidate began his speech, he instructed Secret Service agents to remove 30 Black students who stood silently at the top of the bleachers.                    According to USA Today, the sight of students being forcibly removed from the rally had a strong impact on the atmosphere of the campus. Those who were being forced to leave “were visibly upset, [and] being led outside by law enforcement officials created a stir at a university that was a white-only campus until 1963.” It's not clear exactly why the students were escorted out. This is not the first time Trump has forcibly removed attendees from his rallies. Earlier on Monday, a different group of Black students had been removed from a rally at Radford University after chanting “No more hate! Let’s be equal, let’s be...

A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Jabi, Abuja, has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to immediately grant bail to a former Aide de Camp to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Col. Ojogbane Adegbe, unconditionally.                  Justice Yusuf Halilu, ruling on a fundamental human rights enforcement suit filed by Adegbe on Tuesday, however, refused the plaintiff’s prayer for N100m compensation for unlawful detention by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and request for written apology from the anti-graft agency. Meanwhile, before the judge started delivering his ruling on Tuesday, Adegbe’s lawyer, Mr. Ogwu Onoja (SAN), informed the court that the EFCC after the hearing of the suit on February 25, transferred the ex-President’s ADC from its custody to the Army. Ogwu also said that after the hearing, the EFCC which claimed it was only holding Adegbe on the instruction of the Army, decided to grant bail to his c...

The world of football may have been left shocked by the sudden emergence of Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford, but those ingrained in the club's youth system would have seen it coming.                 Two goals against FC Midtjylland were followed by a further two against Arsenal in the Premier League, leaving the Old Trafford faithful convinced that the next great academy star has been found. But while the Gunners defence failed to take the pacey 18-year-old seriously, coaches in the Red Devils youth academy would have known exactly what to expect from him. They have seen him embarrass defenders on plenty of occasions in his upbringing. Most notably, the young striker put his talent on display in the famous Milk Cup, held in Northern Ireland, where he scored four goals in a single game in 2014. Now, that footage has re-emerged online and is here for all Manchester United fans to see. OJPals , share your thoughts below!

Yesterday, four security guards  who had been arrested for allegedly stealing the sum of N500,000 from a tithe box, were brought before a Magistrates’ Court in Tinubu, Lagos State.              According to PUNCH, the guards were employed to secure the Ascension Anglican Church in Eti-Osa, Lagos when they conspired to steal N500,000 from the church’s tithe box. Two of the guards were supposed to be on night duty while the other two secured the church during the day when they allegedly stole the tithe box sometime last month, at about 4am. The accused pleaded not guilty to two counts of conspiracy and stealing during their hearing yesterday and the magistrate, Mr. L. A. Owolabi, granted each of the accused N50,000 bail with two sureties each in like sum. The case has been adjourned till March 22. Source: PUNCH OJPals , please share your thoughts in the comments!

The Presidency on Monday said President Muhammadu Buhari never promised to pay unemployed graduates N5,000 monthly.                    The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, told State House correspondents while reacting to a video where Buhari was seen ruling out the payment of  N5,000 monthly allowance to unemployed youths in the country as promised by his party, the All Progressives Congress, ahead of the 2015 presidential election. Akande  said the provision the government made in the 2016 Budget currently before the National Assembly is to pay N5,000 monthly to one million extremely poor Nigerians, and not the unemployed graduates. He said  half a trillion naira had been set aside in the budget for social investment, which he said included the payment for the extremely poor. “The budget for 2016 which has been submitted to the National Assembly has made an allocati...

Uh oh. Looks like Kevin Hart isn't the only one Katt Williams is beefing with this week. The comedian was arrested in a pool supply store in Gainesville, Georgia, after reportedly punching a store employee in his face.                  Police officers responded to an assault call at Leslie’s Pool Supplies around 11:30 a.m. and found Williams outside “lying on the ground with his hands behind his back as though he was ready to go to jail,” Sgt. Kevin Holbrook said. According to the Gainesville Times, a store employee told officers that Williams, who was in the store with two women, began arguing with the employee and threw a pair of goggles at him. He then went behind the counter and punched the employee at least once. The circumstances of the argument and the assault are still not clear. Cops said Williams "was not forthcoming with any information" since his arrest. Williams was charged with misdemeanor battery and released on $5,000 bond....

On Monday, 50-year-old Kamoru Oladele, a herbalist, was arrested by officers of the Oyo State Police Command, and he narrated how he sells human body parts for at least N25,000. He added that his gang has human abattoirs in Osun and Oyo States.          The Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Leye Oyebade, said that the command’s anti-kidnapping squad worked on a tip-off, leading to the arrest of the herbalist. In his statement, Kamoru claimed it was his first attempt at making fortune charms before he was busted by the police. “I am not the one that usually sells human parts. I buy from some people,” Kamoru said. “This is my first time of engaging in this kind of business. I usually buy the human skull for N10,000 and sell it for N25,000 for those that come for fortune charms.” Kamoru also revealed the location of the human abattoirs that his gang operate in Amuloko and Kuta villages in Oyo and Osun states, respectively. He is yet to be charged to court. OJPa...