The Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Dino Melaye, has been denied bail in the case of an alleged conspiracy and aiding of jailbreak.
The Senator who arrived in Lokoja, Kogi State this morning appeared before the Magistrate court on a stretcher amidst heavy security.
As the case commenced, the prosecution council Alex Isihon, stated that the court did not have the jurisdiction to entertain the case.
But counsel to Senator Melaye, Mike Ozekhome in his submission argued that the court had the power by virtue of the Constitution to try the case.
However, after a short recess, Chief Magistrate Suleiman Abdulahi denied the bail application and ruled that Melaye would remain in custody for the next 39 days.
The case was then adjourned until June 11, 2018.
A female 100-level student of the Federal University Otuoke, Bayelsa State, has breathed her last following a drug-induced sex.
The student was said to have engaged in sex romp with her lover, a male undergraduate, after both took sex-enhancing drugs suspected to be Tramadol and other hard substances.
She reportedly passed out and was rushed to an undisclosed hospital where she died later.
Six pupils from a school in a rural area in Kenya fell into a pit latrine after it collapsed on yesterday morning. Citizen TV attributed the incident in Nakuru county, north-west of the capital, Nairobi, to recent heavy rains that have been experienced across the country.
A website however quoted the head teacher of Kisulisuli primary school as saying four of the rescued pupils were unhurt but the other two were injured.
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan on Wednesday remanded one Ojo Rasaq at Agodi Prisons over alleged attempt to murder his step-son.
Rasaq of Olomi Village in Apete area of Ibadan is facing a count of attempted murder.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs. Jejelola Ogunbona, ordered that the accused be remanded at Agodi Prisons pending the determination of his bail application.
Ogunbona directed the counsel to accused to bring a written bail application to convince the court why it should grant the accused bail.
The Chief Magistrate adjourned the case until June 14 for a mention.
The Police Prosecutor, Seargent Funmilayo Ige, said that on April 28 at 11 am the accused attempted to murder his step-son by putting him in a chicken cage while his hands were tied backward.
Ige said that to prevent the two-year-old child from leaving the cage, the accused placed a six-inch block at the entrance of the cage.
He said that the cage belonged to the accused neighbour who reared chicken.
Ige said the offence contravened Section 320 (1) of the Criminal Code Cap 38, Vol. II, Laws of Oyo State, 2000.
NAN
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested one Felix Idowu, a real estate agent and graduate of Political Science, for impersonating Ibrahim Magu, the agency’s Acting Chairman.
Mr Idowu had in the assumed capacity swindled unsuspecting victims of their hard earned income.
The suspect upon arrest was found with documents which had the forged signature of the EFCC boss, the EFCC said in a statement by Wilson Uwujaren, its spokesperson.
“Prior to his arrest, the EFCC received intelligence report that the suspect while posing as operative of the EFCC requested for money in order ‘to kill’ a petition purportedly written against the complainant.
“The EFCC swung into action by asking the complainant to play along. In the process, Mr Idowu was asked to liaise with the complainant’s personal assistant, who was an EFCC undercover agent. While interacting with the undercover, the suspect was lured to a popular supermarket in Wuse 2, Abuja, where he was arrested on Monday, April 30.
“Upon search in his Lexus EX 350 car, a lot of documents were recovered including letter of investigation activities on a fake EFCC letter-head paper with ‘Ref No: CTGI/6/vol.1’ and a letter of petition written to EFCC with ‘EFCC stamp received’ bearing Magu’s forged signature.
The suspect will be charged to court as soon as investigation is concluded, the spokesperson said.
