Nicklas Bendtner Drop Appeal Case From Court

                       

Ex Arsenal striker, Nicklas Bendtner, will spend 50 days in jail after dropping his appeal against an assault conviction.

Earlier this month, the Danish footballer, 30, was found guilty of beating and kicking a cab driver in the Danish capital on September 9. He admitted to hitting the man but said he had acted in self-defense after a quarrel over the fare.

The incident took place in September. At trial, the City Court of Copenhagen was shown CCTV footage in which it appeared Bendtner struck the driver in the face.

Bendtner, who currently plays for Norwegian side Rosenborg, was sentenced to 50 days in prison and fined 1,500 kroner (£179).

His lawyer Anders Nemeth confirmed that Bendtner agreed with the attorney general in Copenhagen to drop his appeal, but will serve the sentence at his home in Denmark, under “intensive surveillance” with an electronic tag.

But it’s yet unknown when he will serve the sentence

Man Slaughters Daughter In Benue, Says God Asked Me To

A man identified as John Depuun, is at the moment cooling off at a police station in Benue State after snatching his daughter from the back of his wife, took her to a bush and then slaughtered her.

Immediately he carried out the act, villagers  held him and dragged him to a police staion. When asked why he did that, he said;

 “It is my sheep and I decided to sacrifice it to God as demanded of me. I have not laid my hands on anyone’s child and as such, should not be condemned.”

His family however said, the man has changed lately from his usual self. They said he had told them of his decision to deepen his involvement in the Confraternity of the Most Holy Rosary -- a society believed to be in the Catholic church.

This happened on Tuesday at Mbangur, in Benue State.

Wizkid Bouncer Had Gone To DNA to Settle His Boss Bills Before He Was Attacked

Nigerian pop star Wizkid’s bouncer stabbed while making attempt to pay part of the debt the singer was reportedly owning Club DNA, Vanguard reports.

The Chairman of the club Olufemi Olusanya, popularly known as Femi Posh and a bouncer David Afari were yesterday arraigned before an Igbosere Magistrates Court over the assault on the bouncer identified as Roy

Olusanya 38 and Afari 29, are facing a three-count charge bordering on conspiracy, unlawful assault and grievous bodily harm, preferred against them by the Police.

It was gathered that Wizkid’s guard, Emmanuel, had on November 15 gone to DANA nightclub at 76, Adetokunbo Ademola Street, Victoria Island, to settle the bill that his boss was owing, when he was attacked by the defendants.

It was also learned that Wizkid owed the nightclub the sum of N8million, and also a pool party bill of N7 million, which his security guard had gone to settle, when Olusanya called Afari to beat him up and also used a broken glass to injure him.

During the arraignment of the duo, the police prosecutor, Inspector Joseph Jimoh, told the court that the defendants unlawfully assaulted the complainant Obinna, by beating him and using broken glass to injure one of his eyes, finger and left side of his face.

He said that the incident took place at about 3.am, on November 15, adding that the defendants caused the victim grievous bodily harm by inflicting injuries on his eye with a fist blow and stabbed him on the left side of his face with a broken glass.

According to him, the offences committed is punishable under sections 411, 173 and 245 of the criminal laws of Lagos State 2015. However, the duo pleaded not guilty to the charges filed against them.

Their lawyer, D. Mustapher, urged the court to admit the defendants to bail on a liberal term, as steps are already being taken to settle the matter, adding that one of the steps being taken is the footing of the complainant’s medical bills.

Consequently the Magistrate Y. O Aro-Lambo, who stood in for Magistrate O. O. Oshin, granted the defendants bail in the sum of N500,000 each, with two sureties each in like sum.

He said one of the sureties, must be a community leader and the two sureties must be taxpayers to the Lagos State government and have their addresses verified.

The magistrate adjourned the case till January 17, for mention.

Didier Drogba Confirms Retirement From Football

Former Chelsea and Ivory Coast forward Didier Drogba has confirmed his retirement as a player.

The 40-year-old scored 164 goals in 381 appearances over two spells with Chelsea, helping them win the Premier League four times and the Champions League in 2012, as well as four FA Cup triumphs and three League Cup victories.

Drogba had been playing this season in the United States with Phoenix Rising, the second-tier club at which he is a co-owner.

The veteran forward had been expected to hang up his boots following the United Soccer League Cup final defeat by Louisville City earlier this month.


And confirmation arrived on Wednesday evening as Drogba posted a picture of him as a youngster on his social media accounts, accompanied by a farewell message.

He said: 'When I think of the last 20 years of my professional career, looking at this picture can't make me more proud of what I've achieved as a player but most importantly how this journey has shaped me as a man.

'If anyone tells you your dreams are too big, just say thank you and work harder and smarter to turn them into reality. #alwaysbelieve
'I wanna thank all the players, managers, teams and fans that I have met and made this journey one of a kind!!!
'Also a huuuuge [sic] thank you and love to my family, my personal team for supporting me all my career during the ups and downs no matter what.
'Looking forward to the next chapter and hoping God will bless me as much as he did for my football career.

FUTO final year student drowns while swimming in river

                  

A Federal University of Technology, Owerri, FUTO final year student has drowned while swimming in a river on Wednesday.

The deceased identified as Kester Gabriel, a 500 level Material and Metallurgical Engineering student,  died inside the Otammiri river in Ihiagwa area of the state

He was said to have returned to school, on Sunday, after his Industrial Training, only to die on Wednesday (yesterday) while swimming.

His body has since been recovered and deposited in a mortuary

Woman Sues Unilever For Assault, Demands N100m

A former Procurement Manager, Marketing Materials, Central Africa with Unilever Nigeria Plc, Mrs Grace Okafor, has sued the company for alleged assault, demanding N100m in damages.

In the suit she filed before Justice Kazeem Alogba at the Lagos State High Court in Igbosere, Okafor wants the court to declare that Unilever was “vicariously liable for the unlawful and unjustifiable interference with the claimant’s person” by Mr Segun Oguntoyinbo, who works in Unilever’s Human Resources, Customer Development Department.

Oguntoyinbo was joined in the suit as the second defendant.


Okafor wants the court to declare that Oguntoyinbo “unlawfully and unjustifiably assaulted the claimant by putting the claimant in fear of physical interference and further hostilely applied force to the person of the claimant, thereby committing battery on the 16th February, 2017 within the 1st defendant’s premises and in the course of the 2nd defendant’s employment and duties.”

Okafor is also urging the court to declare that Unilever and Oguntoyinbo violated her right to personal liberty, guaranteed by the constitution, when they allegedly detained her unlawfully on Unilever’s premises.

She wants the court to compel the defendants to tender an immediate and formal apology to her and to pay her N100m in damages and another N1m, as the cost she expended in filing the suit.

Okafor, in her statement of claims, said trouble started sometime in October 2013, when in the course of her duty as then Unilever’s Procurement Manager, Marketing Materials, Central Africa, a supplier offered her a bribe which she turned down based on her moral principle and reported to her employer in line with the company’s code of policies.

She said based on her report, the said supplier was blacklisted by the company.

Displeased, the supplier, according to her, sued Unilever but the court gave judgment in Unilever’s favour.

She, however, said “in what appears to be a strong disapproval of the role played by the claimant in the blacklisting of the supplier, the claimant’s colleagues started bullying the claimant unjustifiably and the relationship she had prior to that time enjoyed with them got strained.”

She claimed that the alleged bullying eventually led to her being redeployed and demoted and eventually being sacked.

She claimed that she was assulted and battered by Oguntoyinbo on the company’s premises on February 16, 2017.

The case is pending before Justice Alogba