32 Yr old pleads guilty to raping 4-year-old girl

                        

A 32-year-old man, Michael Okon, on Friday in Lagos pleaded guilty to defiling a four-year-old girl before a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court.

“I am guilty of the offence,” he told the Chief Magistrate, Mrs Ipaye Nwachukwu.

Nwachukwu said since the accused had pleaded guilty to the charge the court had no choice than to sentence him.

She fixed May 22 for facts and sentence.

Earlier, the Prosecutor, Sgt. Anthonia Osayande, told the court that the accused committed the offence at No. 8, Adepoju St.,Iyana-Ipaja, a Lagos suburb, on Feb. 2.

She said the accused, who lives in the same compound with the four-year-old, took her to a dark corner in the compound and defiled her.

Source:Punchng

German intelligence warn of rise of radical Islamists

                                         

Germany’s domestic intelligence chief has warned of a high risk of extremist attacks as the number of radical Islamists in the country have risen.

Hans-Georg Maassen, chief of the BfV agency, was speaking at the European Police Congress in Berlin on Wednesday, two months after the Berlin attack which left 12 people dead.

Tunisian national Anis Amri plowed a truck into a Christmas market in December in what became the first mass casualty terror attack on German soil. The Islamic State militant group (ISIS) claimed responsibility and released a video of Amri pledging allegiance to its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

The number of radical Islamists in Germany has increased from 100 in 2013 to 1,200 last year to some 1,600 in 2017, Maasen told the congress.

“We are currently counting 1,600 people as potentially belonging to that group,” he said, adding that of these, authorities consider 570 to be “dangerous” or capable of perpetrating an attack.

“We receive between two and four credible tips on planned terrorist activity in Germany each day," Maassen said. "We have to recognize that we are living in a different situation now than was normal.”

He added that the ease with which young people can access extremist content online, or forge links with extremists, presented greater dangers, as the radicalization could be invisible to family and friends.

BREAKING NEWS: Rotimi Akeredolu sworn in as Ondo State Governor

                              

A new chapter has been opened in the history of Ondo, today, as Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN) has been sworn in as governor of the state.

Akeredolu, a former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and former commissioner for Justice and Attorney General of the state emerged winner in the November 26, 2016 governorship election held in the state.

Chief Judge of the state, Justice Osoba  performed the swearing-in for Akeredolu and his deputy, Mr. Agboola at Akure city stadium.

Born in Owo, headquarters of Owo Local Government Area of the state, Akeredolu attended the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife where he graduated with a degree in Law.

He served as a commissioner in the state and contested the gubernatorial election in 2012 but lost to Governor Mimiko of the PDP. At the inauguration ceremony today, eminent personalities, including the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Oyegun, Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, were said to be in attendance.  governors, members of the state and National Assemblies, captains of industries and politicians from across the country were also present.

New York police arrests Israeli tourist for climbing Brooklyn Bridge

                               

Police in New York arrested an Israeli tourist who climbed the Brooklyn Bridge to take a selfie there.

The tourist was an 18-year-old man whom the New York Post identified as “Shivel Dikstein.”

Unlike Shoval, Shivel is not a common Israeli name.

He was arrested at 7 p.m. after he allegedly jumping a fence on the Brooklyn side, the report said.

“He jumped up to get a selfie with the skyline behind him,” the Post quoted a witness as saying.

The man was charged with criminal trespass.

The Israel’s arrest comes days after a group of youths nearly died while taking a selfie on thin ice on a pond in Central Park.

BREAKING NEWS:Leicester City sack Claudio Ranieri

                             

Manager Claudio Ranieri has been sacked by Leicester City, nine months after leading them to the Premier League ti

The Foxes are one point above the relegation zone with 13 matches left.

"The board reluctantly feels that a change of leadership, while admittedly painful, is necessary in the club's greatest interest," read a statement.

Ranieri, 65, guided the Foxes to the title despite them being rated 5,000-1 shots at the start of the campaign.

Osinbajo summons IG of Police over kidnap of German Professor

                                   

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, has summoned the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, over the kidnap of two German archaeologists, Prof. Peter Breunig and Johannes Behringer in Kaduna.

The men were abducted in the Kadarko Local Government Area of the State.

It is understood that the IG of Police briefed Osinbajo on efforts made so far by police to rescue the victims unhurt and apprehend the kidnappers.

The police had since dispatched a team of Special Police Forces and Police Investigators to work together with the Kaduna Police Command and indigenes of towns and surrounding villages where the Germans were kidnapped.

A statement signed by Force spokesman, Jimoh Moshood, said: “The team is already on the ground working in synergy with the Kaduna State Police Command and the local indigenes of towns and surrounding villages where these German Archaeologists were kidnapped.

Source:Dailytrust.ng

Protesters vandalise MTN head office in Abuja

                                  

Vandals have attacked the regional head office of telecommunication giant, MTN in Abuja stealing phones, cash and also destroying vehicle and office equipment.

About 30 vandals invaded the premises at 4 Madeira Street, Maitama chanting ‘solidarity songs’ armed with sticks and rods.

A MTN staff who was in the premises when it happened said the staff  scurried for safety while the attack lasted for some minutes before the intervention of security operatives.

“I just heard people running then I started running to hide and by the time we came out after the security operatives chased them out, they have packed all the laptops we used to work, all the phones on display for sale, they broke some computers and took people’s personal phones and money,” the staff who pleaded anonymity said.

The source added that cash were also taken but the amount could not be ascertained at the moment.

“They got into the premises, the windscreen of a car was broken , all the doors from the reception to the personal service were destroyed,” the staff said adding that the vandals were chanting xenophobia songs even after they were chased outside the premises by security operatives.

When contacted the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Manzah Anjuguri said he has not been briefed on the incident.

Source:Daily trust Ng