Traditionalist arrested with fake currency

The Ogun state police command have arrested a 41-year-old herbalist, Bidemi Idowu, for allegedly being in possession of fake currencies.

The suspect is also accused of defrauding a 21-year-old man, Habeeb Amosun of N400, 000 who he prepared a money doubling charm which affected his health.

The state police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the suspect was arrested after the victim’s father, Amosun Basiru made a report at the station.

The N400,000 allegedly collected from the victim was recovered along with other items including  59 pieces of 1,000 fake CFA, one piece of $50, 600 pieces of fake N1, 000 notes and charms.”

The state PRO appealed to parents to advise their children against quick money.

Man jailed 5 years for stealing fans in Osun state

Osun - An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court on Friday sentenced a 20 year-old man, Elijah Adediran, to five years imprisonment for stealing ceiling fans.

Adediran, who resides at Ilode, Ile-Ife, was tried on two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing, but found guilty for stealing.

The convict, who begged the magistrate for mercy, pleaded guilty to charge of stealing but denied the allegation of conspiracy.

Delivering judgement, The Magistrate, Mr Olalekan Ijiyode, held that the court took into consideration the fact that the convict was a first-time offender.

Ijiyode, however, noted that the convict was not remorseful and had shown that he intentionally committed the act.

He said that the sentence would serve as deterrent to others, and ordered that the imprisonment was without option of fine.

Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp. Emmanuel Abdullahi, had told the court that the accused committed the offence on Nov. 21, 2017, at about 7 a.m. at 7B Oke-Ogbo St., Ile-Ife.

Abdullahi alleged that the accused conspired with others and broke into the house of one Adiatu Ganiyu with intent to commit felony, to steal.

He said that the accused stole two ceiling fans, some quantity of electrical wires and other electrical materials, with total value of N100, 000, property of Ganiyu.

The prosecutor said that the offence contravened Sections 383, 390 (9) and 412 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Osun, 2003.

The magistrate adjourned hearing in the second count to Dec. 12

OMG !!! Man arrested for allegedly defiling 10-year-old daughter

The Imo state police command have arrested one Akarauwa Eke  for allegedly defiling his 10-year-old daughter.

The victim, a primary three pupil at Baptist Nursery and Primary School, Ihiagwa, in the Owerri West Local Government Area of the state, had been living with her father, along with her siblings, since her mother died in 2013.

As revealed the father had come to pick the child from school but the refusal of the child to follow her father home raised suspicion by the people around.

Upon investigation by teachers and villagers, it was discovered that the man had allegedly been defiling his daughter at home.

According to a media source, a non-governmental organisation, Virgin Heart Foundation, said it was partnering Women of Divine Destiny Initiatives, an organisation owned by the wife of the governor of the state, to ensure justice for the girl.

The founder of the Virgin Hearth Foundation, Peace Dike, said the group had taken the victim to a hospital for series of medical examinations.

Dike said, “The suspect is in police custody. We are partnering Women of Divine Destiny Initiatives to ensure that justice is served.

“We are also writing to the Imo State chapter of the Federated International of Female Lawyers to get legal aid for the girl because she has been abused by someone who ought to have protected her.”

The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Andrew Enwerem, said the state Commissioner of Police, Chris Ezike, had ordered that the matter be charged to court immediately after investigation.

The PRO said, “Under the leadership of CP Ezike, such a weighty allegation will not be swept under the carpe.”

Pope Francis To Embark On Most Dangerous Trip Ever

The Pope is set to embark on one of the most delicate political dances of his tenure when he leaves for Bangladesh and Burma (Myanmar) this weekend.

The potential pitfalls of this trip are already being compared to his predecessor Pope Benedict XVI’s deadly comments about Islam in 2006 that led to outrage in the Muslim world, the murder of a Catholic nun, and the destruction of several churches.

Many Catholic commentators worry that whatever Francis says on this trip will have a similar effect.

“Pope Francis makes a visit to Myanmar where he risks either compromising his moral authority or putting in danger the Christians of that country,” Thomas Reese, a Jesuit journalist priest, wrote at Religion News Service this week. “I have great admiration for the Pope and his abilities, but someone should have talked him out of making this trip.”

Francis’ voyage comes on the heels of U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s harsh condemnation of the government of Burma and includes stops in both Burma and Bangladesh.

“These abuses by some among the Burmese military, security forces, and local vigilantes have caused tremendous suffering,” Tillerson said on Wednesday. “After a careful and thorough analysis of available facts, it is clear that the situation in northern Rakhine state constitutes ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya.”

If Francis uses the same tone, or even says the word Rohingya, he could set off deadly retaliatory protests against Christians in the region. Muslims of Rakhine state in Burma use the term to define themselves, but it is not recognized by the government, the military, or the large Buddhist population in Burma—they instead claim the Muslim minority are Bengalis who settled in the country illegally.

Charles Maung Bo, Burma’s first-ever cardinal, who was tapped by Francis last year, urged Francis not to use the “R-word” when he met with the pope in Rome ahead of the apostolic visit. “If he doesn’t use it, the international community will say something,” Bo told the Catholic website Crux this week. “If he does use it, then it could be very bad for the military, the government and the Buddhist community.”

Bo says he told Francis that he should use a term like “Muslims of Rakhine state” when he meets with officials in Burma, including Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and the country’s top military brass. For the record, Francis has already used the word when condemning what he called the “persecution of our Rohingya brothers” after violence erupted in August.

Greg Burke, the Vatican spokesman, told reporters at a briefing on Wednesday that the word Rohingya is “not a prohibited word” but would not say whether the pope planned to use it.

After leaving Burma on Nov. 30, Francis will spend two days in Bangladesh, where he will meet a group of Rohingya refugees in Dhaka. More than 620,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled Burma and are living in deplorable refugee camps in Bangladesh.

Father Reese writes that even despite the high stakes, Francis may just be able to pull off the visit without sparking protests. “This is not the first visit of Pope Francis to a troubled land. He visited the Middle East in 2014, and Cuba and the Central African Republic in 2015. Those trips were almost universally deemed successes,” Reese wrote. “If he is equally successful in Myanmar, I will not be surprised to see him walk on water.” 

Pope Francis has proved many times that he doesn’t much care about what other people think, especially those who don’t agree with his stance on supporting refugees and the poor.

He has shown no mercy for those who might seek to build barriers, speculating that Donald Trump was “not a Christian” for wanting to construct the Mexican border wall back when he was a candidate for the presidency. He rarely misses an opportunity to preach about the importance of treating refugees and migrants with dignity, even at the cost of national security. - DB

Shocking !!! 25 years old man arrested with seven human heads in Kwara State

The Police Command in Kwara state, yesterday paraded a suspected ritualist with seven human heads concealed in a bag.

The man confessed to have exhumed the heads at Muslim cemetery, Igbo Owu, in Ifelodun Local Government Area for ritual purposes, in company with his now escaped partner.

The Commissioner of Police, Kwara State command, Lawan Ado, said, “Upon credible intelligence gathering by the command’s eagle eyed operatives, along Ajase-Ipo road, on November 21 at about 5 am one Olayinka and Tunde a. k. a Bante now at large, were seen with a bag, While Olayinka was arrested Tunde took to his heels.”

The police boss said after a search of the bag, seven human heads were found there, noting that effort was in top gear to arrest the other suspects now at large.

Confessing to the crime, the suspect said he was an herbalist and intended to use the heads for money making rituals.
He added his partner, one Bante, took him to the cemetery.

Lawan Ado, however stated that the suspects would soon be charged to court.