A nanny, Fatimah Yakubu, who allegedly burnt an eight-year-old girl’s buttocks on a stove, was Monday brought before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. Yakubu, 37, of No. 15, Ologolo Street, Lekki Lagos, is facing a one-count charge of assault occasioning grievous harm before Mr B. I. Bakare. Prosecuting Sergeant Friday Mameh told the court that the defendant committed the alleged offence last Tuesday, at about 11am, at her residence. Mameh said: “The defendant grievously harmed the eight-year-old girl by burning her buttocks with a burning stove which caused her bodily harm”. The offence, Mameh added, is contrary to Section 245 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015. Yakubu pleaded not guilty. Magistrate Bakare granted him N500, 000 bail with two sureties in the like sum. The case continues on May 5.

…I have retired all godfathers Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, has assured the supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that his Chief of Staff, Uche Nwosu has what it takes to win the 2019 governorship election. The Imo governor disclosed that his support for Nwosu’s governorship ambition is not for any personal gain but but the conviction that he will make a good governor, judging by his acceptability, which he said cuts across the three zones of the state. Okorocha who spoke when political leaders, women and youth groups, as well as traditional rulers came to endorse Nwosu at the Government House, said that he would want to hand over to a governor that will discriminate against any zone but will see the entire state as one deserving of equal attention. He assured that Nwosu will win the 2019 governorship election, irrespective of the objections of the political ‘bigwigs’, adding that the power to elect a governor resides with the people and n...

A 27 year old man has reportedly committed suicide in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital. The deceased allegedly took his live by hanging himself on a ceiling fan in his apartment. He was said to have lost out in a betting over the outcome of a European Champion League match. The incident was said to have occurred in Oko- Erin area of the town after the return leg match between FC Barcelona of Spain and AS Roma of Italy played in Italy. He was said to have bet that Barcelona who were leading by 4-1 in the first leg played at Nou Camp, Spain would maintain lead at end of the return leg and b through to the semi-final of the championship. However, the match turned out to be 3-0 in favour of AS Roma making the aggregate result to be 4-4 with Roma qualifying for the semi-final at the expense of Barcelona by virtue of away goals rule. The result made the deceased to lose the motorcycle to his opponent in the bet as the opponent reportedly smiled home with the bike f...

A former governor of Kaduna State in the Second Republic , Balarabe Musa , says nobody can become the President of Nigeria without first being a thief or supported by thieves . According to him, there is hardly how anyone can legitimately raise the kind of money required for presidential campaign in the country . He blamed the socio - economic woes of the country on the political structure, where, according to him, 99 per cent of the people in the corridors of power were thieves . Musa was captured as saying this in a video clip circulating on the Facebook. He was captured as playing host to the publisher of an online news medium , Sahara Reporters , Omoyele Sowore, a presidential hopeful. Sowore, in the clip, said he visited the Kaduna politician to seek his counsel on how to go about his presidential ambition in 2019 . He asked the 81 - year- old politician for his view on why the older generation of leaders had failed the country . Responding, Musa sai...

The senator representing Adamawa North Senatorial District in the Senate, Mrs . Binta Masi Garba, on Sunday narrated how all that she had were set ablaze by her biological father after she gave her life to Jesus Christ . She spoke during a thanksgiving service organised to mark her 50 th birthday at the Chapel of Praise International Church , Yola on Sunday . Binta, who broke down in tears during the service , said God made it possible for her to become a cornerstone after the deprivation and rejection she suffered after accepting Jesus Christ as her Lord and Saviour . She said , “ I gave my life to Christ when I was in primary school . My father was infuriated and he burnt everything I had because of my decision to follow Christ. I suffered so much because of the name of Jesus. I would have been nothing if not for His grace. The rejected child , because of my faith , has become a cornerstone. I give glory to His name . ” In his r...

(Lee County Fire/Rescue in S.C.assisted with a mass causality incident at Lee Correctional. Mutual aid was received from Florence County EMS, Kershaw County EMS, Darlington County EMS, Lexington County EMS and Hartsville Rescue. Assistance was also received from Med One a private ambulance service. (Photo: Lee County Fire/Rescue) ALee County Fire/Rescue in S.C.assisted with a mass causality incident at Lee Correctional. Mutual aid was received from Florence County EMS, Kershaw County EMS, Darlington County EMS, Lexington County EMS and Hartsville Rescue. Assistance was also received from Med One a private ambulance service. (Photo: Lee County Fire/Rescue) A South Carolina prisons spokesman says seven inmates are dead and 17 others required outside medical attention after hours of fighting inside a maximum security prison . Orlando Sentinel reports that prisons spokesman, Jeff Taillon , announced the grim outcome after State Law Enforcement Division agents...

Crack detectives from the Kano State Police Command have embarked on a manhunt for the fleeing gunmen who killed a Police sergeant and abducted a German national , Mr. Michael Cremza, an employee of Dantata & Sawoe Construction Company , Kano . The Police sergeant was killed by a five - man gang on motorbike who ambushed and opened fire on a vehicle conveying Dantata & Sawoe Construction workers to a site at about 7 .45 am on Monday. During the attack , which occurred on Sabon Titi Madobi Road , Kano, the gunmen killed a Police sergeant , attached to the Special Protection Unit on escort duty. In the process , according to a statement issued by the spokesman of the Kano State Police Command , SP Musa Magaji Majiya, the gunmen abducted a German national working with the company , Mr Michael Cremza. In a swift reaction, the State Commissioner of Police, Rabiu Yusuf , hurriedly assembled a crack team of Police detectives and deployed them to cordon o...