Robber dies while fleeing with Aisha’s car in Katsina

A fleeing suspected armed robber has died in an accident involving the vehicle that he and other gang members snatched from one Aisha Abdullahi in Katsina State.
The Katsina State Police Command said that the robber and his colleagues had on Wednesday stormed Aisha’s house and took the vehicle after robbing the woman of other valuables.

Lagos: 31-year-Old Man Jailed For 50 Years For Raping JSS1 Student

Sunday Salami, a 31-year-old furniture maker, will spend the next half a century languishing in Kirikiri Prisons, Lagos, for defiling a 14-year-old Junior Secondary School 1 student.

Justice Sybil Nwaka of an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court on Tuesday, June 3, 2018, sentenced Salami after convicting him of defilement contrary to Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2011.

French President Emmanuel Macron having fun in Nigeria

French president Emmanuel Macron having fun in Lagos Nigeria.

French President Emmanuel Macron (C) throws the ball during a meeting with former pro basketball players from NBA Africa and takes part in a training with young basketball players in the French Louis Pasteur high school on July 4, 2018, in Lagos.

I’m not aware of court’s directive on Buhari – Lai Mohammed

Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Wednesday, said he was not aware of an order of mandamus granted by a court for the National Assembly to begin impeachment process against President Muhammadu Buhari.

‘nPDP’ faction announces new APC bloc

A faction of the ruling All Progressives Congress, believed to be backed by senior government officials pushing to challenge President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019, has announced the formation of a new party bloc.

The group said it is now the “Reformed APC”, and the “authentic” faction of the party.

It said at a press conference Wednesday that all members of the so-called nPDP, and defunct CPC, ANPP and ACN, are members of the new bloc.

Court orders National Assembly to begin impeachment process against Buhari

A Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo has granted an order of mandamus to compel the National Assembly to begin impeachment process against President Muhammadu Buhari, based on some alleged constitutional breaches.

Justice Maureen Onyetenu gave the ex parte order on Wednesday, following a motion filed before her by the Chairman, Nigeria Bar Association, Ilesa branch, Mr. Kanmi Ajibola; and a human rights activist, Mr. Suleiman Adeniyi.

PLATEAU MASSACRE: Our story, by Miyetti Allah

source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/07/plateau-massacre-story-miyetti-allah/

Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, MACBAN’s National Secretary, Baba Othman Ngelzarma, has insisted that his group has nothing to do with last week’s massacre in Plateau State’ villages which claimed more than 100 lives. Nzelzarma’s position came against the backdrop of the claim by the MACABAN Chairman (North Central Zone), Danladi Ciroma, who said the killings were in retaliation for the rustling of 300 cows in the attacked communities