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Sexagenarian from Lagos arrested in Borno for abducting three children

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A sexagenarian, Nsa Heneswa, suspected to be a human trafficker, has been arrested by the police in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, with two abducted Almajiri children and a two-year-old girl.

The Borno State Commissioner of Police, Abdu Umar, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria.

He said that the suspect was arrested at the Borno Express Motor Park on August 4, 2022.

Umar said that the suspect arrived Maiduguri from Lagos State on August 3, 2022 and went straight to the Monday Market, where she saw some vulnerable children, popularly known as Almajiri, begging on the road.

He said: “The suspect called one of the children and offered him N200.

“She then asked him to accompany her so that she can buy him some cloths.

“She then went back to the town in search of another victim.”

Umar said that the suspect got to the Yan’ Nono at the Bulumkutu area, where she allegedly stole another child belonging to Amina Ayuba, a local fresh milk seller.

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When she arrived the motor park, she requested for a vehicle going to Lagos, but members of the union told her it had already left.

He said: “She then begged for a place to stay before the next day.

“Again, she went out and picked the third child.

“However, luck had ran out on her when she decided to take one of the kids to a local restaurant to get some food.”

Umar said a commercial driver operating on the Abuja line at the motor park became suspicious of the way the suspect was behaving and alerted the security and surveillance team at the motor park.

The CP said she was arrested and handed her over to the Police for Investigation.

According to him, the woman confessed that she was planing to take the children to Lagos.

Umar said that the suspect alongside her accomplices may have been in the business of buying and selling of children for sometime before the long hand of the law caught up with her.

Speaking to NAN in police custody, she said: “Honestly, this is the first time I am doing this.

“I have never done this before.

“A woman in Lagos introduced me to this.

“I also have a nurse who was assisting me in the Maiduguri Specialist Hospital.”

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Defamation: Court orders arrest of prophet, two others

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Justice Olaolu Olanipekun of Oyo State Magistrates’ Court 7 sitting in Iyaganku, Ibadan, has issued a warrant for the arrest of a prophet of a Cherubim and Seraphim (C&S) church, Ojo Amos (aka Elewuogbo).

Justice Olanipekun ordered that Elewuogbo and his two sureties be arrested and detained for jumping bail.

Elewuogbo is on trial for alleged defamation of character of the Founder of One Love Family, Sat Guru Maharaj Ji.

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Elewuogbo and a Lagos-based blogger, Gbenga Asabe, had, through publications, accused Maharaj Ji of selling human body parts for money rituals.

The court also granted request for consolidation of the cases against Elewuogbo and Asabe brought by Maharaj Ji’s counsel, Dapo Akinosi.

Akinosi prayed the court that since the facts were related, they should be merged. The court granted the application and adjourned the case till April 30.

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Students drag university to court over payment of registration fees

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Three students of one of the universities in northern part of the country, Al-qalam University, Katsina, have dragged the institution to a High Court in Katsina over payment of registration fees.

The applicants, Hauwa’u Sani-Barda, Rabi’atu Sani-Barda and Hafsat Sani-Barda, all students of the respondent, got admission in 2018 and 2019, and graduated in 2022 and 2023.

They, however, claimed that the respondents had refused to mobilise them for the mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), because they had not settled all fees due to the institution.

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During the proceedings on Thursday, the applicants’ counsel, Muhammad Mukhtar-Lawal, told the court that his clients had filed an exparte motion in pursuance to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended).

Mukhtar-Lawal said that the application sought the leave of the court to apply for judicial review.

After the counsel’s submission, the judge, Justice Abbas Bawale, said that the applicants should have filed a motion on notice.

Bawale, however, granted a leave order to the applicants to apply for judicial review by way of mandamus.
He said after that, processes would be served on the university and enable the court to hear the case.

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NAFDAC busts fake Eva water factory, arrests suspect

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NAFDAC busts fake Eva water factory, arrests suspect

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has exposed a counterfeit bottled water operation in Port Harcourt, specifically targeting the renowned brand Eva water.

Following a tipoff, NAFDAC officials conducted a raid on a derelict shop situated on Pipeline Road, Eneka.

The establishment disguised as a pool house and served as the hub for producing the fraudulent water.

During the operation, authorities discovered that used Eva plastic bottles were being refilled with contaminated water sourced from a paint bucket.

The water was then filtered through unhygienic rubber funnels covered with cloth.

Counterfeit Eva labels were affixed to the bottles, which were subsequently sealed with fake Eva corks.

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One suspect, identified as Chibunna James, was apprehended while in the process of loading the adulterated water for distribution. However, the mastermind behind the operation remains at large.

The confiscated products were promptly evacuated to the NAFDAC office for further investigation and analysis.

Cyril Monye, NAFDAC’s Public Relations Officer for Rivers State, disclosed that the scheme of the perpetrators involved repackaging contaminated water in used Eva bottles, employing makeshift filters made from unsanitary materials, and applying fake labels and corks to deceive consumers.

While efforts are underway to locate and apprehend the ringleader of the syndicate, NAFDAC urges the public to provide any relevant information that could aid in their apprehension.

Furthermore, Monye revealed that thirty packs of the counterfeit products were confiscated and transported to the NAFDAC office in Port Harcourt for thorough investigation. To prevent the circulation of the counterfeit water, the uncorked bottles were emptied and disposed of.

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