"It did not happen in Lagos" Police denies thief was burnt to death at Alafia

The Lagos state police command has denied claims that the incident of jungle justice where a suspected young thief was burnt to death on Saturday November 12th, (read here) happened in Lagos. Recall that a video surfaced online last week showing what many presumed to be a 7 year old boy being burnt to death for allegedly stealing food items.

Investigations carried out by LIB showed that an alleged thief was burnt to death at Alafia, along the Badagry expressway when him and some of his gang members tried to steal the bag of a woman.

However speaking exclusively to LIB this afternoon, the Lagos state Police Command Public Relations Officer, Dolapo Badmos, said the recorded incident never happened in Lagos. When asked to give an update, she said;

"The update is that it did not happen in Lagos. A corpse was removed there and that is the corpse of an adult of about 25 years and investigations revealed that this is someone that attacked a passerby with cutlass and people pounced on him and used the same cutlass on him".

Pope Francis grant all catholic priests power to forgive abortion

 Pope Francis, who is the 266th and current Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, has granted all priests the power to forgive abortion, a right previously reserved for bishops in most parts of the world. He said:

‘I henceforth grant to all priests, in virtue of their ministry, the faculty to absolve those who have committed the sin of procured abortion. 

  The provision I had made in this regard, limited to the duration of the Extraordinary Holy Year, is hereby extended.’

Senate will reject proposal to punish people for ownership of Forex

The Senate has expressed surprise at a recommendation by the Nigerian Law Reform Commission for a review of the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Act in order to empower the Central Bank of Nigeria to jail people for up to two years  or fine them for 20 percent of the amount of the foreign currency held in their possession for more than 30 days.

The Senate in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi stated that with its focus on boosting investor' confidence in the nation's economy,  such move as proposed by the Commission that will prevent investors from making  free entry and free exit from the market will be outrightly rejected by its members.

 "The measure is disruptive and counter productive, threatening to undermine many of the reform efforts already underway in the legislature and by government ministries intended to boost investor confidence. 

“The Senate would never pass such a punitive and regressive proposal. Overall, some of the Commission’s recommendation has many sound attributes and could help Nigeria’s investment climate.  We believe the CBN should have the authority to regulate the forex market and determine the exchange rate policy as already enshrined in its enabling Act.

Curvaceous socialite, Corazon Kwamboka called to Bar in Kenya (Photos)

Nairobi socialite and lawyer, Corazon Kwamboka has been admitted into the Roll of Advocates at the Supreme Court of Kenya today. The curvaceous model was admitted alongside 124 lawyers.

The excited Corazon took to her IG to post a series of photos in her lawyer’s gown and wig. See more photos after the cut....

Kanu Nwankwo's late mum to be buried December 3rd

Susan Nwnnediya Kanu - mother of Soccer Legend Nwankwo Kanu will be buried on Saturday Dec. 3, 2016 a Amannagwu village- Arochukwu' Abia State. She died on Sept. 7th. She was 82 years old.

Deputy President of the Senate Federal Republic of Nigeria Senator  Ike Ekweremadu in a letter he personally to Nwankwo Kanu extols the good virtues of selfless service to humanity which she has bequeathed creditably to her children thereby keeping her name alive in the kind pages of history .

Eminent Nigerian and Soccer greats have confirmed to send condolences and support towards the burial of late Sussan Nwannediya Kanu Iheme .

Photos: Woman set her Nigerian husband and brother in law on fire in Ghana

A woman identified as Comfort Agboloshie has been apprehended for allegedly setting her husband and brother in law ablaze.

According to Ghanaweb report, Lawrence Nkem, the victim and husband of the suspect, and his brother Benjamin Oyem was burnt severely when she set fire to some clothing items soaked in kerosene and threw them into the room where they were sleeping and locked the door.

However, the suspect’s husband who survived the tragic nightmare is currently in coma at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, while the victim’s brother died in the course of the burns.

After a police investigation was carried, the Public Relations Officer of the Tema Regional Police Command, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Ms Juliana Obeng, confirmed that the incident occurred in a house at Ashaiman Lebanon Zone Two on Thursday, November 17, 2016.

Australian love scam victims jailed after Nigerian drug trafficker & fraudster tricked her into bringing bag with drugs into Cambodia

An Australian woman, Yoshe Taylor was the victim of an internet dating scam run by a Nigerian drug smuggling syndicate in Cambodia, a special joint investigation by Fairfax Media and SBS's The Feed, reveals.

The international syndicate which entrapped her, targets Australian women with the intention of turning them into unwitting drug mule. 

This report is how a notorious Nigerian drug trafficker and fraudster, who claimed to be a South African businessman tricked the lovestruck woman into smuggling heroin into Cambodia only for her to be arrested at the airport and subsequently sentenced to 23 years in prison. Unknown, to her, the backpack supposedly full of art samples he had asked her to bring for him contained heroin.