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The war against child trafficking recorded huge success yesterday following the raid of a baby factory by the Abia state command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.No fewer than 19 pregnant young women were rescued from the home located at Umunkpeyi in Isiala Ngwa South local government area of the state.Security operatives have continued to clamp down on baby factories in the state especially Aba where a popular hospital was recently demolished by government for alleged involvement in the illegal deal.Parading the rescued girls and some of the workers in the baby factory, Abia state commandant of NSCDC, Mr. Andy Dateer, said the arrest was made possible following a tip-off.Apart from the 19 pregnant inmates, NSCDC said three babies aged two were also rescued along with four social workers and four young men who were arrested at the premises.According to him, the operators of the home keep young women with unwanted pregnancy in the premises and sell off their babies a

Canadian pop star Justin Bieber has pleaded no contest to misdemeanour vandalism in connection with the egging of his neighbour’s home and has been sentenced to two years’ probation.California’s court also ordered him to pay $80,900 (£47,160) in damages, serve five days of community service and complete an anger management programme.Bieber, 20, was not present in court for the arraignment.The singer faces two other criminal cases in Florida and Toronto.“Justin is glad to get this matter resolved and behind him,” Bieber’s representatives said in a statement after the verdict by Los Angeles Superior Court in Van Nuys.“He will continue to move forward focusing on his career and his music.”Investigators searched Bieber’s Calabasas home in California in Januaryfor evidence after the egging apparently caused serious damage.One of the singer’s friends was arrested on drug possession charges after that search.The LA County Sheriff’s Office say they were looking for surveillance video tapes whe

Following his suspension from office on February 20, Sanusi had filed a suit against the defendants at the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, challenging his removal from office.According to Nigerian Tribune report, the notice of discontinuance, dated July 1, 2014 which was filed by his lawyer asked the court to discontinue the suits against all the defendants in the matter.Following Sanusi’s lawsuit against the President, Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja had dismissed iton the grounds that it lacked jurisdiction to entertain the suit, explaining that, since it is essentially a dispute between an employer and their employee, the matter should be heard by the National Industrial Court.However, in a Notice of Appeal filed on May 28 Sanusi’s counsel, Kola Awodein, had challenged Kolawole’s judgment.Sanusi and Jonathan have been at logger heads, after SLS blew the whistle on the unremitted $20bn at the state oil corporation, the NNPC.While their rift waged on, Sa

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Umar Manko, thereafter directed the SARSCommander, Abba Kyari to arrest the four-man gang identified as: Olakunle Ogunsola, Oyebamiji Olalekan, Rasheed Opeyemi and Akorede Wasiu.The gang members each confessed to thecrime, revealing how much they buy the body parts, what they use the body parts to do and some of their buyers.26-year-old Olakunle from Ilaro in Ogun State who is said to be the gang leader was arrested at the Ile Epo Market in the Oke Odo area of Lagos, Oyebamiji was caught at the Oja Oba Market in Abule Egba while the other two suspects, Opeyemi and Wasiu, were arrested in the Ajegunle and Ijaiye areas of Lagos respectively.The gang leader, Olakunle who is married with a child made a shocking confession that he had sold human parts to both Christian and Muslim clerics in the past saying: “I usually sell herbs at the Ile Epo Market. It was one Waheed Ajigbotoloun that introduced selling human parts to me. That was just last year Oct

At least 19 gunmen have been killed in a security raid by the Egyptian army in Sheikh Zuweid city of Egypt’s North Sinai governorate, a security source told Xinhualate on Sunday evening.“Four gunmen riding a vehicle in the south of Sheikh Zuweid exchanged fire with the security forces that managed to kill them, besides 15 other militants who were killed separately in different parts of the city,” the source explained.The raid was part of a massive security campaign waged by the Egyptian military in cooperation with the police against militant groups. Those militants have been prevailing in the peninsula since the ouster of former Islamist President Mohamed Morsi by the military last year following mass protests against his one-year rule and his currently-blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood group.On Saturday, a similar raid in the same city killed eight militants and destroyed 31 huts, 10 vehicles and 20 bikes belonging to them.Since Morsi’s removal, extremist groups have launched a series o

The governor-elect of Ekiti, Mr. Ayo Fayose, on Sunday dedicated his victory to the people of the state.Fayose told the News Agency of Nigeria in Ado-Ekiti that his victory reflected the wishes of the people of the state.The governor-elect, who spoke through his Chief Press Officer, Mr. Idowu Adelusi, described the election that produced him as free, fair and credible.He promised to improve the living standard of the people by providing job opportunities and making education affordable.Also reacting, the Labour Party candidate, Mr. Opeyemi Bamidele, said, “I am not desperate to be governor.’’Bamidele, however, said that he remained a credible alternative for the position of governor in the state.Asked whether he regretted not collaborating with Fayose in prosecuting the election, Bamidele said he turned down the request because he still had theambition of becoming the governor of the state.The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Kayode Fayemi, Mr. Yinka Oyebode, however, told NAN

The alleged extension of violent attack by the Islamic terrorist group, Boko Haram, to traditional institutions has sent fears into the spines of district heads in three states under the emergency rule.A security source said the district headsmay soon go into hiding following the killing of some of their colleagues in thelast three weeks by the terrorist group.It was learnt that the district heads tookthe decision to avoid being killed by the terrorists who appeared to have defiled all efforts by security agents to protect lives and property in the three states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa.The security source, who did not want his name mentioned, toldSaturday PUNCHon the telephone during the week that apprehension gripped them after the news of the abduction of the District Head of Gumsa, Alhaji Mai Khadi, in Gaidam Local Government Area of Yobe State, was broken earlier inthe week.It was learnt that no fewer than 20 suspected Boko Haram gunmen stormed Gumsa village on Monday afternoon a

A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Gudu, Abuja, on Wednesday declared as illegal the disruption of a protest led by a former member of the House of Representatives, Dino Melaye, in Abuja on May 9, 2014. The protesters were demanding government’s action for the rescuing of the over 200 girls abducted from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, by the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, on April 14. Justice Abubakar Talba in his judgment ruled that the Police Order Act, Cap 382, Laws of Nigeria, 1990, “does authorise men of the Nigeria Police Force to disrupt rallies or possession on the issue of the abducted Chibok girls.” The judge also declared as illegal the act of the police disrupting the protest on the grounds that a prior police permit was not obtained. He agreed with the applicant (Melaye) that his arrest and the disruption of the protest caused him “unprecedented humiliation embarrassment” and amounted to a gross violation of his rights. The judge held that fail

The Nigerian film industry never stops to spring surprises. The industry has been criticised severally for lacking creativity, especially with the kind of movie titles they come up with lately, unlike back in the days when they commanded respect. Recently, the country has been battling with insurgency, especially in the north, and it got to highpoint with the abduction of more than 250 schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno State. As expected, just like the Aluu 4 saga, a filmmaker has found a money angle to the incident simply termed as Chibok Girls. A movie production called ‘The Lost Student’ has been done and as you read this piece, its poster is already out as predicted by some Nigerian comedians. The film featured some actors.

Two days after his appointment as the new Emir of Kano, former CBN Governor,Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Sanusiis yet to resume duties at the Emir’s palace, in accordance with tradition. Sanusiwho was said to have been sneaked into the Government house to prevent him from being arrested before he was named the new Emir is still very much at the government house. Guests such asAlhaji Aliko Dagote, Edo State Governor, Imo State Governor and few others who were supposed to pay homage to him at his palace have been forced to visit him at the government house since he is yet to resume office. Meanwhile normalcy has returned to the streets of Kano, as people now go about their daily activities.