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A bus conductor, Ademola Segun, who allegedly stabbed a passenger with a broken bottle on his belly, was on Wednesday brought before a Badagry Chief Magistrates' Court in Lagos State.
The accused, 18, is facing a charge of assault.
The prosecution said the accused stabbed a passenger on the bus, Abraham Shedrack, with a broken bottle following an argument over fares.
Innocent Uko, a police inspector, told the court that the accused committed the offence on March 6 at Ajido Bus Stop in Badagry.
"The accused stabbed the passenger on the stomach during an argument between them over the fare to pay," Mr. Uko said. "When the conductor asked the accused to pay his fare, the accused gave him a torn note which led to an argument between them. In the process, the accused took a bottle and stabbed the passenger on his stomach. The passenger is still on admission at a private hospital in Badagry."
Mr. Uko noted that the offence contravened Section 171 of Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
The accused pleaded not guilty to the offence.
The counsel to the accused, Bosipo Awuwu, pleaded with the court to grant him bail on liberal terms.
The magistrate, Abioldun Etti, in his ruling, granted the accused bail in the sum of N100,000 with a surety in like sum.
He said the surety must provide evidence of tax payment to the Lagos State Government.
Further hearing in the case has been fixed for May 4.

(NAN)‎

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Don Jazzy updated on his instagram page that he is on his way to Las Vegas to watch the most anticipated boxing match in history, the Floyd Mayweather versus Manny Pacquiao fight which is going down tomorrow night – May 2nd at the MGM Grand Hotel.
Tickets for the highly anticipated fight start from $4,500 (for the cheapest seat) going all the way up to $350,000 for a ring side seat!
He posted a selfie of himself taken on a United Airlines flight from Lagos to Houston, which he captioned
"Enroute the great fight. First stop Houston. Whatever happens in Vegas…. Ermmm I will come and teh yu pipu. #MayPac #SMD"
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The police on Thursday arraigned one Ekene Emmeanuria of Dutse Alhaji Street, Zone 5 , Abuja, in a Chief Magistrates' Court in Karu, FCT, for stealing a car belonging to his girlfriend.‎
Emeanuria is facing a one-count charge of theft.

The prosecutor, Sgt Mohammed Garba, told the court that the matter was reported by one Nneka Osemeka of No 69, Lungi Road, Gwarimpa, Abuja, at the State CID, Abuja, on Feb. 16.
Garba said that on Jan. 30, the accused met Osemeka and asked her to have a date with him and she accepted the invitation.
He added that when the complainant met Emeanuria, they went for a lunch, after which they went clubbing at night.
The prosecutor said that "during the one-day outing, Emmeanria bought Osemeka some drinks and added some substance into it."

He said that at the end of the day, the complainant became intoxicated and her Honda accord car with registration number GU 154 ABC, was taken away by Emeanuria.
"The car also had some of Osemeka's valuables, including clothes and office documents.
"Since that day, she never saw the accused nor her car again until he was sighted and arrested by the police after she had lodged complain."
The prosecutor said that the accused had admitted committing the crime during investigation, noting that the offence contravened the provisions of Section 287 of the Penal Code.

However, the accused had pleaded not guilty to the offence and the Chief Magistrate, Mrs Hadiza Dodo, granted him bail in the sum of N500,000 with one surety in like sum.
She ordered that the surety must be reasonable and responsible, with fixed, identifiable address, and a source of livelihood and adjourned the case until June 9 for hearing.

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The supplementary elections in the nine local governments in Abia State, rescheduled by INEC have left the people of Abia State in jubilant mode since the announcement of Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu as winner of the Abia State gubernatorial elections.
Jubilant supporters were seen at different locations in the state celebrating the victory of Dr. Ikpeazu. In Aba, youths could barely hide their excitement because this was the first time a true son of Ngwa origin had emerged as governor elect.
Expressing his joy to our correspondent a serving commissioner of Lands and Housing and former member of Abia State House of Assembly who also hails from Ukwu-Ngwa, Hon. K.O Mbeahuru could not hold back his emotions as he stated that Ikpeazu's victory has been long awaited by the entire Ngwa people both at home and in diaspora.
INEC had declared Ikpeazu winner with 264,713 votes to defeat the APGA's candidate Dr. Alex Otti, who scored 180,882 at the end of the re-run elections in the disputed nine local government areas.
A native of Obingwa local government area, in Abia South Senatorial Zone; the only zone yet to produce a governor for Abia state since its creation. Until his election as governor elect he had served as the Assistant General Manager of the Abia State Environmental Sanitation Agency in charge of Aba the state's commercial nerve centre. As a Ph.D holder in Chemistry, Ikpeazu had taught at the Enugu State University of Science and Technology before joining politics.
The Abia State Governor and Senator elect for Abia South Senatorial District, Governor T.A Orji had been adjudged to be the architect of Ikpeazu's emergence when he supported the zoning of the People's Democratic Party PDP's ticket to Abia South Senatorial Zone. According to the governor this was the only way to ensure that the principle of justice, equity and fairness is deepened within the party. "This is victory will remain one of my greatest legacies because Abians will always remember me as the governor who lived up to his promise of handing over power to the people of Ukwa-Ngwa whom had never been governor even since when Abia was under the old Imo State."
It will be recalled that some previous leaders had been reported to have vowed never to allow an Ngwa man become governor, but Governor T.A Orji insisted that such jinx must be broken by the PDP led state government.
 
Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu had since his declaration as winner, extended the olive branch to his opponent Dr. Alex Otti of APGA, in the keenly contested election which had to require a re-run after the April 11th elections were declared inconclusive by the INEC returning officer in some local governments. According to Dr. Ikpeazu, the victory belongs to all Abians regardless of their political or social lining because it is time for Abia State to move forward as this can only be possible when everyone comes on board.

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Some students of the Lagos State University on Thursday protested against the continued closure of the institution.
The protesters, who marched to the Governor's Office, Ikeja at about 1pm, demanded immediate re-opening of the school, which was closed on March 16, 2015.
The placard-carrying protesters also appealed to Governor Babatunde Fashola to address the lingering labour issues in the institution.
Some of the inscriptions on the placards read, "Re-open LASU now"; "After election, wetin remain"; "LASU students are ready to resume," and "We want to graduate," among others.
It will be recalled that the state-owned institution was closed prior to the 2015 general elections.
While the state government cited elections for the closure, there was also a brewing labour crisis which had threatened the peace in the institution.

The crisis ─ a face-off between the Non-Academic Staff Union and the school management ─ had caused the indefinite postponement of the 20th convocation earlier scheduled for March 18 and 19, 2015.
The students on Thursday said it was no longer acceptable that the institution should remain shut since the general elections had been concluded for about three weeks.
President of the Student Union Government, Wasiu Adeyemi, said, "After the elections, we expect that they would allow the students to come back to school.
"But the government and the management have remained mute, which is unacceptable.
We want to learn, we want tp go back to school."
The students, in a position paper submitted to the governor, further appealed to Fashola to wade into the NASU/management face-off to let peace reign in the school.
While they sang and danced to songs to support the protest, some of the the students said they were optimistic that the government would work on their pleas.

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Members of the Oodua People's Congress and some suspected pipeline vandals have clashed in Arepo, in the Obafemi Owode area of Ogun State.‎
It was gathered that the Wednesday clash caused pandemonium, which led to the killing of a pregnant woman, Mrs. Damilola Fajana, and another pedestrian. It was learnt that a suspected vandal had earlier been killed on Tuesday by some OPC members.
The Wednesday incident happened in the Unity Estate, around 3pm.
It was further gathered that a passerby was hit by bullet in the leg and was rushed to the hospital.
When our correspondent visited the community on Thursday, he observed that all shops in the estate were locked.
The road leading to the estate was also deserted as a few motorcycle riders were seen plying the area.
Around 11am, there was panic as some women suddenly took to their heels, saying the fight had started again.
It was learnt that the clash had been on since Monday.
A resident said, "The fight has been on for some days now. It is between some Ijaw youths and OPC members that the Federal Government employed to protect pipelines.
"But yesterday (Wednesday), it took a new dimension as they faced one another in broad daylight. There was heavy exchange of gunfire.
"A pregnant woman was in a car with her husband. A bullet pierced through the windscreen and hit the woman in the neck.
"Her husband was devastated and begged people to help. The woman did not survive the gunshot. She died there. We were told she was six months pregnant."
Another witness told our correspondent that the second victim was walking by the roadside when he was hit in the stomach by a stray bullet, which killed him.
"The man was hit in the stomach and died. Another person was hit in the leg and was rushed to a hospital," he said.

Our correspondent learnt that the OPC members and the vandals took the battle to the premises of a primary school in the area.
A large number of people were said to have been injured during the clash.

A source disclosed that earlier that day, the OPC members had combed some streets in the estate, searching for the suspected vandals.
He said, "They went to three different streets where the vandals usually sold fuel to residents. They met resistance on Ebute and Akinsanya streets. There was a serious clash on Ebute Street.
"It was after that clash that the OPC members launched a major offensive in the afternoon."
Our correspondent gathered from another resident that the suspected vandals had sought to pacify the OPC members.
It was learnt that the wife of one of the suspected vandals had sought audience with the ethnic militiamen, but the meeting did not go well.
He said, "This fight started after the suspected vandals sent a woman to the OPC members so they could come to an agreement.
"But the OPC members refused and attacked the woman. That was how the battle line was drawn."

It was learnt that people in the community are constantly disturbed by gunshots which start late at night into the early hours of the morning.
A woman said, "As from 3am, they would start their shooting which would continue till dawn.
"Everybody is scared. This area has always been peaceful until now. And I believe the vandals have increased their activities due to the fuel scarcity in the country."

It was further gathered that text messages and letters were being sent to residents to stay indoors as there would be more attacks.‎
Our correspondent was told that the information was to reduce the number of casualties.
A resident said, "I have just received a text message from my church that there will not be service today until Sunday because of the unrest."
A community leader, Mr. Victor Olajide, condemned the actions of the OPC men, adding that the government should withdraw them from the area.
He said, "On Tuesday, they raided the home of an Ijaw woman. She is neither involved in vandalism nor an accomplice. But after ransacking her house and destroying her things, they shot one person dead there.
"Yesterday (Wednesday), a stray bullet killed a woman. These people are not educated and they don't have the technicality to handle the kind of job they have been given. The government should train the police better to handle the job and the OPC members should be withdrawn."

However, the OPC National Coordinator, Gani Adams, denied that OPC members fired the shots that killed the victims.
He said, "What happened was that in less than 24 hours that the police were withdrawn from the pipelines, our men intercepted about 50 jerrycans, each containing 60 litres of stolen fuel. They were loaded in three vehicles.
"We were able to arrest one of the vandals, but the second person jumped into the water and escaped.
"The fuel was taken to the NNPC depot at Mosimi.
"But the hoodlums protecting the vandals came against our men and began shooting into the community.
"In the process, two people were shot dead on Wednesday."

The Police Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Command, Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the incident.
He added that the corpse of the pregnant woman had been deposited in a morgue.
He said, "The bullet hit the pregnant woman in the neck and she died.
"We just heard that there was exchange of gunfire, so we don't know who exactly fired the shot."

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The Adamawa North Senatorial District Senator-elect, Binta Garba, on Thursday said she would unite the upper legislative chamber if she is elected as the first female Senate President in Nigeria.‎
According to her, as the only female Senator from the North, her interest to vie for the Senate Presidency is to bring transparency into the leadership of the red chamber.
Speaking with journalists in Abuja, the three-term member of the House of Representatives, said she had written to all her colleagues and other Nigerians on the need to support her bid to emerge as the first female Senate President in Nigeria.
Garba, who was elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, said, "Apart from the fact that I have held several positions as a lawmaker in the House of Representatives, I am the first female chairperson of any public party in Nigeria, having been elected as the Adamawa State Chapter Chairperson of the APC in April last year.
"I am still holding that position till today and the unity I brought to the party brought about the successes we recorded in the recent general elections.
"As a delegate member from Adamawa State to the National Conference, I served on the Committee on Political Restructuring and Forms of Government. I know what Nigerians need when it comes to lawmaking and leadership. It is time for all to support the female folks to be at the forefront of decision-making in Nigeria."

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A female student of Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma in Edo State, was crushed to death yesterday by a tipper lorry.‎
The unfortunate incident happened on the Uhumudumun Road in Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area.Sympathisers gathered on the scene to catch a glimpse of the body and learn more about her death.
There was a gridlock, following the accident, for hours.
An eyewitness said a commercial motorcycle (Okada) carrying the woman attempted to overtake another Okada.
They were said to have collided.
The woman reportedly fell off the motorcycle and was crushed to death by the tipper.
Men of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) at the Iruekpen Division, who were on ground to ease traffic, took her body to a nearby mortuary.

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President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday said all members of the Peoples Democratic Party who defected to the All Progressives Congress because he lost the March 28 presidential election would return with empty stomach.‎
He said the leaders of the APC would first settle their existing members before thinking of settling defectors.
He added that "food" may have finished before it gets to the turn of the defectors to eat.
Jonathan spoke shortly after receiving the report of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation led by Senator Ahmadu Ali at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

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According to reports, the young man pictured above was murdered by armed robbers on his way to Abuja on Monday April 27th, just three days to his traditional wedding and five days to his white wedding which was supposed to be 2nd of May. 

Although details are sketchy as to what really transpired but it BBN learnt that the family has been thrown into a pathetic ‎state while his fiancée has reportedly been unconsolable.

‎May his soul rest in peace!

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