38 year-old man remanded in prison for raping 8-year-old girl

An Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun on Friday remanded 38-year-old Taiwo Coker in prison custody for allegedly raping a minor.

The accused, who resides at No. 4, Unity Road, Ijoko in Ota area of Ogun, is being tried for raping a minor.

He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

Vote for Buhari, vote to go to prison, says Patience Jonathan

The first lady of Nigeria, Dame Patience Jonathan said Tuesday in Akure, Ondo state that a vote for the APC presidential Candidate Gen. Muhammadu Buhari is a vote to send Nigerians to Prison.

Speaking to a Mammoth crowd at the PDP national rally held at the Gani Fawehinmi freedom Arcade ground in Akure, Dame Jonathan said Gen Buhari is a dictator.

According to her, a dictator will always be a dictator no matter how his handlers white wash him. Nigerians should not make that mistake because a vote for Buhari is a vote to send people to Prison.

She begged Nigerians not to be carried away by the Change mantra of the opposition saying its a deceit.

According to her” a vote for Buhari it is vote for prison while a vote for Jonathan is a vote for continuity, transformation and positive development.

Prison inmate bags second class upper degree from NOUN

A prison inmate, Theophilus Adeniyi, has received a second class upper degree in peace studies and conflict resolution from the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN).

Adenyi, an awaiting trial inmate and pioneer student of NOUN at its Enugu Prison study centre, was on Tuesday presented the certificate by the Controller-General of the Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS), Dr Peter Ekpendu, at the first convocation of the centre.

Ekpendu commended Adeniyi for making the NPS proud and promised to continue to encourage inmates to reach their potentials in whatever trade they chose.

Man impregnates 14-yr-old daughter, remanded in prison

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Monday, remanded in prison custody a 50-year-old farmer, Yesiru Onajobi, for allegedly raping his 14-year-old daughter.

Onajobi, a resident at Bogije Street, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, was standing trial on a two-count charge of unlawfully having a carnal knowledge of his teenage daughter.