Tracking device catches Nigerian thief

The police in Nigeria’s capital of Abuja have arrested an electronic dealer at Zone 3, shopping complex, for allegedly being in possession of some stolen iPad tabletcomputer and other items belonging to the National Hospital.

A Police source at the Zone 3 Police Division said the hospital implanted the tracking devices in its gadgets after series of computer thefts since January this year.

According to Mr Mai Lafiya, the Chief Security Officer, the device was called into play after yet another theft.
“Recently, the hospital iPad computer got missing, and it triggered the tracking device. The item was traced to a shop at the Zone 3 shopping complex,’’ he said

A police source confirmed that the suspect was now in police custody and that a search warrant had been issued to search the entire shop for more stolen items.

In another development, an 18 year-old dancer, Fahima Ahmed, of Daki-Biyu village, Abuja, was on Thursday sentenced to six months imprisonment by an Abuja Chief Magistrates’ Court for stealing cell phones.

The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Rahmatu Gulma, while handing down the sentence, described the convict as an expert in “thievery who is not remorseful of her crime’’.
“She appears to be an expert in thievery to have been able to enter a room where four men are sleeping without any fear and picked up four cell phones and cash. Such a girl does not deserve any mercy. She deserved to be punished to serve as a deterrent to her and others.

Super Eagles Player Victor Moses Becomes Dad At

Well, we all know 21 is probably his football age, but he’s still a young dude. The Super Eagles and Chelsea footballer announced on Twitter a few hours ago that he’s now a dad.

 

Suya Seller Arraigned For Allegedly Stealing 11 Bags Of Onions

A 28-year-old suya seller, Isah Bala, was on Thursday arraigned before an Ojo Magistrates’ court for allegedly stealing 11 bags of onions belonging to one Alhaji Sagir Bilya. Police prosecutor Friday Eze told the court that the offence contravened the provisions of Section 285 of the Criminal Code Laws of Lagos State, the News Agency of… [Read More...]

Two Beasts Was Killed At Madonna University

Two Beasts Was killed at Madonna University?

I'm putting this up the way i culled it from LIB; I don't know how to write this story - too bizarre - so I'm going to put it here exactly the way it was sent in.

Dear Linda,

I don't know if someone has already sent you this story. This beast was killed today at Madonna University, Elele. They killed a small one and the bigger one came for revenge. We hear more will be coming. Everybody is scared in the school.

What is that thing? And if you're a Madonna University student, did this really happen in your school?

Man Caught Trying To Sneak Into Spain As Car Seat

A 20-year old man (name withheld) from Guinea was caught on Friday trying to sneak into Spain while pretending to be a car seat According to daily mail report

the man was found hiding inside a Renault 7’s passenger seat, with the co-driver sat on top of him.

171 Nigerian female pilgrims home after Saudi ban

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About 171 of Nigerian unaccompanied female pilgrims, barred from entering Jeddah for the annual Hajj by the Saudi authorities, returned to Kano Nigeria today.

Up to 1,000 Nigerian women were affected by the ban order because they were not accompanied by men, with most stuck at the Jeddah airport, Nigerian officials said Wednesday.

The women, who began arriving Sunday at the airport in Jeddah, in western Saudi Arabia, were facing possible deportations by Saudi authorities, said a report compiled by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, which oversees Nigerian participation in the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca.

“Upon enquiries by the reception team officials of the National Hajj Commission in the airport, they were told that the pilgrims were held back because of lack of mahram (lawful male accompanying pilgrim),” said the report, which was submitted to the Nigerian House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs.

“These women were not deported. They were returned based on the decision by the National Hajj Commission because the embarrassment from the Saudi authorities was becoming unbearable,” commission spokesman Umar Bala told AFP.

Bilateral talks were ongoing between officials of the two countries to resolve the issue, he added. He said that about 1,000 women were still blocked at the Jeddah airport.

Honest Abuja taxi driver gets his reward

Mr Imeh Usuah, a taxi driver, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International, Abuja, on Tuesday emerged the winner of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) maiden Integrity Award. Usuah was awarded a plaque and N2.5 million($15,860) for his honesty.

Usuah, accompanied by his wife Mercy was celebrated by the capital marketcommunity for returning N18 million forgotten in his taxi cab in 2007 by a customer.

Usuah a former workshop foreman with Julius Berger Plc had earlier been acknowledged and commended by four different groups in the country.

Ms Arunma Oteh, the Director- General of SEC said that the award was the commission’s contributions toward the promotion, recognition and reward for integrity.

“Usuah’s exemplary act of honesty and integrity had sprinkled a burst of refreshing dew upon the national consciousness,” Oteh said.

She said that “the integrity award is a careful response to a critical need of the Nigerian society, as it is through it that trust is built and sustained.”

In his response, Usuah, a native of Ubokudom in Akwa Ibom, commended the commission for the gesture and devoted the award to the “unsung honest and committed Nigerians across the country