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Fashion designer,22, docked over N75,000 IPhone theft
A 22-year-old fashion designer, Miracle Oche, was on Tuesday docked in an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, for allegedly conspiring to steal an IPhone 6s valued N75,000.
The police charged Oche, who resides in the Ketu, Mile 12 axis of Lagos, with conspiracy and theft.
He pleaded not guilty.
The prosecutor, Insp Sunday Bassey, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on June 21, at Ikosi Road, Ketu, Lagos.
Bassey said that the defendant and one other still at large entered the shop of one Mrs Olayinka Olayemi, the complainant.
“They claimed they wanted to buy an IPhone 6 valued at N75,000 and after examining it, the one at large went out of the shop with it.
“He was confronted outside and he explained that he wanted to get food for his friend, the defendant, who was sitting in the shop.
“After waiting for a long time, the friend failed to return with the phone and the defendant was arrested”, the prosecutor said.
The offence, he said, contravened the provisions of Section 287 and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
Magistrate M.O Tanimola admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N100,000, with two sureties in like sum.
The court adjourned the case until Aug. 25, for mention
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Osun Poly Student, Olanrewaju Olatona killed by hit-and-run one-way driver
A Student Of Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, Osun State, has died after being hit by a trailer driver on Monday, April 15.
The Accident was said to have occurred when the driver, who was reportedly driving against traffic, collided with the motorcycle conveying a student named Olanrewaju Olatona and another passenger along the Ikirun-Osogbo road area of the state.
Due to the severe impact, Olanrewaju Olatona, a National Diploma 2 student, suffered fatal injuries. He died at the scene.
Olatona, who was the Financial Secretary of the Department of Mass Communication, was preparing for the one-year Industrial Training programme.
The driver fled the scene after the accident and has not been apprehended.
Subsequently, Osun State Polytechnic students organised a procession in front of the school gate and blocked the expressway for several hours.
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Unknown Gunmen Abduct Channelstv Reporter In Port-harcourt
Some unknown gunmen have kidnapped Joshua Rogers, the ChannelsTV reporter in Port-Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
Politics Nigeria learnt that Rogers was picked up close to his residence at Rumuosi in Port Harcourt and to an unknown destination by the gunmen around 9pm on Thursday, April 11.
The reporter was driving his official ChannelsTV branded car when the hoodlums accosted, pointed a gun at him and took him away in the same vehicle.
Rogers was said to be returning from his official assignment in Government House after a trip to Andoni for a government event when the incident happened.
Already, the gunmen were said to have contacted his wife and demanded a N30million ransom for bis release.
His cameraman confirmed the incident and appealed to his abductors to set him free unconditionally.
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