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AN ARMED thief has been sentenced to death by hanging after robbing less than £50 from three people.
By TOM PARFITT
00:00, Sat, Dec 5, 2015 | UPDATED: 03:04, Sat, Dec 5, 2015






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David Olugboyega has been sentenced to death by hanging
David Olugboyega owned up to the crime to police before a court appearance on Thursday.

Judge John Adeyeye told him: "The accused is hereby sentenced to death by hanging. This will serve as a deterrent to others in the society.

"May God have mercy on your soul."

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Armed with guns and swords, he robbed £26 from Kola Owolabi, £16.50 from Beatrice Olawunmi and £5 from Idowu Abiodun .


The crime took place on Araromi Street in Ikere-Ekiti, Nigeria according to prosecutor Alaba Adeyemi.

He took part in a series of other robbery operations, Mr Adeyemi told Ado Ekiti High Court.

Mr Adeyeye added: "An accused may be convicted on his own confession alone as long as the court was satisfied.

"Based on the confessional statement of the accused, the court found him guilty as charged.

"Besides, the prosecution has also proved his case beyond reasonable doubt by providing seven witnesses."

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54 Nigerian soldiers were handed the death penalty last year
More than 650 people were handed the death penalty in Nigeria last year – up from 131 in 2013, according to Amnesty International.

Among them were 54 soldiers who refused to fight the terrorist group Boko Haram – which is seeking create an Islamist state in Nigeria.

The soldiers, who appeared before a court in the capital city of Abuja, are expected to face a firing squad.

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Several soldiers were acquitted by a court in Abuja
Lawyer Chinonye Obiagwu said: "There is huge public support for the death penalty – about 65 per cent.

"When there is armed conflict there is always a tendency for the society to support capital punishment, not only for military offences but also for crimes like armed robbery.

"So armed conflict increases the possibility of conviction and sentence."

Source www.Express.co.uk/news/world-africa

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ABUJA—The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, will, today, determine whether in view of section 181 of the 1999 constitution, as amended, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, should go ahead with its plan to conduct supplementary governorship election in Kogi State tomorrow.
Justice Gabriel Kolawole adjourned for judgement after all the parties, yesterday, adopted their final written addresses on contentious legal issues that arose from the sudden death of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Prince Abubakar Audu, before the election was concluded.

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INEC had declared the governorship election held November 21, inconclusive, even as it fixed Saturday to conduct a run-off poll.
Meanwhile, the court had, Tuesday, consolidated four separate suits challenging the legality of the scheduled supplementary election.
Justice Gabriel Kolawole, who merged the four suits, said there was need for the court to expeditiously determine the issues “so that INEC will not conduct the election under a grave shadow of doubt as to the legal or constitutional validity.”
Whereas one of the suits was lodged before the court by Kogi State governor, C aptain Idris Wada (retd), the second suit was filed by the governorship candidate of the People for Democratic Change, PDC, in the state, Emmanuel Daikwo.
Likewise, a legal practitioner, Mr. Johnson Usman, a House of Representatives member for Ahiazu Ezinaehitte Mbaise Federal Constituency of Imo State, Rafael Igbokwe and an electorate from Omala Local Government Area in Abelijukolo Ife of Eche ward in Kogi State, Mr. Stephen Wada Omaye, filed the two remaining suits.
Upon consolidation of the suits, the plaintiffs, led by Wada’s lawyer, Mr. Goddy Uche, SAN, distilled out three principal legal issues for the court to determine today.
They want the court to go ahead and determine: “Whether having regard to the provisions of sections 31(1)(2)(4)(5)(6)(7) and (, 33, 34, 36, 85 and 87 of the Electoral Act, 2010, as amended, as well as sections 178-181 of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended, INEC can lawfully conduct a second/supplementary election into the office of Governor of Kogi State on December 5, 2015, or any other date at all let alone accepting the nomination/substitution by the APC of any candidate on the basis of votes computed and credited to the deceased candidate of the APC when the new or substitute candidate was not part of the original election.”
Wada specifically prayed the court to determine, “whether in view of the provisions of section 179 (2) (3)(4)(5) of the constitution, and other enabling provisions of the Electoral Act, 2010, as amended, and having regard to the doctrine of necessity, the plaintiff being the only surviving candidate with the major lawful votes cast at the Kogi State governorship election held on November 21, 2015, ought not to be declared and returned by the INEC as the winner of the election having secured not less than one-quarter of the votes case in two-thirds of all the Local Government Areas in Kogi State.”
Justice Kolawole had given all the parties 48 hours to file and exchange their briefs of argument and return to the court yesterday for adoption.
Jurisdiction of the high court
Meantime, at the resumed sitting, yesterday, the APC, challenged the jurisdiction of the high court to entertain the suits.
APC’s position was also adopted by both INEC and its replacement for Audu, Mr. Yahaya Bello, who both contended that the court has no jurisdiction to adjudicate on issues that were raised by the plaintiffs, issues they said could be best handled by an election petition tribunal.
APC was not represented in court the day the four suits were consolidated.
The plaintiffs had informed the court that they could not effect service on the party owing to a free-for-all they said took place at the APC national secretariat in Abuja by three different factions of the party in Kogi State, the day they went there with the court processes.
In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/977/2015, Faleke insisted that contrary to claim by INEC, the Kogi State governorship election was conclusive.
He is seeking 16 principal reliefs from the court, among which include: “A declaration that by the express provisions of sections 179 (2) (a) and (b) and 187(1) of the constitution, a person who is nominated as an associate of a candidate for the office of governor of a state is duly elected deputy governor of a state when the candidate for the office of the governor scores the highest number of also scored not less than one quarter of all the votes cast in each of at least two-third of all the local government areas in the state.”

Source.www vanguardngr.com/2015/12/kogi-poll-court-decides-wada-bello-falekes-fate-today/

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Following the approval by the National Assembly of the supplementary budget, which includes a provision for the payment of subsidy arrears, petroleum product marketers are expecting the issuance of Sovereign Debt Notes by the Debt Management Office for the settlement of the debts.

The delay in the payment of the subsidy debts to the marketers fuelled the latest round of fuel shortages in many parts of the country, similar to what was experienced in May this year.

On Thursday, long queues of motorists were seen in several filling stations in Lagos, with many struggling to get petrol in jerrycans.

President Muhammadu Buhari had in November sent a supplementary budget of N465.6bn to the National Assembly. The National Assembly reviewed the amount upward to N574bn, stating that the addition would help to offset the fuel subsidy for the last quarter of the year, which was not captured in the 2015 budget.

A breakdown of the approved supplementary budget showed that N522.2bn would be used for fuel subsidy payment.

Some marketers told our correspondent on Thursday that they expected the issuance of the SDNs to be a fast process in order to facilitate the importation of petroleum products into the country and end the current scarcity.

The Executive Secretary, Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria, Mr. Obafemi Olawore, said, “They have approved the subsidy arrears, which is a very big thing, but the money has not reached our hands. We expect to get the money in a couple of days.”

Olawore, in a telephone interview with our correspondent, said the DMO had prepaid the SDNs a long time ago, but was waiting for approval to give them out.

“Now that the approval has been given, all that they need for them to start issuing the notes is a letter from the National Assembly to the Ministry of Finance that the subsidy arrears have been approved,” he added.

The Executive Secretary, Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association, Mr. Olufemi Adewole, said, “We are expecting the DMO to start the issuance of the Sovereign Debt Notes soon, which we will take to our banks.”

He explained that few marketers had been issued the SDNs before it was discontinued when it was realised that there was no budgetary approval for the payment of the subsidy claims.

Adewole stressed the need for the Central Bank of Nigeria to make foreign exchange available to enable the marketers to import petroleum products, saying all hands must be on deck to put an end to the current scarcity.

A sovereign debt note, which serves as a security against any delay in the payment of subsidy for imported cargos, can be discounted for cash. With it, marketers that do not get their payment within the stipulated 45 days can take the instrument to their creditor banks as cash to pay for their loans.

Source www.Punchng.com/?p=12621

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, says he has inspired many African leaders who have also gone ahead to create social change.

Tinubu, who is a former governor of Lagos State, said this at the formal launch of the Centre for African Entrepreneurship and Leadership and his investiture as the Patron at the University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom, according to a statement on Wednesday.

The APC leader, who was represented by his wife, Remi, said national leadership must establish the right policies, provide the necessary infrastructure and create the enabling institutional environment under which ambitious entrepreneurs can become productive.

He said, “Visionary and disciplined leadership in Africa is one thing I am passionate about. I have invested much of my adult life to mentoring new leaders who can create opportunities for citizens to exercise and actualise their full potentials.

“I am gratified to see how many of those whom I have worked with have excelled and have gone on to inspire others to embrace the model of selfless, result-oriented leadership.

“I am inspired by how democratic values and principles create the condition for individuals to access opportunities to better their lives and the lives of others.”

The APC leader said he contributed greatly to the struggle against military rule. He added that he would continue to protect democracy in Africa.

Tinubu said Africa had become a more peaceful continent than it was many years ago because most African countries are now practising democracy.

He said, “As a democrat who fought against military dictatorships, I appreciate the fragile gains of democratic governance. Because of the momentum of democracy and rule of law, Africa is now, more than ever, primed for economic growth and productive partnerships.

“Citizens have become more aware and more engaged in the process of choosing their own leaders. They are dismantling undemocratic structures that have held them back far too long. African economies are increasingly becoming more rational and focused on identifying what shall be their critical path to development.”

The former governor lamented the spate of terrorism in the North-East but urged the government to also concentrate on rehabilitating victims and providing relief to them.

He said there was a need for the world to come together to battle terrorism as the recent attack in Paris had shown that even developed countries are now vulnerable to attacks.

Source www.punchng.com/?p=12450

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