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Japanese police have found nine mutilated bodies dumped in containers with their heads cut off and flesh stripped in a suburban Tokyo flat, media reported Tuesday. Tokyo police have arrested 27-year-old Takahiro Shiraishi who reportedly confessed to slicing the flesh off the bodies and throwing it in the trash, then sprinkling cat litter over the remains in an effort to cover up the evidence. Japanese Policemen at the Tokyo flat where nine mutilated bodies were found According to local media, Shiraishi told police he had chopped up the bodies in a bathroom, while a saw was found in his room. The suspect reportedly told investigators he had “dumped cut flesh and organs in the trash”. Police and journalists swarmed around the nondescript apartment in the quiet residential neighbourhood of Zama, as locals struggled to comprehend how an act of such violence could have occurred so near them. “It’s really cruel. He used a saw to dismember the bodies or something....

By Umeofor Chiazaram A Federal High Court in Lagos, on Tuesday convicted and sentenced a 56 years old woman, Modinat Owolabi to 10 years imprisonment for cocaine trafficking. Justice Mohammed Aikawa sentenced the convict after she pleaded guilty to a one-count charge of drug trafficking preferred against her by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The convict had earlier pleaded guilty when she was first arraigned before the court, and had maintained her plea when the matter came up on Tuesday. After reviewing the facts of the case, the prosecutor, Mr Abu Ibrahim, tendered the convict’s harmonised ECOWAS passport, an E-ticket and a boarding pass obtained from her as evidence. He also tendered three written statements of the convict, two request of scientific aid forms, a drug analysis report, and a sealed brown envelope which were all admitted as exhibits. After tendering the evidences, the prosecutor urged the court to convict and sentence her accordingly. Con...

Outgoing Vice Chancellor of University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, Prof Rahamon Bello on Tuesday gave account of his stewardship and mentioned the April 2016 students’ violent protest as his major regret. Flanked by principal officers of UNILAG, Prof Bello, who will leave office on November 11, told the gathering that he is not interested in the 2019 Ogun State gubernatorial contest and even distanced himself from politics. Prof Bello confirmed that the April 2016 protest by UNILAG students for three days was a Banana peels that he managed to escape and regretted the incident. He said another challenge he faced during his five years administration include lack of funds to pay salary, provide adequate water for students and staff, electricity and infrastructure noting ‘’once these facilities are not in place, the Banana peel can roll one over to stumble’’. ‘’My greatest regret was the April 2016 students violent protest. The problem was that we...

The Federal Government says plans are under way to commence the implementation of non-custodial sentencing as a means of addressing the challenges of prison congestion. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN), announced this on Monday in Abuja, during the inauguration of a stakeholders’ committee to oversee the implementation of directives to expedite prison decongestion. He decried the deplorable conditions in which most prisoners were held, adding that the state of Nigerian prisons was a direct violation of the rights of the inmates. He said it was part of efforts to address the situation that the Federal Government had evolved programmes aimed at aiding decongestion of prisons across the country. “It is for this reason that my office intends to come up with a road map and comprehensive action plan to ensure that permanent gains are achieved in the work on reformation and decongestion of our correctional institutions,” he said...

Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal briefing State House Correspondents after leaving the Presidential Villa Abuja after the announcement of his suspension in Abuja on Wednesday (19/4/17). 02296/19/4/2017/Callistus Ewelike/NAN President Muhammadu Buhari has studied the report of the panel headed by the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), which investigated allegations against the suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, and the Director General, National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke. The president accepted the recommendation of the panel to terminate the appointment of Mr. Lawal, and has appointed Boss Mustapha as the new Secretary to the Government of the Federation. The appointment takes immediate effect. President Buhari also approved the recommendation to terminate the appointment of Mr. Oke, and has further approved the setting up of a three-member panel to, among other things, look into the opera...

About 47 years after the Nigeria civil war ended on ‘No victor, no vanquish’ terms, the federal government on Monday agreed to pay victims of the war N88 billion compensation for their losses. A breakdown of the compensation adopted by the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice as consent judgment for government and the victims showed that N50 billion will go direct to the victims of the war in eleven affected states in the South-east, South-south and part of North-central regions, while the remaining N38 billion will go for the evacuation of abandoned bombs and other lethal weapons and construction of schools, courts, churches and mosques among others in the affected areas. In the consent judgment read by Justice Friday Nwoke, the federal government is expected to pay the N50 billion into the United Bank of Africa, UBA, account with number 1018230076 belonging to Noel Chukwukadibia, the nominated counsel for the war victims, and another N38 billion to be paid into another UBA account wit...

No fewer than 30 persons yesterday escaped death in an accident that occurred at the boundary between Enugu and Ebonyi state expressway. An eyewitness who spoke to journalists on the condition of anonymity, said the accident occurred when the driver of an 18-seater bus travelling from Abakaliki to Enugu tried to avoid a police checkpoint and collided with another Hiace bus returning from Enugu. Another eyewitness, Rev. Fr Stephen Nnorom of the Catholic Diocese of Buya Cameroon who was among those that rescued the victims and conveyed them to hospitals, described the accident as tragic and regretted the attitude of some sympathizers who could not volunteer their vehicles to evacuate the victims to hospitals. He advised motorists to always obey law enforcement agencies at the road to avert road accidents. Two other eyewitnesses, Mr. Chinonso Okeke and Mr. Ifeanyi Igwe blamed the police at the checkpoint for the accident and explained that it would have been prevented if the two drive...

The national chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Chief Victor Oye has said that Governor Willie Obiano will be reelected with over 85percent of the total votes cast in the forthcoming governorship election in the state. Oye, who spoke to DAILYPOST in his Amawbia country home, near Awka, boasted that APGA was sure of victory in the election as it was the only dominant party in the state. The national chairman said every available indices point to a favourable election for the APGA, and it is not in doubt that it would win the election. He said, “This election has been challenging and rewarding on for us in APGA. In all the places our campaign train has visited, you need to see the joy on the faces of the people. “The APGA government in Anambra has delivered on its promises, and the message of hope is everywhere and the people are happy. We have visited 12 local governments so far since after the flag off of our campaign, and in all these places, we have registered...

An undergraduate of the Ekiti State University (EKSU), Ado Ekiti, Ayodele Temilade, has been hacked to death by people suspected to be cultists. Some students of the institution, who confided in our reporter, said the corpse of the deceased was discovered at the gate of the school around 10pm on Sunday. They, however, explained that they did not know how the corpse got there. A close look at the corpse posted on the social media revealed that the head of the victim was severed and the body inflicted with several machete cuts. Confirming the incident, the PPRO in Ekiti police command, Mr. Alberto Adeyemi, said the command received the report of the incident on Monday morning and had since taken corpse to the mortuary. He said, “His name was given as Ayodele Temilade but we don’t know his course or level for now. We are treating the issue as a murder case until investigation is completed. ” However, the Acting Director, Information and Corporate Affairs of the institution, Ajibade O...