Super Eagles of Nigeria are the first team to qualify for the round of 16 at the ongoing African Cup of Nations in Egypt.

A 1 – 0 win against Guinea at the Alexandria Stadium this evening confirmed the Eagles’ qualification to the next round after defender Kenneth Omeruo scored the only goal in the match.

The Super Eagles who also defeated Burundi 1 – 0 last week now have six points in the group stage.

On Sunday, Nigeria will face Madagascar for their final group stage game before going into the round of 16.

Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf of an FCT High Court Maitama has sentenced a clergyman, Pastor Basil Princewill, founder Mountain Mover Ministry International Nyanya, to seven years in prison for rape.

The clergyman was arraigned in court by the police on allegation that he forcefully had sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old girl, between July 27 and Dec. 31, 2011 inside his church and his house at Nyanya, Abuja, without her consent and impregnated her. He was said to have given her drugs with a view to aborting a pregnancy. Princewill was charged with four counts bordering on rape, impersonation and attempt to cause abortion and abetting miscarriage.

Delivering judgment in the case yesterday Tuesday June 25th, Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf berated the clergyman for allowing the devil use him to commit such a ”shameful and satanic” crime.

” l must consider the faith of a young girl and the society. It is even worrisome when the person involved is a man of God who we should look up to as next to God, those who serve in the Lord’s vineyard are expected to be an example to the society. We have a duty to send signal that this attitude should not be tolerated, it is regrettable that the person who called himself man of God will be involved in such shameful disgraceful and satanic act. He would face the prison walls like a monastery so that when he comes out, he would have been born again,” the judge said.

The judge said since he was a first time offender, he ”is sentenced to seven years for the offence of rape and five years for the offence of abettment which will run concurrently.” The clergyman was convicted on count one, which is rape and count three which is abettment to cause abortion.

“I believe the evidence of the PW2 (victim ) to be true and the PW1 (her mother ) told the story in the same way the victim told the court too. The evidence of the accused was inconsistent, and confusing also and the direct evidence given by the victim to her mother narrated the ordeal the victim went through in the hands of the accused,” the judge held

A Kwara State High Court in Ilorin on Tuesday sentenced an internet fraudster, Temitope Charles, to 35 years in prison without an option of fine.

The Presiding Judge, Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar, while delivering Judgement on a criminal charge brought against the convict by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), pronounced the convict guilty and sentenced him to seven years in prison on each of the five-count charge.

Abdulgafar directed that the prison sentence should run concurrently. The Judge agreed that EFCC had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt, noting that the evidence of the only prosecution witness, Olamide Sadiq, who is an operative of the commission, was very strong and reliable.

”The evidence of PW1, Olamide Sadiq, was left unchallenged by the defendant; all the chats and text messages were printed from his email address in his presence.

I have considered the testimonies of the PW1, this honourable court is of the opinion that the PW1 is a witness of truth, the accused person indeed was in possession of fake documents, the prosecution has sufficiently link the defendant to the email address,” Abdulgafar said.

Earlier, Defence Counsel, A.B Bakare, had urged the judge to temper justice with mercy, saying that his client was a first time offender. Prosecuting Counsel, Sessan Ola, opposed to the request and asked the court to sentence the convict according to the provisions of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act.

Ola said: “going by the provisions of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act, the minimum punishment for this type of offence is seven years and maximum of 20 years, the court can not use its discretion outside the same.”

The EFCC had arraigned Charles before the court on a five- count charge bordering on internet fraud, sometime in March. Charles was allegedly caught with some documents indicating that he wanted to defraud unsuspecting members of the public.

One of the five-count charge read: “the suspect, who is also known as Teresa Simon, was said to have been apprehended on February 28, 2019, in Ilorin in possession of documents containing false representation with intent to defraud, an offence said to be contrary to Sections 6 and 8 (b) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act,”

A 27-year-old man, identified as Chukwuma Enemuo has been arrested for allegedly selling his three-day-old baby boy for N150,000 in Anambra State.

The incident occurred in Ozubulu in the Ekwusigo Local Government Area of the state and according to reports, the man who conspired with a 45-year-old man, Obi Chidubem to sell the baby to one Anulika Okafor, had lied to his wife that their baby had died shortly after birth.

However, the business went awry when a neighbour reportedly revealed the development. The Police Public Relations Officer in the State, Haruna Mohammed confirmed the incident saying the baby had been recovered in good condition while the matter was being investigated.

Mohammed said the incident occurred on Monday and the three suspects in the incident have been arrested. He said;

“The Police detectives attached to Ozubulu division arrested one Chukwuma Enemuo, aged 27 years of Okwutu Amawka village, Ozubulu in Ekwusigo LGA of Anambra State.

The suspect conspired with one Obi Chidubem, aged 45 years of Umuabuche Eziama village, Uli in Ihiala LGA and sold his three-day-old baby boy for the sum of N150,000 to one Mrs Anulika Okafor aged 39 years of Uruokwe village, Ozubulu.

The Suspect lied to his wife, one Oluchi Enemuo, aged 20 years of Okwutu Amakwa by telling her that the baby is dead shortly after delivery. All the three suspects have been arrested, the baby was also recovered. The case is under investigation after which suspects would be charged to court.”

The Anambra State Police has paraded two men, Okwuchukwu Anyanwu, 36 and Emeka Odoh, 25 who raped a mentally challenged woman in Oyi.

Spokesperson of the Command, SP Haruna Mohammed said that on Monday, 24 June at about 3:pm, police detectives attached to Oyi Division arrested the suspects Okwuchukwu Anyanwu, 36 and Emeka Odoh, 25, all of Ezi Umunya in Oyi LGA of Anambra State.

The suspects had on Sunday, June 23, at about 11am took advantage of one Nwanneka Nwaizu, 23,a mentally challenged girl and had unlawful carnal knowledge with her.

The scene was visited by the Police and victim taken to General Hospital Onitsha for medical examination.

The case is under investigation after which suspects would be charged to Court for prosecution.