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The parents of Ethan Crumbley, a teenager suspected of a deadly school shooting have been arrested in a Detroit basement hours after going on the run, police say. James and Jennifer Crumbley were found unarmed hiding in a warehouse after a tip-off from someone who saw their car. The couple had failed to show up in court on Friday after being charged with involuntary manslaughter. They are accused of ignoring warning signs before their son’s alleged rampage. Prosecutors say Ethan Crumbley, 15, used his father’s gun to shoot classmates in the nearby Michigan town of Oxford, killing four and wounding…

The Omicron variant has been detected in at least 38 countries but no deaths have yet been reported, the World Health Organization has said, amid warnings that it could damage the global economic recovery. The United States and Australia became the latest countries to confirm locally transmitted cases of the variant, as Omicron infections pushed South Africa’s total cases past 3 million. The WHO has warned it could take weeks to determine how infectious the variant is, whether it causes more severe illness and how effective treatments and vaccines are against it. “We’re going to get the answers that everybody…

A nurse who raped and impregnated a severely disabled woman in his care has been jailed for 10 years in the US state of Arizona, local media reported Friday. Nathan Sutherland admitted sexually abusing his then-29-year-old patient at the facility in Phoenix, where she had been cared for since she was three. The victim, who has not been named, suffers from a significant mental disability due to seizures early in her childhood, her family has said. “She does not speak but has some ability to move her limbs, head and neck,” a statement issued through their attorney said. “Their daughter…

The Lagos State Government has ordered the indefinite closure of Dowen College, Lekki, over the death of Sylvester Oromoni Jnr., a student of the school. Mrs Folashade Adefisayo, Commissioner for Education, in a statement on Friday, announced the closure after a meeting with the school management and staff. Adefisayo said that the closure was pending the outcome of an investigation into the death of the student. Apostolic Church pastor arrested for kidnapping Catholic priest She called for calm, saying that no effort would be spared in getting to the root of the incident. Reports alleging that the 12-year-old boy died…

The Makurdi Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned one Shagbaor Jeremiah before Justice Abdu Dogo of the Federal High Court sitting in Makurdi, Benue State, on a four-count charge for allegedly obtaining Forty-Two Million Naira (N42,000,000.00) by false pretence. The defendant allegedly used an unregistered investment company, Monipoint Morsha Finance Limited, to defraud subscribers who were promised 1% daily returns on every N1000 invested. One of the counts reads: “That you, Shagbaor Jeremiah, sometime in November, 2020 at Makurdi, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, did by false pretences and with intent to…

Says NPF Committed to Disability Mainstreaming and Protection of Rights of PWD The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc (+), NPM, fdc has approved the establishment of a Special Desk for Persons with Disability in all the Police Zonal and State Commands across the thirty-six (36) States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The IGP, while commemorating the 2021 International Day for Persons with Disability, noted that the decision by the Force leadership to set up the Disability Desk is informed by the need to ensure the NPF remains at the fore of contemporary policing…

An Italian man who wanted a Covid vaccination certificate without getting the jab turned up for his vaccine with a fake arm, officials say. The man, in his 50s, arrived for his shot with a silicone mould covering his real arm, hoping it would go unnoticed. But a nurse was not fooled and the man has now been reported to the police. The nurse told local media that when she had rolled up his sleeve, she found the skin “rubbery and cold” and the pigment “too light”. After being discovered, the man tried to persuade the nurse to turn a…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), today, re-arraigned Mr Ayodele Fayose, the former governor of Ekiti State, and his company, Spotless Limited, on an amended 11 counts charge. He was re-arraigned on the amended charge dated November 24, 2021 and filed on November 25, 2021, before court presided over Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke, where he is currently standing trial on money laundering charges. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), today, re-arraigned Mr Ayodele Fayose, the former governor of Ekiti State, and his company, Spotless Limited, on an amended 11 counts charge. He was re-arraigned on the amended charge dated…

Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, on Friday, December 3, 2021, adjourned till January 20, 2022 for adoption of written addresses in relation to the no-case submission filed by one Ayodeji Ibrahim Oluokun, a self-acclaimed Lagos-based pastor. Oluokun was arraigned alongside his company, Peak Petroleum Industry Nigeria Limited, on a two-count charge bordering on issuance of dud cheques to the tune of $1.6 million. He was first arraigned on January 21, 2019, on offences contrary to Section 1(1) (b) of the Dishonoured Cheques (Offences) Act, Cap D 11 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.…

Reveals Strategies To Preserve Evidence To Nail Sex Offenders Backs Massive Vaccination Against COVID-19 Pandemic Lagos State First Lady, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu on Friday called on religious and community leaders in the state to join the ongoing massive campaign to end violence against women and girls, especially rape and all forms of sexual and gender-based crimes. She also urged parents and guardians to be watchful and do everything necessary to protect their children and wards from sexual predators. The First Lady spoke separately at the Interfaith Parley of Religious Leaders with Mr. Governor, organized by the Lagos State Ministry of…