Okada rider
4 Oct
Justice Oyindamola Ogala of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja, has sentenced a motorcycle taxi (Okada) rider, Monday Olukunle, also known as Seaman, to seven years imprisonment for his involvement in the group sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl at an uncompleted building.
29 Aug
The authorities of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Ile-Ife, Osun State have denied reports claiming that a female passenger was robbed and sexually abused by a commercial motorcyclist and that she is a student of the institution.
7 Aug
Two commercial motorcyclists, popularly known as 'okada riders', have been killed in the Akoko axis of Ondo State after they were attacked by unidentified assailants who also made off with their motorcycles. One of the victims, Jatto Dada, 28, who hailed from Iyani-Akoko in the northern senatorial district of the state, was hacked down along…
5 Apr
A 35-year-old commercial motorcyclist, James Sunday, has been arrested by police operatives in Ondo State for allegedly strangulating his wife's friend to death. The suspect was said to have used a rope to kill the 42-year-old deceased woman, identified as Justinah, after months of being at loggerheads over the diversion of cow meat worth N250,000…
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The leader of Somalia's semi-autonomous Jubaland state won a new term on Monday in a victory marked by tensions with the federal government that have threatened regional stability.Ahmed Madobe, a former warlord in power since 2012, secured 55 out of 75 votes in the regional parliament against two other opponents, according to the parliament speaker.…
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Tajikistan has put several high-profile officials on trial in a case classified as secret, AFP learned Monday, after a wave of arrests in the reclusive Central Asian republic this year. The landlocked country has been ruled by President Emomali Rahmon for 32 years, and information is tightly controlled. AFP learned from a source in the…
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French prosecutors on Monday demanded a maximum 20-year jail term for the man charged with enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his wife while she was drugged and unconscious, expressing hope the trial will help change "the relations between men and women". Dominique Pelicot has been on trial in the southern city of Avignon since…
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