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A Rivers State High Court has sentenced one Inspector Samuel Timothy of the Nigeria Police to death by hanging for shooting and killing a sachet water dealer, Onyekachi Nwasouba. The court’s ruling is coming about five years after Nwasouba was murdered by the police at about 5am on November 10, 2010 at No. 34, Old Aba Road, Port Harcourt. Nwasouba, who was a graduate of Industrial Chemistry, was branded an armed robber by the police while he was on his way to distribute his products to customers within the Port Harcourt metropolis. The deceased was shot dead by a team of policemen, led by Timothy, at

 A Nigerian businessman based in Johannesburg, South Africa, Mr Emmanuel Onyekaozuru, 50, was killed on Sunday by gunmen. The President of Nigeria Union in South Africa, Mr Ikechukwu Anyene, on Monday told newsmen in Pretoria, South Africa, that Onyekaozuru was shot by two gunmen. "The union has received a report that a Nigerian businessman, Emmanuel Onyekaozuru, was shot in his business premises at 9.00 p.m. yesterday (June 7)"The report said

Elections are over and it is pay back time for those who won and their die hard supporters. The step son of Oba Rilwan Osuolale Akiolu is the new Aide-De-Camp (ADC) to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos state.  Gistmaster gathered the new ADC is Olumide Raheem, a deputy Superintendent of Police and first son of Olori Titi .The Olori had Olumide for her first husband who died some years ago. Before the election, Oba of Lagos made a controversial statement based on his overwhelming support for Ambode. Click here to read the interesting interview with Moyo Ogunlewe, son of former works minister who says his father has just one car By Niyi Tabiti/ Gistmaster.com 

Two AK47 rifles and 17 magazines with 30 rounds, were last Wednesday recovered from the home of an armed robbery suspect, Kazeem Adebola. A bricklayer by profession, 30-year-old Adebola, who resided with his wife and child at Orisumbare Street, Ayobo, Lagos, had hidden the arms in the ceiling of his kitchen. The arms were allegedly being kept for a notorious armed robbery gang, said to be responsible for a robbery attack in Victoria Garden City last month and a host of other robberies at Ajah. During the raid on his home by the Special Anti Robbery Squad, Ikeja, three other AK47 rifles and 16 magazines were a