•Mamman and former President Muhammadu Buhari The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) may arraign a former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, today for allegedly laundering over N33, 804, 830, 593.73. Mamman, who served under ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, is expected to face 12-count charge, based on offences he allegedly committed ...
•Mboku A drug baron on the wanted list of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, identified as Joachin Mbonu, has been arrested. Mbonu was arrested by operatives of the NDLEA in his village mansion in Imo State on July 5, reports The PUNCH. A statement yesterday by the agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said Mbonu was […]
•Osun Assembly Speaker, Wale Egbedun Lawyers in Oshogbo under the aegis of The Nigeria Bar Association, Osogbo Branch, have petitioned the state Commissioner of Police, Umar Abba, demanding the investigation and prosecution of the Speaker, Osun State House of Assembly, Wale Egbedun, for allegedly obstructing the execution of court judgment. A ...
Nigerian Customs Service, Sokoto/Zamfara command has today auctioned 56,164 litres of Petroleum Motor Spirits seized from smugglers in Sokoto. Speaking while declaring the exercise open, the Controller of the command, Kamal Muhammed, said the exercise was in compliance with the directives Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adewale, aimed a...
•The suspect in police custody A man has been arrested by operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command for possession of human body parts in the Lugbe area of the nation’s capital, Abuja. In a statement issued to newsmen in Abuja today, FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, quoted the FCT […]
The Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS, has ruled that the Federal Republic of Nigeria violated the human rights of Obianuju Udeh and two others. The court found Nigeria in breach of Articles 1, 4, 6, 9, 10, and 11 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, specifically on the right to life, security […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has kicked against moves by the Lagos State Government to take over alleged forgery against a lawyer, Oyinkansola Alakija, alongside her father-in-law, Alaba Alakija, before the Lagos State Special Offences Court, Ikeja, presided over by Justice Mojisola Dada. It would be recalled that the an...
•Babajide Sanwo Olu Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on the recommendation of the Advisory Council on the Prerogative of Mercy, has approved the release of 56 inmates from various correctional facilities across the state. A statement by the state’s Attorney General and Commissioner For Justice, Lawal Pedro, SAN, yesterday, said the governor also ap...
•Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf Concerned residents of Rano town in Kano State have raised the alarm over the presence of armed hoodlums at the headquarters of the Emirate on Sunday. In a letter addressed to the state Police Commissioner, a copy made available to our correspondent today revealed that the hoodlums had been camped at […]
•Shuaibu Yushau (sitting left) The FCT police command has today, sent Shuaibu Yushau to the Social Development Secretariat (SDS) for mental assessment and evaluation following his rather troubling action, which caused apprehension in the populace yesterday. Yushau had attempted to take his life by climbing a high broadband mast at ASO Radio in...

