A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kano, today, ordered that an 18-year-old, Yusuf Haruna, be remanded in a Correctional Centre for allegedly stabbing an Imam, Sani Mohammed, 45, to death. The defendant, who lives in Tudun Nufawa Quarters Kano, was charged with culpable homicide, reports NAN. The Prosecutor, Mrs Fatima Ado-Ahmad, told the court tha...
•Olu Agunloye The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned the former Minister of Power and Steel, Mr Olu Agunloye, before Justice Donatus Okorowo of the Federal High court, over allegations of fraud. Mr Agunloye was brought before the court today where he pleaded not guilty to the charges read against him, reports Channel...
•Prison A Nigerian identified as Olugbenga Lawal was on Monday sentenced to ten years in prison in the United States for conspiring to launder money derived from internet fraud schemes. Lawal, 33, of Indianapolis, Indiana, has also reportedly been ordered to pay over $1.46 million in restitution. In a statement, the U.S Department of Justice [...
•Sadiya Farouq and Betta Edu The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday seized the travel documents of suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation Dr. Betta Edu and her predecessor Hajiya Sadiya Umar-Farouq. The anti-graft agency also impounded the international passport of the suspended National Coord...
Police authorities in Kaduna State have debunked reports of the abduction of scores of persons by suspected bandits along the Kaduna-Abuja highway. Debunking the story in a statement yesterday, the spokesman of the Kaduna State Police Command, Mansir Hassan, admitted that there was a heavy gun duel between security operatives and bandits who a...
No fewer than 157 incidents of crude oil theft were recorded in the Niger Delta between December 30, 2023 and January 5, 2024. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited said the cases were recorded from several incidence sources like Nigeria Agip Oil, 62; Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited, 29; Maton Engineering Limited, 18; Tantita...
•CP Tunji Disu Rivers State Police Command has rescued a kidnapped victim who was shot thrice by his abductors when he was attacked on December 19, 2023. State Commissioner of Police, CP Olatunji Disu, while briefing newsmen at Police the Headquarters, Moscow Road, Port Harcourt today, said the victim kidnapped was a popular hotelier who [&hel...
•Late Chief Adeyinka Folarin Unknown gunmen have killed a popular traditional chief, Adeyinka Folarin, the Baasegun of the Itunsokun community in Ogun State. The gunmen suspected to be cultists were said to have last night around 8 pm attacked Folarin in his residence in Sagamu, reports The PUNCH. Two traditional rulers who did not want [&hell...
•Betta Edu Anti-graft investigators today have started grilling suspended Minister Betta Edu over alleged N585m disbursement fraud. Edu arrived at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Jabi, Abuja, at 11am, a top source in the commission said, reports Channels TV. The embattled minister came alongside her a...
Suspected kidnappers have reportedly abducted a 70-year-old farmer, Pa Adeife Ifelaja, in Ogun State. Ifelaja, an elder at a parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Ijebu Igbo, headquarters of Ijebu North Local Government, was kidnapped on the last day of last month, reports Daily Trust. Sources said the farmer was abducted at [&...
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