A Kano Magistrate’s Court has remanded a suspect, Nazifi Kabir Liringo, in a correctional centre over the alleged killing of his friend while they were cutting grass in Abuja. Liringo, a resident of Dambatta Local Government Area, was arraigned before Magistrate Court 27, Nomans Land, presided over by Magistrate Hauwa Abba Musa, on a charge [&...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has intensified its war against counterfeit and substandard products, destroying regulated goods worth more than N1.5 trillion in a coordinated nationwide operation, while securing 64 convictions against offenders. Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, disc...
•PrisonA female visitor was reportedly arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle suspected illicit drugs into the Medium Security Custodial Centre (MSCC), Ibara, Abeokuta, Ogun State, the same facility recently linked to a scandal after a death row inmate was found to have been hosting TikTok livestreams from behind bars. The suspect, ident...
•Nigerian Prison Men of the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Ibara, Abeokuta, Ogun State, have arrested a woman for attempting to smuggle substances suspected to be a psychoactive drug into the prison. The State Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Ogun State Command, disclosed this in a statement signed by its Public Relations Offic...
A 57-count fraud case involving N56.491 million allegedly collected for the 2023 Hajj pilgrimage has landed Lawal Babale Musa before an Oyo State High Court in Ibadan, with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) accusing him of stealing by conversion, forgery and altering of documents. Musa was arraigned yesterday, Friday, August ...
•Daga Three years ago, Daniel Daga was Nigeria’s next big thing. A defensive midfielder in the Sunday Oliseh mould — strong, intelligent, with delicate long-range passing and an eye for goal. At 17 he was an Enyimba Football Club mainstay, playing for Nigeria’s most successful club. He then played for the Flying Eagles at back-to-back [&hellip...
A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kano yesterday ordered the remand of a 25-year-old woman, Maimuna Idris, in a correctional centre for allegedly cutting off her boyfriend’s manhood. The victim was identified as Ashiru Sani. Idris, who resides in Maigatari Local Government Area of Jigawa, is facing a two-count charge of attempted culpable homici...
•Omoyele Sowore and Tinubu The Department of State Services (DSS) has requested that a Federal High Court in Abuja orders that the presidential candidate of African Action Congress (AAC) and online publisher, Omoyele Sowore, be returned to prison custody over his inability to meet the conditions attached to the bail granted him. The DSS is [&h...
•Omoyele Sowore Remand of activist and publisher, Omoyele Sowore, in Kuje Prison has triggered fresh concerns about the state of civil liberties in Nigeria. The concerns were raised by the Presidential Candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi; Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP); the Aare Ona Kakanfo o...
•Senegal supporters clash during the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) final football match between Senegal and Morocco Moroccan prosecutors today sought jail terms of up to two years for 18 Senegalese football fans imprisoned in Rabat since last month’s AFCON final over “hooliganism”. Seeking the maximum penalty for some, the prosecution told the ...
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