The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of a 24-year-old tiler, Yusuf Olalekan Ibrahim from Ajeromi Ifelodun Local Government Area of Lagos State for offences bordering on cybercrime. Yusuf was convicted alongside Abdulazeez Taofeek Ademola from Oyan in Odo-Otin Local Government Area of Osun State and Nurudeen Abdulmajeed from Ile-odo compound, Lasoju in Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State by Justice Mahmoud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin The trio of Yusuf, Abdulazeez and Nurudeen had upon arraignment, pleaded guilty to the separate charges preferred against them. …
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By Abimbola Ogunnaike Gunmen have kidnapped a Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Joseph Azubuike and three other persons in Ebonyi State, thegazellenews.com reports. It was gathered that the cleric was abducted on Monday, 10 July,2023 in Isu, Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State close to his residence in the area. Although the police authorities are yet to react to the incident as at the time of filing this report, the Catholic Diocese of Abakaliki confirmed the abduction in a statement on Tuesday, 11 July, 2023. The Chancellor of the diocese, Fr. Matthew Uzoma Opoke, said Azubuike was whisked away by the gunmen…
The Kogi State governorship candidate of the Accord Party (AP), Vice Admiral Usman Oyibe Jibrin Rtd, has refuted social media report that he had stepped down for candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Alhaji Yakubu Murtala Ajaka. Jibrin who said there was no iota of truth in the mischievous report deliberately planted to cause confusion, said it was an insult to his person to step down for Muri who by all standards, is not his match. The AP flag bearer in a statement he personally signed and made available to newsmen in Lokoja urged his supporters and members of…
Justice F.E. Messiri of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has convicted and sentenced a former Director of Echo Logistics, Abdulrahman Aliyu, to five years imprisonment for his involvement in a N250, 000, 000 (Two hundred and Fifty Million Naira) fraud. He was jailed on Wednesday, June 14, 2023 on a three count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust, forgery and cheating to the tune of N250 million. One of the counts read; “That you, Abdulrahman Aliyu, sometime between July 2018 to July 2019 within the Abuja Judicial Division of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory while…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Makurdi Zonal Command, on Monday, July 10, 2023, secured the conviction of one Agbo Julius Agbo before Justice Abdul Dogo of the Federal High Court, Makurdi, Benue State on one count charge bordering on impersonation. Agbo, presented himself as a female American citizen through Goggle Chats with the username ‘Nick Lance’ and procured various gifts cards and Bitcoins worth $200US Dollars (Two Hundred United States Dollars) from one Tasha Little, a United States citizen, whom he misled into believing that he was into Bitcoin Investment. The charge against Agbo reads: “That you, Agbo…
We wouldn’t have bothered to respond to the watery, evasive and sympathy seeking sinking candidate of the Social Democratic Party, who is dipping himself in the messy mud and and having an ignominious macabre dance on the sensibilities of Kogites and Nigerians as a whole. It is important to tell Nigerians and the world that Muritala Yakubu Ajaka, the said Governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party, is on a blisteringly shameful agenda of whipping sentiments, spreading falsehood with reckless abandon so as to put on himself, a garment of importance and create unnecessary air around himself as a contender…
Yobe State Governor, Hon. Mai Mala Buni, has taken the state of federal projects in his state to the federal government, insisting that there is an urgent need for intervention. Buni made the call during a visited to the Secretary to the Federal Government, Sen. George Akume where he discussed areas of cooperation and intervention by the federal government. The Governor while highlighting the state of federal projects in the state and the urgent need for federal intervention, recalled that some federal roads were washed away by the floods last year. Other projects the Governor made appeal for include the…
Of the 21 military, paramilitary and other allied security agencies in the country, only five have persons from the North Central, Southeast and South-South as their Heads, a research analysis by PRNigeria has shown. They are the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), the Federal Fire Service (FFS), the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA), the Police Service Commission (PSC), and the Nigerian Navy. In fact, Rear Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, the newly appointed Chief of Naval Staff, CNS, is the only officer from the South East holding any leadership position among the military and security agencies operating in the country. But…
All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain and Secretary of the Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC), Alhaji Mutiu Are has congratulated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his election as the Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), reports thegazellenews.com. Alhaji Are while congratulating the President on his election via a statement issued on Tuesday, 11 July, 2023, described the election as confirmation and recognition of the President’s outstanding leadership attirbutes. “Your assumption of the position as Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) signifies a resolute recognition of your outstanding leadership attirbutes and profound influence within the West…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Security Operatives of the Joint Task Force, Operation Delta Safe, in collaboration with Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited on Tuesday, 11 July, 2023 have set ablaze an intercepted massive vessel carrying barrels of stolen crude oil in the Escravos area of Delta State. The vessel, allegedly owned by a Nigerian registered company, was heading to Cameroon with the cargo onboard when it was apprehended at an offshore location with the captain and crew members onboard. According to the Executive Director of Operations and Technical at Tantita Security, Captain Warred Enisuoh and the Commander of the Joint Task…