The legal team of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the banned Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPBO), has urged the Federal Government to drop the terrorism charges against him or grant him bail so that he prepare properly for his trial. The legal team, which made the call during a press briefing on Wednesday, 2 October, 2024 in Abuja, described the condition their client was held at the Department of State Service (DSS) detention facility as “very hostile.” Aloy Ejimakor, Special Counsel to Kanu, said: “His continued detention at the DSS facility is not conducive as the environment is hostile and unfit…
Author: Abimbola Ogunaike
Wanted bandit kingpin, Bello Turji, has dared the security forces, saying he is not afraid to die, just as he also called for dialogue with the federal government to end armed violence in Zamfara State. Turji, who is among the 43 terrorists in the North West declared wanted by the Defence Headquarters, made the call in a five-minute and forty-second video. In the video, Turji confirmed the killing of his boss, Halilu Sububu, saying that Sububu’s killing would not silence him. Turji said that he was willing to lay down his arms if the government would dialogue with him. “Sadists, who claimed…
The Chief of Defence Staff, Christopher Musa on Thursday, 3 October, 2024 has said that Boko Haram failed to survive in Kano State due to the commercial nature of the city. Musa explained that communities in the state refused to accommodate Boko Haram members because it would affect their business. The CDS, who stated this while speaking on Arise TV’s Morning Show, said communities play a major role in the fight against insurgency. “In the North-East we got communities to get youths without any criminal records and profiled by the police and DSS and we gave them some level of…
A former acting Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Folashodun Shonubi, has told the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja presided over Justice Maryann Anenih that the redesigned naira notes released by the apex bank under the leadership of Godwin Emefiele was different from what former President Muhammadu Buhari approved. The Deputy Governor of Operations informed the court that Emefiele had claimed that there were intrigues and politics involved in the naira redesign exercise. While responding to questions from Emefiele’s lawyer, Olalekan Ojo, SAN, Shonubi said the late 2022 naira redesign exercise, ahead of the 2023…
Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have arrested two women, Tessi Ikechukwu and Lauretta Akomen, for allegedly stealing and selling a three day old baby for N2 million. The police also rescued a three day baby from the suspects. Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe made this disclosure in a statement made available to newsmen on Thursday, 3 October, 2024. “On 1/10/2024, at about 1830hours, a tricycle rider (name withheld) came to Ekpan Police Station and reported that while he was on his daily commercial operation, four women boarded his tricycle, on reaching Efurrun Roundabout, two…
Panic has gripped the residents of Egwuma community in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State after gunmen believed to be Fulani herdsmen killed at least six people including two soldiers have been Tuesday, 1 October, 2024. According to an eyewitness, soldiers deployed to the area refused to respond to the invaders attack. The gunmen later attacked the soldiers’ base after attacking the community. The eyewitness who preferred anonymity, said the bandits took four of the soldiers’ motorcycles and killed two of them. “The entire community has been deserted. There is nobody left behind again, except for the few soldiers…
An Ikeja Special Offences Court in Lagos State Presided over by Justice Ismail Ijelu on Wednesday, 2 October, 2024 sentenced a man, Abodurin Abozo, to eight years imprisonment for defrauding a man of N62 million on the pretext of procuring him two plots of land. Justice Ijelu held that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) proved the two-count charge of obtaining false pretences and stealing against Abozo. The judge also held that the convict obtained the sum of N56 million from the complainant, one Mr Samuel Segher, with the assurance of procuring two plots of land for him on…
Big Brother Africa reality TV show winner, Karen Igho has cried out for help on social media, disclosing that she has been battling with divorce from her husband, Yaroslav Rakos. Karen also added that Rakos should be held responsible if anything happens to her. Karen, who made this disclosure in a series of posts on her X handle on Tuesday, 1 October, 2024, called on the general public to hold her husband responsible should any harm befall her, the reality star accused Rakos of physical and sexual abuse. She added that he is attempting to take custody of their two…
The Bauchi State chapter of the Retired Police Officers Association of Nigeria (REPON) has disclosed that over 500 members have passed on while fighting for their retirement benefits. REPON also lamented the delay of a proposed bill, submitted to the National Assembly since 2012, seeking the establishment of a police pension board. The Secretary of the chapter, retired ASP John Iliya, who made this disclosure at a press conference held in Bauchi, expressed frustration, stating, “We can no longer tolerate these empty promises Iliya, who recalled that on 21 May, 2024, members of the association protested at the National Assembly…
Former Governor of Taraba State, Darius Ishaku was on Thursday, 3 October, 2024 admitted to bail in the sum of N150 million by a Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), High Court presided over by Justice Sylvanus Oriji in the alleged N27 billion fraud charge brought against him by the Federal Government. Ishaku was granted the bail by Justice Oriji with two sureties in the same amount. One of the two sureties must be a Federal Government employee of the rank of Director. Similarly, the two sureties must be residents in the FCT with their house addresses to be verified by the…