The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned Mrs. Rose Deffi, a former employee of the National Examination Council (NECO), who was dismissed over allegations of certificate forgery. The trial was first scheduled for May 30, 2024, before Honourable Justice G.D. Fwomyon at the Plateau State High Court but was stalled due to the defendant’s absence. The court ruled that Mrs. Deffi should be served the charge sheet through substituted means and be produced in court by her lawyer at the next hearing. On Friday, when the case was called, Mrs. Deffi, who was present in…
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Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has been elected Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum. Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, emerged as the Vice Chairman. This followed a meeting of the Southern Governors’ Forum in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Monday, 24 June, 2024. The meeting, which lasted about five hours, had in attendance 13 Governors and three Deputy Governors. The Governors in attendance include: Dapo Abiodun, Ogun; Godwin Obaseki, Edo; Seyi Makinde, Oyo; Alex Otti, Abia; Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos; Ademola Adeleke, Osun; Francis Nwifuru, Ebonyi; Peter Mbah, Enugu; Douye Diri, Bayelsa; and Umo Eno, Akwa Ibom State. Others are: Biodun Oyebanji,…
The Seventh Prosecution Witness, (PW7) in the trial of former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele on Monday, June 24, 2024 told Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Abuja, that Emefiele signed and approved contract awards and payments to April 1616 Investment Limited and Architekon Nigeria Limited, which are companies owned by Sa’adatu Ramalan Yero, a staff of the Apex Bank, his wife Margaret and her brother, Jonathan Omoile respectively. The witness, Agboro Michael, an investigator with the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, (ICPC), who is a member…
In a bid to restore order and curb the resurgence of thuggery, the Kano Police Command has successfully dislodged local thugs, known as ‘Yan Daba’, from the main emir’s palace in Kano. The palace, currently occupied by Emir Muhammadu Sanusi, had been guarded by these thugs and local hunters posing as security guards. A top security source told PRNigeria that the police action comes amid intelligence reports of an influx of ‘Yan Daba and ‘Yan Tauri (also known as hunters), mobilised from local government councils to the city. The police have taken control of both the Gidan Rumfa and Nasarawa…
Our attention has been drawn to the news going round about a purported protest rocking Lagos APC. As much as this sensational piece of news might throw the opposition camp into premature celebration, the incident was a storm in a tea cup. Since the resumption of office of the State Chairman, Hon. Cornelius Ojelabi, he has continuously sought the peaceful co-existence of all party members in every cradle and cranny of the state. It is on record that he has , at various times, been able to successfully reconcile warring party members across board to ensure cohesion. The incident today…
Operatives of the Nigeria Police have arrested four suspects in connection with the death of the national chairman, Retired Members of the Nigerian Armed Forces, Brig. Gen. Harold Udokwere. A three-man armed robbery gang attacked and killed Udokwere in his house in the Kubusa area of the Federal Capital Territory on Saturday. After the incident, the FCT Commissioner of Police, Bennett Igweh, ordered a probe into the general’s death.
.A Federal High Court in Lagos presided over by Justice Liman on Monday, 24 June, 2024 discharged and acquitted a former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, over alleged N338.8 million money laundering. Ikuforiji was discharged alongside his former Personal Assistant, Oyebode Atoyebi. Justice Liman held that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) failed to prove its case against the defendants beyond reasonable doubt. The defendants were first arraigned on March 1, 2012, before Justice Okechukwu Okeke on 20 counts bordering on misappropriation and money laundering
“Nollywood actress, Laide Bakare, was stopped by police in Lagos state for disobeying traffic laws and subsequently paid fine for the offence”. The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, made this known in a post he shared on his verified X handle, @benHundeyin, on Sunday, 23 June, 2024 According to Hundeyin, the actress was stopped for contravening traffic laws and fined for the offence. Taking to her Instagram page on Sunday, 23 June, 2024, actress Bakare lashed out at the police for entering her car and driving away with her 14-year-old daughter to an…
A student of the Air Force Comprehensive School, Kaduna named Blaise Aliyu, has been reportedly punished to death by two of his senior colleagues. Aliyu, an orphan who lost his parents in 2013, is survived by his twin brother, who is also a student at the military boarding school located in Mando, Kaduna. Two SS 3 students reportedly summoned the 15-year-old to their room under the pretext of punishing him but ended up killing him. The deceased’s body has been deposited in the mortuary. Speaking on the sad development, spokesperson for the Nigerian Air Force, Air Vice Marshal Edward Gabkwet,…
Gunmen on the night of Saturday, 22 June, 2024 invaded the residence of Chief Cornwell Ihunwo, the Paramount Ruler of Rumu-Elechi, Nkpolu Orowurokwo in Rivers State and whisked away his police orderly and driver. It was gathered that the gunmen had invaded the place with the intention of abducting the traditional ruler but could not find him. The assailants then took the royal father’s police orderly and driver at gunpoint to an undisclosed location. The State Police Command in a press statement issued in Port Harcourt, the state capital on Sunday, 23 June, 2024 by its Spokesperson, SP Grace Iringe-Koko…