The trial of Ali Bello and Dauda Sulaiman before Justice J. K. Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, continued on Monday, July 15, 2024, with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, presenting its seventh Prosecution Witness, PW7. The EFCC is prosecuting Ali Bello and Dauda Sulaiman on a 10-count charge bordering on money…
Just at press time the two Kaduna based journalists and the family members kidnapped last week regained their freedom. It is therefore, in light of the plight of the poor journalists that Korede Abdullah focused this special report, even as the spate of kidnapping for ransom increase Kidnapping for ransom in Nigeria has assumed a…
It was a tumultuous moment of joy for the well-wishers of Agba Jalingo as a Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, July 8 discharged and acquitted the Nigerian publisher of Cybercrime on the grounds that the prosecution had failed to prove its case. Jalingo who is a popular social critic, activist and journalist and…
The June 29 bomb attacks in Gwazo, Borno state, in NorthEast, Nigeria seems to bring back memories of the dark days of suicide bombers, after years of reprieve. The incident, thus, raises the question as to whether suicide bombers have returned to Nigeria. John Nwokocha writes. On Saturday, June 29, a shattering sound of…
The Nigerian troops engaged in various fighting operations against terrorism and criminality in the country have neutralised 187 and arrested 183 persons. The feat was recorded in one week, according to the Defence authorities which briefed journalists on Thursday, in Abuja on the successes of the Armed Forces in the war against terrorists. “During the…
Justice A. Bello of the Kaduna State High Court, sitting in Kaduna has convicted and sentenced the trio of Saadu Salisu, Omoruyi Osavbie (a.k.a Antonio Hendo Henderson) and Daniel Japheth (a.k.a Cain Steven) to various jail terms for internet fraud. The convicts were prosecuted by the Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences (ICPC), has arraigned the duo of Mrs. Ndubuisi Joy Cheneme, a staff member of the Federal Ministry of Trade and Investment, and Mr. Godwin Sabo Takat of the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, over allegations bordering on obtaining by false pretense and employment racketeering. The ICPC…
Shuaibu Alhaji Yushau has been sent for a mental assessment and evaluation after he climbed a high broadband mast and attempted to take his own life. The incident, which caused concern among the public, occurred at ASO Radio in Katampe, Abuja on July 8. In a statement issued by the FCT police command spokesperson,SP Josephine…
The Vice-Chancellor, Federal University Dutsinma (FUDMA), Katsina State, Prof. Armaya’u Bichi, has alleged that some of the university’s staff are serving as informants to bandits. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that bandits have been attacking the area, kidnapping students and staffers of the university as well as their family members. Exactly a week…
Justice Kehinde Ogundare of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Tuesday, ordered the final forfeiture of the sums of $16,500 and N127m, which were fraudulently diverted from the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA. The funds are forfeited to the Federal Government of Nigeria. The Judge had, on May 23, 2024, ordered…
