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Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Dr Binta Adamu Bello, OON, has described human trafficking as a direct and visible threat to Nigeria’s national development. She made this known on Thursday during a press conference in Abuja to commence a weeklong campaign marking the 2025 World Day Against ...
A 22-year-old security guard, Moses Alaska, was arraigned on Thursday before the Life Camp Chief Magistrates’ Court in Abuja for allegedly defrauding three of his friends of N15,500. Alaska, who lives at 1st Avenue, Gwarinpa, Abuja, faces a two-count charge of criminal breach of trust and cheating. Prosecutor Charity Nwachukwu told the court that the ...
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Mapo, Ibadan, has directed the remand of two men, Ibrahim Olasinde, 43, and Sakiru Adeleke, 38, at a correctional facility over allegations of theft and conspiracy involving a truck carrying cartons of spaghetti valued at N186 million. Both defendants pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge and were ordered to ...
...Victim shot during attack, hospitalised ...Robbers open fire on officers, flee with gun wounds Akwa Ibom State Police Command thwarted an attempted armed robbery at Annex B Estate in Ikot Ator Village, Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area, killing one suspect in a shootout while two others escaped with gunshot wounds. The incident occurred around 2:15 ...
The Federal High Court in Lagos has directed the Nigeria Police to compensate a group of #EndSARS activists with N10 million for infringing on their fundamental rights during the fourth-anniversary protest on 20 October 2024. Justice Musa Kakaki, who delivered the ruling on Thursday, found that the police breached the applicants’ constitutional rights to peaceful ...
The Yobe State Police Command has arrested a 35-year-old woman, Hadiza Mamuda, for allegedly killing her husband during a domestic altercation in Garin Abba Village, Fika Local Government Area. According to the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Dungus Abdulkarim, the incident occurred after a heated argument between the couple over food items. The suspect ...
Two men, David Ameh (49) and Abel Udoh (43), were on Thursday arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly stealing books valued at N5.2 million. The defendants, whose residential addresses were not disclosed, are facing two counts of conspiracy and theft. They pleaded not guilty to the charges. According to the prosecutor, ...
A 26-year-old labourer, Sani Idris, has been arraigned before a Life Camp Chief Magistrates’ Court in Abuja for allegedly stealing N163,000 in cash, two ATM cards, and mobile gadgets. Idris, who resides in Kado Bimko, Gwarinpa, Abuja, is facing charges of joint act, shop-breaking, and theft. He pleaded not guilty to all counts. Prosecution counsel, ...
A young graduate from Jattu, Edo State, Oshionebo Josiah Oshiayemhe, is pleading for protection after narrowly surviving an assassination attempt by members of the Supreme Vikings Confraternity, a notorious cult group he once belonged to. Oshiayemhe, who graduated in 2023, recounted that he was lured into the cult on December 19, 2024, by a childhood ...
By Muyideen Aliyu, Ilorin The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured convictions against eleven individuals for offences linked to internet fraud and cybercrime. The verdicts were delivered on Wednesday by the Federal High Court in Ilorin and the Kwara State High Court. Among the convicts was 20-year-old electrician ...
By Tapre Timine, Bayelsa The Bayelsa State Police Command has taken into custody several suspects linked to the abduction of High Court Judge Justice Ebiyerin Omukoro, who was kidnapped in Yenagoa on 21 June and held for almost two weeks. Governor Douye Diri confirmed the arrests during Wednesday’s State Executive Council meeting at Government House, ...
Residents of Zamfara State filled the streets of Gusau on Wednesday, decrying the persistent killings and abductions that have terrorised their communities for months. The demonstration, which brought movement in the state capital to a standstill for more than two hours, drew protesters from numerous communities in Gusau Local Government Area to the gates of ...
Troops of the Joint Task Force Operation Fansan Yamma (OPFY) on Tuesday successfully intercepted and neutralised dozens of terrorists near Inana Village in Rijau Local Government Area of Niger. A statement by the Media Information Officer, OPFY, Capt. David Adewusi, on Wednesday, said the troops engaged the terrorists in a fierce firefight. Adewusi said the ...
The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of 11 individuals, including a 20-year-old electrician, for offences related to internet fraud and cybercrime. Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court in Ilorin sentenced Mathew Yaba, the electrician, to nine months in prison without an option of ...
…As court grants N500,000 bail each, adjourns case to August 21 An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court has ordered the remand of two businessmen, Mr Emeka Daniel (32) and Mr Ugochukwu Eze (35), over allegations of importing counterfeit Kiss brand condoms into Nigeria. They were arraigned by the police on Tuesday on a three-count charge bordering on ...
…Two residents shot as attackers raid homes at night Armed bandits launched an overnight assault on Lambo community in Kurfi Local Government Area of Katsina State, leaving two people injured and abducting an unconfirmed number of men, women and children. Eyewitnesses reported that the attackers arrived in large numbers late Monday night, firing indiscriminately to ...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Jigawa State has taken a 15-year-old boy into custody following the death of a 19-year-old man after a violent clash in Kafin Hausa Local Government Area. NSCDC spokesman ASC Badaruddeen Tijjani confirmed in a statement on Tuesday that the suspect, a resident of Auno village, allegedly ...
…Court sentences convict to three days of community service A Magistrates’ Court in Ado-Ekiti has sentenced 25-year-old Obaseki Friday to three days in prison, to be served as community service, for stealing tubers of yam from several farms. Magistrate Mrs Olubunmi Bamidele delivered the sentence on Tuesday after the defendant pleaded guilty to the charge. ...
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ado-Ekiti has sentenced 20-year-old Olanrewaju Timilehin to four months of community service for stealing five 25-litre kegs of palm oil valued at N300,000. Chief Magistrate Dolamu Babalogbon delivered the judgment on Tuesday after Timilehin entered a guilty plea to a two-count charge of stealing. Prosecutor Inspector Sodiq Adeniyi informed the ...
…Judge grants interim order against anti-graft agency …Tijjani accuses petitioner of covering up DSS investigation A Federal High Court in Kaduna has barred the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from arresting or harassing Alhaji Rabiu Tijjani, a Dubai-based Nigerian businessman, over allegations of a $1.9 million fraud. Justice Hauwa’u Buhari granted the interim injunction ...
By Muyideen Aliyu, llorin The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday presented additional witnesses in the trial of former Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed and his ex-Commissioner for Finance, Ademola Banu, over an alleged ₦5.78 billion fraud. At the resumed hearing before Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara ...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday continued its case against former Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, and his ex-Commissioner for Finance, Ademola Banu, by presenting additional witnesses in the ongoing N5.78 billion fraud trial. At the resumed hearing before Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin, the sixth ...
