Some suspected kidnappers have demanded a total of N300 million for the release of four children kidnapped in Kaduna State. It was gathered that the kidnappers contacted the children’s father, Adamu, and have threatened to kill them should he fails to raise the money. Speaking on the incident, Adamu, who lives in Keke A in…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has reportedly arrested an activist and organiser of the pro-democracy group “Take-It-Back Movement” (TIB) in Kano State, simply identified as Zubair. According to TIB, Zubair was taken into custody in the early hours of Thursday, with sources suggesting that his arrest is connected to a Facebook post critical of…
The Federal High Court sitting in Gombe, Gombe State on Tuesday, convicted and sentenced two police officers – Yusuf AbdulKarim Bature and Musa Philip, and an immigration officer; Nasiru Mohammed – to seven years imprisonment each for employment fraud to the tune of N1.64m Bature and Philip were arraigned on two count – charges of…
The House of Representatives has mandated its Committee on Power to investigate Distribution Companies (DisCos) over their failure to replace outdated metres and improve power infrastructure. The lawmakers also urged the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to ensure that the Discos comply strictly with laid down regulations governing the sector. The move followed the adoption…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of Mr. Martins Ugwu, who impersonated and used the certificate of his ‘best friend’ to secure a job at the Federal Ministry of Health. ICPC had in February 2016, filed a 7-count charge before Justice Abubakar Idris Kutigi, against Ugwu, for…
Baltasar ‘Bello’ Ebang Engonga, a great-nephew of Equatorial Guinea’s President Obiang, has been acquitted by the Supreme Court. The court dismissed all charges filed against him, citing lack of evidence and confirming that all individuals involved in the intimate videos were consenting adults. The case gained international attention after compromising videos of Mr. Engonga surfaced…
The Nigeria Police Force on Wednesday defended its decision to dismiss Inspector Edith Uduma of Edo State Police Command for gross misconduct. The police said for her involvement in the alleged rape case of a 17-year-old female suspect by Sergeant Abraham Uzuobo in Edo State, her dismissal is justified. The Edo Police Command had ordered…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, strongly opposed the bail application filed by former Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, at a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting at Maitama, Abuja. Bello was arrested Tuesday by the anti graft agency after months of playing hide and seek by refusing…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bauchi State has suspended the member representing Kirfi Local Government Area in the state House of Assembly, Habibu Umar, on allegations of insubordination. It was gathered from an insider that Umar was suspended on allegations of alliance with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. The suspension…
Nigeria’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, has expressed confidence that President Bola Tinubu will release the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Speaking during the 13th memorial anniversary of the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu in Owerri on Tuesday, Ambassador Ojukwu said she believes…
