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By Admin Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday ordered the EFCC to produce an Abuja-based estate agent, Mrs Rebecca Omokamo, in court over her failure to appear for trial. Justice Abdulmalik gave the order after the EFCC’s lawyer, Benedict Ubi, made an application to the effect. The judge then…
By Admin As Nigeria approaches the 2027 general elections, a presidential aspirant of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Dr. Yakubu Mohammed Kingsley (YMK), has called for national prayers, political tolerance and peaceful democratic engagement, warning that no Nigerian blood should be shed for the sake of politics. Kingsley, who is challenging the May 25 presidential…
By Lamara Garba Former Vice-Chancellor of Bayero University, Kano, Professor Sagir Adamu Abbas, has called for bold, coordinated and inclusive measures to tackle the growing challenge of out-of-school children in Northern Nigeria, warning that the crisis poses a serious threat to the region’s social stability, economic growth and long-term development. Delivering a keynote address at…
By Taiye Agbaje The Department of State Services (DSS) will appeal Monday’s life sentences for two top commanders of the Ansaru Terror organisation by a Federal High Court, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Emeka Nwite had, shortly after the two notorious terrorists pleaded guilty to a 32-count terrorism charge, sentenced…
By Udoh Umoh The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Akwa Ibom Command says it has commenced operation shark smile as strategic measures to curb road crashes in the State. The Sector Commander, Mrs Felicia Kalu, disclosed this in a statement in Uyo on Monday. Kalu said operation shark smile was a strategic intervention operation initiative…
By Admin The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday arraigned Mr Jimoh Yisawu, former Managing Director, Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company Ltd, on alleged money laundering. Yisawu, who was arraigned on eight-count charge before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja, pleaded not guilty to all the counts. After his…
By Taiye Agbaje The two suspected Ansaru senior commanders, facing terrorism offences at the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday changed their minds to plead guilty to the 32-count charge after months of trial. They are Mahmud Usman, a.k.a Abu Bara’a/Abbas/Mukhtar, the self-styled Emir of Ansaru; and Abubakar Abba, a.k.a Mahmud al-Nigeri/Malam Mamuda, who…
By Admin The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday admitted Alhaji Bello Bodejo, National President of Miyetti Allah Kauta Kore, to a N2 billion bail with two sureties in the like sum. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling on Bodejo’s bail application, ordered that one of the sureties must have a three-year tax clearance…
By Thompson Yamput The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has warned that there is no more hiding place for traffic offenders as it formally launched an Unprecended Nationwide Special Intervention Patrol and unveiled 12 Code-Named Operation to tackle road crashes on the highways. In one of its most audacious and coordinated operational strategies in recent…
By Ishaq Dan-Imam The new executives of the Kogi State chapter of the association of estate agents in Nigeria, AEAN, on Saturday appealed to the State Government for N85 million Assistance for the building of its proposed office complex in Lokoja. Speaking at the AEAN EXCO formal inaugural ceremony, the Chairman of Kogi State Chapter,…
