UPDATE: Bank Robbery: Edo Police Command Recovered Over N34m

Crime & SecurityNewsUPDATE: Bank Robbery: Edo Police Command Recovered Over N34m

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 26, 2022

BENIN — Edo Police Command has recovered N34, 510,000 from fleeing armed robbers who on Thursday evening attacked four commercial banks at Uromi, headquarters of Esan Northeast Local Government Area of the state. A press statement signed by the  Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Bello Kontongs, a Superintendent of Police (SP), titled: “Recovery of Abandoned Vehicles/Other Items Used in Uromi Bank Robbery” said the money was recovered from the abandoned operational vehicles used by the...

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NSCDC Arrest Fake Soldier For Alleged Burglary

Crime & SecurityNSCDC Arrest Fake Soldier For Alleged Burglary

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 26, 2022

ILORIN — The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested AbdulKadir Bolaji, 41 years old, and two other suspects for alleged burglary incidents in Lakele community, Oro in Irepodun Local Government Area of the state. In a statement, the spokesperson of the command, Babawale Afolabi, said that three suspects and others now at large were responsible for numerous cases of burglary and theft that had become rampant in...

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Billionaire Kidnapper, Two Others Jailed For Life

Law & JusticeBillionaire Kidnapper, Two Others Jailed For Life

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 26, 2022

LAGOS — A High Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, popularly called Evans, and two others to life imprisonment for conspiracy and kidnapping of a businessman, Donatus Duru. The presiding judge, Justice Hakeem Oshodi found Evans, Uche Amadi, and Okwuchukwu Nwachukwu guilty of a two-count charge of kidnapping the Managing Director of Maydon Pharmaceuticals Limited, Donatus Dunu. Handing down the sentence, Justice Oshodi noted the allocutors of the defence counsels, Olarewaju...

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NMCC To Fish Out Quacks In Adamawa

HealthWellnessNMCC To Fish Out Quacks In Adamawa

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 25, 2022

YOLA — To ensure quality health care delivery in both public and private health institutions, the Adamawa state, Nursing and Midwifery Council Committee has vowed to fish out quacks in the profession Mr. Obadia Joel, state chairman of the Council who disclosed this while speaking with Journalists in his office in Yola, declared that any practicing Nursing that fails to renew its license after expiration will be regarded as a quack. “The council as a...

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Federal Government Approves National Action Plan On Human Trafficking

Human Rights & FreedomNewsFederal Government Approves National Action Plan On Human Trafficking

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 25, 2022

ABUJA — The National Action Plan on Human Trafficking in Nigeria (2022 – 2026) has been approved by the Federal Government of Nigeria. The National Action Plan is designed to foster collaboration among stakeholders for greater effectiveness and efficacy in the fight against human trafficking in Nigeria and to set year-on-year benchmarks for stakeholders’ implementation and provide a basis for evaluation of the level and success of implemented activities. The approval of the National Action...

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College Of Education To Reopen, Students To Pay N4,500

EducationCollege Of Education To Reopen, Students To Pay N4,500

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 23, 2022

YOLA — The Adamawa College of Education in Hong, shut down on November 29, 2021, as a result of a demonstration by students will be re-opening on February 24, 2022. The Registrar of the College Alhaji Shuaibu Ahiwa who made this known in a Telephone interview with The West African Pilot News Regional Correspondent said the reopening followed approval by Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri to that effect. “During the demonstration, the value of the damaged multimedia...

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Forgery: Court Jail Doctor For Two Years

CorruptionLaw & JusticeForgery: Court Jail Doctor For Two Years

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 23, 2022

LAGOS — The Lagos State Special Offenses Court in Ikeja has convicted and sentenced a medical practitioner, Wilfred Fajemisin to two years imprisonment for fraud and forgery. Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo jailed Dr. Fajemisin after she found him guilty of the three-count charge brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). He was alleged to have forged about 15 documents including the ‘Deed of Assignment’ of an estate belonging to one late Ashamu....

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Zamfara State Deputy Governor Impeached

NewsPoliticsZamfara State Deputy Governor Impeached

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 23, 2022

The Zamfara state House of Assembly at the plenary on Wednesday impeached the state Deputy Governor, Barrister Mahdi Aliyu Gusau. At the plenary on Wednesday, 20 out of 24 members voted in favour of the impeachment. The impeachment of the Deputy Governor following the report submitted by the judicial panel of investigation found him guilty of the allegations levelled against him. The report was read by the Speaker of the Assembly, Honorable Nasiru Muazu Magarya. Earlier on...

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Judges In Yobe Warns Against Engaging In Corrupt Practices

Law & JusticeJudges In Yobe Warns Against Engaging In Corrupt Practices

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 23, 2022

DAMATURU, (YOBE) — The Chief Judge of Yobe State, Justice Gumna Kashim Kaigama has warned Magistrates and Sharia Court Alkalis against engaging in corrupt practices and other misconducts while discharging their official duties. Justice Kaigama gave the warning at the swearing-in of the newly appointed Chief Registrar of the High Court of Justice, 14 Magistrates, and 22 Sharia Court Alkalis held at the headquarters of the High Court in Damaturu, the state capital. “I need...

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DPP In Adamawa Records 30 Cases Of SGBV In Two Months

Crime & SecurityGender & EquityDPP In Adamawa Records 30 Cases Of SGBV In Two Months

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 22, 2022

YOLA — Office of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) in Adamawa state has received about 30 case diaries of Sexual Gender-Based Violence between November and December 2021 from the Police. Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri revealed this on Monday when a high-powered delegation led by the Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs. Dame Pauline Tallen paid him a visit at Government House, Yola. He stated that government would ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice, pointed...

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