Chinese Denies Killing His Nigerian Lover

KANO — The Chinese national, Geng Quangrong has denied charges leveled against him before a Kano High Court along Miller Road of killing his Nigerian lover Ummukulsum Sani Buhari, The accused person claimed not to understand the English language and the case could not be heard due to the absence of an interpreter. However, at the resumed hearing, the state counsel led by the Kano State Attorney General, Musa Abdullahi Lawal, presented the court with...

BREAKING NEWS: Sit-At-Home Over as IPOB Leader, Nnamdi Kanu Acquitted

By Emmanuel Chisom Chigbata (Staff Rporter) The Leader of the Indigenous Peoples Of Biafra, IPOB, Maazi Nnamdi Kanu has been discharged and acquitted by the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja. The Court ruled among other things that Nigeria is in breach of extradition treaty and laws and have breached Kanu’s fundamental human right, that the proceeding against him in the Federal High Court is tainted with illegality and that the Federal High Court breached...

Nigerian Army Court Marshal 68 Soldiers

Sixty-eight (68) soldiers of the 8 Division, Nigerian Army Sokoto have been arraigned before a General Court Marshal sitting at Giginya Barrack in the state for various offenses. The General Officer Commanding 8 Division, Major-General Uwem Bassey while declaring the Court Marshal open said the session was convened due to the urgent need for posting and promotion as the Court Marshal is established to administer justice, not only to the victims but also to the...

Supreme Court Affirms Adeleke as Osun PDP Governorship Candidate

ABUJA — The supreme court has confirmed that Ademola Adeleke is the duly elected governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). A governorship aspirant, Oyedotun Babayemi, had taken Adeleke before a federal high court in Osogbo, seeking to be declared as the PDP candidate for the July 16 governorship election in Osun state. Two factions of the party had, on March 8, conducted separate governorship primaries featuring Adeleke and Babayemi. Babayemi was declared the...

NSCDC asks for more technology to tackle insecurity, oil theft

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says the federal government (FG) needs to deploy more technology to tackle insecurity and oil theft. Ahmed Audi, commandant general (CG), said this during a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) forum in Abuja. According to him, the available technology was not enough to combat the menace, adding that the corps had arrested and prosecuted many of the pipeline vandals. “I had a tour last month to pipeline...

90,000 terrorists have surrendered in one year — Zulum

Babagana Zulum, governor of Borno state, has said more than 90,000 members of Boko Haram and the Islamic State in West Africa (ISWAP) have surrendered in the last year. The governor indicated this while speaking at an event organized on the margins of the 77th UN General Assembly in New York. Zulu stated that the terrorists voluntarily surrendered to the army for disarmament, de-radicalisation and reintegration. According to him, this has never happened anywhere in...

Enugu Highways under attacks, Police Rescue 12 Kidnap Victims

In South East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, Enugu State in times past was adjudged as the most peaceful state; cases of kidnappings, and robbery were insignificant compared to her counterparts. But the narrative is gradually changing as cases of armed robberies and kidnapping in Coal city make waves; worst is the activities of these men on the Enugu-Port Harcourt highway and Enugu/Opi/Nsukka Highway. Nowadays, commuters on both highways set off in fear and trepidation because...

Police Brutality: Over 74 Persons Received N287 million As Compensation

No fewer than 74 persons of police brutality have received compensation N287 million in compensation from National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). The first batch of N146million compensation was awarded on December 23, 2021, to 26 people. Dr. Salamatu Suleiman, the chairman of the NHRC governing board, congratulated the petitioners for their faith in the human rights mechanisms in Nigeria. “The commission will continue to exercise its mandate to promote and protect the rights of every...

Ice Prince Remanded in Prison for Assault on Police Office

Nigerian hip-hop artiste Ice Prince has been remanded at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre for assaulting a police officer. It is to be recalled that the artiste whose real name is Panshak Zamani was arrested by the Lagos State Police Command on Friday. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, said the Oleku crooner abducted a police officer who stopped him for driving without license plates, assaulted him, and threatened to throw him into the river. Ice Prince was...

Police Arrest Four-man Sex Blackmail Syndicate In Anambra

By Handel Patrick and Anastasia Mbaebie (Staff Reporters)   AWKA — The Police Command in Anambra has arrested four suspected members of a syndicate, two males and two females who extort money from people through blackmail. DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, Police Public Relations Officer who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday said they specialised in taking nude pictures of victims and threaten to post them online unless they paid money. Ikenga gave the identities of...

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