Girl Survives Jump from Four-storey to Avoid Flogging by Guardian

Law & JusticeLifestyleNigeriaGirl Survives Jump from Four-storey to Avoid Flogging by Guardian

PilotnewsJuly 4, 2022

Report from Anastasia Mbabie and Handel Patrick (Staff Reporters) ______ A 14 years old girl has allegedly jumped down from a four storey building to avoid being flogged by her guardian. West African Pilot News gathered that the incident happened in Awada, a highly populated neighbourhood in Onitsha, Anambra State. A source said the girl, Ijeoma Nwafor, is a house maid to a woman, whose name was given as Nnenna Onwanna, who was used to...

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Organ Harvesting Saga: Ekweremadu, Wife Sue NIMC, UBA, Others Over Donor’s Real Age

Law & JusticeNewsOrgan Harvesting Saga: Ekweremadu, Wife Sue NIMC, UBA, Others Over Donor’s Real Age

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 28, 2022

Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Dr Beatrice, have sued the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Stanbic-IBTC Bank, United Bank of Africa (UBA) and Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc. over the controversy surrounding the real age of David Ukpo, who accused them of sponsoring his trip abroad for the purpose of harvesting his organ. In the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/984/2022, dated and filed June 27 by the couple’s counsel,...

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Snatching Of Ballot Boxes Attracts 20-Year Jail Term

Law & JusticeNigeria ElectionsSnatching Of Ballot Boxes Attracts 20-Year Jail Term

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 16, 2022

To ensure sanity in the electoral process in Nigeria, the Senate Bill has prescribed snatching of ballot boxes as an electoral offence and stipulates a 20-year jail term. It further provides that any Candidate or Agent, who damages or snatches ballot boxes, papers or election materials before, during, and after an election without the permission of the presiding electoral official at the polling station attracts a minimum of 20 years imprisonment or a fine not...

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Eight People In Police Net Over $2billion Fraud

CorruptionLaw & JusticeNewsEight People In Police Net Over $2billion Fraud

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 9, 2022

BENIN — Eight people suspected of trying to dupe the Federal Government of Nigeria to the tune of $2billion have been arrested by the Edo State Police command. Spokesman of the command, SP Chidi Nwabuzor told reporters that the arrest followed a complaint received by the crack team of the command on April 25, 2022, of an attempt to defraud the government of $2billion. “The petition was written by High Chief Richard David, a representative...

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Normalcy Returns To Lafiya In Adamawa after a clash between Lunguda and Waja communities

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaNormalcy Returns To Lafiya In Adamawa after a clash between Lunguda and Waja communities

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 7, 2022

The Police Command in Adamawa says normalcy has been restored in Lafiya, Lamurde Local Government Area, after a clash between Lunguda and Waja communities. DSP Suleiman Nguroje, the Command’s spokesperson, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Yola. “The incident occurred on Monday morning and the command immediately dispatched police personnel to restore normalcy in the area. “The Commissioner of Police, Sikiru Akande, immediately sent a team of mobile police...

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Army Recovers Over 706 Assorted Rifles From Bandits In North-West

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaArmy Recovers Over 706 Assorted Rifles From Bandits In North-West

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 7, 2022

The Commanding Officer, 8 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major-General Uwem Bassey said some 706 assorted rifles recovered from bandits has been handed over to the National Centre for The Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons General Bassey while briefing newsmen in Giginya Barrack, Sokoto on Monday said the recoveries were part of the ongoing clearance operation code-named “Operation Hadarin Daji”. The operation which, according to him, covered Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina and Kebbi states,...

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JUDGES SALARIES: At Least 60 SANs Besiege National Industrial Court In Abuja

JobsLaw & JusticeNewsJUDGES SALARIES: At Least 60 SANs Besiege National Industrial Court In Abuja

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 6, 2022

ABUJA — At least sixty Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) have stormed the National Industrial Court in Abuja for a legal battle against the Federal Government on the poor salaries of Nigerian Judges. The senior lawyers are to battle the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), National Judicial Council (NJC) and the National Assembly (NASS) in a suit seeking for an order to compel the upward review of Judicial Officers payment. The senior lawyers, who came...

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Extradition: Federal High Court Grants DCP Kyari Permission To File More Evidence

Crime & PunishmentLaw & JusticeNewsExtradition: Federal High Court Grants DCP Kyari Permission To File More Evidence

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 3, 2022

ABUJA — The detained Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari has been granted permission by the Federal High Court in Abuja to file more evidence against a suit by the federal government seeking to extradite him to the United States of America for trial in criminal charges. The court presided by Justice Inyang Ekwo granted the request of Kyari made through his lead counsel, Nureni Jimoh, SAN, in a motion on notice. Jimoh who...

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Chinese Sentenced To Two Years Imprisonment For Tearing Naira Notes

Law & JusticeMoneyNewsChinese Sentenced To Two Years Imprisonment For Tearing Naira Notes

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 2, 2022

LAGOS — Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos has sentenced a Chinese man to 24 months imprisonment for ripping up Naira notes. The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), secured the conviction of the Chinese national, identified as Li Lei Lei, on Tuesday. Li was arrested after “mutilating the Nigerian currency” during an altercation with airport officials while he was trying to board a...

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Former Zamfara State Governor Arrested

CorruptionLaw & JusticeNewsFormer Zamfara State Governor Arrested

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 30, 2022

Former governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, was on Sunday arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in connection with the ongoing investigation of the suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, who was alleged to have diverted over N80bn. The embattled accountant-general, who has been in the EFCC custody since May 16, had been suspended indefinitely. EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed Yari’s arrest but declined comments. A senior official of the EFCC,...

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