Court Sentence Boat Captain to Life Imprisonment

Accidents and SafetyLaw & JusticeCourt Sentence Boat Captain to Life Imprisonment

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 7, 2022

LAGOS — The captain of a commercial boat, Elebiju Happiness has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Lagos State High Court sitting in Eti-Osa for causing the deaths of 13 passengers. Justice Josephine Oyefeso said Happiness was charged with manslaughter by the police and found guilty of the 11-count charge. Earlier, the police told the court that Happiness committed the crime on July 29, 2020, after loading passengers from the Kirikiri waterside and heading...

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Commit Adultery, Spend Two Years In Prison – Police Officer Warns Married Couples

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaCommit Adultery, Spend Two Years In Prison – Police Officer Warns Married Couples

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)July 5, 2022

A former Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Aliyu Giwa, has warned married couples against cheating on their spouses no matter the reason that might arise. According to the superintendent, being unfaithful to one’s partner is a criminal offence that attracts a punishment of two years imprisonment. Giwa, who shook the table on Twitter on Saturday, said adultery contravenes section 387 and 388 of the Penal Code Law. “Do you know? Adultery is a...

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INEC Office in Igboeze North LGA Enugu Set Ablaze

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaINEC Office in Igboeze North LGA Enugu Set Ablaze

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)July 4, 2022

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, office in Igboeze North Local Government Headquarters, Enugu State was on Sunday set ablaze by unknown arsonists. Dr. Emeka Ononamadu, Resident Electoral Commissioner, INEC Enugu confirmed the incident stating the extent of damage has not been ascertained but no life was lost. Ononamadu further revealed that the timely intervention of fire fighters from Nsukka and Ogurute prevented further escalation of the fire to all sections of the Commission’s building....

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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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