Fraud : Pastor Deceived Me to Sell My Only House, Jilted Evangelist Tells Yola Court

Law & JusticeLifestyleFraud : Pastor Deceived Me to Sell My Only House, Jilted Evangelist Tells Yola Court

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)February 5, 2021

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz,  Regional Correspondent ______ A  female evangelist who was allegedly jilted by her fiancee and pastor of Fire House Revival Ministry, Kwanye Tumba has told an area criminal court II sitting in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, that her ex-fiancee, Pastor Marwa Tumba deceived her with a marriage proposal, squandered her money and later ended up frustrating her life. The distraught looking evangelist had 2 weeks ago sued the Pastor and said she first...

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Man Bags 66 Months Imprisonment for Human Trafficking

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeNewsMan Bags 66 Months Imprisonment for Human Trafficking

PilotnewsFebruary 4, 2021

KATSINA  — The Federal High Court sitting in Katsina has sentenced one Muyeedeen Jamilu, 42, to five and a half years’ imprisonment for trafficking in persons. Jamilu, a resident of Brigade quarters in Kano, was accused of procuring illegal entry for 11 youths, comprising 10 female and one male to go to Libya, but were arrested while en route from Kano, through Kwangwalam border in Katsina state, on Nov. 30, 2020, by the Joint Taskforce...

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Two Google Engineers Resign Over Firing of AI Ethics Researcher Timnit Gebru

LabourLaw & JusticeTechnologyUnited StatesTwo Google Engineers Resign Over Firing of AI Ethics Researcher Timnit Gebru

PilotnewsFebruary 4, 2021

SAN FRANCISCO — An engineering director and a software developer have quit Alphabet Inc’s Google over the dismissal of AI researcher Timnit Gebru, a sign of the ongoing conflicts at the search giant over diversity and ethics. David Baker, a director focused on user safety, left Google last month after 16 years because Gebru’s exit “extinguished my desire to continue as a Googler,” he said in a letter seen by Reuters. Baker added, “We cannot...

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Lekki Shooting: Reddington Hospital Confirms Treatment Of Victims, Nigerians React

Law & JusticeNewsLekki Shooting: Reddington Hospital Confirms Treatment Of Victims, Nigerians React

Beloved John (Staff Writer)February 1, 2021

Several reactions have trailed the testimony of Reddington Hospital on the Lekki shooting of October 20, 2020, which halted the two weeks long demonstration against Police brutality. On Saturday, during cross-examination with the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality, Dr. Babajide Lawson, a physician with Reddington Hospital confirmed to the panel that the victims of the shooting were treated in the hospital facility. His testimony countered that of the military who claimed that no...

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Nigerian Correctional Service Trains 119 Inmates In Vocational Skills

EducationJobsLaw & JusticeNewsNigerian Correctional Service Trains 119 Inmates In Vocational Skills

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 30, 2021

The Gombe State command, Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) says about 119 inmates have undergone vocational skills training in two custodial centres in the state. There are 1, 260 inmates in the five custodial centres in Gombe, Tula, Billiri, Cham, and Bajoga facilities with 697 inmates awaiting trials. Mohammed Sharu, the state controller of NCS, said in an interview with newsmen that the nine-month training was part of efforts to reform inmates. According to him, Gombe...

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NDLEA Seizes 581.702kg of Exhibits, Arrests 43 Suspects In Kano

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaNDLEA Seizes 581.702kg of Exhibits, Arrests 43 Suspects In Kano

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 30, 2021

KANO  —  The Kano state Command of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it arrested 43 suspected drug traffickers in January 2020. Dr. Ibrahim Abdul, the NDLEA Commander in the state, in an interview with newsmen on Friday in Kano, said the suspects were arrested in various locations in the state following intensive operations carried out by the officers of the command. Abdul explained that during their various operations, the command intercepted 581.702...

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Lekki Shooting: Amnesty International Demand Justice For Victims, Alleges Cover up

Law & JusticeNewsPeopleLekki Shooting: Amnesty International Demand Justice For Victims, Alleges Cover up

Beloved John (Staff Writer)January 29, 2021

ABUJA  — Amnesty International (AI) has accused Nigeria authorities of brazenly trying to cover the violence launched on #EndSARS protesters rather than bringing the culprit to book. The human rights organization demanded the suspension of officials indicted in the shooting of #EndSARS protesters at Lekki, Lagos state. Last year, Nigerian youths had converged to demand an end to bad governance, police brutality, and the disbanding of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a unit of the...

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Nigerian Human Rights Activist Omoyele Sowore Released on Bail

ColumnsLaw & JusticeOpinionPress * MediaNigerian Human Rights Activist Omoyele Sowore Released on Bail

PilotnewsJanuary 28, 2021

In Nigeria, causation of arrests and release are murky, and the rumor mill operates overtime. Some Nigerians are suggesting that Omoyele Sowore was released because the authorities are aware of the stronger human rights emphasis of the Biden administration and wanted to start off on the right foot with the new administration. Sowore is a well-known Nigerian human rights activist and strong critic of the Buhari administration and of Nigeria’s political economy in general. He...

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Court Admits More Evidence Against Naira Marley in Fraud Trial

EntertainmentLaw & JusticeMusicCourt Admits More Evidence Against Naira Marley in Fraud Trial

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)January 27, 2021

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State has admitted more exhibits in evidence against Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley in the ongoing trial of the hip hop singer. On Wednesday, Justice Nicolas Oweibo in his ruling admitted the Compact Disk containing the phone analysis of the singer, tendered in evidence by the second prosecution witness, Anosike Augustine on the ground that the iPhone which was analyzed has earlier been admitted as evidence....

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Yola Court Orders Seven ‘Witches’ To Restore Health of a 3 year Old Girl

Law & JusticeLifestyleYola Court Orders Seven ‘Witches’ To Restore Health of a 3 year Old Girl

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)January 27, 2021

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent _____ There was a drama and surprise as a Criminal Area Court I, in Yola Adamawa state capital slammed a 24-hour ultimatum to seven suspected witches arraigned before it to restore the health of a 3-year-old girl they bewitched, or else incur the wrath of the law. The alleged witches including a 60-year-old woman, Halima Jonta of Dumne town in Song Local Government Area and five kids who are between...

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