Trial of Ex-SGF Lawal, 5 Others for Alleged N544m Fraud Begins

The trial of a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, and five others began on Wednesday in an FCT High Court in Jabi, Abuja. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)   called its first witness. The prosecution witness, a relationship manager in the Sales Department, First City Monument Bank (FCMB), Mohammed Babansule, tendered the statement of account of one of the companies, Josmon Technologies Ltd., the sixth defendant. Some other documents...

Ondo State Government Bans Street Trading In The State Capital

The Ondo State Government has placed a total ban on trading along the vehicular traffic lanes, pedestrian paths and walkways on major market corridors in Akure, the state capital. State Commissioner for Information and Orientation on Friday Mr. Donald Ojogo in a statement said the development followed the setting up of the Committee on Waste Management and in its bid to instill sanity, especially in Akure. The statement said “the ban also includes artisans such...

NDLEA Confirms Arrest of 11 Drug Peddlers , at Adamawa

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz,  Regional Correspondent _____ The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Adamawa has confirmed the arrest of 11 suspected drug peddlers at the Secretariat of the All Progressive Congress (APC) along Galadima Aminu Way, Yola, Adamawa State. Mohammed Idris, NDLEA’s Commander in Adamawa, Friday,  confirmed that the arrest followed tip-off, adding that substances suspected to be illicit drugs were equally discovered when the officials of the NDLEA searched the premises of the...

Deeper Life School: Staff, Students Plead Not Guilty

The staff of Deeper Life High School who were arraigned before a Magistrate Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State have pleaded not guilty to the charges brought against them. The officials were arraigned over the alleged molestation of Don Davis, a JSS 1 student of the school. The officials include Ndidi Solomon, the suspended principal of the school, Joseph Nseabasi, Akpan Johnson, Eger Wilson and Joseph Ikenna. The SS1 students who were also accused...

Kaduna Arraigns PDP Spokesperson, Others for Attempted Adultery Over Nude Party

The Kaduna State Government has arraigned the Publicity Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party, Kaduna State Chapter, Abraham Alberah, and four others for alleged attempted adultery and organizing a nude party in breach of the COVID-19 guidelines. Alberah is the husband of Aisha Yakubu, the owner of Asher Lounge which is the botched sex party that the Kaduna State Urban and Planning Development Authority demolished on December 31, 2020. In an earlier statement, the state...

Sowore Appears in Court in Handcuff for Organizing Protest Against Bad Governance

A human rights activist and SaharaReporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, has on Tuesday, appeared at the Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, wearing handcuffs. Reports said that the court presided over by Chief Magistrate Mabel Segun-Bello, would be hearing the bail application filed by Sowore and four other activists. Sowore was holding a book when he arrived at the court alongside four other detained activists. The West African Pilot had reported that Sowore,...

Police Arrest 22-year Old for Alleged Ritual Murder in Bauchi

Police Command in Bauchi state has arrested a 22-year-old man, suspected to be a ritualist for alleged gruesome murder of his neighbour in Alkaleri Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. DSP Ahmed Wakil, Police Public Relations office (PPRO) of the command disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Bauchi. Wakil said that the Alkaleri divisional police officers arrested Hamza Musa, the 22-year-old man, for the gruesome killing of his 17-year-old neighbour, Adamu Ibrahim,...

Deeper Life School: Molested Pupil Recounts Ordeal

Don Davis, the JSS 1 student who was sexually abused in college has shared his unpleasant experience with fellow students and staff in Deeper Life High school, Akwa Ibom. Two weeks ago, his mother, Deborah Okezie had called out the school in a Facebook post, alleging that some senior students in the college had habitually molested and starved him. The 11-year-old boy who was admitted into the school in October, shortly after the ban on...

Deeper Life School: Mother of Molested Pupil Denies Demanding 100m Compensation

The mother of Don Davis, the 11-year-old boy who was allegedly molested in college has denied demanding any amount of money as compensation from the school management. Report that parents of the Victim had sent a letter to Deeper Life High School in Akwa Ibom requesting for a sum of N100m as compensation for the torture their son was subjected to in the school has been making rounds on the media since yesterday. However, Deborah...

Sowore Had His Crossover Night in Unknown Police Custody for Organizing Protest

The Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, and other activists have spent the wee hours of the New Year in police custody for holding a protest in Abuja. Before his arrest, Sowore has sent out a series of tweets calling on Nigerians to join him on a protest against the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. He tweeted, “How about a crossover protest/uprising tonight? Anyone willing to participate? Pick up a candle and a placard showing...

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