NBA Yola Branch Joins War Against Rape, Gender Based Violence

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaNBA Yola Branch Joins War Against Rape, Gender Based Violence

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 12, 2020

Members of the Nigeria Bar Association Yola branch on Saturday embarked on one and half hour walk along the major streets of Jimeta sensitizing people on the new Administration of Criminal Justice Law in the State. Speaking to Journalists after the walk, branch chairman of the Association Barr Jibrilla Jimeta said the exercise is to sensitize the populace on the need to put all hands on deck and chase the menace of Rape and Gender...

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BREAKING: Fugitive Former Pension Boss Maina Slumps in Court

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaPeopleBREAKING: Fugitive Former Pension Boss Maina Slumps in Court

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)December 10, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent ______ The fugitive  former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, has just slumped before trial Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. Maina is reportedly to have slumped down shortly after the court resumed proceedings in the 12-count charge preferred against him and his firm, Common Input Property and Investment Limited by Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes...

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Enough Is Enough!: Leave Adamawa Or Face Death Penalty, Fintiri Tells Kidnappers, Others Criminals

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaEnough Is Enough!: Leave Adamawa Or Face Death Penalty, Fintiri Tells Kidnappers, Others Criminals

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)December 10, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent ______ Amid incessant cases of kidnappings plaguing the state, Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa state has warned kidnappers and other criminal kingpins  to either leave or risk death penalty. Fintiri gave the warning , during a courtesy visit to Gangwari Ganye, HRH Alhaji Umaru Adamu Sanda, at the traditional council’s palace in Ganye Local Government southern senatorial district of Adamawa state. Fintiri said the state government would take a...

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High Court Judge in Kano Accuses NDLEA of Shielding Drug Dealers

CorruptionLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaHigh Court Judge in Kano Accuses NDLEA of Shielding Drug Dealers

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)December 10, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent _____ A judge of Federal High Court in Kano Lewis Allagoa has accused Kano office of National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA with shielding drug dealers. The Judge threatened not to entertain any NDLEA case henceforth since they deliberately omit the main culprits in trafficking drugs, only to bring the poor to face trial. Mr Allagoa made the accusation while attending a case of a truck conductor Shehu Haruna accused with drug...

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Court Remands Teenager for Allegedly Burning Ex-lover’s Girlfriend to death

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaCourt Remands Teenager for Allegedly Burning Ex-lover’s Girlfriend to death

PilotnewsDecember 9, 2020

A 19-year-old girl, Jemila Ibraheem, was on Wednesday remanded in police custody in Lagos State, over alleged murder of her ex-lover’s new girlfriend. Ibraheem, who is an upcoming actress and resides in Satelite town area of Lagos, was charged with a count of murder. The court however, did not take her plea. Magistrate P.E. Nwaka, ordered that the defendant be kept at the Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba, pending advice from the Lagos State Director...

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Fraudulent Government: Kumangar Attacks Ribadu, ‘’You Ran Most Fraudulent Regime in EFCC’’

CorruptionLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaFraudulent Government: Kumangar Attacks Ribadu, ‘’You Ran Most Fraudulent Regime in EFCC’’

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)December 9, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent _____ The Director General media to Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa state, has called on a former chairman of the economic and financial crimes commission, Nuhu Ribadu, to clear the air on issues surrounding the financial misappropriation allegations levelled against him by his predecessor, Farida Waziri. Solomon Kumangar, the spoke’s man to the governor, made the call in Yola while reacting to Ribadu’s statement that Fintiri’s government is fraudulent....

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After 5 Years Awaiting Trial For Murder, Court Acquit 50 Year Old Farmer in Adamawa

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaAfter 5 Years Awaiting Trial For Murder, Court Acquit 50 Year Old Farmer in Adamawa

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)December 8, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent _____ An High Court I sitting in Yola, Adamawa state capital on Tuesday  presided by Justice Ishaya Kida Banu on Tuesday discharged and acquitted a 50 year old farmer, Dankumo Musa, who was standing trial for alleged culpable homicide for 5 years. Delivering his judgment on the matter,  Justice Ishaya Banu, discharged and acquitted the accused. Justice Banu declared that ” the prosecution had failed to establish his case against the...

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Fake Witnesses Testifies Before Commission of Inquiry In Adamawa

Law & JusticeLocal GovernmentNewsFake Witnesses Testifies Before Commission of Inquiry In Adamawa

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 7, 2020

As the Commission of Inquiry Investigating communal clash that occurred recently in Tingno of Lamurde Local Government Area of Adamawa State comes to an end with closing testimonies from witnesses, it was alleged that four witnesses that appeared before the commission were fake. Representative of Lamurde Muslim community comprises Hausa/Fulani youths in Tingno Barrister Abubakar Mohammed had filed  an application alleging that the last four witnesses presented by Chobo group who testified before the commission...

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Appeal Court in Abuja Uphold Sanda’s Death Sentence By Hanging

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaAppeal Court in Abuja Uphold Sanda’s Death Sentence By Hanging

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 6, 2020

By Hassan Umar Shallpella, News Correspondent _____ The Appeal Court in Abuja has dismissed the appeal filed by Maryam Sanda, who was sentenced to death by an Abuja High Court for killing her husband, Bilyaminu Bello, son of the former National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Haliru Bello. Presiding Judge, Justice Steven Adah, held that the court is duty-bound to do justice according to law and not sentiments, maintained that “there no doubt...

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No One Can Stop the Probing of EndSARS Protesters – Lai Mohammed

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaNo One Can Stop the Probing of EndSARS Protesters – Lai Mohammed

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 5, 2020

The Federal Government has said being a member of the #EndSARS protest is not an immunity from being investigated or charged for any offence or breach of the laws. The Ministers of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this on Friday in Lagos while having a meeting with editors of newspapers. Mohammed, who was responding to a question on the alleged arrest of some #EndSARS protesters and sponsors, posited that nobody is above investigation...

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