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...

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...

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...

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent Finally, Interpol has succeeded in extraditing the former boss of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT) Abdulrasheed Maina to Nigeria. Maina was said to have escaped to the Republic of Niger as his hiding place but nemesis caught up with him finally on Thursday, December 3, when he was brought back to his country to face justice , Reports say that the extradition of Maina was done by the...

The Crime Correspondent Association of Nigeria (CCAN), has condemned the extra judicial killings carried out by the security forces on defenceless #EndSARS protesters. In a statement, Hassan Zaggi, CCAN Chairman expressed distaste over the massacre of young, energetic and vibrant citizens. “The ugly incidents of gruesome killings and maiming of Nigerians in the Abuja city centre, Dutse Alhaji, a suburb in the FCT, Lagos and other parts of the country is worrisome. “We have even...