Girl Survives Jump from Four-storey to Avoid Flogging by Guardian

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...

Organ Harvesting Saga: Ekweremadu, Wife Sue NIMC, UBA, Others Over Donor’s Real Age

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,...

Lorry Drivers Block Onitsha Headbridge in Protest Over Alleged Shooting of Tanker Tyre by Navy

By Anastasia Mbabie (Staff Reporter) Drivers of various articulated vehicles, including lorries, tankers, and tippers have blocked the Niger Bridgehead in Onitsha in protest. The West African News Pilot Newspaper reporter, learned the protest was triggered by extortion by naval officers operating on the bridge, who insist on collecting N1,000 from them as a bribe. The driver’s however decided to block the road on Saturday morning, after a naval officer shot and punctured the tyres of...

Snatching Of Ballot Boxes Attracts 20-Year Jail Term

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...

Eight People In Police Net Over $2billion Fraud

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...

Normalcy Returns To Lafiya In Adamawa after a clash between Lunguda and Waja communities

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...

Army Recovers Over 706 Assorted Rifles From Bandits In North-West

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,...

JUDGES SALARIES: At Least 60 SANs Besiege National Industrial Court In Abuja

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...

Nigeria Police Arrests Over 1,000 Suspected Criminals, Rescued In Five Months

The Nigeria Police has arrested 1,239 suspected criminals between January 2022 to date for various crimes. The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, has disclosed this at a meeting with strategic police managers in Abuja, Thursday, revealing that the Force has secured the approval of the National Communications Commission (NCC) for the allocation of a national Police Short Code  ‘933’ for free emergency calls and information sharing between the Police and citizens. It...

Extradition: Federal High Court Grants DCP Kyari Permission To File More Evidence

ABUJA — The detained Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari has been granted permission by the Federal High Court in Abuja to file more evidence against a suit by the federal government seeking to extradite him to the United States of America for trial in criminal charges. The court presided by Justice Inyang Ekwo granted the request of Kyari made through his lead counsel, Nureni Jimoh, SAN, in a motion on notice. Jimoh who...

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