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

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaArmy Recovers Over 706 Assorted Rifles From Bandits In North-West

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 7, 2022

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,...

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

JobsLaw & JusticeNewsJUDGES SALARIES: At Least 60 SANs Besiege National Industrial Court In Abuja

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 6, 2022

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...

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

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

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 4, 2022

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...

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

Crime & PunishmentLaw & JusticeNewsExtradition: Federal High Court Grants DCP Kyari Permission To File More Evidence

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 3, 2022

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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Chinese Sentenced To Two Years Imprisonment For Tearing Naira Notes

Law & JusticeMoneyNewsChinese Sentenced To Two Years Imprisonment For Tearing Naira Notes

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 2, 2022

LAGOS — Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos has sentenced a Chinese man to 24 months imprisonment for ripping up Naira notes. The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), secured the conviction of the Chinese national, identified as Li Lei Lei, on Tuesday. Li was arrested after “mutilating the Nigerian currency” during an altercation with airport officials while he was trying to board a...

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Police, Military Clash In Adamawa Left One Soldier Dead

MilitaryNewsPolicePolice, Military Clash In Adamawa Left One Soldier Dead

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 31, 2022

YOLA — Police and  Military have clashed along Numan road in Adamawa state that resulting in an exchange of fire and the the the murder of military officers all in their line of duty to protect the citizenry. The spokesman of the Adamawa State Police Command SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje who confirmed the development in a statement said the Commissioner of police CP SK Akande has strongly condemned the conflict. The statement read in part:...

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Former Zamfara State Governor Arrested

CorruptionLaw & JusticeNewsFormer Zamfara State Governor Arrested

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 30, 2022

Former governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, was on Sunday arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in connection with the ongoing investigation of the suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, who was alleged to have diverted over N80bn. The embattled accountant-general, who has been in the EFCC custody since May 16, had been suspended indefinitely. EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed Yari’s arrest but declined comments. A senior official of the EFCC,...

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Court Orders Further Detention of Okorocha Over N2.9bn Corruption Charges

CorruptionLaw & JusticeNewsCourt Orders Further Detention of Okorocha Over N2.9bn Corruption Charges

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 30, 2022

ABUJA — The former Governor of Imo State and Presidential Aspirant of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Rochas Okorocha, appeared before a Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, where he pleaded not guilty to the N2.9 billion corruption charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Embattled former governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha on Monday appeared before a Federal High Court in Abuja where he pleaded not guilty...

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36 States’ Attorneys-Generals, Nigeria Governors’ Forum Lost Case Against Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit

Law & JusticeLocal GovernmentNews36 States’ Attorneys-Generals, Nigeria Governors’ Forum Lost Case Against Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 24, 2022

ABUJA — Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, dismissed a suit filed by the 36 states’ Attorneys-Generals and the Nigeria Governors’ Forum challenging the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) from implementing its guidelines on the spending of the local governments. Defendants in the suit are the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), the NFIU and the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE). The 36 states, in the...

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Life In Coal City, Enugu On Sit-At-Home Days

Human Rights & FreedomLaw & JusticeNewsLife In Coal City, Enugu On Sit-At-Home Days

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)May 24, 2022

ENUGU — The Igbo people are an ethnic group in Nigeria with people residing all over the world. In fact, all over the 774 local Government areas in Nigeria, these resilient and industrious men and women set up businesses living harmoniously with the locals. However, they are predominant in South East geographical zone of the nation which is their fatherland; Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo state. In less than 3 months, the Monday sit-at-home...

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