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Crime & Punishment Law & JusticeTeenager Jailed For Stealing Seven Pieces Of Spaghetti, Five Pieces Of Indomie In Abuja

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 17, 2022

ABUJA — The Upper Area Court in Gwagwalada, Abuja, on Thursday sentenced a 19-year-old student, Hillary Yunana, to four months imprisonment for stealing spaghetti and Indomie noodles from a shop. The convict, a resident of Bassa village, along airport road, Abuja, was charged with burglary and theft to which he pleaded guilty and begged the court for leniency. The prosecution counsel, Abudulahi Tanko, told the court the convict broke and entered the shop of one...

Law & Justice NewsEFCC To Pay Abia Journalist N4.3m Damages For Making Her Go Through Trauma

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 17, 2022

UMUAHIA — Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia on Monday, March 14, 2022, delivered a judgement in favour of an Abia journalist, Norah Okafor, and awarded her N3.5 million damages over the invasion of her residence in the wee hours of the night of 23rd September 2021 by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission. The EFCC was also ordered to tender a public apology to Okafor, which will be published on two...

Crime & Security Law & JusticeNDLEA Nabs General Overseer With Cannabis Wrapped Around His Body At Lagos Airport

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 14, 2022

LAGOS — The General Overseer of Christ Living Hope Church, Rev. Ugochukwu Emmanuel Ekwem has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for drug peddling. The Agency spokesman, Femi Babafemi, made this disclosure through a statement issued on Sunday, March 13, on the official Facebook page of the NDLEA. According to Babafemi, the man of God was apprehended at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on Monday, March 7, while on his way...

Crime & Security Law & Justice NewsNDLEA Arrests General Overseer for Drug Peddling at Lagos Airport

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 13, 2022

LAGOS — The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested the General Overseer of Christ Living Hope Church, Rev. Ugochukwu Emmanuel Ekwem, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport for drug peddling. The cleric was arrested while on his way to a three-week crusade in Nairobi, Kenya, with 54 sticks of drugs wrapped around his body. The popular preacher who has his church headquartered in Isuaniocha, Mgbakwu road, Awka, Awka North LGA, Anambra State, and...

Law & Justice World NewsSaudi Arabia Executes 81 Convicted Criminals

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 13, 2022

The kingdom of Saudi Arabia has announced on Saturday that it had executed 81 convicted criminals, the largest mass execution conducted by the country in its modern history. Of the 81 people killed, 73 were Saudi citizens, seven were Yemeni and one was a Syrian national. Prior to Saturday, the largest mass execution in the country’s history since 1980 was in 2016 when 47 persons were killed. According to Saudi Press Agency (SPA), 81 individuals were...

Crime & Security Law & JusticeMedical Doctor Narrates How A 13-Year-Old Girl Was Gang Raped By Seven Men In Lagos

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 11, 2022

IKEJA, (LAGOS) — A medical doctor, working at the Mirabel Centre, a sexual assault referral centre, Mistura Shogunle, on Wednesday, March 9, 2022, narrated how a 13-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by seven men in her neighbourhood. Shogunle testified before the Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court at the trial of a 20-year-old fashion designer, Rasheed Fashola who is being charged for two counts of conspiracy and defilement of a child. Fashola had, however,...

Law & Justice Nigeria ElectionsWe Are Yet to Get Certified Copy of Judgement on Umahi – INEC

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 11, 2022

ABUJA — The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that it has not gotten a certified copy of the judgement of the Federal High Court which ordered the sack of the state governor, David Umahi and his deputy, Kelechi Igwe. The National Commissioner of INEC revealed this on Thursday in an interview with Channels Television. He, however, said that the commission has gotten a letter from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), nominating replacements for...

Africa Columns Foreign Policy United StatesOPINION: Reflections: Former U.S. Senator Russ Feingold on the Dilemmas Diplomats Face

PilotnewsMarch 9, 2022

Former U.S. Senator from Wisconsin Russ Feingold reflects on his time as U.S. Special Envoy for the Great Lakes and the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other diplomatic roles he has held throughout his career. Welcome to Reflections, a bimonthly series of conversations that invites former senior U.S.-Africa policymakers to discuss difficult issues that they confronted in their careers with the benefit of hindsight. The second conversation in the series features Russ Feingold, who served...

Health Military WellnessGOC Commissions Projects in 82 Division Nigerian Army

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)March 9, 2022

ENUGU — The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 82 Division Nigerian Army, Major General Taoreed Lagbaja, has commissioned key intervention projects duly completed by the Division in Abakpa Cantonment Enugu. Neurosciences and Wellness Center commisioned at the 82 Division-Enugu-March-9-2022The intervention projects include a Neuroscience and Wellness Centre, Specialist Outpatient Department/Urology Clinic, and Nursing Station at 82 Division Medical Services and Hospital. Also, the Soldiers’ club was remodeled and accommodation for soldiers on transit constructed; the club...

Law & Justice News PoliticsUmahi Rejects Court Order Directing Removal As Ebonyi Governor

Beloved John (Staff Writer)March 8, 2022

ABUJA — The governor of Ebonyi state, David Umahi, has rejected the court ruling directing his removal from office. The governor described the court order as a sham. On Tuesday, a federal high court sitting in Abuja had ordered the removal of Umahi and his deputy, Eric Igwe. The order was over their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Umahi declared that there is no constitutional provision that...

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