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President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Ondo state Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu over the Supreme Court judgement which was ruled in his favour. The President also urged elected leaders to always put the people first in all their decision-making processes and implementation of projects, stressing that the success of the party depends on the performance of its members. President Buhari lauded the governor for his hard work in the state. He also urged opposition members to bury the hatchet and invest their resources in patriotism and nation building. The President made the statement via his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi…

Justice A.J. Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has convicted and sentenced three fraudsters to three years imprisonment each, for internet- related offences. The convicts: Paul Effiong Aniedi, Meshack Aniekan and Ovie Collins were jailed after pleading “guilty” to one- count separate amended charge, following their arraignment by the Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). One of the charges read: “That you, Paul Effiong Aniedi (aka Austin Sylver) in 2020 within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, fraudulently impersonate yourself as Austin Sylver, a Crypto Currency dealer from…

The Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, July 28, 2021 secured the conviction of one Prince Oyinlola Adedayo Emmanuel and two other persons who were prosecuted on offences bordering on love scam and cybercrime. The other two convicts are Owonikoko Kehinde Damilare, a 200 Level Computer Science Student of the University of Ilorin and one Jimoh Akeem Lawal. The convicts, who were prosecuted on separate charges pleaded guilty to the charges preferred against them by the Commission before Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar and Justice Sikiru Oyinloye, both of the Kwara State High Court in…

A Kaduna All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Alamkah Dominic Usman has been killed in Nasarawa state. The victim who was shot dead along Keffi-Akwanga road in Nasarwa, was a chairmanship candidate for Kachia Local Government. The election which was earlier scheduled for June 5, was postponed to August 14 due to issues with logistics. Emir begs bandits to allow villagers to farm According to reports, Usman was killed on his way to Benue state. He is to be buried on Thursday, July 29.

By Olasumbo Apanpa Sunday Igboho’s experience in Cotonou reminds me how most Nigerians have lost all “Sense  and Sensibility” for right living, and the rule of law. Nigerians have become so used to criminals openly showcasing their rewards from crimes. Nigerians have become used to lawbreakers parading as agitators and ethnic champions, and used to having rogues and thugs as political leaders! When did we get here? The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) years birthed the worst set of leaders as political leaders, but I will give a few examples from the South West only. To achieve his aim of removing…

A Kaduna High Court on Wednesday discharged and acquitted the leader of the Shiite group, Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife. El-Zakzaky was injured and arrested along with his wife, in the 2015 Zaria massacre, in which three of his remaining sons, as well as hundreds of his followers, following a clash with the Nigerian Army. Since then, he has remained under state detention in Abuja pending his release, which was ordered in late 2016. In 2019, a court in Kaduna state granted him and his wife bail to seek treatment abroad but they returned from India…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, Ibadan Zonal office has secured the conviction of an 82 Year old man who claims to be the Baale of Onidundu area of Akinyele, Oyo state, over allegations of land fraud. The commission arraigned Chief Olagoke Samson Amoo-Onidundu before Justice Iyabo Yerima of the Oyo state High court in Ibadan. The Octogenarian was docked on a four count charge bordering obtaining money under false pretence, contrary to Section 1(1)(a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under Section 1 (3) of the same Act. The complainant alleged that he bought…

The Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) in Sokoto state has arrested a wanted notorious bandit, Bello Galadima. Mr Saleh Dada, the Commandant of NSCDC in the state told newsmen on Wednesday that Galadima, 40, had been on the wanted list. Dada said that the suspect was apprehended on Tuesday at his hideout at Aliyu Jodi in the Sokoto metropolis. The commandant said that the suspect was arrested when he came out to buy drugs, mostly sexual enhancing medicaments for his group members. Emir begs bandits to allow villagers to farm He explained that the suspect’s arrest followed an…

The Emir of Kontagora in Niger State, Alhaji Sa’idu Namaska, has pleaded with bandits to permit them to cultivate their farms as the farming season has begun. The Emir cited food scarcity in the country which was largely due the COVID19 pandemic as well as insecurity in the country. Alhaji Namasaka feared that if the bandits did not yield to their plea, scarcity of food will only get worse as time goes by. The Emir, who was represented by the Niger State Chairman of the All Farmers’ Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Alhaji Shehu Galadima stated this during the Third Niger…

The Supreme Court has dismissed the election suit filed by Eyitayo Jegede and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the October 2020 governorship election in Ondo state. The decision of the apex court to dismiss the suit comes after the Court of Appeal had upheld the election of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu as the duly elected governor in the Southwest state. While four out of the seven-member panel of justices of the court dismissed the appeal for failure to join Yobe State governor, Mai Mala Buni, as a party in the petition, three of the justices, including the presiding Justice, Mary…