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Oyo State Police Command on Tuesday arraigned alleged notorious warlord, Abdullahi Iskilu Wakili, two of his sons, Abu, Samaila, and one Aliyu Manu, on six count charges bordering on conspiracy, murder, kidnapping and armed robbery. The suspect were arraigned before a Chief Magistrates’ court sitting in Iyaganku, Ibadan. The prosecution counsel, ASP Adewale Amos told the court that Wakili , Abu, Samaila and Manu conspired to commit the offence. Amos said Wakili and others on Oct. 20, 2015, caused the death of Cpl. Akinwale Akande, 32, while performing his lawful duty. He alleged that on Aug. 15, 2020, at about…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has introduced new charges for customers using the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data services. The apex bank said from Tuesday customers will pay a flat fee of N6.98 per transaction every time they use USSD services. The charges were part of the agreements after banks and telecommunication operators met on Monday to discuss the N42bn debt owed mobile operators by banks. A statement on Tuesday and jointly signed by the apex bank’s Acting Director, Corporate Communications, Osita Nwanisobi; and Director, Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission, Ikechukwu Adinde, explained: “We are pleased to announce that after…

Urges more sensitisation, advocacy Senate President Ahmad Lawan took the lead at the National Assembly on Tuesday when he received the first jab of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine was administered on him in his office by his personal physician, Dr Muhammad Usman and witnessed by some senators led by the Senate Leader, Senator Yahaya Abdullahi. The vaccination card was presented to the Senate President by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Health (Secondary and Tertiary), Senator Ibrahim Oloriegbe. Speaking shortly after he received the first jab of the vaccine, the Senate President called on Nigerians to make themselves available for…

The Senate on Tuesday began moves to review the Labour Act to provide stiffer penalties for various offences ranging from modern slavery, child labour to discrimination against women in the work place. The amendment to the labour law seeks to introduce stiffer penalties to punish employers who deny female employees maternity protection and discriminate against women during employment to fill positions in underground work or mines. Sponsor of the Labour Act Amendment Bill 2020, Senator Ezenwa Francis Onyewuchi, in his lead debate, said the bill “seeks to amend the present fines for his offences in the Labour Act which are…

Sweden’s record goalscorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been recalled to the national team, five years after announcing his retirement. The 39-year-old scored 62 goals in 116 internationals before quitting the team following their exit at the group stage of Euro 2016. He opened the door to a return in a newspaper interview in November 2020 and Sweden coach Janne Andersson then flew to Milan to meet with the striker. Ibrahimovic has 14 goals in 14 Serie A appearances for AC Milan this season. Sweden face Georgia on Thursday, 25 March before playing Kosovo three days later in their opening two 2022…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday March 15, 2021 secured the conviction of one Jamilu Yunusa. He was convicted by Justice Hadiza Suleiman of Kano State High Court on a seven count charge of advance fee fraud. The convict was arraigned by the Commission in December 2016 for allegedly conniving with two others, Inuwa Abdu and Habibu Inuwa who are still at large, to defraud the complainants to the tune of N1,520,000 (One Million, Five Hundred and Twenty Thousand Naira ), claiming that he had a contract to supply pipes to Dantata and Sawoe construction company. He…

The ongoing trial of Aisha Alkali Wakil popularly known as “Mama Boko Haram” for alleged N71 million fraud continued on Monday, March 15, 2021 before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, presenting its second witness. Wakil is being prosecuted alongside Dahiru Saidu Daura and Prince Lawal Shoyode, Programme Manager and Country Director respectively of Complete Care and Aid Foundation (Non-Governmental Organization). They were arraigned on a fresh three count charge on Monday, September 14, 2020 and pleaded ‘not guilty’ to the charges. At today’s hearing, the second prosecution…

*How Nigerian scientists conducted groundbreaking genome sequence of coronavirus *President commends Nigerian scientists, researchers, others for rising up to challenges, proffering solution to pandemic Henceforth the Federal Government will allocate half a percent of Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to research and innovation in a determined effort to enhance the country’s economic growth and development. President Muhammadu Buhari made the disclosure in a speech delivered today on his behalf by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN at the opening of the 2021 Technology and Innovation Expo themed “Science, Technology and Innovation for Economic Recovery and Sustainability Amidst COVID-19 challenges”. Speaking about…

The trial of Ibrahim Kuforiji, Mojeed Raheem and Oladepo Habeeb continued on Monday, March 15, 2021 before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, presenting its first witness. The defendants, who were first arraigned on February 25, 2020 on a four-count charge bordering on stealing, are alleged to have connived to divert goods worth N125,786,969 belonging to De-Moshadek Nigeria Limited, a major distributor of household goods and groceries. They pleaded “not guilty” to the charges. One of the counts reads: “Ibrahim Kuforiji, Mojeed Raheem and Oladepo Habeeb,…

Sebastian will always remember the moment he lost £407,000, with equal parts anger and shame. The night leading up to it had been otherwise forgettable. He and his wife watched a series on Netflix, before she went to bed and left him on the sofa messing about on his phone. Then he received a Twitter notification with news from Elon Musk. Sebastian told the BBC: “Musk tweeted, ‘Dojo 4 Doge?’ and I wondered what it meant. “There was a link to a new event below, so I clicked on it and saw that he was giving away Bitcoin!” Sebastian followed…