Author: Chronicle Editor

… Inspects 350 houses, others at Ngoshe, Warabe, Pulka Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, used the whole of Monday for humanitarian activities in Ngoshe, Warabe and Pulka, all in Gwoza Local Government Area of Southern Borno. At Ngoshe, Zulum supervised distribution of food items and N24m in cash to 1,200 vulnerable citizens who returned from Pulka and Maiduguri. Each household received a 50kg bag of maize, 1 bag of 50kg sorghum, a 25kg bag of beans, a 12.5kg bag of rice, 5 litres of cooking oil, other condiments and N20,000 cash. The distribution, Zulum said, was to continually support…

Justice C.A. Balogun of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, on Monday, December 7, 2020, adjourned further hearing in the fraud trial of Abubakar Ali Peters, Chairman, Nadabo Energy Limited, to December 8, 2020. Peters alongside his company, Nadabo Energy Limited, were arraigned on December 10, 2012 for offences bordering on obtaining money by false pretences, forgery and use of forged documents to the tune of N1, 464, 961, 978.24. The defendant allegedly obtained the money from the Federal Government by falsely claiming that it represented the subsidy accrued to them. They pleaded not guilty to the charge…

By Adams Oshiomhole In reporting the legal action taken by a member of the dissolved National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), some attributions have been made to the effect that plaintiff is an “ally of Oshiomhole” or an “associate of Oshiomhole.” The court documents are clear on who is the plaintiff. For the avoidance of doubt, the 21-member NWC under my leadership largely worked cohesively and harmoniously. The only exceptions were those of the three members used by forces desperate to take control of the party. They contrived a crisis and abused the judicial process to…

The Sokoto Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, December 7, 2020, arraigned one Shafiu Suleiman before Justice Raliya Uthman Muhammad of the Sokoto State High Court, Sokoto State for alleged criminal breach of trust and misappropriation to tune of N8,040, 000.00 (Eight Million, Forty Thousand Naira). Trouble started for Suleiman when in 2016, he allegedly lured one Samaila Abubakar Jega to supply a truck-load of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO/diesel), valued at N8,240,000.00 (Eight Million, Two Hundred and Forty Thousand Naira) to him, paying only N200,000.00 (Two Hundred Thousand Naira) with a promise of paying…

Dedicates award to UBA staff and customers The Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Kennedy Uzoka, was on Sunday night presented with The Zik Prize for Professional Leadership. The award was presented by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, under the chairmanship of Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka at a glamorous event held at the Civic Centre in Lagos, and organised by Public Policy Research and Analysis Centre (PPRAC). Uzoka was announced as the winner of the much-coveted award alongside the Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer at the Nigerian Communications…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said Nigerians are at free to protest peacefully in a democracy but that the government will not tolerate any acts of hooliganism. He said hooligans hiding behind lawful and peaceful protests will be dealt with decisively to ensure peace and stability in the country. The warning came amidst claims of a second wave of the #EndSARS protest being allegedly planned by youths in the country. In October, the protest against police brutality and the excesses of the now disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), were staged across major cities in the country, a development which resulted…

The Makurdi Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, December 7, 2020, arraigned one Monday Segun, before Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon of the Federal High Court, Makurdi, Benue State for alleged bank account fraud, obtaining money by false pretence, conspiracy and online scam. Segun landed in trouble following a petition in which it was alleged that he and others at large were defrauding unsuspecting members of the public using different online tricks. Upon arrest and interrogation, he disclosed that he would usually open accounts with several banks, using different names, which he would then sell alongside…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, December 7, 2020, urged Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos to dismiss the no-case submission filed by Abdullahi Babalele, a son-in-law to former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar. Babalele was re-arraigned on Thursday, October 8, 2019 on a two-count charge, bordering on money laundering to the tune of $140,000.00. One of the counts reads: “That you, Abdullahi Babalele, on or about the 20th day of February, 2019 in Nigeria, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, procured Basir Mohammed to make a cash payment of the…

Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno says notwithstanding the recent killings of farmers and other attacks, statewide records on the 27 local government areas since 2011, indicate clearly that President Muhammadu Buhari has still performed better in handling Borno’s security challenges. Zulum stated this on Sunday, while addressing northern elders from the Arewa Consultative Forum in Maiduguri, who were led by chairman of the forum’s board of trustee, Ambassador Shehu Malami and the forum’s executive chairman, Chief Audu Ogbeh. The forum’s visit on Sunday, was in reaction to Boko Haram’s beheading of over 40 farmers in Zabarmari, a farming community in…

The Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, December 4, 2020, secured the conviction of one Chimah Daniel Iweregbu, who is on the wanted list of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, for engaging in internet fraud before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. He was arraigned on December 4, 2020, following his arrest by operatives of the EFCC on August 12, 2020 for his involvement in online romance scam. He pleaded “guilty” to the charges, prompting the prosecuting counsel, Franklyn Ofoma, to urge the court to sentence…