By Joy Baba The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has arraigned a traditional ruler, Cornelius Nwoga, Nze Obi IV, before Justice V. Agishi of Federal High Court, Enugu, Enugu State on an 8-count charge of conspiracy and obtaining money…
Benue Gov orders probe of N150m allegedly misappropriated by ex Perm. Sec.
From Uche Nnorom, Makurdi Benue state governor, Gabriel Suswam has ordered an immediate probe into the accounts and transactions of the state’s local government pensions commission following the discovery of missing money amounting to N150 million. The said amount was…
Southern Kaduna faults Yero over killings
From Femi Oyelola, Kaduna The Coalition of Community Development Association, Civil Societies and non-governmental organisations, have faulted Governor Mukhtar Ramalan Yero’s approach to the killing of its people in the Southern Kaduna and described it as lackadaisical and merely palliative…
Student, 17 allegedly murdered by Enugu govt agency staff
By Ocheiga Onoche with agency report Serious tension has enveloped Enugu metropolis, following the alleged gruesome murder of a 17-year-old secondary school student, Ede Chidiebere, by the enforcement team of the Enugu State Waste Management Authority (ESWAMA). The brutal enforcement…
Stakeholders chides FG over agencies merger
From Suleiman Idris, Lagos The Federal Government’s decision to merge three major agencies in aviation yesterday appeared to have provoked the ire of stakeholders who lampooned the FG’s action. The government, on Monday, said it accepted the recommendation to scrap…
5,000 Kaduna residents train in alternative dispute resolution
5,000 Kaduna residents have been trained and retrained in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) by the Nigerian Legal Aid Council, in collaboration with the World Bank and Japanese Social Development Bank. The Director General of the Legal Aid Council, Mrs. Joy…
5,000 capacity Hajj Camp for Bauchi pilgrims
Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi has declared the Federal Government has proposed building 5,000-bed capacity Hajj Camp for intending pilgrims in Bauchi Isa Yuguda stated this yesterday, after he received a 2013 Hajj report from the State Amirul Hajj, Emir…
Food vendor stuff cocaine in private part
From Suleiman Idris, Lagos The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it prevented a food vendor in Lagos, Chinelo Okorom Lynnette, 36, from smuggling 685 gramme’s of cocaine inserted in her private part out of the country. The anti-narcotic…
Armed robbery: 27–year old bags life imprisonment
From Matthew Irinoye, Lagos Justice Lateefat Okunnu of a Lagos High Court, Ikeja, Lagos on Monday, sentenced a 27-year-old man, Olayinka Ayeni, to life imprisonment for assaulting a lady while attempting to snatch her handbag in Meiran area of Lagos.…
Zamfara Police to arraign NSCDC corp for stealing recharge cards
From Ibrahim Sidi Muh’d, Gusau Zamfara state Police Command yesterday announced the arrest of a Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) staff in connection with alleged theft of MTN recharge cards worth over 150,000 naira. Parading the suspect at…
