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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Ogun State Command, has destroyed a six-hectare cannabis plantation in Alaka village as part of its intensified efforts to combat drug-related crimes in the state. Announcing the operation during a press briefing in Abeokuta on Thursday, the Commandant, Mr. Tijani Rabe, disclosed that four individuals were…
A French court has sentenced a 72-year-old man, Dominique Pelicot, to 20 years in prison for orchestrating and committing a decade-long series of rapes and abuses against his then-wife, Gisèle Pelicot. https://poftv.com/index.php/2024/12/19/justice-falola-clarifies-death-sentence News reports that the trial began in September at the court in Avignon and has drawn worldwide attention. Pelicot was found guilty…
A 34-year-old businessman, Ifeanyi Olukwu, who allegedly obtained the sum of N3.8 million under false pretences, on Thursday appeared before an Ojo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The defendant is standing trial before Magistrate, Mr L.K.J Layeni, on a two-count charge of obtaining by false pretences and stealing. He, however, pleaded not guilty to…
The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has disclosed he is seeking to pardon Segun Olowookere who was sentenced to death by hanging for allegedly stealing a fowl and eggs in 2010. According to an interview with Nigerian actress, Biola Adebayo, “Talk to B”, the parents of the victim claimed that the police officers from…
A man identified as Dr Osita Chinedu and a lecturer in Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, was on Monday evening shot dead in Awka, Anambra State Capital by persons suspected to be members of a car snatching syndicate. A source around the High Tension area in Aroma, where the incident happened, said the gunmen struggled…
The Supreme Court has imposed a fine of N5 million on former presidential candidate Ambrose Owuru for filing frivolous lawsuits against President Bola Tinubu. The court dismissed Owuru’s latest suit, which alleged President Tinubu’s non-qualification for office due to a $460,000 forfeiture in the U.S. related to an alleged drug offense and accusations of being…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu at the Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly failing to investigate the mismanagement of N57 billion reportedly stolen from the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation in 2021. In the suit, SERAP is urging the court to…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) has exposed a residential premises used for storing illegally refined petroleum products in Rivers State. The state commandant of the corps, Joachim Okafor, who disclosed this, said the illegal storage facility, located at Elelewo community in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, contained large storage tanks and cans filled…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of a Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) officer, Mr. Solomon Ogodo, for forgery, employment racketeering, and fraud. Ogodo, a Superintendent in the NSCDC, was arraigned in December 2022 before Justice M.S. Idris of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High…
A Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting at Maitama, on Tuesday, denied bail to the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, who has been in detention since November 25. The court, in a ruling that was delivered by Justice Maryann Anenih, described as premature and incompetent, the application the former governor filed…
Human rights activist and lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, has condemned the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Chief Afe Babalola, and the Nigeria Police Force over the arrest and trial of fellow lawyer and public affairs commentator, Dele Farotimi. Farotimi was detained at his Lagos law firm by officers of the Ekiti State Police Command following a…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to arraign Ahmed Kuru, former Managing Director of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON); Captain Roy Ilegbodu, Managing Director of Arik Air; and Kamilu Omokide, receiver manager of Arik Air. They will be joined by Union Bank PLC and Super Bravo Limited as defendants. The…
The Enugu State Police Command has announced the arrest of three suspects for an alleged bank fraud. The suspects are Ndulaka Okwudili, 26; Ifeanyi Nnamani (a former staff member of an Enugu branch of a commercial bank), and Philip Ozogwu, 44. They were charged with criminally conspiring to steal and use the identity…
A teenager whose lies about her teacher are accused of contributing to the educator’s murder by an Islamist radical apologised to his family in a French court on Tuesday. Eight people have been on trial since early November, charged with contributing to the climate of hatred that led to an 18-year-old of Chechen…
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Maitama, has ordered the continued detention of former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) until December 10. The court will deliver its ruling on his bail application on that date. Justice Maryann Anenih issued the order…
Former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, is currently under the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in connection with allegations of misappropriation of state funds. Sources indicate that EFCC operatives are interrogating Bello as part of an ongoing investigation into financial irregularities during his tenure. Conflicting accounts have emerged regarding how the…
An Ikeja High Court on Monday sentenced one Akinwale Akinlabi to 12 years imprisonment for killing his wife, Tope, who died on February 2, 2020, due to sustained injury. Akinlabi was charged with inflicting bodily injury on his wife which resulted in her death. He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge…
Twelve individuals have been convicted and sentenced to various jail terms by Justices Kayanson Samuel Lawanson, Hammed Isha, Benjamin Manji Lawal, and Mohammed Ibrahim Tola of the Adamawa State High Court for internet fraud-related offenses. The convicted persons include Oladele Pius, Emmanuel Bulus, Elijah Elisha, Alamin Mohammed Bappa, Jamilu Usman, and Enoch Solomon, as well…
Hezbollah’s media chief, Mohammed Afif, has been killed in an Israeli airstrike that hit the headquarters of the Lebanese Baath Party in central Beirut on Sunday. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-strike-beirut-kills-hezbollah-media-relations-chief-security-sources-say-20 The strike targeted the Baath Party office in the densely populated Ras al-Naba neighborhood, resulting in the deaths of at least four people, according to Lebanon’s state-run…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has reported a violent attack on its 330/132/33kV transmission substation construction site in Obajana, Kogi State, by unidentified armed men. The incident took place late Tuesday, November 12, 2024, at approximately 11:55 p.m., according to TCN’s General Manager for Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah. According to Mbah, security personnel stationed…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned two suspects, Ojobo Joshua and Aliyu Hashim, for allegedly impersonating EFCC Chairman Ola Olukoyede to attempt a $700,000 fraud scheme involving blackmail. Their arraignment took place on Wednesday before Justice Jude Onwuebuzie at the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Apo, Abuja. According to the EFCC spokesperson…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has successfully dismantled two major cross-border drug syndicates after an extensive intelligence-led operation. This operation, spanning several months of surveillance, led to the seizure of cocaine, opioids, and other narcotics valued at billions of naira, along with the arrest of six key figures in the syndicates. In a…
The Adamawa State Police Command has detained Aliyu Yaro, a 19-year-old resident of Kwacham Ward, Mubi North, on charges of murdering his three-day-old son. According to police sources, Yaro was accused by his girlfriend, Safiya, of taking the life of their newborn just days after his birth. During police questioning, Yaro reportedly confessed to the…
A 43-year-old Nigerian man, Abimbola David, has been detained in the UK on allegations of inappropriate online communication with a 14-year-old girl. The arrest came after the minor reportedly presented evidence of their exchanges to authorities, claiming that he made improper requests. According to Saving Our Children’s Futures, a child protection organization, David is married,…
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, issued a warrant for the arrest of the Managing Director, MD, of Dana Air, Mr. Hathiramani Ranesh, facing a criminal charge over his alleged complicity in a N13 Billion fraud. Justice Obiora Egwuatu ordered the defendant’s arrest following his alleged refusal to appear before the court…
Equatorial Guinea’s financial crime chief, Baltasar Ebang Engonga, head of the National Agency for Financial Investigation (ANIF), finds himself at the center of a national scandal after explicit personal recordings surfaced online. The tapes, allegedly numbering over 300, depict Ebang in encounters with multiple women, some of whom are reported to be married, including…
The Defence Headquarters has reported that troops of Operation Delta Safe have successfully deactivated 98 illegal refining sites across the Niger Delta region within the past week. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, disclosed this information in a statement released in Abuja. Additionally, the troops discovered and dismantled 49 crude oil cooking…
An Israeli airstrike on a five-story residential building in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, has left over 90 Palestinians, including 25 children, dead or missing, according to Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry. The Israeli military stated that the strike targeted a “spotter” reportedly using binoculars to observe Israeli forces but was unaware the building housed displaced…
A senior lecturer at the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), Prof. Oguejiofor Ujam, has reportedly been abducted by gunmen along the Ugwuogo-Opi-Nsukka road. Prof. Ujam, who serves as the Dean of the School of General Studies, has been held hostage on Sunday morning on this notorious route. This incident was after a similar kidnapping occurrenceon…
The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has seized jerry cans and drums of petrol totalling 33,595 litres, meant for smuggling to neighbouring Cameroon Republic. The Adamawa/Taraba Area Command headquarters of the NCS made the disclosure in Yola on Thursday, saying the seizures were effected between August and September 2024. Addressing newsmen at his office, the…
A Florida mother has filed a lawsuit against the makers of an AI-powered chatbot, accusing the company of contributing to her teenage son’s suicide. Megan Garcia filed the civil suit against Character.ai in a federal court on Wednesday, claiming the company’s negligence, wrongful death, and deceptive trade practices led to the death of…
