There was a mild drama in a Kano High Court on Thursday during the arraignment of Hafsat Suraj, 24, charged with stabbing to death of her domestic staff. Ms Surag remained silent when asked if she understood the charge against her. Ms Suraj was alleged to have stabbed her home help, Nafiu Hafizu, 38, in the chest and other parts of his body, causing his death on December 21, 2023, at Unguwa Uku Quarters Kano. The presiding judge, Justice Zuwaira Yusuf, repeated the question three times, but Ms Suraj remained mute. Following her refusal to answer, Mr Yusuf ordered that…
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Two employees of SPAR Supermarket on Victoria Island, on Thursday appeared before the Tinubu Magistrates’ Court for stealing five phones worth N830,000. The defendants are Prince Njoku, a 31-year-old security guard, and Babalola Damilola, a 32-year-old kitchen supervisor. They are charged with conspiracy and stealing but pleaded not guilty. The prosecutor, ASP Ben Ekundayo, told the court that the defendants committed the offences on January 20 at SPAR Supermarket on Adeola Odeku Street, Victoria Island. Mr Ekundayo said the defendants conspired to steal the phones after the close of work. “The CSO attached to the supermarket reported that, after they…
The Kano High Court, on Thursday, sentenced a 22-year-old man, Nura Sabiu, to life imprisonment for stabbing an 18-year-old to death. The court also sentenced Dahiru Ubale, 21, to five years’ imprisonment. Messrs Sabiu and Ubale were convicted on charges of criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide. Justice Usman Na’abba held that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt. “I hereby sentence Sabiu to life imprisonment and Ubale to five years imprisonment,” he held. The prosecution counsel, Lamido Sorondinki, told the court that the defendants committed the offence on April 17, 2017, at Jalabi in Bunkure LGA. He said…
The Ondo State Government has denied owing workers in the state salary, noting that the January 2024 salary was paid to workers on time. Ebenezer Adeniyan, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, made the clarification against the backdrop an interview where Mr. Tope Fasua, an aide in the office of the Vice President allegedly claimed that Ondo State Government is owing salary. The statement read, “Our attention has been drawn to an interview on The Morning Brief on Channels Television, Thursday morning, by Mr. Tope Fasua, an aide in the office of the Vice President, in which he…
President Bola Tinubu has commiserated the family and people of Delta State over passing of thr former Executive Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Dr Cairo Ojougboh. Tinubu expressed his sadness in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President, Media & Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale on Thursday, saying Tinubu condoled with the Ojougboh family and the government and people of Delta State over this tragic loss. Ojougboh died on Wednesday while watching the semi-finals clash between Nigeria and South Africa in the ongoing 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Cote D’ivoire. Dr Ojougboh was a member of…
A Chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, Ogundare Gabriel Oluwaseyi (OGO) has berated a political group for claiming that Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa rewarded political enemies of his predecessor, Late Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. The group, Ondo Solidarity Front, had in a statement signed by its General Secretary, tagged Aiyedatiwa’s Commissioners of being “adversaries” of the former Governor Akeredolu. The newly appointed Commissioners are: Mrs Omowumi Isaac, Mr Olukayode A. Ajulo, Razaq Obe, Pastor Emmanuel Igbasan, Akinwumi Sowore, and Mr. Oseni Oyeniyi. The governor also appointed the following individuals as special advisers, Olugbenga Omole, Special Adviser on…
The police, on Wednesday, arrested women who spearheaded a protest against rising cost of food and hunger in the country under President Bola Tinubu. Peoples Gazette, on Monday, reported that protesters hit the streets of Minna, Niger state capital, lamenting rising cost of food and severe hunger in the country under Mr Tinubu’s watch. However, Wasiu Abiodun, Niger state police spokesperson, confirmed the arrest of Aisha Jibrin, the leader of the protest, and 24 others. In a statement on Wednesday, Amnesty International condemned “the Nigerian authorities for the arrest of Aisha Jibrin, Fatima Aliyu, Fatima Isyaku and twenty-two others in…
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Wednesday issued certificates of return to winners of Saturday’s rerun and by-elections. The presentation took place at INEC headquarters in Abuja. Those who got the certificates included Prof. Anthony Okorie, senator-elect for Ebonyi South, Pam Dachungyang, senator-elect for Plateau North and Musa Mustapha, senator-elect for Yobe East. Others were Ifeanyi Ozokwe, rep elect for Nnewi North/Nnewi South/Ekwusigo, Clara Nnabuife, rep elect for Orumba North/Orumba South, Ehindero Babatunde, rep elect for Akoko North East/Akoko North West and Daniel Ago, rep elect for Jos North/ Basa. Speaking shortly after collecting his certificate, Mr Okorie dedicated his…
The All Progressives Congress has appointed a former Minister of Sports, Prof Taoheed Adedoja, as the chairman of its screening committee, ahead of the February 17 Edo governorship primaries. The party’s National Organising Secretary, Alhaji Suleiman Arugungu, said this in a statement in Abuja. Mr Arugungu said that a five-man screening appeal committee would also be inaugurated by the party to be headed by Senator Ibrahim Danbaba while Smart Iheazor would serve as its secretary. Members of the screening committee included Sen. Ibrahim Oloriegbe, Adeoye Adelakum, Darlington Dick, Lawal Abdullahi, Margaret Duru, and Sani Danjuma who would serve as the secretary.The members…
The House of Representative has resolved to probe alleged certificate racketeering by Nigerian students in collusion with some officials of government Ministries, Departments, and Agencies. . This followed the adoption of a motion by a member of the House, Abubakar Fulata (APC-Jigawa) at plenary in Abuja. Presenting the motion, Mr Fulata, said that the country had been plagued by a scandal uncovered by a journalist, Umar Audu, who went undercover to investigate a booming certificate business in Benin Republic. He added that Audu obtained a certificate and transcript from the Ecole Superieure de Gestion et de Technologies, Cotonou, Benin Republic,…