The Iyaganku Magistrate’s Court in Ibadan, on Monday, ordered the remand of a 44-year-old man, Raimi Saka, in a correction centre for allegedly shooting and killing a she-goat while armed. Mr Saka, whose address was not provided, is charged with possession of dangerous weapons. The magistrate, Kausarat Ayofe, did not take the plea of Saka for want of jurisdiction. She directed the police to return the case file to the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) for legal advice. Ms Ayofe adjourned the case until August 8 for mention. The prosecutor, Toyin Ibrahim, told the court that the defendant allegedly committed…
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Oil Theft: NSCDC destroys illegal refinery, arrests three in Rivers The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested three suspects at an illegal oil refinery in Rivers. In a statement on Monday, the corps spokesperson, Babawale Afolabi, said the illegal bunkering site was located at Nembe/Odagwa Creek in the state’s Etche LGA. He explained that a large dug-out reservoir constructed and padded with tarpaulin, which could contain 100,000 litres of illegally refined crude oil, was uncovered at the site. Mr Afolabi also said the suspects were currently providing all necessary information and would be charged to court after…
The ECOWAS Court dismissed an application filed by former National Security Adviser Sambo Dasuki, praying the court would compel Nigeria to enforce its judgment delivered in his favour on October 4, 2016. In its judgment, the court declared Mr Dasuki’s arrest and detention by the Nigerian government unlawful and a violation of his rights. Justice Sengu Koroma, the judge rapporteur, while delivering judgment in Abuja on Mr Dasuki’s application for enforcement, dismissed it on the ground that the court lacked jurisdiction to entertain or enforce the earlier judgment. Mr Koroma said the court was guided by the procedures enshrined in…
The age-old saying “two wrongs don’t make a right” resonates strongly in the face of Nigeria’s recent attempt to introduce a new minimum wage. While the need to ensure a livable wage for workers is commendable, the policy’s timing and implementation approach may have far-reaching and devastating consequences for an already fragile economy. Although it’s undoubtedly concerning that Nigerian senators earn and spend extravagant amounts, the question remains: Do we perpetuate harmful practices to exacerbate our economic woes, or do we strive to find viable solutions to our economic challenges? This critical question should be at the topmost of every…
An Iraqi court has issued death sentences to seven drug dealers, including a foreigner. “The Central Criminal Court issued a verdict to execute seven drug dealers, including a foreigner, who were convicted of trafficking narcotic substances,” the Supreme Judicial Council said in a statement, without specifying the nationality of the foreigner. The council noted that the convicts were sentenced to death for importing and exporting narcotic substances from neighbouring countries. The chaos and conflicts that have engulfed Iraq since the U.S. invasion in 2003 impeded Iraqi governments from effectively addressing the threat of drugs. In May 2023, Iraqi Prime Minister…
Troops of Operation Whirl Punch and Operation Forest Sanity II, have killed two bandits during clearance operations in the Rijana general area of Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State. PUNCH Online reports that this is coming less than 24 hours after troops took a fighting patrol to the Kachia-Kajuru general area, where they encountered bloodthirsty bandits and killed five of them on Sunday. The State Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, in a statement on Monday, disclosed that troops on clearance operation encountered some bandits in a gun duel in the Rijana area and killed two,…
Scores of residents, particularly youths in Ondo State, have protested the sting operation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at some night clubs in Akure, the state capital. Daily Trust had over the weekend reported that operatives of the EFCC stormed the popular Alba Royale Club and Signatures Club located in the Alagbaka area of Akure, raiding the fun-seekers. The anti-graft agency also arrested a groom-to-be and his friends who were at one of the clubs for a bachelors’ eve, confiscated mobile phones and seized vehicles belonging to those arrested. However, in a swift reaction, the EFCC Ibadan…
Ondo State Governor, Hon Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, on Sunday met with owners of night clubs in Akure following the raid of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at the weekend. Owners of night clubs and hotels affected by the raid gave the accounts of how their facilities were vandalised by the officers of the anti-graft body when they arrested some suspected internet fraudsters in the early hours of Saturday in Akure. The EFCC had stated that its operatives, acting on intelligence reports, stormed the outlets to effect the arrest of 127 people allegedly holding ‘Yahoo Parties’ and those who…
A pastor known only as Àjàyí, based in Abuja, was reportedly kidnapped by suspected kidnappers from the El-Rufai Estate in the Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory. The abduction occurred after a period of relative peace experienced by the residents, following a recent series of kidnappings in the FCT. A resident of the community, identified only as El-Ameen, told our correspondent in a telephone interview on Saturday that the suspects began firing into the air as soon as they entered the community. El-Ameen added that more abductions might have occurred if not for the prompt intervention of the…
The police in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, says it arrested no fewer than four suspected members of a kidnapping gang terrorising the FCT and its environs. The FCT Police Public Relations Officer, Josephine Adeh, on Sunday, disclosed in a statement that the suspects were arrested on Friday following a raid of their hideouts in the Gidan Dogo and Kweti Forest in Kaduna State, a border to the FCT. She added that the suspects, allegedly belonging to the ‘Mai One Million’ syndicate, included two ex-convicts identified as Mohammed Mohamed and Nura Abdullahi and two others, Yahaya Abubakar and Umar Aliyu.…