A 20-year-old unemployed man, Usman Abubakar, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment by the Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan for stealing a motorcycle. Abubakar, who pleaded guilty to the one-count charge of stealing, was found guilty by Chief Magistrate Olabisi Ogunkanmi. In addition to the prison term at the Agodi Correctional Facility, Abubakar was given the option of paying a N10,000 fine, considering him a first-time offender. The stolen motorcycle was returned to its owner as part of the court’s ruling. Earlier, the prosecution counsel, Cpl. Akeem Akinloye, had told the court that on March 5 at Aba-Musa Compound…
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Against the backdrop of arguments and counter-arguments on whether the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has disobeyed a court order concerning the botched arrest of former governor of Kogi State, Mr. Yahaya Adoza Bello, the Commission has denied disobeying any court order in this regard. In a Press Statement signed by the EFCC’s Acting Director, Public Affairs, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, the Commission clearly pointed out that though Bello sought refuge in a fundamental rights enforcement action through an order granted by Justice Isa Jamil Abdulallahi of the Kogi State High Court, the order did not vitiate or nullify an…
An Ikeja High Court, on Monday, summoned the Lagos state controller of Nigeria Correctional Services (NCoS) Alagbon in Ikoyi to throw light whether or not the chairman of Confidence Cargo Freight Forwarder, Dada Aigbe, who was committed to a one-month prison for contempt, was in custody or not. Justice Akintunde Savage also ordered that the deputy sheriff of Lagos High Court, one Michael Alogaga, be summoned to court to tell the court how he served the court process on Mr Aigbe. Counsel for the claimant, the judgement creditor in the suit marked no ID/3831LMW/2016, Maruf Jimoh-Akogun, said the case was…
The police command in Niger has confirmed the death of five children by suffocation in a car on Sunday in Minna. DSP Wasiu Abiodun, the police public relations officer (PPRO) in Niger, confirmed the incident to journalists on Monday in Minna. He said that the Kpakungu Division Office of the police command received a report at about 6.30 p.m. on Sunday that five children between the ages of five and 13 years were found trapped in a Honda Civic vehicle with registration No. GO 778 ABC at Gurara Albishir area of Minna. Mr Abiodun said that the children were found…
The Governor of Ondo State, Hon. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, celebrates the Asiwaju of Akokoland, Prof. Robert Ajayi Boroffice, on his 75th birthday. Prof. Boroffice, a former Deputy Leader of the Senate and former Director General of the National Space Research and Development Agency, is an illustrious statesman who has contributed his quota to the development of Ondo State and Nigeria. The Governor, while congratulating the APC chieftain on attaining such feat in good health and active service to the society, appreciates him deeply for his selflessness and contributions to grassroots development. In his birthday message, Governor Aiyedatiwa says “Distinguished Senator…
No fewer than 500 legal practitioners from across the country, Monday, stormed the Supreme Court in condemnation of what they called the illegal approach of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC) in handling its allegations against former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. The lawyers, under the umbrella of judicial watchdogs, faulted the siege on the ex-Gov’s residence, in a bid to arrest him, despite a valid court order to the contrary, which had not been vacated. The lawyers also submitted a petition to the National Judicial Council and the President, calling their attention to the situation, which they…
The Kogi governorship election petition tribunal in Abuja on Monday ordered the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, to unfailingly appear before it on Tuesday. The governor is to appear to give explanations on the role of the apex bank in the November 11, 2023, off-cycle election in Kogi. The three-member panel of justices, led by Ado Birnin-Kudu, also threatened to wield the big stick on the CBN’s director of corporate service. The development occured following an application by Alex Izinyon, SAN, counsel for Governor Usman Ododo of Kogi, the second respondent in the petition filed…
The Nigerian Army has dismissed two of its officers for stealing armoured cables at Dangote refinery in Lagos State on April 14, 2024. The director, army public relations, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this on Monday, in a press release attached with pictures of the errant officers. According to the army spokesperson, the decision to dismiss the officers was “in line with Nigerian Army’s (NA) commitment to upholding high standards of professionalism, integrity and discipline.” It read, “The NA wishes to update the general public on the outcome of the investigation into the alleged theft of armoured cables at the…
Following the successful conduct of All Progressive Congress primaries in Ondo state where the Incumbent Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Orimisan Ayedatiwa was announced as the winner of the contest that will fly the banner of our great party in the November Gubernatorial election, ASIWAJU MANDATE GROUP, a foremost social political group in Ondo state has Congratulated the Governor on his resounding victory and called on all other ASPIRANTS to accept the verdict of the election in the spirit of sportsmanship knowing fully well that it is a contest between brothers of same family and as such, the value and…
Hearing on the appeal instituted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission against an interim order of the Kogi State High Court restraining the Commission from arresting, detaining, harassing or prosecuting Yahaya Bello, pending the determination of the substantive originating motion for the enforcement of his fundamental human rights, suffered a setback on Monday, as the Court of Appeal failed to sit. The appropriateness of the siege on Bello’s residence by operatives of the Commission last Wednesday had elicited a heated debate across the country, particularly with the realisation that there had been a restraining order against such action, which…