The police in Lagos State on Thursday dragged a 37-year-old woman, Jennifer Edward, before an Ojo Magistrates’ Court for allegedly obtaining N4.01 million under false pretences. The defendant was arraigned before Magistrate Funke Ogun, who presided over the case on behalf of Magistrate L.K J Layeni. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge of fraud and stealing. Earlier, the prosecutor, Inspector Esther Adesulu, told the court that the defendant committed the offences on October 14, 2024, at the Alaba International Market, Ojo. She alleged that the defendant obtained the sum of N4.01 million from one Chidi Innocent,…
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President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, dissolved the entire governing council of the Yakubu Gowon University (formerly UniAbuja), and relieved Professor Aisha Maikudi of her duties as its Vice-Chancellor with immediate effect. “To succeed Maikudi, President Tinubu appointed Professor Patricia Manko as Acting Vice Chancellor at the Yakubu Gowon University for a six-month term,” Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, revealed in a statement he signed on Thursday. The statement is titled ‘President Tinubu announces leadership overhaul at Federal Universities.’ “She (Prof. Manko) will not be eligible to apply for the substantive Vice Chancellor position when it becomes…
On Thursday, the House of Representatives Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution disclosed that it has received proposals for the creation of 31 new states from all six geopolitical zones of Nigeria. Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu presented a letter from the committee during plenary, detailing the requirements for the approval of any new state creation. The proposals cover various regions, with five suggested states from the North Central, four from the North East, five from the North West, five from the South East, four from the South South, and seven from the South West. Among the proposed states…
The Nigeria Police Force has withdrawn a fraud charge against Mr. Gbolahan Obanikoro, and four others, over alleged N1.3 billion fraud involving Access Bank. Obanikoro alongside, Adejare Adegbenro; Balmoral International Limited; M.O.B. Integrated Limited; and DDSS International Company Limited were billed for arraignment before Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa of the Federal High Court in Lagos on February 27. PUNCH Online reports that the Federal High Court in Lagos had on Jan 31, 2025, fixed February 27, 2025, for the arraignment of Gbolahan Obanikoro, the son of Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, and four others for alleged N1,356,057,330.43 fraud. //punchng.com/n1-3bn-fraud-police-to-arraign-obanikoros-son-others-feb-27/ However, in a statement…
The First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has condoled the families of people who died in a fire outbreak that affected an Islamic school in Kaura Namoda, Zamfara State, on Tuesday night. The Police in Zamfara confirmed the death of 17 Almajiris (street urchins) while 17 others were injured in the fire incident in Kaura Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Tinubu in a statement on Thursday also commiserated with Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara over the tragic incident. “I pray Allah to comfort and give the families and loved ones of the departed the fortitude to bear this painful loss.…
A 21-year-old sales boy, Abdullahi Dalhatu, was arraigned on Thursday before a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kaduna over alleged theft of phone accessories worth N3.9 million. The defendant, a resident of Kinkinau in Kaduna, was standing trial for a two-count charge of criminal conspiracy and theft. The prosecutor, Chidi Leo, told the court that one Haruna Jafar of the same address as the defendant reported the matter at the state Criminal Investigation and Intelligent Department on January 25. “The defendant, a sales boy at “Jafar Jafar Phones and Accessories” at Kawo Kaduna, conspired with two others at large and stole…
Awka — The kidnapped member of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon. Justice Azuka, has been found dead. Azuka, who was elected under the Labour Party (LP) platform, was abducted on December 24, 2024, along Ugwunabakpa Road, Inland Town, Onitsha, while on his way home. A joint security team made the grim discovery of his decomposing body near the 2nd Niger Bridge in the early hours of Thursday. Confirming the tragic incident, the Police Public Relations Officer for Anambra State, Tochukwu Ikenga, stated: “In the early hours of today, February 6, 2025, at the Second Niger Bridge, the joint…
A housewife, Mrs Alex Gift, told a magistrates’ court in Kubwa, Abuja, that a 30-year-old mechanic, Matthew Sunday removed important vehicle parts from her car worth N1.5 million and blocked her Gift, the complainant, made this known while being led in evidence by prosecution counsel, John Okpa. The police charged Sunday, who lives in Dutse Alhaji, Abuja, with criminal breach of trust and mischief. The complainant said that while driving, she heard an unusual sound coming from her vehicle and decided to take it to the defendant’s workshop for repairs. ”The defendant told me that he can fix the problem.…
The Police in Akwa Ibom have apprehended a 13-year-old pupil, suspected of having threatened schoolmates with a pistol at St. Paul Primary School Ikot Ibiok, in Eket Local Government Area. The Commissioner of Police (CP) in the state, Mr Baba Azare, disclosed this during a press briefing in Uyo on Wednesday. Azare said the operatives of the Command acted on credible information, on Jan. 30, at about 0800 hours, that the boy was going about with pistol in the school, threatening to fire his fellow pupils. “The operatives of the command immediately swung into action, arrested the suspect and recovered…
Some gunmen have reportedly launched an attack in the Tsiga community in Bakori local government area of Katsina State. Leadership Newspapers reports that the gunmen allegedly kidnapped several residents of the community including a retired Brigadier General Maharazu Tsiga. General Tsiga served as the director general of the National Youths Service Corps between January 2009 and September 2011. Sources within the community said that gunmen launched the attack at about 12.30.am on Wednesday, February 5, causing panic among residents. It was also gathered that relevant security agencies have been contacted and efforts have already been put in place to rescue…