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Tambuwal Invokes Prerogative Of Mercy, Frees 17 Inmates
Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State has granted pardon to 17 inmates in the Sokoto Central Custodial Centre.
Muhammad Bello,Special Adviser Media and Publicity to the Governor in a statement on Tuesday, said the gesture was…
Kwara Constitute Panel To Probe Alleged N300m LG Funds
The Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has set up an eight-man panel of inquiry to investigate the federal allocations accruing to the 16 local government areas of the state as well as their share of the internally generated…
Aircraft Laden With 500kg Of Cocaine Crashes , As Police Arrests Five Syndicates
A light aircraft overloaded with cocaine crashed on take-off on its way to Australia, police said on Saturday, exposing a Melbourne-based crime syndicate and leading to the arrest of five men with alleged links to the Italian mafia.
The…
EFCC Docks Woman For Alleged N2.7m Oil Fraud
The Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, July 29, 2020 arraigned a suspected fraudster, Ikujemisi Modupe Naomi before Justice Sherifat Solebo of the Special Offences Court, Ikeja, Lagos on…
Two Pastors Bag 26 Years For Stealing.
Justice F. N. Azinge of the Delta State High Court sitting in Otor-Udu has convicted and sentenced the duo of Pastor Glory Okeoghene Aberefa and Reverend Vincent Okpogo to 16 and 10 years imprisonment respectively.
The convicts,…
SOUTHERN KADUNA: IGP Orders Enforcement Of Curfew
As part of efforts at restoring law and order in parts of Southern Kaduna affected by recent violence and other security challenges, the Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu, has directed the Commissioner of Police (CP), Kaduna…
COT: Military Deactivate Illegal Refining Site, Intercepts Petroleum Products In Niger Delta Region
In continuation of the anti Crude Oil Theft (COT) and other economic sabotage operation in the South-South zone of the country, the Maritime Component of Operation DELTA SAFE has deactivated illegal refining sites , even as it also…
SON Secures Conviction Of Businessmen For Engine Oil Adulteration
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday convicted two men, Uche Johnson and Kingsley Meteke, for producing and distributing substandard engine oil.
Justice Oluremi Oguntoyibo convicted them after pleaded guilty to the offence.
She…
FURTHER UPDATE ON VIRAL VIDEO – Police Nabs Four Over Female Dehumanization
The Nigeria Police have arrested the remaining two persons involved in the dehumanizing treatment of a female citizen in a viral video making the rounds since Wednesday, 22nd July, 2020, bringing the total number of persons now in police…
OIL THEFT: EFCC Docks Two Suspects In Port Harcourt
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Port Harcourt Zonal Office on Wednesday, July 21, 2020 arraigned Augustine Ofehe, Patience Tony and a barge, before Justice J. E. Inyang of the Federal High Court, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State…