archiveJanuary 2021

  The trial of a former governor of Niger State, Muazu Babangida Aliyu, and his then Chief of Staff, Umar Nasko, on alleged N2 billion money laundering was on Monday, January 18, 2021, adjourned till March 29, 2021, following the absence of the trial judge, Justice A. B. Aliyu. Babangida...

to begin public sitting next week Tuesday The 12-man Judicial Panel of Inquiry set up by Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State to look into petitions of police brutality and victimisation in the state will begin public hearing next week Tuesday. The Panel, after concluding preliminary analysis of complaints/petitions submitted...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibadan zonal office, has secured the conviction of one Oteyowo Akinkunmi Samuel over internet-related fraud. Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel of the Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State pronounced the 32-year-old, who claimed to be a graduate of civil engineering, guilty of a...

  Barcelona superstar, Lionel Messi could be hit with 12 matches ban after he was sent off in the last minute of Barcelona's Spanish Super Cup final defeat to Athletic Bilbao on Sunday night. The Argentine playmaker was sent off as Barcelona were beaten 3-2 by Athletic Bilbao. It was...

The trial of a former Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Tanimu Kabiru Turaki continued before Justice Inyang Ekwo of Federal High Court, Abuja on Monday, January 18, 2021, with the prosecution presenting its seventh witness, Mohammed Gambo Muazu, a retiree and former Director Procurement in the Ministry of...

  Nigeria’s Nobel Laurette, Professor Wole Soyinka, has said the country must learn to nip extremist instigations in the bud. He stated on Monday that the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, did not say anything denigrating to Islam as recently claimed by some Muslim groups. Kukah has remained...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Maiduguri Zonal Office, has arraigned Aisha Alkali Wakil popularly known as ‘Mama Boko Haram’ before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri, on a fresh three count charge bordering on criminal conspiracy and obtaining the sum of N41,...

Gov Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has given herdsmen operating in the forest reserves across the state seven day to vacate such places. He said this in Akure the state capital on Monday. His speech reads: “We have taken major steps at addressing the root cause of kidnapping, in particular,...

The trial of a former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu (retd) continued on January 18, 2021, before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of a Federal High Court, Ikoyi with a witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) further testifying against Amosu and two others on their complicity...

Students, teachers and other stakeholders in the academic environment have been urged to prioritize health safety as schools resume today. This is important to ensure safety amidst widespread of COVID-19 second wave. Wife of Ondo State Governor, Arabinrin Betty Anyanwu–Akeredolu, said this in her message to Ondo State students as...