Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River on Friday inaugurated the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) Task force against human trafficking in the state. Inaugurating the task force, Ayade, represented by his deputy, Prof. Iyara Esu, tasked the members made up of representatives from security agencies, NGOs, NAPTIP and other relevant organisations to come up with modalities on how to check the scourge. Ayade said unemployment was a major cause of human trafficking which was why his administration was trying to tackle the problem from its root by solving the challenge of joblessness. “This is one…
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The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) confirmed on Friday that two persons died in a helicopter that crashed at Opebi in Ikeja, Lagos. The Acting Coordinator of the Lagos Territorial Office of NEMA, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the development in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. He said that the crash occurred at No. 16, Salvation Road in Opebi, north of Lagos. “One person was rescued alive and two persons died, including the pilot” Farinloye said.
Justice Nasiru Saminu of the Kano State High Court on Thursday, August 27, 2020 convicted and sentenced one Salisu Alhassan, bureau de change (BDC) operator to four years imprisonment for fraud. The convict was prosecuted on two-count charge of criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of funds. One of the charges read, ”That you, Salisu Alhassan, being the director of Tankarawa Bureau De Change Limited, sometime in 2018 or thereabout at Kano State, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, did dishonestly convert to your personal use the sum of N7,140.000 (Seven Million, One Hundred and Forty Thousand Naira), property…
Justice Muhammad Sa’idu Sifawa of the Sokoto State High Court, sitting in Sokoto , on Thursday, 27 August, 2020 convicted and sentenced one Bolanle Adefemiwa to ten (10) years imprisonment, with an option of fine of Two Hundred Thousand Naira (N200,000.00). Adefemiwa was arraigned on one-count charge of cheating contrary to Section 310 of the Sokoto State Penal Code Law and punishable under Section 311 of the same law. The charge read: “that you Bolanle Adefemiwa and Segun Tinoulu (now at large) sometime in March, 2020 at Sokoto within the jurisdiction of the Sokoto State High Court, did fraudulently cheat…
By Harry Awurumibe, Editor Abuja Bureau Five former Heads of State Thursday attended the National Council of State meeting in Abuja presided over by President Muhammedu Buhari and among other things ratified the presidential pardon granted to late Professor Ambrose Alli, ex-governor of the defunct Bendel state, 1979—1983, (now Edo and Delta) states), over N900,000 fraud and three other Nigerians. Although Prof. Ali later refunded the alleged money to government, he was convicted for the offence he was accused of. Other prominent persons pardoned by the Council of State are Col. Moses Effiong (Rtd); Major E.J Olarenwaju (Rtd) for attempted…
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, says he will sign the execution warrant of a 30-year-old man, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, sectenced to death by hanging by an Upper Shari’a Court in the state. Aminu was sentenced to death by the Court after his conviction of blasphemous remarks against Prophet Muhammad, under Section 382 (b) of the Kano State Penal Code Law 2000. Ganduje, who spoke at a special stakeholders forum, said that he would not hesitate to sign the execution order at the expiration of the 30-day grace if the convict failed to appeal the judgment.“If the 30 days elapsed and…
Britain on Thursday imposed a requirement for arrivals from Switzerland to self-isolate for 14 days, dealing another blow to embattled airlines and travel firms.Switzerland is currently on a list of “air bridge” nations exempt from a general requirement for arrivals to Britain to self-isolate to help curb the spread of coronavirus.But they it will lose their exemption from Saturday, along with the Czech Republic and Jamaica, British Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said.Shapps tweeted that the change was necessary to “keep infection rates down.”The government said it had decided to allow quarantine-free arrivals from Cuba.“The decision on whether to add or…
Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq on Thursday lifted the restriction on non-contact sporting activities in the state as part of the gradual easing of the coronavirus lockdown.AbdulRasaq announced this in Ilorin while hosting some officials of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), led by its President, Mr Amaju Pinnick, before the official inauguration of the first Football House in Nigeria.The governor reiterated his administration’s commitment to the revival of sporting infrastructure to create a conducive environment for talents.”We have since approved the reopening of non-contact sports as we gradually return to a new normal,” he hinted.These sports, he said, included Athletics, Table Tennis,…
The National Assembly has expressed satisfaction with the performance of the Nigerian economy despite witnessing a contraction of -6.1 percent. The President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan made the position of the NASS known when he fielded questions from State House correspondents in Abuja on Thursday. Lawan, who had earlier attended the meeting of the Council of State, noted that the meeting deliberated on national issues including the way forward for the nation, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. He said: “The President called for the Council of State meeting and very important national issues were discussed. “I want…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has delisted over 22 Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres for allegedly defrauding 11,823 of its candidates to the tune of N59 million. The Registrar/Chief Executive of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede made this known during a virtual meeting with representatives of the affected centres on Thursday. Oloyede said the centres carried out the fraud by charging candidates more than stipulated amount for effecting correction on profile and bypassing One-Time Password (OTP) required of candidates to initiate such changes. He said the 22 centres from nine states were indicted for the infractions, adding that any centre that shared…