The Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned one Chris Okafor before Justice O. Eyah of Enugu State High Court on four-count charges bordering on stealing and obtaining money by false pretences to the tune of N64.89 million. He was arraigned on Tuesday, October 3, 2023, based on a petitioner’s claims linking him with an alleged fraudulent property transaction. Count one of the charges read: “That you, Chris Okafor, and Lion of Judea Real Estate Company Limited, between the months of March 2017 and December 2018 at Enugu State within the jurisdiction of this…
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An Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun on Tuesday sentenced a 23-year-old man, Quadri Babalola, to six months imprisonment for stealing an Infinix phone valued at N57,000. The accused, whose house address was not provided, was charged with stealing the phone belonging to one Benjamin Odeyemi. The Prosecutor, Insp E.O. Adaraloye, told the court that the accused committed the offence on February 28 at about 2:30 p.m. at No. 52, Plaza Junction, Sango-Ota. Adaraloye said the offence contravened Section 390 of the Criminal Code, Law of Ogun, 2006. The Magistrate, Mr O.O. Okiki, sentenced the convict to six months imprisonment without…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has disqualified the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Timipre Sylva, from contesting the November 11 election in Bayelsa State. The ruling was delivered on Monday by Justice Donatus Okorowo. Okorowo ruled that Sylva, having been sworn in twice and ruled for five years as governor of the state, would breach the 1999 constitution as amended if allowed to contest again. The judge stated that Sylva was not qualified to run in the forthcoming November poll because he would have spent more than eight years in office as governor…
Mr Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, is of the view that the people of Niger Republic should be allowed, via their national institutions, the opportunity to revert quickly to a representative democratic government. This is even as he has described the ongoing political crisis in Niger Republic as a matter of dire and urgent national interest and security to Nigeria. Obi said that primacy must be given to dialogue and diplomacy towards a resolution with minimal disruptive impact on Nigeria and the West African sub-region, regardless of the positions taken by other various parties. In a statement issued…
Governor Mallam Umar Namadi of Jigawa State has flagged off the distribution of rice to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal on citizens. The Governor flagged off the distribution on Saturday at Dutse Local Government secretariat. DAILY POST reported that the Jigawa State government approved the sum of over N134m for the purchase of five trucks of rice to complement the federal government’s five trucks to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal. Speaking at the event, the Governor said the rice distribution was part of government’s palliative measures. “The palliatives include bags of rice, as well as cash…
Borno South Senator, Ali Ndume has said the Senate would take drastic action against Senate President Godswill Akpabio over the two million naira enjoyment token. Ndume said Akpabio’s comments were unbecoming of an elder statesman. Speaking with BBC Hausa Service, Ndume confirmed that senators received two million naira. He, however, lamented that Akpabio’s remark was an embarrassment to senators. According to him: “All senators received N2 million. And I am making this comment with a heavy heart because he (Akpabio) is the cause of this controversy. “He made a very wrong statement, and I warned him immediately that his comments…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Mr Godswill Akpabio and the Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Tajudeen Abbas over “the unlawful plan to spend N40bn on 465 exotic and bulletproof cars for members and principal officials, and N70bn as ‘palliatives’ for new members.” The suit is coming on the heels of the statement by Akpabio that the Clerk of the National Assembly had sent “holiday allowances” into the “various bank accounts of senators”. Some 137 million Nigerians face extreme poverty. In the suit number FHC/L/CS/1606/2023 filed last Friday at the Federal…
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, on Saturday, unveiled Chinyere Ihuoma Ekomaro as his running mate for the forthcoming governorship election. The Governor, during the unveiling ceremony in Owerri, defended his decision to dump his incumbent deputy, Placid Njoku. Uzodinma, who is the candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, for the November 11 election, explained that “The development is due to ecumenical and political permutations.” He said: “Our works speak for us. We have so much to campaign with. So today, we’re here to reinforce our genuine claim to reelection. “I have picked a female deputy in the person of Lady…
Troops of section 1, Operation Haderin Daji, on Friday, rescued the former Provost of the Federal College of Education Technical, FCET, Gusau, Dr. Hassan Abubakar Augie and his son who were abducted in Gusau, Zamfara State capital. DAILY POST gathered from a credible source that the troops deployed at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Mada in Gusau while on routine patrol along Shemori-Yandoto road at Marke general area encountered an unspecified number of armed terrorists and engaged them in a fire for fire. According to the source, this resulted in the rescue of the abductees. The source said that the troops…
The Police Command in Enugu State says 12 suspects have been arrested over a communal land dispute that left four people dead in two communities in Ezeagu Local Government Area of the State. This was contained in a statement by the Command’s Spokesperson, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, in Enugu, on Sunday. Ndukwe said that the clash between the Oyofo and Awha communities took place on Friday at about 10 am. “The Commissioner of Police, Mr Ahmed Ammani, has ordered the deployment of police operatives to Oyofo and Awha communities. “The deployment is to maintain the normalcy already restored in the area…