One Hamzat Muhammad Bashar is to spend seven years in prison without an option of fine, after he was found guilty of operating a fraudulent investment scheme in Sokoto State. Justice Bello Duwale of the State High Court sitting in Sokoto convicted BASHIR in connection with allegations against his Miracle Investment Promoter fraud. Bashir was dragged before…
Former Lagos State Governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has withdrawn his statement on the recruitment of fifty million Nigerian youths into the Army. Tinubu said the statement he made during his 69th birthday colloquium in Kano, while suggesting how to tackle the rising security challenge in Nigeria, was done in error. In a statement released a day after…
The sitting of the Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and Other Matters has been extended by three months. The Judicial Panel chaired by retired Justice Doris Okuwobi was initially given six months to complete its assignment, which was meant to end on April 19. However; with the additional three months,…
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered Nigeria’s security chiefs and intelligence coordinators to identify and take out bandits, kidnappers and their sponsors. The National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, disclosed this to State House Correspondents after a security meeting, chaired by President Buhari. Monguno said the President also warned the security chiefs that a situation where criminals dictate the…
Armed herdsmen have killed at least sixteen people in an attack in some communities in Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. Some residents of the communities said they were taken unawares, as they had been living peacefully with the herders before they suddenly decided to move out recently. Governor Dave Umahi has visited the affected communities…
The court order for two-months extension of the deadline for the registration of mobile phone SIM with the National Identification Number, NIN, started counting on March 23. So says the Lagos-based human rights lawyer, Monday Ubani, who dragged the Federal Government to court to enforce his fundamental human rights. Ubani share details of the court order he…