The three-month extension of the appointment of the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has been rejected by some Nigerians. Senior lawyers, including Mike Ozekhome, said there was no reason to support the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari. Ozekhome , who is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, said IGP Adamu has put in the required number of…
Faisal Maina, who is facing fraud trial together with his father, Abdulrasheed Maina, has fled to the United States. The EFCC alleged that the son of the former Chairman of the Presidential Task Team fled Nigeria through Niger Republic. The agency informed Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja of its investigations after the…
One Temitope Awobeku has been sent to prison for three years for the stealing over one million naira belonging to one aged Professor Joseph Chike Edozie. Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Lagos State Special Offences Court, sitting in Ikeja, found Awobeku guilty of the charges brought against her by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Awobeku…
The Department of State Services has issued a second warning in less than four weeks about some persons and groups who are allegedly planning to cause religious and ethnic crisis in the country. The DSS spokesman, Peter Afunanya, who made this known in a statement, said those behind the alleged plot intend to tack advantage of the…
An Abuja lawyer has gone to court to challenge the continued stay in office by the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu. Maxwell Okpara filed the lawsuit two days after I.G.P Adamu completed the mandatory thirty-five years in service on Monday, February 1, 2021, as required by the Police Act. OKPARA wants the Court to determine whether…
The Federal Government has extended the deadline for Nigerians to link their National Identity Number to mobile phone SIM by eight weeks. This means that instead of the initial expiry date of February 9, mobile phone subscribers who are yet to link their SIM to their NIN would be allowed to enjoy services until April 8, 2021.…