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When President Muhammadu Buhari announced Sadiya Umar Farouq as the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, only a few people could truly decipher the gamut of huge responsibilities and critical roles of this super-powerful Ministry. The idea for the establishment of the Ministry was proposed by the House of Representatives early this year, to take care of the huge humanitarian needs of those displaced by insurgency in the North-East. Before her ministerial appointment, Ms. Sadiya Umar Farouq was Federal Commissioner of the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons ((NCFRMI)) and had served as a…
An FCT High Court Maitama on Tuesday fixed Oct. 16, for Maryam Sanda, accused of killing her husband, Bilyaminu Bello, to open her defence. The matter was adjourned at the instance of Justice Yusuf Halilu. Sanda is charged with allegedly killing Bello, her husband, who was a nephew of former PDP Chairman, Alhaji Bello Muhammad on Nov. 18, 2017. The court also discharged and acquitted Maryam’s mother, Maimuna Aliyu; brother, Aliyu Sanda and housemaid, Sadiya Aminu, who were accused by police of assisting Maryam to conceal the evidence by cleaning the blood of the deceased from the scene of the…
An FCT High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on Tuesday fixed Dec. 11, for hearing in the trial of rtd Col. Sambo Dasuki and four others over alleged misappropriation of N19.4 billion arms funds. Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf adjourned the trial after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Counsel, Mr Oluwaleken Atolegbe , holding the brief for Mr Rotimi Jacob, SAN, notified the court of a motion he filed. Dasuki, former National Security Adviser (NSA) under former president Goodluck Jonathan was arraigned alongside a former Minister of State for Finance, Amb. Bashir Yuguda. Also a former Sokoto State governor, Attahiru Bafarawa,…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, re-arraigned Abdullahi Babalele, said to be son-in-law to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, over alleged money laundering charges. The EFCC accused Babalele of allegedly laundering about 140,000 dollars, in the build-up to the last general elections. The defendant was first arraigned on Aug. 14, during the court’s vacation before Justice Nicholas Oweibo, who sat as vacation judge. He had pleaded not guilty to the charge and was granted bail in the sum of N20 million with one surety in like sum. However, following a re-assignment of the case file to a new…
A 34-year-old contribution collector, Happy Ademosun, who allegedly defrauded 17 traders of N1.6 million under false pretences, was on Tuesday docked before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court. Ademosun, whose residential address was not stated, is standing trial on a 32-count charge bordering on fraud and stealing. The Prosecutor, Sgt. Rosemary Ehimegbe, told the court that the defendant committed the offences from May 5 to Aug. 30 at No.7 Balogun St., Gbara Lekki in Eti-Osa area of Lagos. Ehimegbe said that the defendant fraudulently obtained a total sum of N1.6 million from 17 traders involved in monthly contribution. “The defendant posed as…
A 56-year-old man, Obideyi Omasuyi, on Tuesday appeared before an Osogbo Chief Magistrate’s Court accused of defrauding a man of N270,000, on the pretext of selling a parcel of land to him. Obideyi, whose address was not provided, is facing a two-count charge of fraud and stealing. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against him. The Prosecutor, Insp. John Idoko told the court that Omasuyi committed the offences sometime in January at Ita-Olokan area of Osogbo. Idoko said the defendant collected the N270,000 from the complainant, Mr Rasaki Suleiman on the pretext of selling a parcel…
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos has ordered that a 32-year-old man, Martin Urowanyina,who allegedly defiled his neighbour’s nine-year-old daughter, be remanded in a correctional centre, pending legal advice. Magistrate B.O. Osunsanmi, who did not take the plea of Urowanyina, ordered the police to return the case file to the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions for legal advice. The case was adjourned until Nov. 11 for mention. Urowanyina, who resides at Ogba, Lagos, is being tried for defilement. The Prosecution Counsel, ASP Ezekiel Ayorinde, alleged that the suspect committed the offence on Aug. 30 at his residence, He alleged…
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Mohammed Adamu, has directed officers and men of the force to henceforth declare their assets. Adamu gave the directive in Abuja when members of the board of Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), led by its chairman, Prof. Mohammed Isah paid him a courtesy visit on Tuesday. Adamu noted that declaration of assets of public officers was compulsory and failure to do so was an act of breaking the law. “We are aware that declaration of assets is mandatory for all public officers and not doing so means you are breaking the law. “We…
Two officers of the Nigerian Police attached to the Rivers state command have been abducted by gunmen at Ngor, Headquarters of Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State. Reports say the officers were abducted on Monday, Oct. 7, and whisked to an unknown location. As at the time of this report, the true identities of the police officers were yet to be ascertained. While confirming the abduction, DSP Nnamdi Omoni, the Rivers State Police Command’s spokesperson confirmed refused to give a comprehensive detail of the abduction but promised to give the details and circumstances surrounding the abduction later.
In line with the Mallam Mele Kyari-led management’s drive to conduct the business of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in a transparent manner, the corporation is set to commence the publication of details of its petroleum products supplies. As release by NNPC Acting Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr. Samson Makoji, said the corporation’s Group Managing Director, Mallam Mele Kyari, disclosed this Tuesday while receiving a delegation of the Media Initiative for Transparency in Extractive Industries (MITEI) at the NNPC Towers in Abuja. Addressing the MITEI delegation led by its National Coordinator, Mr. Bassey Udo, the GMD…