by Admin | Jan 19, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The message spreads via WhatsApp groups, or comes from a friend who “recommends” the service A new WhatsApp scam is doing the rounds, promising users of the messaging app a free internet service, without needing to use WiFi. As usual, the message spreads via WhatsApp groups, or comes from a friend who “recommends” the service – often unaware that it is a scam. In this case, victims receive a special invitation with a link: Clicking on the link takes the victim through to a page that tells them to share the message with at least 13 people in order to activate the free WiFi service. The page contains fake comments from people who have supposedly tried the service, stating that it works, making the scheme appear...
by Admin | Jan 19, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI He reminded the court that some of the witnesses had confessed in court admitting their several roles during which funds were withdrawn from the state treasury for Mr. Nyame’s use. He said: “Those who took part in purchase of stationery have come to court and explained their roles through which the money was instead, transferred to bank account belonging to close confidante of the defendant, and all these were not contended.” Citing Exhibit Z6, Adeniyi reminded the court that another witness testified to how money purportedly earmarked for the purchase of grains, were never utilized for what it was pencilled for, but instead, “the money was brought to the defendant”. He further argued that: “All your lordship will do is to see whether there’s ground upon which your lordship can ask the defendant to enter his defence, not that he is guilty or not, or whether evidence is good enough to convict him, but to say he should defend himself.” He concluded that in the instant, the prosecution has led sufficient evidence to warrant calling the defendant to enter into his defence. “We urge your lordship to overrule this no case submission and to hold that the defendant has a case to answer,” he said. After listening to the arguments, Justice Banjoko, urged both parties to submit the authorities cited in their submissions, adding that “I want to go through all the evidence, and will give my ruling on February 14,...
by Admin | Jan 19, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A Supervisory Councillor for Agriculture in Mafa Local Government Area of Borno State, Umar Ibrahim, and four others have been arrested by the Maiduguri office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC for the alleged diversion of 300 bags of rice. The rice was donated by Danish Refugee Council, DRC, a Non-Governmental Organization and meant for Internally Displayed Persons, IDPs, in the council. The arrest was triggered by intelligence report. Others arrested along with the councillor are Bulama Zangebe, Modu Bulama, Halilu Abdullahi, and Abacha Ali. According to some of the suspects, the Caretaker Chairman of Mafa Local Government, Shettima Maina, allegedly instructed the sale of the rice to the duo of Lawan Ibrahim of Bolori Stores and Umar Salisu at the rate of N8,500 per bag. Mr. Maina and two other suspects are still at...
by Admin | Jan 19, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A man, identified only as Asunmo, has been detained at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba, Lagos State, for allegedly killing a driver, Sodiq Fatai. We learnt that Asunmo stabbed Fatai to death with a knife at the White Sand area of Ijora Badia, during a scuffle over a prostitute. The suspect was said to have challenged the victim over his relationship with the lady, whom he (Asunmo) was dating. Despite his denial, Asunmo was alleged to have attacked the victim and fled the area. A community leader, who did not want to be identified, said his attention was called to Fatai’s corpse, which was abandoned on a heap of refuse in the area. He said, “I was told that the two men fought and one stabbed the other to death. The police from the Ijora Badia came to take the corpse away.” When our correspondent approached other residents, they said they were informed by friends. However, a woman, who did not identify herself, said the two men were drunk. She said, “The men were always fighting after drinking. They fought after they were inebriated.” Another resident said the victim was a driver, while the suspect had no job. A police source said Asunmo and Fatai had a disagreement over a woman. He said, “Asunmo suspected that Fatai was dating his girlfriend and he confronted him. Although the man denied, he attacked and killed him. The woman in question is a prostitute.” The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, said the suspect had been arrested. She said, “The corpse has been deposited in the...
by Admin | Jan 19, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI After “torturing” a man to death, Nigeria’s secret police, SSS, exploited the influence of the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, to pay a paltry N15 million compensation to the victim’s family, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt. At about 2.30 a.m. on April 4, SSS operatives on the trail of a suspect accused of cloning the phone number of the Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, stormed No 37, Aje Street, Pleasure, in the Iyana Ipaja area of Lagos in commando style. Residents of the address said the operatives scaled the fenceof the compound, screaming and threatening as they knocked down doors and shattered ceilings. They rough-handled residents, who thought they were armed robbers as they did not introduce themselves, dragged them from their beds, ordered them out of their apartments and forced them to sit on the dusty ground of the compound. About an hour later, when they were done harassing the residents, Saheed Eyitayo, 34, a friend to the suspect the operatives were looking for, laid in the dust motionless – beaten to a pulp by the operatives. One resident, who described the entire experience as “nightmarish,” told PREMIUM TIMES that Mr. Eyitayo was so battered that he couldn’t stand unaided – three operatives had to drag him into one of the vans the armed men brought with them. Unfortunately, that was the last time he would be seen alive in public. The operatives were led to the residence by Adejoke Ogunbona, the wife of the wanted man, Rilwanu Jamiu. While on the run for the alleged crime, Mr. Jamiu, who is now facing trial alongside another suspect, had spent...
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