by Admin | Apr 21, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Police Command in Katsina State says it has arrested 22 victims of Human Trafficking in Katsina Metropolis. The command said it had also arrested their Trafficker, Mannir Suleiman. Superintendent of Police, Andrew Alpolsus, the Officer in charge of the Federal Anti-Robbery Squad in the state, presented the victims and the Trafficker to newsmen on Thursday in Katsina. “The Police have arrested 12 young women of between the ages of 17 and 22 years and 10 men at a house at Kwando area of the Katsina metropolis. Alpolsus said the victims were on their way to Niger Republic when policemen intercepted and rescue them. “The police were tipped on Sunday April 16, 2017 at about 11:00 a.m. that one Mannir Suleiman has rented an Apartment and was hiding the victims there. “We stormed the House and rescued the victims and their mentor; we also seized about 12 fake passports from them. “Their Trafficker has confessed that he was commissioned to take them to Niger Republic on their way to Libya and later Europe. Speaking to newsmen, the victims claimed to have hailed from the Niger Delta region and were going to Europe in search of greener pasture. Source: P.M...
by Admin | Apr 21, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) in Cross River has demoted and suspended four primary school head teachers for three months. Dr Stephen Odey, Chairman of SUBEB disclosed this in a statement in Calabar on Thursday. “They were demoted as head teachers of their various schools.’’ Odey said that the teachers would remain suspended pending the recommendations of the disciplinary committee set up by the board to look into their cases. He said that the teachers fraudulently included names of non-existing staff and conspired with certain persons to stand in for them during the audit. “The act was perpetrated with disregard and ignominy in spite of repeated announcements and correspondences warning head teachers and executive secretaries of local government education authorities of the consequences of fraudulent acts’’, he said. He gave the names of the affected schools as Government Primary School, Kutia Obudu; Primary School, Ejakpe, Obudu; PCN Primary School, Nsidong, Bakassi; Primary School, Esekwe, Boki. Odey described the conduct of the teachers as “grievous’’ in the face of the current challenges confronting the education sector and the state as a whole. He said the board will not relent in its effort to sanitize the system and spare no efforts in its desire to achieve its mandate. Source: P.M...
by Admin | Apr 21, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Federal Government on Thursday arraigned a Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, on mostly charges of false asset declaration before the Code of Conduct Tribunal in Abuja. He pleaded not guilty to the amended eight counts preferred against him by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation. Shortly after the defendant took his plea, his lawyer, Chief Kanu Agabi (SAN), applied orally that the Justice of the apex court be granted bail in self-recognizance. The request was not opposed by the lead prosecuting counsel, Mr. Umar Muhammed, who is the Director of Public Prosecutions of the Federation. The tribunal headed by its Chairman, Danladi Umar, granted the bail application and fixed July 12 for commencement of trial. Ngwuta is currently undergoing separate trial for money laundering and passport fraud charges preferred against him by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation before a Federal High Court in Abuja. While Justice Ngwuta’s trial was going on before a Federal High Court, the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation had on February 8, 2017 preferred separate sets of charges bordering on breaches of code of conduct for public officers and asset declaration asset breaches against him and another judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Adeniyi Ademola. But no date has been fixed for Justice Ademola’s arraignment on the two counts preferred against him. Ngwuta was initially charged with 10 counts now amended to eight counts before the CCT. Source: Sahara...
by Admin | Apr 21, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Police Command in Bauchi has arrested one Mohammed Nafiu, a Boko Haram member already declared wanted by the military. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Garba Umar, announced the arrest of the suspect alongside other criminals while presenting him to newsmen in Bauchi on Thursday. Umar explained that Nafiu, 25, was arrested on April 12 at Tama Village in Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State. He further explained that the suspect being 176th on the wanted list of Nigerian Army was arrested following intelligence report. He said the suspect had fled from Sambisa Forest following the flushing out of the terrorists by the military. The Police Command in Bauchi has arrested one Mohammed Nafiu, a Boko Haram member already declared wanted by the military. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Garba Umar, announced the arrest of the suspect alongside other criminals while presenting him to newsmen in Bauchi on Thursday. Umar explained that Nafiu, 25, was arrested on April 12 at Tama Village in Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State. He further explained that the suspect being 176th on the wanted list of Nigerian Army was arrested following intelligence report. He said the suspect had fled from Sambisa Forest following the flushing out of the terrorists by the military. Source: P.M...
by Admin | Apr 19, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI No fewer than three soldiers were killed and many others wounded, when Boko Haram terrorists attacked a military base in southern part of Borno State on Sunday, security sources have told SaharaReporters. According to the sources, the terrorists attacked the military base in Sabon Gari town, Damboa Local Government Area, at about 5:30 pm. Sabon Gari is located 20 kilometers from Damboa, headquarters of the local government area. On arrival in a utility vehicle, the terrorists engaged the troops in a fierce gun duel and subsequently overpowered them. They then looted the armory and razed down the facility. “They went straight to the barracks and destroyed it. They burnt down the signal office, two Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs), a Hilux van mounted with AA guns and killed three soldiers. They injured many others and looted food items and ammunition,” said a...
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