by Admin | Mar 2, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, sitting in Abuja, has shifted the trial of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, on the 13-count corruption charge filed against him by the Federal Government to March 11. The Justice Danladi Umar-led tribunal, which initially gave Federal Government the nod to open its case against Saraki on March 10, deferred the proceeding by a day, following a letter from his new lawyer, Chief Kanu Agabi, SAN. A statement by the Head of Press and Public Relations at the CCT, Mr. Ibraheem Al-Hassan, revealed that Agabi had in a letter dated February 26, pleaded for an adjournment on the ground that he had other cases fixed for March 10. Al-Hassan quoted Agabi’s letter as stating: ‘I write as lead counsel to the above defendant to apply that the matter which is now scheduled to come up on the 10th day of March 2016, subject to the convenience of the honourable tribunal and learned counsel for the prosecution, be taken on the 11th day of March, 2016, due to my earlier and urgent commitments in other courts on the 10th. The Supreme Court had on February 5 okayed Saraki for trial over allegations that he falsely declared his assets.” In a unanimous judgment, a seven-man panel of Justices of the apex court headed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, held that the Senate President had a case to answer before the CCT. The apex court, while dismissing the appeal that Saraki lodged to stop his trial, affirmed the decision of the Court of Appeal in Abuja which...
by Admin | Mar 1, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A suspected thief has been arrested for raping two women at the same time in Osun state. According to the police, the 27-year-old suspect was part of a criminal gang that focused on robbing women. Oyetola was arrested for breaking into a home where 8 women were reside. He threatened the women with a gun and stole their cash. He then sexually assaulted one woman before she fled. Oyetola then raped two other women at the same time while threatening them with his gun. He was arrested and charged with two counts of rape, one count of indecent assault and several counts of theft. He was booked in to jail, and denied...
by Admin | Mar 1, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Following rumours that Mabel Makun had split up with hubby, Ayo Makun, popularly called AY, the interior designer on Monday shut down the mill by declaring the comedian as her “man crush for life”. Mabel made the revelation on her Instagram page. She wrote: “If you don’t know my story, don’t try to tell it.” Many people believe her post was targeted at top blogger, Stella Dimoko-Korkus, who broke the story and insisted that it was true. Following the rumours, the duo has been sharing new photos and touching words on their social media timeline with the intent to render the rumour as false. AY, as he is popularly known, has been the subject of rumours concerning a possible breakup with his wife, Mabel, who allegedly left their matrimonial home over a misunderstanding. AY recently displayed his romantic side in a lovely Instagram post talking about his affection and relationship with Mabel. He shared this on Twitter where he talked about the value of having a wife, who also fits the image of a friend. He said: “The best part of having a friend and a wife like you is that I always have happy days to look forward to. “We can never be perfect enough to stop anyone from having an opinion about us. Thanks to everyone who gave us reasons to love each other even more.” The comedian has now finally dispelled the rumours in his recent post, which can be seen as a statement that everything is “alright” between...
by Admin | Mar 1, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A retired officer of the State Security Service, Mr Hosea Danjuma, was on Tuesday abducted by gunmen at his residence in Baisa, headquarters of Kurmi Local Government Area of Taraba. The Caretaker Chairman of the council, Mr Steven Agya, confirmed the development in an interview with our source in Jalingo. Agya said that the council had mobilised youths to join hands with security agents in searching for the kidnapped man. “Yes, Danjuma was kidnapped around 1:47 a.m. on Tuesday by unknown gunmen at his residence in Baisa. A family member , Mrs Adama Danjuma said that the gunmen destroyed the back gate of the house from where they gained entrance into the compound. She explained that the gunmen were furious and threatened to shoot anybody, who resisted the abduction of her uncle. According to her, the abductors used motorcycle to whisk her uncle away to an unknown destination. The abduction occurred two weeks after the mother of the Deputy Governor of the state, Hajiya Beli Manu, was kidnapped for several hours before she was released. Source:...
by Admin | Mar 1, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI There is an uneasy calm in Ihuokpara Community, in Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State following the death of two men last week as a result of an adulterous woman. One of the men, New Telegraph learnt, was the husband of the woman while the other was the woman’s secret lover. According to unconfirmed reports, the woman, whose name has not been ascertained at the time of filing the report, after having her normal outing with her secret lover, returned home and shortly after her husband died mysteriously. Following his death, the villagers put two into two together and concluded that it was the open secret love that caused the man’s...
by Admin | Mar 1, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered former President Olusegun Obasanjo, former president Goodluck Jonathan and late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua’s government to account for all the loots they recovered during their administrations, our source reports. Delivering judgement in a Freedom of Information suit filed by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) today March 1st, the presiding judge, Justice M.B. Idris, ruled that successive governments since the return of democracy in 1999 “breached the fundamental principles of transparency and accountability for failing to disclose details about the spending of recovered stolen public funds, including on a dedicated website.” He thereafter ordered that President Buhari “ensures that his government, and the governments of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, and former President Goodluck Jonathan account fully for all recovered loot.”. Details ordered by the court to be made public include: information on the total amount of recovered stolen public assets by each government; the amount of recovered stolen public assets spent by each government as well as the objects of such spending and the projects on which such funds were spent. Source:...
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