by Admin | Mar 23, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Lawal Babachir, said he would not honor the Senate’s invitation on Thursday over the handling of funds for North-East rehabilitation. This is because he has headed to the court to challenge the propriety of the invitation and is being investigated on the issue. An ad hoc Committee on Humanitarian Crisis in the North-East investigating allegations of misappropriation of funds for rehabilitation of the region had invited the SGF to a public hearing on the issue. The invitation was dated March 15 and it asked the SGF to appear on Thursday. The SGF was formally invited after his indictment by the committee at the first public hearing on the matter, for which the presidency had said that he (SGF) was not given fair hearing. In the letter to him, the committee had indicated that the essence of the second public hearing was another opportunity of fair hearing for stakeholders who refused to attend the first hearing. But, in a letter to the Chairman of the ad hoc committee, Sen. Shehu Sani, in Abuja on Wednesday, the SGF said that rather than attend the hearing, he was challenging the invitation at the court. The letter signed by the SGF read: “Your letter of invitation to appear before the above committee refers. “I wish to kindly request that you draw the attention of the other members of the committee that I will not be able to appear before the committee primarily because I have gone to court to challenge the invitation among others. “Please find attached the court documents.” The President...
by Admin | Mar 23, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Policemen at Isheri-Osun Division of the Lagos State command have arrested a suspected member of a robbery gang that invaded a building in Ijedodo area of the state at the weekend. The robbery gang was alleged to have raped a female victim in the building and abandoned the breadwinner, simply identified as Morris, in the pool of his blood to die. They also carted away the victims’ phones, cash, household appliances as well as foodstuff. It was gathered that the four man-robbery gang scaled the fence of the bungalow building and entered into the sitting room through the kitchen, spending close to three hours in the apartment. They forced Moris’s door open and immediately attacked him with a rod and a pestle until he passed out. Not done, they tied the victim’s hands and legs with strings and locked up his wife, two children and maid in another room. Suspected leader of the gang was said to have taken Morris’ sister-in-law to the toilet where she was raped and locked up. Thereafter, they went to the refrigerator, where they entertained themselves with some bottles of wine and soft drinks before they set out of the compound. Luck, however, ran out on them after one of the robbers, Joseph Nwadinobi, was apprehended by members of the vigilance group in the area. Speaking with The Guardian, the 24-year-old suspect, who claimed to be a trader at Alaba International Market, along Mile Two-Badagry Expressway, said he got only N2,000 from the loot. According to the Anambra State-born suspect, “I had a shop at Ikotun, which was burgled. In my quest...
by Admin | Mar 23, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The two Chinese nationals and Chinedu Madubuike, a Nigerian who was also involved in the scheme, are to deposit N10m with two sureties in like sum. Justice Mojisola Olatoregun of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos has ordered the two Chinese nationals, Taolung Shem, 36, and Xu Jimg Yao, 22, involved in a N5b tire fraud scheme to deposit their international passports and residence permits to the court registrar as part of their bail conditions. The two Chinese nationals and Chinedu Madubuike, a Nigerian who was also involved in the scheme, are to deposit N10m with two sureties in like sum. Justice Olatoregun added that the sureties must be within the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court. The companies involved, Sino Nigeria Limited and Nedeca International Limited, were ordered to deposit N10m in bond. The defendants were arrested in Lagos by the Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON) monitoring and enforcement team for allegedly importing tires which did not meet Nigerian industrial standards In a five-count charge filed against the defendants by the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), the defendants were alleged to have conspired among themselves to import tires which did not meet the relevant Nigerian industrial standards through means of stuffing various sizes of tires into one. The defendants pleaded not guilty to the five-count charges. Justice Olatoregun adjourned to May 15 for the commencement of the trial. Yusuf Lawan, the prosecutor from the office of the AGF, informed the court that he would bring four witnesses to court to testify. Source: Sahara...
by Admin | Mar 23, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Justice Simon Aboki of the State High Court sitting in Mararaba, Nasarawa State has convicted and sentenced one Hanna Abraham to 14 years imprisonment on a 3-count charge of obtaining by false pretence and issuance of dud cheque to the tune of N7 million preferred against her by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The convict was said to have, under false pretence, obtained the said sum as loan to supply 22 trucks of diesel to News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, and diverted it to other purposes other than what it was meant for. The offence contravenes Section 1 (1) a, Section 1 (b) (i) and Section 1 (b) (i) of the Advance Fee Fraud Act, 2006 and Dishonoured Cheque Offences. She pleaded not guilty to the counts when she was arraigned. After diligent prosecution, Justice Aboki found Abraham guilty on all three counts. Delivering the judgment, Justice Aboki sentenced her to 10years imprisonment on count one and two years each on counts two and three without option of fine. While the sentence is to run concurrently, the convict is to refund all monies collected from the...
by Admin | Mar 23, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The police in Lagos have confirmed the arrest of a middle-aged man found in possession of a fresh woman head and two hands at Muwo area of Badagry. An eyewitness, Mr Solomon Adube, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Badagry that the suspect was seen carry a sack with blood dripping from it. “The man was seen carrying a bag with blood dripping from it but when he was asked what was in the bag, he claimed it was bush meat, saying he had just finished hunting. “The people insisted on seeing the bush meat but he didn’t oblige, so we suspected foul play and the bag was collected from him. “Upon searching the bag, a head and two hands of a lady was seen in the bag and that was how people descended on him,’’ he said. “The timely intervention of policemen from the Area K Command, Morogbo saved the suspect from being lynched by angry mob,’’ Mr Deji Sebonji, another eyewitness told NAN. Lagos State Police spokesman, ASP Olarinde Famous-Cole, told NAN that investigation was underway to ascertain the identity of the victim. He added that the matter would be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department,...
by Admin | Mar 23, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The killing of a Ovye Amos in a road accident on Monday night had sparked a protest in the school. Mr. Khaleel Umar Al-Makura, the son of Nasarawa state governor Umar Al-Makura, has been arrested over the killing of a student of Government Secondary School, Lafia. The killing of a Ovye Amos in a road accident on Monday night had sparked a protest in the school. The students took to the streets on Tuesday carrying placards with various inscriptions demanding justice for the killing Amos, a Junior Secondary School two student. The police, officers of the Nigeria Security Civil Defence Corps, teachers and government officials intervened to calm the students. The governor’s son was reported to have hit the deceased with a car, Channels TVreported. Addressing the students at the school parade ground, the Nasarawa state Commissioner for Education, Aliyu Tijjani, said that government had taken measures to ensuring that the person that perpetrated this killing was brought to book. “He has already been arrested. “I want to express my profound dismay and sadness over what happened here yesterday. It is unfortunate, very very unfortunate.’’ The school Head Boy, Goodluck Agwu, had explained that Amos was hit by the car driven by Khaleed when he went out to buy batteries for his flashlight at 8:00pm. The students who were not satisfied with the explanation of the commissioner continued their protest, but the police were deployed to calm them. The police explained that they were investigating the case. The area commander of Lafia area office, Mr. Maikudi Shehu, assured the students that they would be briefed on the...
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