by Admin | Feb 3, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The former Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency Patrick Ziadeke Akpobolokemi who is undergoing trial for massive corruption has assaulted and threatened to slap and kill a journalist covering his trial. In December 2015, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had arraigned him and five others before Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court Lagos on twenty two count charge of conspiracy fraudulent conversion and Money Laundering. Also arraigned were the Executive Director Captain Eziekiel Bala Agaba, Ekene Nwakuche, Governor Amechee Juan, Blockz and Stonz Limited and Al-Kenzo Logistics Limited. The accused persons were alleged to have fraudulently converted the sum of N2, 365,600,000 meant for the implementing of the International Ship and Port Security (ISPS) Code which NIMASA was the designated implementation agency. The former DG was said to have gotten presidential approval for the release of the said monies through the office of the then National Security Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, Mr. Sambo Dasuki. For the purpose of executing the ISPS, a committee chaired by Captain Bala was set up by Akpobolokemi. Other members of the committee were Captain Warredi Enisuoh Mr Vincent Udoye, Governor Amechee Juan, Captain OBF Ola dipole and two NPA staff. The committee was mandated to coordinate the activities relating to the ISPS in line with international regulations and the scope in Nigeria. Investigation by the EFCC however revealed that, upon receiving the money, the committee instead of executing the project diverted the entire sum to their personal use, using companies owned by them and their associates to lauder the illegal proceeds. But as journalists continue...
by Admin | Feb 3, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Following the earlier news reported regarding the arrest of Nollywood actress, Toyin Abraham’s ex-boyfriend, Seun Egbegbe, men of the Nigerian Police have confirmed that the film maker indeed tried to dupe a BDC operator. The film maker according to fresh reports tried to dupe the BDC operator of the sum of $60,000. Speaking on the arrest, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, confirmed that the film maker is currently under investigation after he was reported to have pretended to be a medical doctor. The embattled filmmaker is being held at the Area H Police Command in Ogudu for the alleged criminal offence. She said: “Yes, the command in investigating him. He is under interrogation at Area H now.” Recall that the film maker was some months ago arrested for allegedly trying to dupe a shop in computer village, Ikeja of 9 iPhones. Seun Egbegbe is expected to make an appearance before the Ikeja Magistrate’s Court on February 8th in connection with the alleged...
by Admin | Feb 3, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Wednesday signed into law the anti-kidnapping bill recently passed by the state House of Assembly with a pledge to ensure its full implementation. The law imposes a penalty of life imprisonment on kidnapping for ransom, as well as death penalty for kidnappers if a victim dies in the course of kidnap, among others. At the signing ceremony at the Lagos House, Ikeja, Ambode said the spate of kidnapping in the state required decisive action from government. He said aside from the law, the government would put other measures in place to prevent kidnapping and other security breaches. The governor said, “Security is of utmost importance to our administration and we are confident that this law will serve as a deterrent to anybody who may desire to engage in this wicked act within the boundaries of Lagos. “While we use this law to address the challenge and punish the criminals, we are also putting in place appropriate measures, particularly in our schools and other vulnerable targets, to prevent security breaches.” Ambode assured residents that the justice system would be activated to execute the anti-kidnapping law to the letter. The governor also signed the Sports Trust Fund Bill and the Sports Commission Bill into law, explaining that the laws were enacted to address key issues, as well as harness the potential in the sports sector. The Speaker of the state Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, who was represented by the Majority Leader of the House, Sanai Agunbiade, said the laws were a clear testimony of the commitment of the state government to the security...
by Admin | Feb 2, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A three-man robbery gang engaged a team of policemen from Ogijo Division, Ogun State, in a gun battle that lasted 10 minutes, Tuesday, in its bid to escape being arrested. However, a suspected member of the gang was arrested, while others escaped. Vanguard gathered that the suspects stormed Tulamania Hotel in Odo-Nla area of the state, pretending to be customers. According to vanguardngr; The gun-wielding suspects, thereafter, attacked unsuspecting lodgers, dispossessing them of their valuables. While the operation was ongoing, one of the hotel’s staff alerted policemen at Ogijo Division. A team from the division, led by the Divisional Police Officer, Muhammed Tijani, stormed the scene and was confronted by the suspects. Spokesman for the state Command, ASP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed that “one locally-made gun and three live cartridges were recovered from the...
by Admin | Feb 2, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today Wednesday 1st February 2016 arraigned one Prince Spencer Adikibi, before Justice U.N. Agomoh of the Federal High Court, sitting in Port Harcourt on a 2 count charge bordering on forgery. The complainant, MTN Nigeria Communications Limited alleged that sometimes in 2008 the defendant, a former staff of MTN, a Based Transceiver Station (BTS) land acquisition officer in Port Harcourt allegedly forged and signed a renewal of Tenancy Mast Space Document to one Allwell Onyeotito, the landlord of the said property where MTN Mast was erected. According to investigation, the lease was meant for 10 years which was paid for by MTN but the defendant in a bid to defraud the complainant, forged and utter the company’s documents, thereby shortening the period of the contract to Five Years and diverted the balance of the funds for his personal use. Count one reads: “that you Prince Spencer Adikibi on or about the 1st of April, 2008 at Port Harcourt within the Jurisdiction of this honourable Court did forge a document titled “ RENEWAL OF TENANCY OF MAST SPACE OF OUR MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITY ON YOUR PROPERTY” purporting same to have been signed and issued by MTN Nigeria Communication Limited with the intent that it may be acted upon as genuine and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1 (1) (c) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act, Cap M17 of the Revised Edition (Laws of the Federation of Nigeria) 2007 and Punishable under Section 1 (2) of the same Act. The defendant pleaded not guilty when the charge was read to him....
by Admin | Feb 2, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI This is quite sad! For six hours, 19-year-old Rilwanu Akintunde was beaten up, handcuffed and locked inside a teargassed room for allegedly stealing N90,000. The teenager’s torturers were his mother, Mrs. Akintunde, her brother Kayode and a policeman identified as Titus. Rilwanu, alias Rado, denied collecting the money said to belong to his mother, a hawker. But his attackers didn’t believe him. Unable to bear the torture, the teenager passed out and was rushed to Beachland Hospital, Arepo, where he was confirmed dead on Sunday evening. His torturers secretly buried him at his mother’s site at Sotel, not knowing their action would draw the wrath of residents of Oriola Street, Ibafo and environs. Youths in the area went berserk after discovering that the money for which Rilwanu was tortured to death was later found in his mother’s closet. Wielding cutlasses, bottles, sticks and fire, the mob, it was gathered, stormed Kayode’s residence; chased the tenants away and vandalised his property. Inscriptions, such as “Rado was a good son born by a stupid mother” were seen on walls of the building, with roofs, doors and windows destroyed. When The Nation visited the community, residents were clamouring for justice to the culprits. It was gathered Kayode and his police friend, Titus, had fled the neighbourhood. The deceased’s mother and Kayode’s wife were arrested by policemen from Ibafo Division, who visited the place. According to residents, Rilwanu’s killers might have had another motive for their action because the teenager was neither a thief nor troublesome. His friends, it was gathered, produced an obituary for him, which they pasted not far...
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