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Police Arrest Dispatch Rider, One Other Over Stolen Motorcycle    Operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have arrested a dispatch rider and an accomplice for conspiring to sell a motorcycle belonging to a Lagos-based logistics company. The suspects, Ekele Sunday ‘m’ aged 28, Yakubu Abdurrahman ‘m’ aged 28, and one other, still at large, were arrested in Oke–Koto, Agege, when the RRS operatives, acting on credible intelligence stormed the area.   Investigations revealed that Ekele, after a month of working with the company, connived with Abdurrahman to dispose of the motorcycle, which was procured few days before he was employed.    The three suspects, on sighting the police, took to their heels. Ekele and Abdurrahman were arrested, while the third suspect who escaped is still being trailed. The motorcycle has since been recovered.    Both suspects are currently facing prosecution in Ogba Magistrate Court, Agege. SP BENJAMIN HUNDEYIN, anipr, mipra...

8th May, 2023 PRESS RELEASE CP. WALE ABASS ASSUME DUTY AS THE 21ST COMMISSIONER OF POLICE DELTA STATE COMMAND AS AIG. ARI MUHAMMED ALI FCIA, psc+ TRANSFERRED TO LAGOS STATE  AS AIG ZONE 2. CP Wale Abass has assumed duty as the 21st Commissioner of Police, Delta state Command. The new CP is taking over from AIG Ari Muhammed Ali FCIA, psc+, who has been transferred to Lagos State as AIG zone 2. CP. Abass hails from Ede North Local Government Area, Osun State. He holds a  bachelor's degree in philosophy and political science from the University of Lagos. He has a Master Degree in international law and diplomacy also from the University of Lagos. CP Wale was enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force on 3rd March  1990 as a member of course 16 cadet ASP and trained in the elite police academy, Kaduna. He has served in various capacities in the Nigeria Police force which includes Unit Commander 16 Squadron (PMF), where he rose to become the Commander of the squadron, he also serve...

The Edo State Police Command has arrested a Navy officer, Ibrahim Adamu, 25, and an officer of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Abdullahi Abdulwahab 26, over alleged armed robbery and car snatching. Spokesperson of the command, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, who paraded the suspects on Tuesday, May 9, 2023, said they were arrested in Ekpoma by a crack team of the command based on credible information. According to the PPRO, the suspects attacked the driver of an unregistered C300 Mercedes Benz car in Sapele, Delta State, snatched the car from him and also forced him to transfer a sum of N400,000 to their account. He said the suspects were to take the car to Abuja and sell it when they were arrested by the police in Ekpoma, Edo state. "The suspects have made statements and claimed to be personnel of the Nigerian Navy and Correctional Service respectively.” Nwabuzor said the vehicle and military uniform were also recovered from the suspects. Speaking with journalists, Ibrahim Adamu, who was r...

INEC, APC, Tinubu Reject Live Broadcast Of Presidential Election Tribunal  On Tuesday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) appeared before the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja to respond to the Peoples Democratic Party’s motion for “an order directing the Court’s Registry and the parties on modalities for admission of media practitioners and their equipment into the courtroom.” Chris Uche SAN, the PDP’s counsel, informed the court that he filed his pre-hearing information sheet on April 27 and has adopted the replies contained therein. However, he requested an urgent ruling on his motion for live transmission dated May 5, saying that he had served all respondents but had yet to receive their reply. “We urge the court to permit the televising of the proceedings, especially at this critical moment in the nation,” Mr Uche pleaded. However, INEC’s lawyer, Abubakar Mahmoud SAN, responded in open court to Mr Uche, stat...

Sokoto Assembly Pass Bill To Regulate Extravagant Marriage Expenses The Sokoto State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed a Bill to regulate marriage expenses in the state. The Bill, sponsored by Alhaji Abubakar Shehu (APC-Yabo) and Faruk Balle (PDP- Gudu), was earlier referred to the House Committee on Religious Affairs. Shehu, who is the chairman of the committee, presented the report of the committee at plenary, which was unanimously adopted and passed into law. The Bill seeks to control extravagant spending on marriage, naming, circumcision and other local ceremonies across the state. Shehu said, while tabling the report, the committee met with necessary stakeholders who made positive contributions which were captured in the Bill. After deliberations at the plenary presided over by the Deputy Speaker, Alhaji Abubakar Magaji, the Bill was unanimously passed by the lawmakers.  

Court remands 21-year-old model for allegedly defrauding German man of $220,000 after promising to marry him Justice Yelim Bogoro of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos state has ordered that 21-year-old Nigerian model, Cynthia Chioma Atuonah, who was arrested in April for allegedly defrauding a German of $220,000 be remanded in a Nigerian Correctional Centre.    It was reported that Atuonah was arrested by the Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU), Ikoyi, Lagos, for allegedly defrauding the 50-year-old German national of $220,000, after promising to marry him. Following her arrest, Atuonah was arraigned before the court on five counts of charges bordering on obtaining by false pretences, fraud and unlawful conversation. The prosecutor, Henry Obiazi, told the court that the defendant committed the offences between January and February 2022. He said the offences contravened Section 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and Section 18 (3) of the M...

Billionaire businessman Femi Otedola opens up on his relationship with businessman Tony Elumelu, his Transcorp shares deal, and why he offered N250bn to buy the company, which he says was rejected.  Read his statement below... In 2005, while Tony was the Managing Director of Standard Trust Bank he approached me to get funds to acquire UBA. I enthusiastically gave him $20million, which was N2 billion at that time to buy the necessary shares in UBA for the acquisition. After a short period of time the share price moved up and I decided it is was a good moment to sell and get out of the bank. However, Tony appealed to me to hold on to the shares as he was convinced that there were future prospects - so I kept the shares. I became Chairman of Transcorp Hotel in 2007 with a shareholding of 5% and unknowingly Tony gradually started buying shares quietly.  By the following year in 2008 I went bankrupt in Nigeria. Tony proceeded to take my shares in UBA to service the interest on my l...

NECO Reschedules 2023 National Entrance Examination into Suleja Academy. The National Examinations Council NECO has rescheduled the twenty twenty three entrance examination that is being conducted for the gifted and talented children into Federal Government Academy Suleja in Niger state. It has been sifted from Saturday the thirteenth of this month to Saturday the tenth of June this year. This is contained in a statement issued to Newsmen in Minna by the Head of Information and Public Relations, Azeez Sani. Mr Azeez Sani explained that the Examination was rescheduled to enable more candidates register for the examination following request by some stakeholders for an extension of the registration period. He further said the Federal Government Academy Suleja is a training ground for moulding the gifted and talented children of Nigeria targeted at achieving the desired objective. He stated that it provides enormous opportunities for outstanding gifted students to develop their potentials ...

EFCC Arraigns Man For Alleged $5m, N800m Cyber-security Software Investment Scam The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on May 9, 2023, arraigned one Sennaike Opeoluwa before Justice O.A. Okunuga of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on a six-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence, forgery and possession of false documents.  Opeoluwa was arraigned alongside his firm, Sennaike Consulting Limited for allegedly fraudulently obtaining the sums of $5 million and N800 million from unsuspecting members of the public. He pleaded "not guilty" when the charges were read to him. In view of his plea, the prosecution counsel, Ahmed Yerima, prayed the court for a trial date and for the remand of the defendant.  The defence counsel, Akeem Akinroye, made an oral application for the bail of his client, arguing that "he doesn't constitute a flight-risk".  Justice Okunuga, however, noted that the court wa...

$382,000 Fraud:  How Suspected Fraudster duped his victims from 13 Countries in a Bitcoins Scam A 1st prosecution witness in the trial  of Eze Harrison Arinze,     has told  Justice J. K. Omotosho of the Federal High Court sitting in  Abuja,  how Arinze received $382,000 (Three Hundred and Eighty Two Thousand United States Dollars) worth of bitcoins from his victims before his account was blocked by his Virtual Asset Service Provider , VASP. The witness,  Ogunjobi Olalekan,  an officer of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, told the court that Arinze’s victims were deceived into withdrawing their funds and deposited them into Arinze’s bitcoin accounts, thinking that they were transacting legitimate businesses.  Arinze was arraigned on March 22, 2023, before Justice Omotosho, on five count charges bordering on obtaining by false pretence and money laundering to the tune of  $769,263 (Seven Hundred and Sixty Nine...

 OSUN VERDICT: LET’S TEAM UP TO DEVELOP THE STATE, SAYS PRESIDENT BUHARI   President Muhammadu Buhari recognizes the Supreme Court’s verdict on the July 16, 2022 governorship election in Osun State, as well the important role of the judiciary in deepening rule of law and democracy.   With the final decision by the Court, the President reminds the political class and their supporters that the main task at hand is to make the people feel the impact of good governance, where a prosperous, peaceful and stable Osun is guaranteed.   He, therefore, urges all citizens and residents of the State, particularly her notable sons and daughters, to give the government of Senator Ademola Adeleke all the support it needs to ensure that programmes, policies, plans and aspirations fashioned to make individuals and businesses flourish succeed.   According to him, "elections should be seen as the path to an end, which is the progress of the people in a peaceful environment, rather ...

PRESIDENT BUHARI TO STAY ADDITIONAL WEEK IN LONDON     President Muhammadu Buhari will be in London, United Kingdom, for an additional week, at the behest of his Dentist, who has started attending to him.   The Specialist requires to see the President in another five days for a procedure already commenced.   President Buhari had joined other world leaders to attend the coronation of King Charles lll on May 6, 2023.       Femi Adesina Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity) May 9, 2023  

Jury Finds Donald Trump Guilty May 9, 20230 The jury seated in New York has found former President of the United States, Donald Trump, liable of sexual assault in a case involving writer, Jean E. Carroll. The former Elle magazine columnist filed a defamation and battery suit against Trump last year, after a law took effect in New York that gave victims of sexual assault a one-year window to sue their alleged abusers decades after attacks may have occurred. Testifying before the jury last week, Carroll described to jurors how an encounter with Trump in a Manhattan store quickly turned violent. She said that after Trump playfully asked her for advice on buying a women’s lingerie gift, he “shoved” her against the wall of the dressing room. “All his weight (was) against my chest. He pulled down my tights. I was pushing him back,” she said. Trump had vehemently denied the allegations via his social media platform, ‘Truth Social’, where he tagged Carroll’s claim, a “complete con job”, and th...

10 Yahoo Boys Jailed in Enugu for Impersonation The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Enugu Zonal Command, today May 9, 2023 secured the conviction of 10 internet fraudsters before Justice F. Riman of the Federal High Court sitting at Awka, Anambra State.  The fraudster: Chisom Simon Ikenyiri, Ugwuanyi Innocent,  Ifeanyichukwu Nnaji Christian, Matthew Izuchukwu Ofoha, Chimamkpa Godwill Osakwe, Uwandu Bright, Uchechukwu Franklin Nwaodu, Emmanuel Aniweke Mmesoma,  Edeh Kelechukwu bethel  and Onu Chinedu Joshua, were convicted on separate charges bordering on bordering on fraudulent impersonation All ten defendants pleaded guilty when the charges were read to them. Justice Riman convicted and sentenced them to a one year imprisonment each. More photos below. 

PRESIDENT BUHARI CONDOLES WITH FORMER SENATE PRESIDENT, KEN NNAMANI ON PASSING OF WIFE   President Muhammadu Buhari shares in the grief of loss with former Senate President, Ken Nnamani and his family, trusting the Almighty God to grant the family strength over the passing of Mrs Jane Udewo Nnamani.   The President believes the good works of the late wife of Sen. Nnamani will always be remembered by her friends and associates, particularly the Amaechi Awknawnaw community, where she has been a source of hope and succour for many.   President Buhari urges the Nnamani family to look unto the Lord at this very difficult moment of pain and deep reflection, knowing that help comes only from Him.   The President prays for God’s comforting arms over the family and a peaceful rest for the departed.   Femi Adesina Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity) May 9,2023.  

"SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT It is with a heavy heart that I announce the passing of my beloved wife, Lady Jane Amechi Udewo Nnamani (nee Onah), on Thursday, 4th May 2023, at Orthopaedic Hospital, Enugu, after a brief illness, aged 58.  My children and I are deeply pained by this very sudden, devastating, sad and unfortunate incident. Lady Jane was not just my wife and the mother of our four children, she was my friend, confidante, manager of our home, a great pillar of support to me and our children and the glue that held the family together. This is one loss my children and I will ever find extremely difficult to come to terms with.  May Almighty God grant the soul of my loving wife eternal rest in His bosom. Amen! HE. Sen. Ken Nnamani, GCON". More photos below. 

8,000 guests were welcomed to Buckingham Palace today for the second of the annual Garden Parties. Guests are invited in recognition of their public service, charity work, or for making a positive impact in their community. Hosted on behalf of The King by The Prince of Wales, His Royal Highness was joined by The Princess of Wales, The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, The Princess Royal and The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester. More photos below.