KADUNA BUSINESSMAN DRAGS EX FIANCEE’S FATHER TO COURT, DEMANDS DOWRY REFUND. (PHOTO).

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Kaduna businessman drags ex fiancee’s father to court, demands dowry refund A businessman, Nasiru Dayyabu, on Wednesday, dragged the father of his ex-fiance, Mallam Sani Direba, to Shari’a Court II sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna over N260,000 dowry. The complainant had joined Direba in the suit against two brothers demanding a refund of N250, 000 dowry and N10,000 introduction money he paid to marry his daughter. Represented by his counsel, Mr Sani Sunusi, the complainant told the court that he sent his people from Karaye, Kano State to Kaduna in 2025, to seek for the defendant’s daughter’s hand in marriage. “We paid the dowry and the introduction money (kudin gausuwa) and were waiting for them to set a date for the wedding,” he said. “Unfortunately, the lady’s father called to inform us that they have cancelled the marriage.” The counsel said the complainant had asked for the refund of his money since Sept. 2025 but all the efforts he made proved abortive. He claimed that his client ...
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EFCC ARRESTS SEVEN CHINESE AND FOUR NIGERIANS FOR SUSPECTED ILLEGAL MINING IN AKWA IBOM. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE

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 EFCC Arrests Seven Chinese and Four Nigerians for Suspected Illegal Mining in Akwa Ibom


Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,  EFCC, have arrested eleven suspected illegal miners for engaging in mining activities without requisite licences. 


They were arrested on Thursday July 24, 2025, at Emem-Asuk community, Eastern Obolo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.


The suspects are seven Chinese identified as: Yang Chaobao, 32,  Zhong Dun Yi , 33, Cheng Jiang , 35, Zhong Dun Long , 37, Pan Peiming , 33, Lai Yiping,  37 and Zhu Lekun, 35. Their Nigerian accomplices are:  David Israel, 18,  Jonah Bartholomew Jim , 24, Samuel Samuel Timothy,  20, and a female translator named Comfort Gabriel Ajaga , 23.


The suspects are operating two illegal mining sites at Eastern Obolo Local Government Area where they were arrested whilst setting up mining equipment at a second location.  They were already engaged in illegal  mining activities at their first location where they were mining ilmenite locally called ‘black sand’


During questioning, the only female among the suspects said her only connection to the illegal miners was her proficiency in speaking ‘mandarin’, a widely spoken language in China.


 “I am a student, and I am studying Chinese language at a Learning Centre in Anambra State and I only work with them as a translator",  she said.


The suspects will be charged to court upon conclusion of investigation.

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