PRESIDENT TINUBU CONGRATULATES GOVERNOR HYACINTH ALIA ON HIS 60TH BIRTHDAY. (PHOTO).

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 PRESIDENT TINUBU CONGRATULATES GOVERNOR HYACINTH ALIA ON HIS 60TH BIRTHDAY President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Reverend Father Hyacinth Alia,  Governor of Benue State, and an ordained priest on his 60th birthday. In a statement personally signed by President Tinubu, he says "I commend Governor Alia for his transformative efforts to industrialise the state and expand its road network. Benue State, famously Nigeria's food basket, now has tomatoes and fruit juice, beer, nylon and polythene factories, as well as a large-scale bakery, providing jobs for its people and adding value to its agricultural products. The iconic underpasses in Makurdi and Gboko have also eased traffic and improved urban life." It adds that Governor Alia's political journey is simply that of faith made manifest, ordained a Catholic priest in 1990 by Bishop Athanasius Atule Usuh of Makurdi Catholic Diocese. It was no surprise that his people, whom he had long served faithfully in the vineyard o...
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COURT JAILS ONE FOR FALSE INFORMATION IN MAIDUGURI. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE

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 Court Jails One for False Information in Maiduguri


Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri convicted and sentenced one Abdulrahman Mallam to six months imprisonment.


The convict was arraigned on Thursday, April 2, 2026 by the Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a one -count charge for the offence of giving false information.


The charge read: "That you, Abdulrahman Mallam between the period of 24 October, 2025 to March, 2026 at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, 80, Baba Shehu Laminu Street, Maiduguri, within the Jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did make written statements to Alex Mbu Anjor and Sadiq Danjuma Junior, officers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to wit: "I introduced myself to bank fraud section as a civil servant with Ministry of Youth and Sport Poverty Alleviation Borno State.... I was already retired when I stand as surety..." which statement you knew to be false and you thereby committed an offence contrary to section 39(2)(a) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Establishment Act, 2024 and punishable under section 39(2)(b) of the same Act."


The defendant pleaded "guilty" to the charge when it was read to him. Based on his plea, prosecution counsel, S.O Saka prayed the court to convict and sentence him accordingly. While counsel for the defendant A. B. Dikwa prayed the court to temper justice with mercy as the defendant is remorseful for his action.


Justice Kumaliya thereafter sentenced and convicted him to six months imprisonment with an option of N50, 000 (Fifty Thousand Naira) fine.


His journey to the correctional facility started when he gave false information to stand as a surety at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Maiduguri Zonal Directorate, Bank Fraud unit.


In another development, The Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Thursday, April 2, 2026 arraigned one Ibrahim Mohammed Tungushe before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri.


Count two read: “That you, Ibrahim Mohammed Tungushe on or about November, 2025 in Maiduguri, Borno state within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court dishonestly misappropriated and converted to your own use the aggregate sum of N 1,250,000.00 ( One Million Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) only, being proceeds from the sale of 100 cartons of indomie instant noodles, belonging to one Bukar Babakura which you received under the guise that you will supply same to your customers and make payments for it within 24 (twenty four) hours and thereby committed an offence contrary section 296 and punishable under section 297 of the Borno state penal code Law and other matter connected therewith (No. 3 Vol. 48 Law 2923) respectively.”


The defendant pleaded “not guilty” to the charges prepared against him by the EFCC.


Counsel for the prosecution S.O Saka prayed the court for a trial date and to remand the defendant in prison custody.


Thereafter, Justice Kumaliya adjourned till April 16, 2026 for commencement of trial and remanded the defendant in Maiduguri Maximum Custodial Centre.


His journey to the correctional facility started when he received 00 cartons of indomie instant noodles, belonging to the complainant received under the guise that the same will be supplied to customers and make payments within 24 (twenty four) hours. He neither  returned the instant noodles nor the complainant's money,

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