COURT JAILS TWO FOR N14.8M FRAUD IN MAIDUGURI. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 Court Jails Two for N14.8m Fraud in Maiduguri Justice B.T Zannah of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri, on Monday, July 13, 2026 convicted and sentenced two to three years imprisonment. The convicts are: Babagana Bukar and Hauwa Chabri.  The convicts were arraigned on Monday, July 13, 2026 by the Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a separate one -count charge for the offence of criminal misappropriation to the tune of N14,800,000.00 (Fourteen  Million, Eight Hundred Thousand Naira). The charge against Bukar reads: "That you, Babagana Bukar sometimes in 2025 at Maiduguri, Borno State within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, dishonestly misappropriated and converted to your own use the aggregate sum of N8,800,000.00 (Eight Million, Eight Hundred Thousand Naira)  money belonging to Bunu Gambo Liman, being amount given to you through Babakura Umar and Bello Adamu for the supplies of 100 bags of IRS...

PRESIDENT TINUBU SWEARS IN DR. MUTTAQHA DARMA AS HOUSING MINISTER. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.


 STATEHOUSE PRESS RELEASE


PRESIDENT TINUBU SWEARS IN DR. MUTTAQHA DARMA AS HOUSING MINISTER 


President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday administered the oath of office to Dr Muttaqha Rabe Darma as the new minister of housing and urban development from Katsina State, following his Senate clearance.


He replaced Ahmed Musa Dangiwa, who recently resigned.


President Tinubu, at the short ceremony at the State House, congratulated Dr Darma for coming on board at this “very challenging time of national development. 


“You have a very rich and interesting background. As a leader, we need competent hands like yours. 


“There is no doubt that you have rendered valuable services in all the assignments you have embarked upon; You are a fitting peg in the right position,” he said.


The President told him to be ready to serve in any capacity in which he is called upon.


Dr Darma is a distinguished Nigerian scholar, administrator, and development expert who holds a Doctor of Business Administration degree from the University of Liverpool and a PhD in Industrial Engineering from Atlantic International University, USA. 


He graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Bayero University, Kano, and later earned a Master's in Manufacturing Engineering from the University of Benin.


A member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers and the Nigerian Institute of Management, Dr Darma served as Executive Secretary of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund from 2008 to 2012. Thereafter, he held key positions, including Commissioner for Works, Housing and Transport, and Commissioner for Rural and Social Development in Katsina State, among others.


He has also contributed to academia as a lecturer at Bayero University, Kano.


He is widely published in the areas of governance and development. 


Before this appointment, he was the President of the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Human Development Centre in Katsina.


Bayo Onanuga

Special Adviser to the President

(Information & Strategy)

April 24, 2026

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