Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman, Pensions Reform Task Team (PRTT), collapsed in court on Thursday as his trial resumed at the Federal High Court, Abuja. According to an eyewitness, the incident occurred when the court registrar was reading proceedings that were ready for collection as his counsel Anayo Adibe addressed the court on his no-case submission […]
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Kano State Public Complaints and Anti–Corruption Commission arrests over 50 security personnel for allegedly extorting motorists at checkpoints during the lockdown period against COVID-19 infection, an official said. The commission’s Chairman, Mr Muhuyi Magaji Rimigado, made the fact known in an interview with newsmen on Thursday. Rimigado said the agency’s surveillance team arrested the personnel […]
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Zulfalaru Alfa, popularly known as “Mai Siket”, has pleaded guilty to charges of raping 40 women and girls in three months. On Wednesday, Mai Siket pleaded guilty at a Kano Magistrates’ Court for raping 40 women, including an 80-year-old woman, at Kwanar Dangora in Kiri Local Government Area of Kano State. The Magistrate, however, adjourned […]
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Checks show that abductions, attacks, clashes among other forms of crime and violence have become greatly aggravated during the period of lockdown in Nigeria. President Muhammadu Buhari announced on March 29, 2020, that from midnight of the next day there would be cessation in movements within, to, and from Lagos and Ogun states as well […]
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The police command in Lagos State at the weekend arrested 185 persons suspected to be involved in cultism and gangsterism in Ikorodu and its environs. The arrest was confirmed to journalists on Sunday by the Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos, Mr Bala Elkana, a Deputy Superintendent of Police. Elkana said that two weeks ago, […]
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Never have we been so attractive as targets for fraudsters and scammers as we are right now. –Brian X. Chen, New York Times From micro to small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and to multinational entities, COVID-19 has had its bite on virtually all sectors of the global economy. Experts say the devastating economic impact of […]
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