Two people sentenced to 12 strokes of cane each for stealing AC units, orthopedic mattresses

Rebecca Danjuma, 25 and Andrew Magdem, 23, have been sentenced to 12 strokes of cane each by a Gwagwalada Senior Magistrates’ Court on Friday sentenced, for stealing nine split AC units, and three orthopedic mattresses from a hotel. The police charged Danjuma, Magdem and Lamba Ayuba with criminal trespass, joint act and theft. While Danjuma and Magdem pleaded guilty, Ayuba pleaded not guilty. Senior Magistrate Muhammad Munir in his judgment, also sentenced Danjuma and Magdem to 30 months imprisonment each. Magistrate Munir sentenced Sanjuma and Magdem with an option of…

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Evans sentenced to life imprisonment

Kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, was on Friday sentenced to life imprisonment after a four-year trial, for conspiring with two others to kidnap Mr Donatius Dunu, Chief Executive Officer, Maydon Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Justice Hakeem Oshodi of an Ikeja High Court, who passed the sentence, said Evans and two others did not show any remorse during the trial in spite of huge evidence against them. The Lagos State Government had prosecuted Evans and five others before the court. In a three-hour judgment, Oshodi held that the state proved its case…

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NdaniTV out with new series titled ‘Love Like This’

After weeks of teasing fans on social media, NdaniTV is set to release a brand-new web series titled, Love Like This. Posters and a preview of the series can be seen on the production company’s Instagram page @NdaniTV. Love Like This is a romantic drama series that follows the lives of several young middleclass Nigerians who find themselves making lots of mistakes in the quest to find love. The web series features Nonso Bassey, Chisom Agoawuike, Okey Jude, Chibuzor Iheukwumere, Eva Ibiam, Jay Charles Ujomu, Jennifer Eliogu, and a host…

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Financial resources available to terror rings can destabilise Nigeria — Gov el-Rufai

Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, Kaduna State governor, said yesterday that the financial resources available to terror rings in Nigeria are enough to destabilise the country. El-Rufai said the military had been reluctant to fully engage bandits terrorizing the country, especially in the North-West, for fear of being dragged before the International Criminal Court, ICC. The governor said preliminary investigations had revealed that some security operatives were working for terrorists. Governor el-Rufai stated these when he featured on the weekly ministerial press briefing organized by the Presidential Communications Team at the Presidential…

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Housewife fakes kidnap to defraud Facebook lover, buys house with ransom

Jamila Ardo, a 25-year-old pregnant housewife, has been arrested and remanded for allegedly kidnapping herself and collecting a ransom from her Facebook lover. Ardo, who hails from Wauru Jabbe in the Yola South Local Government Area of Adamawa State, allegedly abducted herself and collected the sum of N2m from Mallam Adamu Ahmed of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The housewife, who allegedly connived with one Abdulaziz to fake her own kidnap to defraud her lover, succeeded in her plot. She was said to have used the proceeds to buy a…

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Singers Zinoleesky, Mohbad, arrested by NDLEA, cannabis others recovered

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency operatives have arrested singers Zinoleesky and Mohbad after a midnight raid on their residence in Lagos. This was confirmed by the NDLEA Spokesman, Femi Babafemi, who said Cannabis and Molly were recovered by the operatives. “Our men raided an area in Idado estate where Bịara Market boys stay. Some quantities of Cannabis sativa and Molly were recovered from their apartment and car,” he said. “Six persons were arrested in all. Two females and four males.” This is coming weeks after the Agency arrested fast-rising…

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Vladimir Putin announces ‘military operation’ in Ukraine

Vladimir Putin, Russian President, announced a military operation in Ukraine on Thursday with explosions heard soon after in the capital and other parts of the country, prompting outrage from Joe Biden who warned of a “catastrophic loss of life”. Weeks of intense diplomacy and the imposition of Western sanctions failed to deter Putin, who had massed between 150,000 and 200,000 troops along the borders of Ukraine. “I have made the decision of a military operation,” Putin said in a surprise television announcement shortly before 6:00am (0300 GMT) in Moscow. He…

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University Professor, others arraigned over alleged forgery

Prof. Obiajulu Obikeze of the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), formerly known as Anambra State University Igbariam and four others were arraigned yesterday before Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja, over alleged forgery. It was gathered that while the Federal Government and the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) are the complainants, Obikeze, Dr. Raymond Ofor, Chief Ezue, Sir Amobi Nwafor and Okafor Bethram IK are first to fifth defendants in the case. In count one of the 11-count charge, the five defendants and others at large, allegedly conspired…

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Kyari denied bail, sues FG

Detained Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, has been denied bail by Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday. He remains in the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. The judge ordered that Kyari should put the Federal Government on notice of the existence of the suit he instituted against it. The suspended cop had dragged the Federal Government before the court challenging his continued detention by the NDLEA. In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/182/22, Kyari, who is being held by the NDLEA over…

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$4.7million counterfeit cash intercepted by NDLEA in Abuja

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, on Sunday disclosed that it foiled the attempt by a syndicate to steal at least N2.7 billion from the Nigerian economy by pushing into circulation fake $4.7 million cash. The operatives had in the early hours of Friday 18th February 2022 intercepted a consignment sent from Lagos to Abuja at Abaji area of the Federal Capital Territory. A controlled delivery of the parcelled counterfeit US dollars totaling $4, 760, 000.00 led to the arrest of a principal suspect, 52-year-old Abdulmumini Maikasuwa.…

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