Crime

The Police Public Relation Officer, DSP David Misar, confirmed the abduction when contacted by our correspondent on Saturday

Misar said the police were aware of abduction of one lawyer whose house is located behind Central Bank of Nigeria, By-Pass ATC, Jalingo.
However, he could not confirm the position of the lawyer within the NBA in the state.

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The PPRO said the police were doing

DAILY POST learnt that a supremacy battle ensued on Friday night between the Aiye and Eiye confraternities, as they engaged each other in a street fight, brandishing dangerous weapons in the area.

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Eyewitness account has it that not less than eight other persons sustained various degrees of injuries in the clash that occurred around 10:30pm.

It was gathered that the cultists fled the scene immediately

Mr Abubakar Umar, an Abuja-based Bureau De Change (BDC) Operator, told Justice Okon Abang at the Federal High Court, Abuja that the money was transferred through a company, Elixir Investment, in bits into his company, Fanffash Resources at the Zenith Bank.

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Suswam and the then Commissioner for Finance in his administration, Omadachi Oklobia, are being prosecuted before the court on N3.1 billion money laundering charges.

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Former Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr Mohammed Adoke (SAN), is still in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), 24 hours after he was granted security bail.

Adoke was arraigned alongside Aliyu Abubakar, Rasky Gbinigie, Malabu oil and Gas Limited, Agip, a subsidiary of Eni, Shell Nigeria Ultra deep Limited, and Shell Nigeria Exploration Production Company Limited.

He is accused of receiving bribe worth N300 million from Aliyu over the deal for OPL 245, a charge he denied.

But on Thursday, the presiding judge, Justice Abubakar Kutigi, granted him bail in the sum of N50 million with

Reports reaching THISDAY in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, reveal that soldiers have arrested Daily Trust Reporter, Mr. Omirin Olatunji.

He was picked up at the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, secretariat.

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According to some journalists who were present at the time of the arrest, two plain cloth army personnel and a soldier in army uniform, with assault rifle came into the NUJ Press Centre and handcuffed the journalist.

“He was dragged into a waiting Ford Focus light blue car at about 4:40pm.

“We later learnt that

Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau says henceforth kidnappers caught in the state will face death penalty.
Lalong said this on Thursday at Shendam Mini Stadium during the coronation and upgrade of three chiefdoms in Shendam Local Government Area, NAN reports.

He said that kidnappers were relocating from other places to Plateau because of the “heat” they were experiencing in their evil business in those places.

“People are saying they should come to Plateau because there is no death penalty here, but it is no longer business as usual here.

“I have sent a bill yesterday to the state assembly in

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Kaduna State chapter, on Thursday, disowned a self-aclaimed pastor who faked his kidnap at Trikaniya and Kudandan areas, in Chikun Local Government Area of the State.

The state CAN through its Chairman, Rev. Joseph Hayab in a statement in Kaduna on Thursday, said the suspect is not a pastor, as claimed.

DAILY POST recalls that the Kaduna State Police Command, had on Wednesday arrested a self aclaimed ‘Pastor’ and his accomplice for faking his kidnap and later, demanding a 5m Naira ransom from his family.

However, CAN chairman said on hearing of the