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A’Ibom Varsity Sacks 8 Lecturers For Alleged Sex Offence

A’Ibom Varsity Sacks 8 Lecturers For Alleged Sex Offence

November 6, 2019 3:21 am

The Akwa Ibom State University yesterday said it had terminated the appointments of eight lecturers for alleged involvement in sexual harassment and extortion.

The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Eno Ibanga, said this while briefing journalists on the activities lined up for the 4th and 5th combined convocation at the institution’s main campus in the Mkpat Enin Local Government Area (LGA) of the state.

He said however that some of the cases were in court, adding that 10 students involved in cultism were also caught by the management of the institution.

Ibanga alleged that the affected students were caught with …

EFCC Promises Due Diligence In Alleged ₦4b Scam In Rivers

EFCC Promises Due Diligence In Alleged ₦4b Scam In Rivers

November 1, 2019 4:12 pm
The Port Harcourt zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has assured investors of Bluekey Investment Club across the Niger Delta of diligent investigation.
The assurance was given yesterday by the Head, Cyber Crime Section, Allison James, while addressing protesters that besieged the zonal office that was seeking the refund of their investments in the company.

According to him, the EFCC is not holding Bluekey’s depositors’ funds but would ensure that thorough investigations were carried into the activities of the company.

“We started the investigations of

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Police Nab 5 Over Alleged Kidnapping And Robbery In Niger

Police Nab 5 Over Alleged Kidnapping And Robbery In Niger

October 24, 2019 12:20 pm

The Police in Niger have arrested five suspects for alleged kidnapping and armed robbery in Rafi and Mariga local government areas of the state.

The Commissioner of Police in the state, Alhaji Usman Adamu, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Thursday.

Usman said on Oct. 18, one Alhaji  Ibrahim Garkuwa of Tashan Kare reported at Kagara Police Division that some hoodlums who were armed with machete, stick and dressed in female Hijab (Muslim females gown) and face mask, invaded his house at Tashan Kare.

He said the criminals attacked  Garkuwa’s wife and daughter, inflicting

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Outrage Over Alleged Plot To Arrest Undercover Journalist

Outrage Over Alleged Plot To Arrest Undercover Journalist

October 23, 2019 2:24 am

• Prisons service condemns report as tissue of lies
• Identify security operatives trailing you, police tell Soyombo
• NUJ, editor’s guild, others caution govt, urge probity

Nigerians yesterday condemned an alleged plot by security operatives to seize investigative journalist, Fisayo Soyombo.

The reporter, whose undercover stories exposed corruption in Nigerian police cells and prisons, has since gone into hiding. The “threat is real,” he told The Guardian, noting, however, that he is “safe and calm.”

The first installment of the three-part investigation by Soyombo, a former editor of The Cable and a contributor to Al Jazeera, detailed how …

Alleged $9.5m FIFA Grant Embezzlement; AGF To Give Verdict

Alleged $9.5m FIFA Grant Embezzlement; AGF To Give Verdict

October 22, 2019 12:58 pm

Justice Peter Affen of an Abuja High Court on Tuesday fixed December 16, 2019 for the office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) to report on the harmonisation of cases filed against some officials of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) in the alleged misappropriation of $9.5 million grant from the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA).

Justice Affen at the last sitting had fixed October 22 for ruling on the application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to include Amaju Pinnick and Dr Mohammed Sanusi, President and Secretary-General respectively of the NFF.

EFCC had dragged …

NAF Investigates Alleged Killing Of Two Persons In Sokoto

NAF Investigates Alleged Killing Of Two Persons In Sokoto

October 22, 2019 6:24 am

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it is investigating an online report alleging the killing of two persons at Mabera Area of Sokoto Metropolis by personnel of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF).

Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja.

“An online report by dailynigerian.com has alleged the unfortunate killing of 2 persons at Mabera Area of Sokoto Metropolis yesterday, Oct. 20, as a result of a fracas between Nigerian Air Force (NAF) personnel and suspected Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) youths within the Community.

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DSS Arrests Six UI Staff Over Alleged Exam Malpractices

DSS Arrests Six UI Staff Over Alleged Exam Malpractices

October 21, 2019 6:25 pm
The Department of State Security (DSS) has arrested six members of staff of the University of Ibadan over alleged examination malpractices.
The arrested staff were said to be working at the Distance Learning Centre of the institution before the Director of the centre got the information of the examination malpractices, informed the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof Idowu Olayinka, who invited the operatives of DSS and handed over to them the six staff for thorough investigation and prosecution.
The affected staff allegedly include  Head of UI DLC software Unit, Head Student Support, Executive Officer and Media representative, two Information Technology
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3 Caught Over Alleged Assassination Bid On Dickson’s Aide

3 Caught Over Alleged Assassination Bid On Dickson’s Aide

October 19, 2019 5:28 pm

The Campaign Office of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the November 16 governorship poll in Bayelsa, Senator Douye Diri, had called on the Bayelsa State Commissioner of Police to ensure the immediate prosecution of the suspected armed thugs who attempted to assassinate the Special Adviser to Governor Dickson on Youth Affairs, Bobolayefa Owoupele.

Director of Publicity, Jonathan Obuebite, said in a statement yesterday that the only way to avert needless violence and killings was for the police and other security agencies to adopt tough measures against perpetrators of political violence.

Spokesman of the Bayelsa Police Command, Asinim Butswat, …

70 FRSC Officers To Face Prosecution Over Alleged Fraud

70 FRSC Officers To Face Prosecution Over Alleged Fraud

October 17, 2019 5:32 pm

No fewer than 70 officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) have been arrested for alleged extortion during patrol and in the corps facilities, the Corps Marshal, Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi has said.

Oyeyemi disclosed this on Thursday during a strategic session with unit commanders at the FRSC Academy, Udi in Enugu State.

The corps marshal said that extortion was becoming a cankerworm which seemed to be eating into the corps systematically and must be stopped by all means.

He said that it was sad that in spite of the good welfare packages the government had made available to the …

Okocha, LIRS Settle Out-of-Court On Alleged Tax Evasion

Okocha, LIRS Settle Out-Of-Court On Alleged Tax Evasion

October 10, 2019 7:31 am

A Lagos State prosecutor, Y. A. Pitan, Wednesday said a former Super Eagles’ Captain, Augustine Jay-Jay Okocha, accused of income tax evasion since 2017, had finally settled with the Lagos Internal Revenue Service (LIRS).

She told an Igbosere High Court in Lagos that the LIRS informed it that the defendant visited its office and reconciled his accounts.

Pitan then prayed the court for an adjournment to enable her file a notice of discontinuance of the charge preferred against Okocha. Justice Adedayo Akintoye, consequently, withdrew the warrant of arrest earlier issued on the defendant. She adjourned the further hearing until …

Alleged Treasonable Felony: Sowore Gets ₦100m Bail

Alleged Treasonable Felony: Sowore Gets ₦100m Bail

October 5, 2019 2:39 am
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court on Friday admitted detained convener of Revolution Now Protest, Omoyele Sowore to bail in the sum of ₦100m.
Also admitted to bail in the sum of ₦50m is Sowore’s co-defendant, Olaleye Bakare, facing alleged Treasonable felony charges among others.
Justice Ojukwu who admitted the defendants to bail in a ruling, held that the offences they were been charged with are bail-able.
As part of the bail conditions, Sowore is to produce two sureties in like sum who must be resident in Abuja and show evidence of tax payment for three years
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Court summons Okorocha over alleged breach of peace

Court summons Okorocha over alleged breach of peace

September 11, 2019 12:12 am

Imo State Magistrate Court sitting in Owerri has ordered former Governor Rochas Okorocha to appear before it on October 8, 2019, for alleged breach of public peace.

The summons dated September 5, which had the state’s attorney-general as the complainant, also ordered that Okorocha, who is now representing Imo West in the Senate, should be served “by pasting same at his Spibat residence and publishing same in any daily newspaper within the state.”

The order reads, “It is hereby ordered that the defendant appears in court on October 8, 2019 to show cause why he should not be ordered to …

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