Victims of last Friday’s clampdown by the Kaduna Police Command that led to the death of five persons including minors and twenty-five injured have threatened seeking legal redress before a competent court of jurisdiction. This is contained in a statement issued on their behalf, Saturday, by Aliyu Umar to announce the extent of damage meted on them by the police. “On a final note, we wish to state categorically that we are not going to accept this Extrajudicial act perpetrated by the police and shall seek legal redress before a competent court of jurisdiction in the country” part of the…
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Following the recent clampdown on Pro-Palestinian Demonstration in Kaduna, where the State Police Command killed five and injured 25 protesters, a popular human rights activist and political scientist, Zainab Dabo, has called on Governor Uba Sani to relieve Samuel Aruwan of his position as Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs. Aruwan has been a loyalist of the immediate past Governor Elrufai under who he served in different capacities adding that he does not fit into the Uba Sani composition. Dabo made the call on her verified X handle (formerly Twitter) recently his method and that of his boss, the…
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Kano State, Abdullahi Abbas has said that the Judicial Commission of Inquiry (JCI) set up by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf to Investigate the immediate past administration in the state, led by Abdullahi Ganduje ought to have started from 1999-2003 and also cover 2011-2015 when 70 percent of government property was sold or fraudulently allocated to friends and families. He also noted, that sharing of the state assets took place right under the nose of Abba Kabir Yusuf when he was the Commissioner for Works, Housing and Transport. This is contained in…
The cross-dresser Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, has been convicted by the Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday for abusing the Naira. Preciding over the case, Justice Abimbola Awogboro fixed April 9 for sentencing. The court fixed the date after Bobrisky pleaded guilty to a four-count charge of tampering with the N490,000 by spraying brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Earlier, the EFCC, through its Counsel, Suleiman Suleiman, had withdrawn the two-count of laundering N180.7 million through his company, BOB EXPRESS. However, no reason was given for the decision. Following the plea of…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed 26 fresh charges bordering on abuse of office and corruption against the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. Emefiele will be arraigned before Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Lagos High Court, Ikeja on Monday, April 8 on counts bordering on accepting gratification, accepting gifts through agents, corruption, receipt of property fraudulently obtained, and conferring corrupt advantage on his associates contrary to the Corrupt Practices Act of 2000. The sheet of the 26 fresh charges was filed on April 3rd by the EFCC Prosecutor Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN).…
Despite the global uprising against the genocide perpetrated by the Israeli government on Palestinians, the Nigerian Police in Kaduna have clampdown on peaceful pro-Palestinian demonstration killing four people and injuring twenty. The protest which stated by 10:00am and lasted about an hour before the police clampdown, took place in Kaduna metropolis. An eye witness who preferred his name not to be mentioned in print told our Correspondent that they were almost rounding up the peaceful demonstration when the police arrived the scene dispersing them with teargas and eventually using live bullets to shoot sporadically. “As usual, every last Friday of…
In his response to the most recent corruption charges against him by the Kano state government, the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) Abdullahi Ganduje says the offence he is being accused of by the Kano state government is a federal offence that can only be prosecuted by the Attorney General of the Federation and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Ganduje said this to the Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Edwin Olofu on Friday and made available to our Correspondent. He further advised Gov Yusuf…
The Former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido has mocked the former Governor of Kaduna State Nasiru Elrufai welcoming him to the club of ordinary Nigerians without political positions or power. Lamido spoke with the Voice of America Hausa Service on Friday where he explained that now is the right time for Elrufai to understand that he is not actually seen as a hero by the people especially as he has no political appointment or power. Although Lamido said he does not like talking about Elrufai, he said that when he was minister, he criticized the appointment of Elrufai as…
GWG.ng reports… Amidst the swirling controversy surrounding the arrest of Nigerian social media sensation, Bobrisky, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the pertinent question of the accommodation to be provided him, whether he would be kept among female or male detainees. GWG.ng reports that before now that the crossdresser had recently stoked the public limelight after he, (turned she), won the award of best-dressed female at a movie premiere penultimate week. The enigmatic personality, known for his flamboyant lifestyle and gender-fluid identity, has sparked debate over his appropriate placement within the EFCC’s detention facilities. With Bobrisky adamantly asserting…
Following a recent verdict by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) sitting in Abuja suspending the Chairman of the Kano Public Complaint And Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC), Muhyi Magaji Rimingado, had led the state in a swift reaction raising charges against the immediate past Governor of Kano state, Abdullahi Ganduje, his wife, his son and five others, suing them for bribery. Rimingado was arraigned before the Tribunal in Abuja on Thursday over alleged breach of the Code of Conduct for public officers, conflict of interest, abuse of office, false asset declaration, bribery and accepting gift, among others. The Tribunal had also…