The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, arraigned one Abdulhamid Isah before Justice I.O. Ijelu of the state High Court sitting in Ikeja on three-count charges. A statement by the EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, said the suspect was arraigned on charges bordering on obtaining money by false pretence, stealing and retention of proceeds of a criminal conduct. One of the counts reads: “Abdulhamid Isah, sometime in October 2022, at Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, obtained a total sum of $63,590 (Sixty-three Thousand Five Hundred and Ninety…
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National Judicial Council, NJC, has recommended the appointment of 11 justices to the Supreme Court, including Justice Moore Aseimo A. Adumein, who signed the controversial judgement in Kano governorship election appeal. The Court of Appeal had in its November 17 judgement read by Mr Adumein upheld the judgement of the Kano Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, declaring APC candidate, Nasiru Gawuna, as winner of the governorship election in the state. But when the certified true copy of the judgement was released by the court four days after, the court contradicted itself. In the CTC, duly signed by the three justices, the…
President Bola Tinubu’s Chief of Staff (CoS), Femi Gbajabiamila has rubbished reports of a purported N10 billion earmarked in the 2024 budget to renovate and reconstruct his official residence. Sahara Reporters had reported that N10 billion has been set aside for the reconstruction and repair of the official residence of Gbajabiamila. The online portal said this is contained in the President Bola Tinubu’s total allocation of N21 billion for Femi Gbajabiamila, in next year’s budget estimates presented to the National Assembly by the President last month. But the CoS, in a tweet on his verified X handle (formerly Twitter) on…
Sad news fills the air as Frank Kokori, the former general secretary of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), breathed his last at a hospital in Warri, Delta state. His demise coincided tragically with his birthday. Atawada Oke, Kokori’s devoted personal assistant, confirmed the demise of the seasoned leader, who had been grappling with a kidney-related ailment over the past few months. Kokori, on November 9, had sounded the alarm about his health from his sickbed. Responding to this, Sheriff Oborevwori, the governor of Delta, paid a visit to the ailing statesman 24 hours later. During…