Category: Crime/Health

Cocaine: Court Orders Erstwhile Super Cop Kyari To Enter Defence

Ganiyu Amodu

Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday, ordered suspended DCP Abba Kyari, and his co-defendants to enter their defence in the charge preferred against them by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. Justice Emeka Nwite, in separate rulings on their no-case submission applications, held that a prima face case had been made out against Kyari and other police officers in the charge. Kyari, the 1st defendant and a former head of the Intelligence Response Team, IRT, of the Police was arrested on February 14, 2022, after the NDLEA declared…

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‘For Criticising Govt On Social Media,’ Court Sentences 18 year old Girl To Jail

Ganiyu Amodu

’12 strokes of the cane, or 2 years imprisonment, or a fine of Fifty Thousand Naira (50,000),’ Details of punishment Chief Magistrate Faruk Umar slammed on Miss Hamdiyya Sidi Shariff   A Sokoto Chief Magistrates’ Court presided over by Chief Magistrate Faruk Umar, has sentenced an 18 year old social media activist, Hamdiyya Sidi Shariff, to 12 strokes of the cane, or 2 years imprisonment, or a fine of Fifty Thousand Naira (50,000). Platforms Africa reports that Shariff was arrested November 13, 2024, and put in prison for allegedly lamenting…

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‘After Long-Term Illness,’ Popular Lagos ex-LCDA Boss Is Dead

Ganiyu Amodu

 He didn’t survive the stroke A former Executive Secretary of Ojodu Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Mallam Ahmed Moyosore Jaji, has died from a long illness. Platforms Africa reports according to available information that the ex-LCDA boss, who served during Bola Tinubu’s reign as governor, had initially suffered from stroke. Jaji was said to have not fully recovered from the illness that led to his stroke. “I’m Not Mourning Omololu Olunloyo,” Daughter, Kemi, Says Her Father “Ru!ned Our Lives” Meet Johnson-Opeseitan, Mother of Two Who Broke 61-year-old UNILAG Record Ansar-ud-Deen…

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U.S Court Summons Davido Over Alleged Theft, Stealing

Ganiyu Amodu

Nigerian music sensation, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has been summoned by a United States federal court to appear in New York within 21 days to respond to allegations of intellectual property theft and breach of settlement, following a lawsuit filed by four Nigerian artists. According to court documents filed at the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, the plaintiffs, Martins Chukwuka Emmanuel, Abel Great Umaru, Kelvin Ayodele Campbell, and David Ovhioghena Umaru, accused Davido of stealing their 2022 song titled ‘Work’ and using…

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Man Who Brutalised Borno School Pupil Docked, Victim Hospitalised + VIDEO

Abibat Babalola

. How video posted by Platforms Africa went viral, heightened justice for the young victim     The Borno State Government has taken swift legal action against Mamman Sheriff and his wife, who were caught on video assaulting a young girl in Pompomari Bypass, Maiduguri. The video recorded by Ahmed Baba Dikwa, which went viral on social media after being posted by Platforms Africa, showed Mamman Sheriff brutally bea*ting the girl while his wife encouraged him. Reports confirmed that the girl was attacked simply for entering their compound to pick…

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‘Come To My Rescue,’ Man Accuses Police Of Converting His Stolen Car Into Patrol Vehicle

Ganiyu Amodu

A man has called out the Delta State Police Command for converting his missing car into a police vehicle. In a now-trending video, the man, identified as Ogoro Miffy, recounted how his car got stolen when he attended a church program in 2015. After discovering the theft, he went to the Ekpan Division Police Station to file a report. “Them say make I go print paper for stolen vehicle. I even distribute am for them,” he explained in pidgin. He claimed that after two years, in 2017, he was shocked…

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MC Oluomo’s Successor At Lagos NURTW, Tafa Sego, Escapes Assassination

Gbenga Adeoti

The Chairman of the Lagos State Council of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Mustapha Adekunle Adio, popularly known as Tafa Sego, narrowly escaped an assassination attempt on Saturday after six armed men reportedly stormed his residence in Surulere, Lagos, with the intent to kill him. Fortunately, he was not at home at the time of the attack. Sources revealed that the assailants arrived his residence at Gbadamosi Close, Surulere, around 11pm on Saturday night . Upon arrival, they encountered only the security guard, whom they tied…

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EcoBank Slams Suit On Otudeko’s Son As 6.3 Billion Shares Showdown Degenerates

Gbenga Adeoti

  EcoBank Plc has asked the Federal High Court in Lagos to temporarily restrain Otudeko Obafemi Adedamola, the son of Oba Otudeko, and others, including the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), from selling or transferring 6,314,116,229 Barbican Capital Limited shares in FBN Holdings. This request was made in a motion accompanying the bank’s main suit, both instituted by Kunle Ogunba (SAN) against Otudeko, Barbican Capital Limited, Honeywell Flourmills of Nigeria Plc, Siloam Global Services Limited, Oyeleye Foluke, FBN Holdings Plc, CAC, and the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NGX). The bank’s lawyer alleges…

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My Cult Followers’ll Kill You If You Speak Against Me, Apostle Suleman To Critics

Precious Ibekwe

    I’ve had cult boys bring people to me and say, ‘This boy was insulting you, we beat am and say make he apologise.’   Johnson Suleman, the general overseer of the Omega Fire Ministries International, has boasted about enjoying extreme loyalty from his followers, including cult boys. Addressing his congregation in a video circulating on social media, the cleric warned that anyone who speaks against him in Auchi, Edo state, would face violent consequences from those devoted to him. Platforms Africa reports that the cleric attributed his followers’…

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UK-based Nigerian Doctor Filmed Selling Jobs To Foreigners

Ganiyu Amodu

A UK-based Nigerian doctor, Dr Kelvin Alaneme, was secretly filmed by the British Broadcasting Corporation in an undercover investigation, allegedly selling fake job opportunities to foreign nationals. According to a BBC documentary, Dr Alaneme, a psychiatrist who had worked for the National Health Service, is the founder of CareerEdu, an agency based in Harlow, Essex. The BBC stated that it launched its undercover investigation following a series of online complaints about his relocation services. PUNCH Metro reports that selling jobs in the UK is illegal. According to the report, CareerEdu…

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