Justice Hannatu Balogun of the Federal High Court, Kaduna, on Tuesday sentenced one Justin James to six months imprisonment for fraud. Justice Balogun sentenced James, after he pleaded guilty to the allegation of fraud brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Earlier, the EFCC counsel, P. C. Onyeneho, told the court […]

Police on Tuesday confirmed the kidnap of Mr Samuel Ben, councillor representing Ward 6 Central in Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom. Police Public Relations Officer, SP Odiko Macdon, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Eket. He said the victim was kidnapped at his fuel station premises on Saturday, […]

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome, coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease has since spread worldwide, leading to the globally ravaging pandemic. COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to Africa on February 14, 2020, with […]

The Presidential Steering Committee(PSC) on COVID-19  has banned over 2,000 Nigerians and foreigners from traveling abroad and into the country for one year, for evading the Coronavirus Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test at the country’s international airports. The National Incident Manager (NIM) of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC), Mukhtar Muhammad, disclosed this at its briefing on […]

A former Chief of Air Staff, rtd Air Marshal Mohammed Umar on Monday, told the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court that he did not transfer N66 million from the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) account. Umar, led in evidence by his counsel, Mr Onyechi Ipeazu, SAN, told the court that he did not authorise […]