The Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, secured the conviction and sentencing of one Ebe Aniekeme Okokon, before Justice Archibong Archibong of the State High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Okokon, an ex-banker who was sacked by an old generation bank where he worked, allegedly tricked one Effiong A. Asuquo into paying him N970, 000. 00 for a fake “Life Insurance Scheme”, policy which he promised would earn the policy holder interest at maturity in one year. After investing in the scheme in 2018, the convict issued a forged copy of…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The House of Representatives ad hoc Committee on purchase of arms and amunition on Friday, insisted that the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Attahiru Ibrahim must appear in person to clarify issues on purchase of arms by Nigerian Army. This followed the adoption of a motion by Rep. Bede Eke at a public hearing in Abuja. Ibrahim has sent a team of officers led by Maj.Gen. Charles Ofoche to represent him at the event. Rep. Ifeanyi Mouma, while raising a point of order at the hearing said that a written invitation was sent to COAS by the committee to…
The Nigerian Navy on Friday, in Lagos, court-martialled 13 of its personnel arrested for their alleged involvement in both civil and military offences. The president of the Western Naval Command Court, Rear Admiral Zakariayya Muhammad, said the court-martial was convened at the instance of the Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo. Muhammad said the 13 personnel would be assumed innocent, until proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt. “The general court martial is part of military criminal justice system emplaced to try military personnel with seasoned officers as trial judges of many years of experience. “The court will…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday listed the COVID-19 vaccine Ad26.COV2.S, developed by Janssen (Johnson & Johnson), for emergency use in all countries and for COVAX roll-out. WHO, in a statement posted on its website, said the decision came on the back of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) authorisation, which was announced on Thursday. The statement quoted WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, as saying “every new, safe and effective tool against COVID-19 is another step closer to controlling the pandemic. “But the hope offered by these tools will not materialise unless they are made available to all people in…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday that it was aware of blood clot concerns linked to “a specific batch” of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, but maintained that to date, no-one has died from any coronavirus vaccine. WHO spokesperson, Dr Margaret Harris, in a videoconference in Geneva, said the development came after several European countries suspended the rollout of the jab as a precaution. “As of 9 March, there have been over 268 million doses of vaccine delivered since the start of the pandemic, “Based on data reported – that’s data reported to WHO by national governments – no causes…
Troops of Quick Response Force of 1 Division, Nigerian Army, has foiled attempt by bandits to kidnap some students of Turkish International Secondary School located in Rigachikun, Kaduna State. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, in a statement on Friday, said the troops quickly mobilised to protect the school from the bandits following a tip off on the planned abduction. According to him, troops also responded to another distress call that bandits had stormed the Federal School of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, Igabi Local Government Area of the state with aim of kidnapping the staff and students. “The troops…
Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of the Kwara State High Court on Friday sentenced a 38-year-old lecturer, Adebisi Ademola, to six months imprisonment over his involvement in love scam. Ademola, who teaches at the State College of Health Technology (Health Tech), Offa, was among the 33 suspected internet fraudsters arrested on Sept. 14, 2020, in Offa local government area of Kwara. The defendant was prosecuted by the Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on one-count charge bordering on romance scam. The offence is contrary to and punishable under Section 95 of the Penal Code of Northern Nigeria.…
The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ, has condemned the recent abduction of over 200 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization Afaka in Kaduna state. This is contained in a statement by the national president of the association, Ladi Bala and made available to ASHENEWS on Friday. According to her, “The latest abduction which is the fourth in the series of attacks on schools in last two months, calls for urgent and proactive actions by the Federal government and security agencies to halt the activities of criminals in the country. “From Kankara in Katsina State, to Kagara in…
In spite of the recorded BBC interview, Babagana Monguno, the National Security Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari, has denied that he said the huge funds approved by the president for the purchase of arms were missing. The NSA earlier on Friday, granted an interview to the BBC Hausa and published here where he said the that the new service chiefs did not see the arms supposed to have been purchased with the ‘huge funds’. However, reacting to media reports carried in various media, Monguno, in an “Urgent Press Statement”, issued by the office of the National Security Adviser on Friday,…
One year after, the Lagos State Police Command, have arrested Mr Adelaja Segun Moses, aged 26. Moses, who hails from Emuren, Ogun State was arrested on Saturday 6th March, 2021 at about 2am, in Emuren Ogun state during a sting operation. The spokesperson of the command, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi in a statement on Friday said the suspect was arrested for his involvement in the kidnapping and killing of one Chinese national in February last year. According to the statement, the suspect, a strong member of Aiye Confraternity, and his cohort kidnapped the Chinese national at Okunowa, Ijebu, in Ogun state…