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COURT STRIKES OUT NAIRA ABUSE CHARGE AGAINST CUBANA CHIEF PRIEST
Kehinde Ogundare, the judge of the federal high court sitting in Lagos, has struck out the naira abuse charge against Cubana Chief Priest. On April 16, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) filed a three-count charge against the socialite over alleged abuse of the naira. Cubana Chief Priest was alleged to have sprayed and tampered with naira…
BOKO HARAM TERRORISTS ABDUCT HIGH COURT JUSTICE MSHELIA, WIFE, 2 OTHERS IN BORNO
A High Court Judge, Justice Haruna Mshelia, his wife, driver and orderly were abducted by the Boko Haram terroriste along Biu to Maiduguri road on Monday, June 24, 2024. Justice Mshelia was traveling in his vehicle, accompanied by his driver, a security escort and his wife. As they approached a curve in the road between…
MISSING OGUN STATE PREGNANT WOMAN FAKED ABDUCTION, FOUND IN KWARA STATE – NPF
The Ogun State Police Command, on Monday, said a pregnant woman, Rahemat Lateef, who claimed to have been abducted by some unknown gunmen while going to the state hospital at Ijaiye, Abeokuta for child delivery, is a case of fake kidnap. The spokesperson for the state police command, SP Omolola Odutola, disclosed this on her…
POLICE ARREST MAN WITH HUMAN SKULL IN OGUN STATE
A man has been arrested by operatives of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly exhuming and beheading a corpse for ritual purposes in the Car Wash area of the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, in a telephone conversation with our correspondent on Tuesday, disclosed that the suspect, Lekan Akinyemi, was arrested…
POLICE ARREST FOUR SUSPECTS OVER MURDER OF RETIRED GENERAL IN ABUJA
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command says it has nabbed four suspects in connection with the murder of retired Brigadier General Uwem Harold Udokwere. The FCT Commissioner of Police, Beneth Igweh, disclosed this while parading the suspects as well as others who committed heinous crimes at the FCT Police Command headquarters in Abuja on Monday….
DRIVER BAGS LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR ABDUCTING, DEFILING 10-YEAR-OLD
A Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced a 24-year-old commercial driver, Abdul Hudu, to life imprisonment for defiling and abducting a 10-year-old girl (name withheld) for three days. Justice Rahman Oshodi held that the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt the two-count charge of adduction and defilement against Hudu….
JAMB TO APPROVE MINIMUM CUT-OFF MARKS FOR 2024 ADMISSIONS ON JULY 18
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed July 18 for the policy meeting that will determine the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) cut-off marks for 2024 admissions into tertiary institutions. The board’s weekly bulletin reports that the meeting, which is to be chaired by Tahir Mamman, the education minister, would have other stakeholders in…
NO UNIFORM UTME CUT-OFF MARK FOR TERTIARY INSTITUTION ADMISSIONS – JAMB
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has clarified that there is no such thing as a uniform national minimum score for admission into tertiary institutions in the country. JAMB had revealed that it is looking to host a policy meeting with education stakeholders on July 18 ahead of 2024 admissions. At this meeting, the minimum cut-off…
FOUR NIGERIANS GET $250,000 GRANT TO MONETISE FOOD PROCESSING, ENERGY INNOVATIONS
The Science Granting Councils Initiative (SGCI) has awarded a $250,000 grant to four research teams from Nigeria. This was disclosed at the project inauguration and initial boot camp of SGCI funding in Abuja. The grant was given to the shortlisted teams after the implementation of the Research for Impact Initiative (R41) under the auspices of…
SUSPECT IN DEADLY TRIPLE SHOOTING AT COLORADO HOTEL CAUGHT AFTER MANHUNT
A man accused of carrying out a shooting that killed one person and wounded two other people early Sunday at a Colorado hotel was arrested after an intense manhunt on the ground and in the air. The city of Alamosa said Sunday evening on Facebook that the person of interest in the shooting, identified by authorities as…