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Sarah Ochekpe, a former Minister of Water Resources, has been sentenced to imprisonment by a Federal High Court sitting in Jos over a N450 million money laundering scandal. Ochekpe, who served as Minister under former President Goodluck Jonathan, was sentenced alongside a former chairman of the People Democratic Party in Plateau state, Raymond Dabo, and the Plateau State Coordinator of ...

The Federal High Court, Abuja, has rejected a bail application filed by detained deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, to regain freedom from custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The suspended ‘super cop’ had sued the Federal Government before the court challenging his continued detention by the NDLEA.   In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/182/22, Kyari sought an ...

Abba Kyari, detained and suspended deputy commissioner of Police, has sued the Federal Government before a Federal High Court in Abuja over his continued detention by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/182/22, Kyari is seeking an order of court to immediately release him.   In the alternative, the suspended DCP, being held by the ...

The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), Hon. Abdullahi Mahmud Gaya has assured Nigerians that his Committee will handle companies who imported methanol-blended Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) into the country. The Chairman was responding to a question from one of the Committee members in that regard.   Hon. Gaya spoke during an engagement with Management of the NNPC ...

A Lagos State High Court sitting at the Osborne area in Ikoyi has threatened to jail executives of banks who fail to disclose the amount to the credit of Imagine Global Holding Company Ltd, Imagine Global Solutions Ltd, and the Nigerian couple, Bamise and Elizabeth Ajetunmobi. The two firms and the Ajetunmobi couple have been associated with an N11.795bn investment ...

Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, says the federal government has outlawed the use of generic internet domains for official purposes. Pantami said this on Wednesday while addressing journalists at the end of the weekly federal executive council (FEC) meeting presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. The minister said the council approved the ‘National Policy on the Government, ...

Abba Kyari: More Revelation As Tunji Disu Almost Indicted; Police Yet To Disband IRT, STS Satellite Units The Nigeria Police Force has said its Intelligence Response Team (IRT) and Special Tactical Squad (STS) across the country are still intact. This was confirmed by Premium Times in a Tuesday evening telephone interview with police spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi. Media platforms had reported ...

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the closure of all satellite units of the Intelligence Response Team and Special Tactical Squad across the country. This comes a day after the arrest of the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police and Head, Intelligence Response Team of the Nigeria Police Force, Abba Kyari and others by authorities of the National ...

After serious deliberations that dragged into the early hours of yesterday, the National Executive Council, NEC, of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, said it was embarking on a month strike to press the Federal Government to meet its demands. But the Federal Government in a swift reaction, said ASUU was insincere, considering the reasons given for embarking on the ...

DCP Abba Kyari, the suspended head of the Intelligence Response Team, has been arrested by the Nigerian police.   According to a report by PUNCH, Kyari was arrested alongside four others on Monday. Kyari was arrested hours after National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) declared he wanted over alleged drug links.   The suspended DCP is also under investigation after ...