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Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Police Command have arrested personnel of the Nigerian Navy, Abdul Rasheed Muhammad, over the death of Aminu, the son of former Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral I. I. Ibrahim (retd). DAILY POST reports that Muhammad allegedly killed Aminu and stole his Prado SUV about two weeks ago in the Maitama area of the nation’s capital. The FCT Commissioner of Police, CP Benneth Igweh, who gave the update on Wednesday while parading some suspects in Abuja, said the suspected killer was arrested and the vehicle was recovered. According to the CP, operatives of…

Police operatives from the Angwan Lambu Division in Nasarawa State have arrested a woman, Khadija Umar, also known as “Naira,” along with two of her biological children, in connection with a series of housebreaking and theft incidents. According to a press release by the Nasarawa State Police Command, Khadija Umar orchestrated the criminal activities by scouting targeted areas and monitoring residents. Once the coast was clear, she allegedly enlisted the help of her two sons and two other suspects, who are currently at large, to carry out the thefts. During the operation, the police recovered several stolen items from the…

Four Nigerian nationals have been sentenced to prison in the United Kingdom after being convicted of forging over 2,000 marriage certificates to facilitate illegal residency in the country. The convicts, identified as Abraham Alade Olarotimi Onifade (41), Abayomi Aderinsoye Shodipo (38), Nosimot Mojisola Gbadamosi (31), and Adekunle Kabir (54), were all sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court in London on Tuesday. The Home Office revealed that the group was part of an organized criminal network that submitted fraudulent applications under the EU Settlement Scheme for Nigerian nationals between 2019 and 2023. The operation, which included the provision of false Nigerian Customary…

Nigerian businesses and households expect the inflation rate to rise in the next one to six months. This is according to the Central Bank of Nigeria’s July Inflation Expectations Survey Report released on Tuesday. The survey showed that respondents expect inflation to rise in the review months with indices of 37.4 for the next month, -26.3 for the next two months and -15.8 for the next six months. However, the report showed respondents expect the inflation rate to gradually reduce over the next six months. A further analysis indicated that businesses anticipate that the inflation rate will drop compared to…

The Federal High Court in Abuja has issued an order restraining the Nasarawa State government and security agencies from arresting farmers or interfering with their rights, pending the resolution of a legal dispute over the alleged forcible seizure of 10,000 hectares of farmland. The ruling was delivered by Justice Peter Lifu in response to a fundamental rights motion ex parte, marked FHC/CS/ABJ/1044/2024, filed by Sambo Vongjen Esq on behalf of his client, a representative of the affected farmers. DAILY POST reports that the farmers claimed that the Nasarawa State government seized their ancestral lands for agricultural projects without offering any…

The Nigerian Navy has handed over 72 bags of Cannabis sativa, each weighing 40kg and four arrested suspects to the Marine Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. This was contained in a statement issued by the Base Information Officer, Nigerian Navy Ship, NNS BEECROFT, Lt. Hussaini Ibrahim, on Tuesday, adding that the Navy handed over three Ghanaian and one Beninese. The commander of NNS BEECROFT, Commodore Rafiu Oladejo, represented by Navy Capt. Mutalib Raji, said the consignments were intercepted on August 25, 2024, by the Quick Response Team. According to him, the operation followed credible and actionable…

The meeting of the National Working Committee of the Julius Abure-led faction of the Labour Party on Tuesday sparked a fresh altercation with facial chairman Callistus Okafor, declaring the meeting a nullity and lacking the power to do so. Okafor, in an interview with journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, insisted that the purported meeting by Julius Abure was illegal, saying he has no right to call for a National Working Committee, NWC meeting after his tenure expired. Okafor, who was reacting to the communiqué the Abure-led NWC issued, called for an inclusive convention as a way to implement the consent…

A legal practitioner, Sunday Ununu, reportedly killed an orphan, Nnamdi Nwite Ugo, over the weekend in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital. Ugo was reportedly killed during the celebration of Izzi Unuphu Power of Attorney community election in Abakaliki Local Government Area. The Izzi Unuphu Power of Attorney group is charged with the responsibility of managing land dealings in the locality. The group has been recovering lands it considers illegally acquired or sold by members of the community to non-indigenes of the area. DAILY POST learnt that an election was conducted to vote for new leaders to pilot the affairs of…

The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, has called on lawyers across the country to always observe due diligence in their practices. This, according to him, is necessary for them to know the background of their clients so as not to run foul of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing, AML/CTF regulations. Speaking on Tuesday at a panel discussion on money laundering during the 64th Annual General Conference of Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Conference 2024 in Lagos, the EFCC’s boss said: “As lawyers, we are supposed to hold a position of trust in our professional…

The Ogun State House of Assembly has invited the chairman and members of the Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission, OGSIEC, over the stipulated administrative fees for political parties for the upcoming local government elections. DAILY POST recalls that the chairman of OGSIEC, Babatunde Osibodu, during a stakeholder meeting announced that the sum of N250,000 must be paid by various parties for their chairmanship candidates. Osibodu stated that for male councillors, the parties are expected to pay N150,000, while female candidates will pay N100,000 for the election slated for November 16, 2024. DAILY POST reported that the fee sparked anger from…