By Callistus Agwaza in Jalingo The Acting Rector of Taraba State Polytechnic, Suntai, Dr Agbu Danlami has warned that the institution has zero torerance for extortion of students. Speaking in an interview with journalists at the Jalingo campus of the institution on Monday, Danlami said no student should be extorted under the guise of payments…
A federal high court sitting in Abuja has discharged and acquitted a former Group Managing Director (GMD)of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), Andrew Yakubu on charges of money laundering. Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had on February 3, 2017, raided the Kaduna property of Yakubu and recovered the sum…
The Charismatic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has condemned the persistent killings by criminal herdsmen in Benue state. Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, president-general of CBCN, Bishop Leonard Kawas, called on Presidemmnt Bola Tinubu to declare emergency rule in Benue to address the killings. Kawas also condemned the alleged threat on the Catholic…
By Sylvanus Tyoakaa Abuja The House of Representatives is to hold a plenary on Wednesday to facilitate the passage of three (3) Bills, which are of Urgent Public Importance. The bills are, the Proceeds of Crime Bill, the Money Laundering Prohibition Act Amendment Bill and the Terrorism Prevention Act Amendment Bill. A statement from the…
Bandits have demanded N10 million as ransom for the release of the corpse of their victim, Obadiah Ibrahim. Obadiah was said to have been kidnapped early October in Sabon Gaya, along the Kaduna Abuja road, as he was returning from Abuja to Kaduna. Narrating the family’s ordeal, brother to the victim, Kefas Obadiah, said in…
Some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba state, under the umbrella of Progressives Frontliners (PF), have raised the alarm over alleged plans by two lawmakers, elected on the platform of the party, to defect to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. In a statement, the group which championed grassroots…
