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ABUJA– Legal practitioners, on Friday, demanded an urgent probe of the allegation of sexual harassment that was raised against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio by the female lawmaker representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. In separate interviews with Vanguard, the lawyers, described as weighty and grave, the female lawmaker’s claim that she was …
The Nigeria Customs Service, Western Marine Command, has officially handed over 4,973 loaves of Cannabis Sativa and two suspects to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for further investigation and prosecution. The command said it had also transferred 195 bottles of 300ml codeine to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control. The …
At least 25 arrests have been made during a worldwide operation against child abuse images generated by artificial intelligence (AI), the European Union’s law enforcement organization Europol has said. The suspects were part of a criminal group whose members engaged in distributing fully AI-generated images of minors, according to the agency. The operation is one …
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday arraigned former Abia State Governor, Theodore Orji, his son Chinedum Orji, and three others before the Abia State High Court over alleged misappropriation of public funds amounting to ₦47 billion. The other defendants include: Dr. Philip Nto – Former Abia State Commissioner of Finance Obioma King …
In a bid to enhance security across the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the FCT Police Command has raided criminal hideouts and black spots in the city, arresting 245 suspects with hard drugs, dangerous weapons and other stolen valuables. The Police also conducted raids on several abandoned and uncompleted buildings that had been turned into drug …
The Anambra State Police Command has admitted to operational lapses that led to the escape of two suspects involved in the murder of Hon. Justice Azuka, the lawmaker representing Onitsha North 1 Constituency in the State House of Assembly. Following the discovery of the lawmaker’s decomposing body at the Second Niger Bridge, multiple arrests were …
The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, Dr. Musa Aliyu, SAN, has called on media practitioners to sustain their critical role in the fight against corruption, stating that “corruption thrives in silence, but your voices can shatter that silence.” Speaking at the second edition of the Breakfast Meeting with …
The Abia state government has hinted at amending the state’s law on expired drugs to allow for severe punishment and imprisonment of traders selling fake, expired, unregistered medicines and other products. Gov. Alex Otti gave the hint on Thursday in Aba, at a meeting with the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) …
A High Court sitting in Warri has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) to publicly tender an apology to Mr Julius Oluwafunmisho Okedele for adding his name on a suit for Financial fraud The court In charge No. file FHC/WR/110C/2019,d on December 2, 2019, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) charged Akegor …
The United States will remove transgender troops from the military unless they obtain a waiver on a case-by-case basis, the Pentagon said in a Wednesday memo. The memo became public as part of a court filing in a case challenging President Donald Trump’s late January executive order that was aimed at barring military service by …