Day: September 15, 2021

38 individuals and 15 entities have been named by the UAE cabinet, on Monday, as backers of the Boko Haram sect and other terrorist cause. Nigerians on the UAE’s terrorism list include Abdurrahaman Ado Musa, Salihu Yusuf Adamu, Bashir Ali Yusuf, Muhammed Ibrahim Isa, Ibrahim Ali Alhassan and Surajo Abubakar Muhammad. The six persons have been previously tried and sentenced in the Western Asia country. A South West political group, Yoruba Ronu Leadership Forum (YRLP),called on President Muhammadu Buhari to probe the development and prosecute those found culpable. In a…

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Two final-year students of two tertiary institutions in Ilorin have been sentenced to various jail terms by the Kwara State High Court for offences bordering on cybercrime. The convicts are Oyewale Adetunji and Ibrahim Adebayo, students of the Kwara State University, Malete, and Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, respectively. Also convicted alongside Adetunji and Adebayo was one Saheed Sikirullahi, who claimed to be a former student of the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin. The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission prosecuted the three convicts on separate charges. The…

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A drug syndicate has been busted by troops of Operation Safe Haven, recovering 248 blocks of substance suspected to be cannabis worth about N7.5 m. The substance was said to be concealed in a Toyota Camry car with registration number Lagos, KJA 150 EG. According to a statement on Tuesday by Military Information Officer, Major Ishaku Takwa, the suspects include a retired army personnel. The statement was titled, ‘Troops bursts drug syndicates, recovers illicit drugs’. It partly read, “The suspects Ex-Corporal Essien Friday, a 60-year-old retired Army personnel and 50-year-old…

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