A 29-year-old man has been sentenced to two years imprisonment by a Federal High Court sitting in Gombe. The man, Khalil Ahmed, was sentenced by Justice Mohammed Garba Umar on Tuesday. The convict was arraigned after he was accused of presenting himself a Glo agent, and fraudulently extorted goods and money worth N267,000 from a…
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, MD Abubakar, has decorated some newly promoted police officers. The ceremony was held in Abuja and was attended by some high ranking officers. Among the decorated senior police officers were an Assistant Inspector General, Grace Chita Okudo; two Commissioners of Police, Elias Okafor Wayemeru and Henry Adebayo Fadairo; and two…
A report reaching our newsroom confirms that the Galadima of Adamawa, Aliyu Raji, has died. It was learnt that the reputable son of Adamawa gave up the ghost on Tuesday, June 25, 2014 at the Federal Medical Centre, Yola, the state capital. He was said to have died of an undisclosed illness. The late Galadima…
I wonder why some of our policemen are only interested in extorting commercial motorists, motorcyclists and tricyclists. Just last Thursday, some of my colleagues were robbed in front of the Alkem Nigerian Limited, along Alaba-Express Bus-stop, Mile2 area. One of them who luckily escaped ran to call some fierce looking and gun-wielding policemen mounting surveillance…
I met John Kayode Fayemi sometime in 1984 when we were both Student Activists at the University of Lagos. He graduated in 1985, I graduated in 1987. He represented Eni Njoku Hall while I came from Moremi Hall to serve on an ad hoc committee on some issue then. Kayode was the calm, studious type,…