A retired officer of the Department of State Services (DSS), Ihechimere Ezeakolam was remanded in the Kuje Correctional Centre on Thursday by the Federal High Court in Abuja after he was arraigned over terrorism-related charges.
President Bola Tinubu has commended the rescue of more than 308 kidnapped victims abducted across several communities in Kwara and Niger States.
The Nigerian Army (NA) has declared 38 senior leaders of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorist group wanted, following the forensic analysis of recovered electronic devices after a recent offensive operation against ISWAP fighters in Lake Chad region of Borno State.
A retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Mary Odili, has said that judges accused of misconduct often evade disciplinary action because petitions filed against them are frequently unsupported by credible evidence. Speaking on Thursday at the South-East Regional Security Summit held at the International Conference Centre in Umuahia and organised by the Federal Ministry of Defence, Justice Odili stressed that the National Judicial Council (NJC) only disciplines judicial officers when allegations are backed by verifiable facts.
The successful rescue was confirmed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Chairman of Ekiti Local Government Council, Dada Sunday, in a statement issued in Ilorin on Wednesday. According to the statement, the victims were abducted from the Eju community after the local market and were being transported through a forest route toward Niger State when the joint security team intercepted the kidnappers.
The House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the alleged operations of the disputed Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) has declared the appointment letter presented by Adeniyi Adeyemi, who claims to be the council's Director-General, as fake. Chairman of the committee, Yusuf Gagdi, made the disclosure on Wednesday during the continuation of the investigative hearing in Abuja. He said findings presented before the panel showed that the documents submitted by Adeyemi lacked authenticity.
