A Lagos High Court on Friday has sentenced a Dane, Peter Nielsen, to death by hanging for killing his Nigerian wife and daughter. Nielsen was arraigned on June 13, 2018. Justice Bolanle Okikiolu-Ighile convicted Nielsen, 54, on two counts of murder brought against him by the Lagos State Government.
A former Managing Director (MD) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr. Nsima Ekere was arrested on Wednesday by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged fraud to the tune of N47 billion. According to reports, Ekere voluntarily submitted himself to the Commission’s Lagos zonal office.
The Accountant General of Federation, Ahmed Idris, has been suspended indefinitely by the federal government of Nigeria through the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, hours after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested him over an alleged fraud of N80 billion.
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested the current Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Mr. Ahmed Idris on Monday over alleged diversion of funds and money laundering to the tune of N80 billion. This was disclosed by the Commission’s spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren in a statement titled ‘EFCC arrests Ahmed Idris, Accountant-General of the Federation for N80Bn Fraud’.
The police on Monday arraigned two suspects, Bilyaminu Aliyu and Aminu Hukunci, over the killing of Deborah Samuel on May 12, with the defence team boasting of 34 lawyers. A mob of Muslim extremists comprising colleagues and co-students of the deceased, brutally murdered Ms Samuel over alleged blasphemy, sparking nationwide outrage by Nigerians.
Presently there is an ongoing protest in Sokoto State calling for the immediate release of all who were apprehended by the police over the murder of Miss Deborah Samuel a 200-level student of the State College of Education, who was beaten, stoned, and was set ablaze for accused blasphemy.
