The Kano State High Court on Thursday sentenced the proprietor of Nobel Kids Academy and North West Preparatory School, Abdulmalik Tanko, to death for the kidnap and murder of a five-year-old schoolgirl, Hanifa Abubakar. Delivering the judgment, Justice Usman Na'abba sentenced Mr. Tanko, 38, and his accomplice Hashimu Isyaku, 38 to death by hanging for the crime. The convicts were also sentenced to five years each for conspiracy. One other suspect, Fatima Musa, was sentenced to one-year imprisonment for conspiracy and another one year for an attempt to commit a felony.

A high court in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Maitama has granted bail to the suspended Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Ahmed Idris, and co-defendants. The presiding judge, Justice Adeyemi Ajayi who gave the ruling on Thursday, adopted all the terms and conditions of the administrative bail agreement set by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

A High Court sitting of the Federal Capital Territory on Friday remanded an ex Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Ahmed Idris, and two others in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Kuje, Abuja. Idris and his co-defendants are being prosecuted on a 14-count charge of alleged stealing and criminal breach of trust to the tune of N109 billion.

The National Population Commission (NPC) has disowned the fake recruitment portal circulating on social media platforms and advised the general public to ignore it. This was made known on Monday in a statement issued by the Commission’s Director, Public Affairs, Isiaka Yahaya.

The Katsina Police Command on Friday said its men arrested one of the escapees from the recent Kuje prison jailbreak. According to the police, the 33-year-old escapee, Kamal Abubakar, was re-arrested on Thursday evening in Danmusa Local Government Area of Katsina state, during a raid on suspected criminal hideouts in the council.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has reacted to a viral video of alleged Permanent Voters Card, PVCs found buried in drainage. The electoral empire revealed that the alleged buried PVCs were found in a highly placed area in Rivers state. Recall a viral video that went around on social media portraying some number of PVCs alleged to have been buried somewhere at a politician's residence.