The Federal High Court, Abuja, has sentenced Garuba Mohammed Duku, a retired Director of Finance and Administration with the Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC) under the supervision of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), for corruption and money laundering involving N318 million.
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) command of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has confirmed the arrest of 12 suspected armed robbers involved in the death of ARISE News anchor, Somtochukwu Christelle Maduagwu as well as a security guard, Barnabas Danlami, at Unique Apartments, Gishiri Village, Katampe District, Abuja.
President Bola Tinubu has granted a presidential pardon to several historic and contemporary figures, like Herbert Macaulay, Mamman Vasta, Farouk Lawan, and others who were executed in 1995 under the military regime of late General Sani Abacha. Vatsa was sentenced to death over a treason charge in 1986, and Macaulay was twice convicted by the colonial authorities in Lagos. In 1913, while in private practice as a surveyor, he was tried for allegedly misappropriating funds from an estate he administered and sentenced to prison; historians have long debated the fairness of that prosecution.
The International Criminal Police Organization, INTERPOL, has confirmed the arrest of a Nigerian national, identified as Ikechukwu N., by Argentine authorities. In an update shared on its official X handle on Tuesday, INTERPOL stated that Ikechukwu had been on its wanted list for allegedly coordinating several romance scams that defrauded thousands of women and for leading an international cybercrime network.
A group of Abuja-based lawyers has filed a petition with the Attorney General of the State of New York, United States, calling for a formal investigation into the financial dealings of Sahara Media Group Incorporated and its founder, Omoyele Sowore.
A presenter with ARISE News, Somtochukwu Christelle Maduagwu, waskilled in the early hours of Monday during a robbery attack at her residence in Katampe, Abuja, which was announced in a statement signed by the management of ARISE News.
