Briga News Nigeria A High Court of Justice in Kwale, Delta State, led by the Honorable Justice O. F Enenmo, has handed down a ten-year jail term to two persons convicted of unlawfully possessing a sawed-off single-barrel gun. The defendants who are incarcerated at the custodial center in Kwale, are Mr. Joshua Anamali, aged…
Briga News Nigeria The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Western condemns in strong term the heinous act of annihilating one of our own, Mr. O. Toyo by their Irele(Ikale) neighbours over a farmland ownership tussle. Mr. O. Toyo was ambushed and killed while working on his farm in an unprintable manner. Until his murder, Mr. O….
Briga News Nigeria Twenty-five students of the Ajayi Crowther University in Oyo State were on Wednesday arraigned before Chief Magistrate Court in connection with the murder of Alex Timileyin, a student who was beaten to death by his colleagues for allegedly stealing a mobile phone. The students, aged between 18 and 34, have been remanded…
Briga News Nigeria Concerned Stakeholders and Non-governmental Organisations have appealed to the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obasiki to resettle displaced indigenes of Agbede, Oweike, and Opuba communities, following alleged military attacks that led to the burning down of their homes. The stakeholders said the attack was allegedly carried out by the Nigerian army and G2G…
Briga News Nigeria Civil society groups under the auspices of the Ijaw People’s Development Initiative, IPDI and the Ijaw Publishers’ Forum, IPF, in a joint statement have called on the Inspector General of Police, Mr Kayode Igbetokun, the governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, and the commissioner of police, Bayelsa Command to swing into…
Briga News Nigeria Justice Ayokunle Faji of the Federal High Court in Lagos, on Monday, discharged and acquitted the former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Patrick Akpobolokemi, from alleged N8,537,586, 798.58 billion fraud case. Justice Faji cleared Akpobolokemi and an employee of NIMASA, Josphine Otuaga, of the 22-count charge of…
Briga News Nigeria Justice C. J. Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, has convicted and sentenced one Solomon Martins to one year imprisonment for romance scam. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission disclosed this in a statement shared on its Facebook page on Sunday. The commission stated that Martins was arraigned…
Briga News Nigeria The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, on Wednesday, said the traditional ruler of Ewu-Urhobo Kingdom in Delta State, His Royal Majesty Clement Oghenerukevwe Ikolo, Urhukpe 1, took the best decision by turning himself in after being declared wanted by the military in connection with the killing of 17 soldiers in…
Briga News Nigeria The House of Representatives Committee on Financial Crimes has ordered the immediate arrest of the Chief Executive of Binance Holding Limited, Richard Teng and Management, for failure to appear before the committee and defend its alleged involvement in terrorism financing and money laundering. Chairman of the Committee, Hon. Ginger Onwusibe issued the…
Briga News Nigeria Rivers State Police Command says it has arrested the manager of the Paragon Clinics and Imaging Diagnosis. The arrest followed the report of death of a first-class graduate of Micro Biology from Benson Idahosa University, Benin City, Edo State This former student, identified as Rebekah Sekidika, was admitted at this private health…