Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has said that the Nigeria Police and other security agencies in the country lack the power to arrest, detain and prosecute Nigerian citizens for the so-called offences of “cyberstalking” ”insult” “causing annoyance” and “criminal intimidation.” Falana who stated this in a statement on Thursday, noted that consequently, all pending cases filed on the basis of the repealed aspects of Section 24 of the Cybercrime Act 2015 “should be discontinued without any further delay.” The renowned human rights lawyer said in the statement, “Section 24 of the Cybercrime Act, 2015 had criminalised ‘cyberstalking’, ”insult’, ‘causing…
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An official of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Uduo Achu, on Wednesday, narrated to the Federal High Court in Lagos how a convicted drug baron, Steve Adigwe, also known as Isioma Obobo, received huge sums of money from the illicit trade and laundered the same. Achu said that the convict attempted to disguise the origin of the said money which is over N400m. bobo, received huge sums of money from the illicit trade and laundered the same. Achu said that the convict attempted to disguise the origin of the said money which is over N400m. The convicted drug baron,…
Abuja-based legal practitioner, Pelumi Olajengbesi, has faulted the arrest and detention of Lagos-based singer, Habeeb Okikiola, also known as Portable, by Nigerian Police operatives on grounds related to debt. Portable was arrested by the police for failing to settle the N14m debt accrued from the purchase of a car. In a viral video, the controversial music star was seen attempting to evade arrest by jumping over a gate on Tuesday. In another video, he was seen being forcibly carried by four police officers into a waiting vehicle. Reacting to this development, Olajengbesi stated on Wednesday that Portable’s arrest and the…
NNPC Exploration and Production Limited (NNPC E&P Ltd.), NNPC Ltd.’s flagship upstream subsidiary, and Natural Oilfield Services Ltd. (NOSL), a subsidiary of Sterling Oil Exploration & Energy Production Company Ltd. (SEEPCO), announce the successful commencement of oil production at Oil Mining Lease (OML) 13 in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The production, which commenced on the 6th of May 2024, with 6,000 barrels of oil, is expected to be ramped up to 40,000 barrels per day by May 27th, 2024. The first oil flow from OML 13 is a historic milestone in the partnership between NNPC E&P Ltd and NOSL, highlighting…
Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, has charged Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, across the country to distance themselves from corrupt elements who advance the cause of bad governance with no consideration for the plight of Nigerians bearing the brunt of corrupt practices. He gave this charge in Abuja on Wednesday, May 15, 2024 when he received in audience, executives of the Conference of Northern States Civil Society Networks led by the Chairman, Ambassador Ibrahim Waiya. According to the EFCC boss, “whatever that is not expedient should be abhorred. It is appalling to see Civil…
The Federal Government has reiterated its determination to utilise Nigeria’s abundant gas resources towards revamping the nation’s industrial growth and kickstarting its economic prosperity. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu disclosed this while commissioning three critical gas infrastructure projects executed by NNPC Limited and its partners in Ohaji-Egbema, in Imo State, and Kwale, in Delta States, on Wednesday. The three projects commissioned include the expansion of the AHL Gas Processing Plant, the ANOH Gas Processing Plant and the 23.3km ANOH to Obiafu-Obrikom-Oben (OB3) Custody Transfer Metering Station Gas Pipeline Projects. “It is pleasing that approximately 500MMscf of gas in aggregate would be…