Baba Usman News Today

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, on Friday, suspended moves by the Kogi State High

Niger State’s chief judge, Justice Halima Ibrahim Abdulmalik, has sentenced a 31-year-old man, Hamza Mohammed, to death by hanging after he found him

A man, Hamza Mohammed, has been sentenced to die by hanging for stabbing another man to death during a free-for-all in Niger State.

J.A. Amahi Esq, a Delta State government lawyer, has been accused of purposefully preventing the release of Comrade Ighorhiohwunu Aghogho, a human rights activist and Delta State Chapter Coordinator of the human rights organisation, Take It Back Movement. Aghogho, who has been detained since June 2022, accused the prosecuting lawyer of deliberately frustrating the case to delay his release from prison. The activist had been at loggerheads with the police in the state after he protested against t...

  The National Judicial Council has been accused of failing to disclose the outcome of its investigation into petitions bordering on the alleged unprofessional and unethical conduct of judicial officers who are suspected child traffickers in Delta State despite acknowledging the petitions.  

The leader of the Coalition of Concern Groups for the former IGP, Muhammad Baba Ismail, while addressing newsmen in Damaturu said their mission is to formally

Nigeria's anti-corruption body, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested one Stephen Achema Akpa, the Chief Executive of Zoe New Dawn Nigeria Limited, for alleged N500 million land fraud. Wilson Uwujaren, the EFCC Head of Media and Publicity, said in a statement on Monday that Akpa was first arrested by the commission on December 2, 2022, but jumped bail. 

The ongoing court case of Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, at the Yaba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State was stalled on Monday, July 3 due to the absence of the trial judge. SaharaReporters had reported Kuti’s trial at the Yaba Magistrate’s Court was adjourned to July 3. It had also been reported that there was a mild drama at the last court sitting as the Nigerian police’s effort to charge musician Seun Kuti afresh for assault was blocked by human rights attorney, Femi Falana (SAN).

In a letter seen by The PUNCH in Owerri, the state capital, written and signed by their counsel, Ugochukwu Okoro.

Usman Alkali Baba obtained a BA (ED) in Political Science from Bayero University, Kano, in 1985. He has a Masters Degree in Public Administration (MPA) obtained from the University of Maiduguri, Borno State, in 1997. He holds a Teacher's Grade II Certificate (TC II) from Teachers College, Potiskum, Yobe State, in 1980.