Day: September 15, 2025

MAN, STILL IN PRISON 20 YEARS AFTER STEALING PHONE

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Leroy Douglas has been in prison since 2005 after being given an indeterminate SENTENCE. The father of a Cardiff man who has spent 20 years in prison after stealing a mobile phone has said his son has served a “life sentence” behind bars. According to BBC, Leroy Douglas, 44, was handed a minimum term of two-and-a-half years in 2005 for robbery, but remains in custody as he is subject to an indeterminate sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP). The controversial measure was scrapped in 2012, but campaigners are calling…

FORMER NSIPA CHIEF HALIMA SHEHU FALSIFIES INVOLVEMENT IN N44B FRAUD, SAYS SHE WAS BY-PASSED

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The former National Coordinator of National Social Investment Program Agency (NSIPA) Halima Shehu denies any involvement in ‘N44bn fraud’, says she was bypassed in financial transactions. Shehu, has dismissed allegations that she diverted N44 billion of public funds. She was appointed in October 2023, and suspended by President Bola Tinubu in January 2024. She was investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged unauthorised withdrawals from NSIPA accounts into private and corporate accounts. In an interview with the Press, Shehu said she never made transfer of funds…

EMIR SANUSI HAILS SUBSIDY REMOVAL, SAYS IT SAVED NIGERIA FROM BANKRUPTCY

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Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II, Emir of Kano and former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Governor says the removal of the petrol subsidy saved Nigeria from bankruptcy. The Emir made this known on Saturday at the second edition of the Kano International Poetry Festival (KAPFEST), organised by the Poetic Wednesdays Initiative. Sanusi, said the subsidy regime was unsustainable, noting that it placed the burden of fluctuating global oil prices, exchange rates, transportation costs and refining expenses entirely on government coffers. “Subsidy was simply the government saying, ‘If the price of petrol…

ZAMFARA: PEACE DEAL COLLAPSES AS BANDITS KIDNAP 40

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About 40 worshippers were kidnapped during dawn prayers (Subh) on Monday, 15 September, 2025 at a mosque in Gidan Turbe village of Tsafe LGA of Zamfara State. According to Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication, the gunmen arrived the mosque around 5:30 am, surrounding the building and whisking away the worshippers at gunpoint. The abductors reportedly moved the captives into the forests near the Gohori axis in Tsafe. The attack has plunged the rural community into confusion and despair, coming barely a day after reports of a “peace deal” involving local…

COURT EXPOSES LATE EX-FCT MINISTER USENI’s FALSE IDENTITY IN 1993 UK PROPERTY PURCHASE.

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A UK property tribunal has handed down judgment dismissing competing claims over a London house in a case bordering on alleged fraud, forgery and false identities. The suit was filed by “Ms Tali Shani” against Mike Ozekhome, a senior advocate of Nigeria. The first-tier tribunal (Property Chamber), presided over by Ewan Paton, ruled that neither the applicant, “Ms Tali Shani”, nor the respondent, Ozekhome, could prove ownership of 79 Randall Avenue, London NW2. Instead, the court concluded that the real owner was Jeremiah Useni, a retired lieutenant-general who served as…

RESIDENT DOCTORS IN FCT COMMENCE INDEFINITE STRIKE OVER UNFULFILLED DEMANDS

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Resident doctors in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, have commenced an indefinite strike effective Monday, September 15, 2025, citing the government’s failure to meet their long-standing demands. The Association of Resident Doctors, FCTA (ARD-FCTA), announced the decision in a statement issued by its General Secretary, Dr. Agbor Affiong, following an Emergency General Meeting held on September 14. “This action follows the failure of management to address any of our legitimate demands, even after a one-week warning strike,” the statement read. The doctors vowed not to return to work until…

VEHICLE PLUNGES FROM BRIDGE, KILLING 19

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Tragedy struck on Saturday, 13th September, 25, when a commercial bus, conveying a bride and other wedding guests, plunged into a river while attempting to cross a broken bridge between Gwalli village and Gummi town in Zamfara State, leading to the death of nineteen passengers The victims were traveling from Fass village in Gummi Local Government Area to Kebbi State to hand over the bride to her husband after the wedding Fatiha. Eyewitnesses said the driver, who was unfamiliar with the terrain, tried to navigate a damaged bridge that had…