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Corruption: Court Admits Ex-Jigawa Gov, Turaki, to Bail

Corruption: Court Admits Ex-Jigawa Gov, Turaki, to Bail Justice Halilu Yusuf of the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja on Thursday July 13, 2017 granted bail to the former governor of Jigawa State, Ibrahim Saminu Turaki.  The former governor was re-arraigned before Justice Sabi’u Yahuza at the Federal High Court, Dutse, Jigawa State on a 32-count charge of misappropriating N36 billion while in office, after successfully challenging the jurisdiction of the FCT High Court, where he was first arraigned before Justice Binta Murtala Nyako.  Since his re-arraignment, Turaki refused to attend trial – a situation which resulted in the Commission declaring him wanted in May, 2013.  Operatives of the Commission finally apprehended him on July 4, 2017 at a public function in Abuja, pursuant to a bench warrant issued by the Federal High Court, Dutse, Jigawa State.  Turaki was brought to court today in compliance with an earlier order of court.  At today’s procee

Faces of Misinformation, Distabilization

Faces of social media activists L-R, INNOCENT ONYEKACHI ORITSETIMEYIN  AKPOTEDJA ADJENUHGURE and ADEOLA SAM OPEYEMI misleading Nigerians with non existent information about a $42 million found in Sen. Ahmed Makarfi' s farm by the EFCC less than 2 hours after the Supreme Court judgement on Wednesday. Nigerians beware of this merchants of evil and destabilization as they have continued to insist on their stories without any prove even when discerning minds have asked them to retract and apologise to their followers. They are however under watch.