The Federal High Court Abuja has found Dr Doyin Okupe guilty of receiving over N200 million cash from former National Security Adviser (NSA) Col. Sambo Dasuki and also sentenced him to two years imprisonment. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu while delivering judgement on Monday, held that the action of Okupe, who is the first defendant in the suit filed…
Wife and son of Doyin Okupe, former Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Media to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, on Monday, begged a Federal High Court in Abuja to tamper justice with mercy on Okupe’s sentencing. Omolola and Adesunkanmi Okupe spoke as witnesses shortly after the court reconvened following the defendant’s conviction. The court presided over by…
Doyin Okupe, a former Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Media to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan and current Director General of Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the Labour Party (LP), was on Monday, December 19, convicted by an Abuja federal high court for allegedly breaching the Money Laundering Act, IGBERETV reports.Ruling on the case in which Okupe is accused…
The Department of State Services has withdrawn the security details attached to the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke. This development was confirmed on Sunday by the governor’s spokesman, Olawale Rasheed, in a statement. A group, Osun Shall Rise Again had on Saturday, claimed that the leadership of the DSS withdrew its officers attached to Adeleke, following…
The Ministry of Interior has denied dates purportedly circulating online as the official dates for the yuletide holidays. In a statement to DAILY POST on Saturday, the Director of Press and Public Relations, Afonja Fatai Ajibola denied the trending news purportedly credited to the Ministry on the announcement of Public holidays for the yuletide. “The…
The military operations, Special Forces (SF) under the 271 Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Detachment, has in the early hours of 17 December 2022 rescued 7 Chinese expatriates earlier kidnapped and held hostage by terrorists in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State. Director of Public Relations & Information, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet in a press statement revealed that the…
The factional National Publicity Secretary of the Social Democratic Party, Alpha Muhammad, has berated the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi for ejecting non-indigenes from Anambra State when he (Obi) was governor in the state. Muhammad, who spoke in an interview with Saturday PUNCH on Thursday, said the incident was still fresh in…
Suspected killer herdsmen have written to residents of some communities in Ogun state, threatening to invade their house in a reprisal attack. The unknown herdsmen in the notice letter of attack, a copy which was obtained by our correspondent, threw fear into the minds of the residents of Asa, Agbon, Ibeku and Oja-Odan communities in the…
France coach Didier Deschamps is sweating on the fitness of several key players on Saturday as his team battled a mystery virus on the eve of the World Cup final against Argentina. With little more than 24 hours to go before the world champions face Lionel Messi and Argentina at Doha’s Lusail Stadium on Sunday,…
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has inaugurated the Enugu State Multi-Door Courthouse building newly constructed by his administration in furtherance of its unprecedented interventions in the state judiciary for efficient dispensation of justice. Inaugurating the befitting Enugu State Multi-Door Courthouse building, located within the Three Arms Zone of the Independence Layout, Enugu, Governor Ugwuanyi named it after Hon….