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Police parade suspected human trafficker arrested for abducting 3-year-old boy in Nasarawa

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The Nasarawa State Police Command has paraded a suspected human trafficker arrested for abducting a 3-year-old boy.

Spokesperson of the command, ASP Ramhan Nansel, said the suspect, Rifkatu Kuraga, was arrested and the victim was rescued after a complaint was lodged at Garaku Divisional Police Headquarters on November 25.

\”On 25/11/2021 at about 2000hrs, a complaint was lodged at Garaku Divisional Police Headquarters, Kokona LGA, Nasarawa State about a missing three year old boy and all efforts to locate his whereabout proved abortive,\” he stated.

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King Charles Releases 19th Wedding Anniversary Pix, Sets To Resume Royal Duties – Lifestyle Nigeria

Britain’s King Charles III is to return public royal duties after the positive effect of his cancer treatment.

Charles has been receiving care as an outpatient since early February and the announcement will be a boost for the monarchy as it comes to terms with king and the Princess Kate of Wales as cancer patients.

Sources stressed that in spite of the welcome news; the king still has cancer and will continue to be treated for the undisclosed form of the disease.

A Buckingham Palace spokesperson on Friday said that “his majesty’s medical team are very encouraged by the progress made so far and remain positive about the king’s continued recovery.”

It has been widely reported that the king was keen to resume some form of public duties, in spite of his illness, after the announcement of his cancer diagnosis on February 6.

To mark the development, Buckingham Palace said Charles and Queen Camilla will visit a cancer treatment Centre on Tuesday to meet medical specialists and patients.

The royal event aims to raise awareness of the importance of early diagnosis and highlight innovative research, supported by Cancer Research UK, taking place at the hospital.

The Palace spokesperson said: “His majesty’s treatment programme will continue, but doctors are sufficiently pleased with the progress made so far that the king is now able to resume a number of public-facing duties.

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Document from school show evidence that Yahaya Bello paid school fees for family members in advance after withdrawing $720,000 from the state’s coffers

Documents serving as exhibits have shown how Yahaya Bello allegedly paid school fees in advance for his family members already in the school and even those to be enrolled in future with hundreds of thousands of dollars withdrawn from the state coffers.

A letter from the American International School of Abuja to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has shown the school admitting that Bello, the former governor of Kogi State, paid $845,852,84 into their bank account since September 2021 as advance school fees for 4 family members from the present class until they graduate.

Payment was also made for any future student to be enrolled by the family.

The document alleges that the payment was made by Mr. Ali Bello, alleged to be the eldest son of Yahaya Bello.

In the document, the school stated that they have deducted the fees for the educational service already rendered to the Bello children in the institution and what is left is $760, 910, which would be refunded to an account provided by the EFCC as the commission continues investigation into alleged money laundering levelled against Yahaya Bello.

The school also added that from the Bello family kids, “no further additional fees are expected in respect of tuition until they graduate from ASIA.”

This comes after Ola Olukoyede, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), disclosed that Yahaya Bello, former governor of Kogi, withdrew $720,000 from the state’s coffers to pay his child’s school fee in advance.

Olukoyede spoke in Abuja during an interactive session with media executives.

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NBA Urges Removal Of CJN From National Judicial Council – Lifestyle Nigeria

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has faulted the makeup of the National Judicial Council (NJC), the body tasked with disciplining errant judicial officers in Nigeria.

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), representing legal practitioners nationwide, criticized the existing mandate that requires the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) to lead the National Judicial Council (NJC).

According to the NBA, “The inherent flaws in the composition of the NJC impacts negatively on its ability to prosecute judicial misconduct in a manner that inspires public confidence.

Consequently, the NBA recommended that “members of the NJC should be appointed as follows: six judicial officers appointed by CJN; six lawyers nominated by the National Executive Council of the NBA including the NBA President and six non lawyers appointed by the President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, subject to the approval of the Senate.

“The Chairmanship of these bodies should be rotated between the heads of the three constituent groups.”

Besides, the NBA recommended the appointment of court administrators to take over the administrative functions if the various Heads of court such as procurement, budgeting, renovation of courts and implementation of judicial appropriations.

“These are activities within court administration that have severally been identified by the anti-corruption bodies as areas prone to corrupt activities.

“This proposal for the creation of this office takes cognizance of the role of the Chief Registrars of courts who will under the proposed arrangements enable them (together with heads of courts) concentrate solely on the business of adjudication especially case management without distraction.”