The Enugu state Police Command has arrested Tsehemba Joshua, a 30-year-old male suspect, for armed robbery and murder of a 19-year-old scrap scavenger, Yusuf Ibrahim.
The suspect has been arraigned and remanded in prison custody.
Joshua is accused of conspiring with two accomplices, currently at large, to rob and strangle the victim.
According to the police spokesman, Daniel Ndukwe, the suspect was arrested by operatives from the Udenu Police Division of the command, following a community alert regarding a shallow grave discovered in a bush at Ojo River in Ogbodu-Aba, Obollo community, Udenu LGA.
“The suspect confessed to luring the victim under the pretence of selling a scrap motor vehicle propeller before robbing him of N100,000, strangling and burying his body in a shallow grave, on October 2, 2024.
“After a thorough investigation of the case by the Campus Monitoring/Anti-Cultism Section of the State CID Enugu, the suspect was arraigned and subsequently remanded, pending further court proceedings,” Ndukwe disclosed.
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NBMOA BoT sues Arewa 24 Ltd, others over licensing, operational issues
By Ahmid Lawal
Abuja
The Northern Broadcast Media Owners Association (NBMOA) Board of Trustees has initiated a legal action against Arewa 24 Limited and seven others over the licensing and operational status of the parties.
The suit is currently before Justice Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja.
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation, the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria, the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Council, MIPAN, MULTICHOICE, STARTIMES, and ADVAN are all defendants in the suit.
NBMOA wants the court to determine, among other things, the threat posed by the activities of the unlicensed broadcasts, who are the defendants, on the legal and competitive media landscape and its effect on media owners and audiences across Nigeria.
The chairman of the NBMOA Board of Trustees, Alhaji (Dr) Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan, in a statement, emphasised the association’s dedication to upholding lawful broadcasting standards.
It reads further: “Our objective is to ensure a fair, regulated media environment, in line with established broadcasting standards, while maintaining a commitment to the rule of law.”
Meanwhile, the NBMOA has laid it so that it will not issue further comments until court proceedings have concluded, emphasising the need to respect the legal process in the interest of justice and transparency.
He assured, however, that the outcome of the hearing will be closely monitored as it may have significant implications for Nigeria’s broadcasting and media regulation framework.