By Andrew Orolua Justice Emeka Nwite of Federal High Court, in Abuja on Monday, adjourned the trial of the former head of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the Police, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari and four others accused of tempering with Cocaine ceased from suspects to July 24 to open defence. The […]
By Dooyum Naadzenga In a striking defense, Senior Advocate of Nigeria SAN, Onyechi Ikpeazu has come forward to represent Deputy Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari and his Intelligent Response Team (IRT) in a case that has drawn significant public attention. Ikpeazu argues that Kyari and his team should be celebrated for their successful arrest of […]
The Federal High Court, Abuja on Wednesday dismissed an application by embattled high-ranking Nigerian police officer, Abba Kyari, seeking to strike out charges against him. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that Justice Emeka Nwite dismissed the application on the ground that the court has the exclusive right to hear drug-related cases as enshrined in the Constitution of […]
By Andrew Orolua The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, reserved ruling on preliminary objection filed by the detained Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari who is challenging his trial on drug trafficking charge. Justice Emeka Nwite reserved ruling till March 22, 2023 after DCP Kyari’s lawyer, Nuremi Jimoh, SAN, Gbeyinga Oyewole, […]
By Andrew Orolua, & Ukpono Ukpong The suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, currently facing drug trafficking charges and whose bail has been refused by the courts, on Thursday, returned to the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja begging to be released on bail and alleging threat to his life. Kyari, through his […]
Abba Kyari, the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) says his arrest and continued detention at the Kuje prison has emboldened criminals in their incessant onslaught against Nigeria. Kyari made the statement through his lawyer Nureini Jimoh, who prayed the Federal High Court in Abuja to review his bail application initially rejected. Citing instances of […]
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, says he is yet to see or receive a formal extradition request for Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Mr Abba Kyari following his indictment by a US Court. Kyari had earlier in the year been accused of being a conspirator in a 1.1-million-dollar fraud deal involving […]
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has condemned the alleged secrecy of the findings and recommendations of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP’S investigative panel which probed the indicted Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari. Recall that Kyari was accused by a US court of colluding and conspiring with a globally notorious fraud kingpin convicted […]
There are moments in life that leave you questioning their nature. For me, a few minutes past 1 a.m. on April 18 was one of such. My private WhatsApp line was ringing incessantly. It’s the only WhatsApp number I never switch off, which I leave on for family and close friends to reach me during […]
On Sunday, April 19, two days after the death of Nigeria’s former Chief of Staff Abba Kyari was announced, a Twitter user claimed, among other things, that prior to his death, Abba Kyari was flown to the United Kingdom for medical treatment and his body was later cremated. Checks by The ICIR have, however, found […]
The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), has condoled with President Muhammadu Buhari over the death of his Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, who died after contracting the deadly COVID-19. While describing the late Kyari as a man who expressed high level of commitment, selflessness and sacrifices to the nation, the NULGE President, Ibraheem […]
Abuja – Alhaji Mamman Daura, former Editor of the New Nigerian newspaper, has described Mallam Abba Kyari, the late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari as “a man of uncommon attributes”. In a tribute to the deceased, one of his Reporters in the New Nigerian, Mamman described Kyari as “a man blessed with mountainous […]
A call has gone to the authorities of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to wield the big stick by prosecuting top government officials including the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha, for flouting safety measure while attending the burial of late Malam Abba Kyari. While noting the apology by Mustapha who […]
As the nation mourns Mallam Abba Kyari, Chief of Staff to the President, Mr Shehu Abui, his colleague in the New Nigerian Newspapers, has described him as “a humble and kind man who showed love to everyone around him”. “I knew him when we were both senior reporters of the New Nigerian Newspapers under the […]
The Nigeria Football Federation has expressed profound shock and a sense of deep sorrow at the passage on Saturday, 18th April 2020 of Mallam Abba Kyari, Chief of Staff to His Excellency President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR). NFF’s director of communications, Ademola Olajire, said, “Mallam Abba Kyari’s death is a big loss to the NFF, Nigerian Football family […]
.Says the late Chief of Staff was never a vicious power monger Contrary to perceived instigation of the executive against the legislative arm of government, the late Mallam Abba Kyari, the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buahri, was said to have fostered harmonious relationship between the two levels of governance. The late Kyari was […]
The Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has given reasons why he fired one of his commissioners on Saturday, April 18. Explaining his action which happened hours after the burial of the late chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari , Mallam Abba Kyari, Ganduje said it was disappointing that the commissioner would decide to settle […]
As condolence messages keep pouring in over the death of Mallam Abba Kyari, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), National Leader of the All Progressives Party (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar have expressed sadness over his death and condoled with his family. The PDP described the death of the chief of […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has written a heartfelt tribute to his late Chief of Staff, Mallam Abba Kyari’s who died on Friday. In a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, Buhari highlighted three things that should be enforced immediately. According to the statement, “On the sad occasion […]
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has commiserated with President Muhammadu Buhari over the death of his Chief of Staff Malam Abba Kyari. OPEC made this known in a statement issued by its Secretary General, Malam Mohammad Barkindo, on Saturday. READ ALSO: Lockdown: Yobe, Borno agree to tighten border closure Kyari died in a […]