Olayiwola Oshunrinade Tobi Adegboyega, the founder of the SPAC Nation church, has reacted to news that he lost his battle against deportation from the United Kingdom (UK) over an alleged £1.87 million fraud. The Telegraph had reported that an immigration tribunal has ruled that Adegboyega should be deported to Nigeria after investigations exposed the misuse […]
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Olayiwola Oshunrinade An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Wednesday sentenced a couple, Harry Uyanwanne and Kristen Uyanwanne, to 10 years imprisonment for using church to steal N52 million. The court also ordered that the Church, Temple International Church, be deregistered and closed down. The couple and the church were charged by the Economic and Financial […]
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Olayiwola Oshunrinade The petition by elder statesman, Aare Afe Babalola, that sent rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, to prison, has been obtained. Recall that a High Court in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, on Wednesday remanded the human rights lawyer in prison. His remand followed his arraignment by the police over a petition by Babalola in […]
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Olayiwola Oshunrinade An Ekiti State Chief Magistrates Court, Ado Ekiti Division, on Wednesday, ordered the remand of human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, in the state’s correctional centre. Farotimi was arraigned in court over alleged defamation of character following his book, ‘Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System’ where he alleged, among others, that a Senior Advocate […]
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Olayiwola Oshunrinade Justice Mojisola Dada of a Lagos Special Offences Court, Ikeja, has ordered the arrest of the former Managing Director of Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Ahmed Lawal Kuru, for his absence in court for his arraignment over alleged N76 billion fraud. The court had scheduled Tuesday for Kuru’s arraignment along with the […]
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Olayiwola Oshunrinade Court papers filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have linked the immediate-past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, to the massive Abuja property with 753 duplexes and other apartments located in the Cadastral Zone area of the capital city. The anti-graft agency on Monday announced the recovery […]
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Olayiwola Oshunrinade President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter, on Sunday night, sparing the younger Biden a possible prison sentence for federal felony gun and tax convictions and reversing his past promises not to use the extraordinary powers of the presidency for the benefit of his family members. The Democratic president had previously said he […]
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Olayiwola Oshunrinade Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers has “some persons who have decided to be enemies” of the state wanted us to experience a black Christmas”. Fubara spoke in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers state, on Thursday during the launch of the 2025 armed forces remembrance emblem appeal fund. The governor’s comment comes on […]
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The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, adjourned sitting on the alleged N80bn fraud charge against the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, to December 13, 2024 for the Motion for abridgment and possible arraignment. Justice Emeka Nwite adjourned the sitting in the interest of fair hearing, noting that the matter had been […]
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Olayiwola Oshunrinade The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal will today, Friday, November 29, deliver its ruling on the appeal filed by the Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Dr Olufemi Olaleye, who is challenging his rape conviction and life imprisonment sentence. Olaleye was convicted in October 2023 by Justice Rahman Oshodi of […]
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