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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Olayiwola Oshunrinade Two Nigerians, Anthony Ibekie and Samuel Aniukwu, have been sentenced by a United States federal jury to 30 years combined jail term for defrauding some US citizens of $3,500,000. This was contained in a press release made available on the US Department of Justice website. According to the statement, the duo of Ibekie […]
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Olayiwola Oshunrinade Magistrate Court 1 sitting in Calabar, Cross River State, has remanded Adamu Umaru, 48, in custody for allegedly raping and impregnating his 15-year-old daughter. The respondent is a native of Bundugudu LGA of Zamfara State, residing at No. 27 Edem Odo Street Calabar. Umaru was remanded by Chief Magistrate Mercy Ene on Friday […]
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Olayiwola Oshunrinade The Royal Courts of Justice, a British court, has found David Hundeyin, a self-styled Nigerian investigative journalist, guilty of libel and has ordered him to pay the sum of £95,000 as damages to Charles Northcott, the British Broadcasting Corporations (BBC)’s Journalist who Hundeyin made weighty allegations against in his ”Journalism Career Graveyard” article. […]
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Olayiwola Oshunriande The Federal Government has not stopped disbursement of funds to Rivers State contrary to reports on some online platforms on Friday. Mr. Bawa Mokwa, Director of Press in the office of the Accountant General of the Federation said that “disbursement of October allocation to states and local governments by FAAC is ongoing.” He […]
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Olayiwola Oshunrinade The Federal Government has stated that it is closely monitoring the legal proceedings of Nigerian-Finnish citizen and leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Simon Ekpa, following his arrest in Finland on charges of inciting terrorism and promoting violence. Ekpa was detained on Thursday, November 21, 2024, by Finnish authorities, and the […]
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Olayiwola Oshunrinade Four Nigerian students have been sentenced in the United Kingdom for their involvement in a violent altercation that involved knives and a baseball bat in Leicester. The incident, which took place on New Park Street in the early hours of November 4, 2021, left one victim with multiple stab wounds. Following a thorough […]
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Olayiwola Oshunrinade A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has called on the Federal Government to immediately reinstate Tajudeen Baruwa as the President of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, following court judgments affirming his leadership. Falana directed his plea to the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi SAN, and […]
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Olayiwola Oshunrinade The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) has described the fainting of some minor suspects arraigned at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday for their participation in the August 2024 End Bad Governance protest, as “deliberate and scripted”. The police’s reaction comes after some suspects brought in for arraignment fainted before Justice Obiora […]
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