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A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered the remand of two men, Umar Yunusa and Ja’eh Usman, in a correctional centre for allegedly kidnapping their neighbour’s 15-year-old daughter. Yunusa, 30 and Usman, 35, are facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and kidnapping. The Magistrate, Ibrahim Emmanuel, did not take the pleas of the defendants,…
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Justices Aisha Kumaliya and Amina Ibrahim of the Borno State High Court, sitting in Maiduguri, on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, convicted and sentenced two persons to three years’ imprisonment each for fraud. The convicts are Anaryu Akindaraju and Umar Alhaji Bukar, who were prosecuted by the Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes…
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An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan on Tuesday granted bail in the sum of N100, 000 with two sureties to one 18-year-old Samuel Akinsola who allegedly fought with two others in public. The police had charged Akinsola, whose address was not provided, on one court. He, however, pleaded not guilty. According to the prosecutor, Insp…
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Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe of Lagos Ikeja Special Offences Court has discharged and acquitted the former minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, of the forgery charge brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The judge discharged Fani-Kayode yesterday while ruling on his no-case submission filed by his counsel, Mr Wale Balogun (SAN). The…
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The Lagos State Government, through the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), has prosecuted and secured the conviction of Mr. Joseph Kola Bamigboye for impersonation and fraud. Bamigboye pleaded guilty to two count charges of falsely representing himself as an officer of LASBCA, an act deemed illegal and punishable under Section 380(1) of the Criminal…
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Justice Alexander Owoeye of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday granted an interim forfeiture order for digital assets valued at $222,729.86 over fraudulent activities allegedly linked to Chinese and Filipino nationals. The court granted the interim forfeiture order following a motion ex-parte brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). While…
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A high court in Lokoja, Kogi State judiciary has sacked the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, His Majesty Ahmed Muhammed Tajani Anaje, from office. Justice Salisu Umar, the Presiding judge of High Court 6 Lokoja, in his ruling on Monday, made an order directing the defender to stop presenting himself as the paramount traditional ruler of Ebiraland.…
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Justice Muhammad Maina of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri, has convicted and sentenced Ahmed Saleh Mubi to one year of imprisonment for criminal misappropriation. Mubi was arraigned on Thursday, September 19, 2024, by the Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a one-count bordering on criminal misappropriation to the…
29 Jan
The Federal High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti has struck out the defamation case against human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, instituted against him by the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun. Recall that the IGP Egbetokun had late last year filed a suit against Farotimi over alleged cybercrime. The IGP had filed 12 counts bordering…
29 Jan
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has arraigned former presidential candidate and activist, Omoyele Sowore, over his 'controversial' comment on the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun. The police on Wednesday arraigned Sowore on charges of cybercrime before Justice Musa Liman of the Federal High Court Abuja. Sowore had rejected a revised bail condition imposed…
27 Jan
The Chairman of Obio-Akpor Local Government Area in Rivers State, Chijioke Ihunwo, has urged judges to stop giving judgments that cause crises in communities. Ihunwo said it was sad that some judges nowadays flout their professional ethics and integrity, collect money, and give judgments that plunge various communities into crisis. The Council chairman, who decried…
27 Jan
A Federal High Court in Abuja has been asked to restrain President Bola Tinubu, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, and others from using the police and the Department of State Services (DSS) to stop officials of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), including its chairman, Justice Danladi Yakubu Umar, from performing their official functions. The police,…
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Spanish La Liga club Real Betis launched a new kit made out of an invasive algae on Thursday to raise awareness of an ecological crisis on the Andalucian coast. The shirt is made with recycled plastic from the ocean as well as a textile fabric created from the brown algae. Named Rugulopteryx okamurae, the algae…
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Kenya said Thursday it had deployed more than 100 additional police officers to Haiti, after Washington backtracked on withdrawing support for a security mission to the troubled nation. Earlier in the week, President Donald Trump's administration said it had frozen financial contributions to the mission, but the State Department said Wednesday it was maintaining most…
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France will hand back to Ivory Coast its only military base in the west African country in a ceremony on February 20, sources with knowledge of the talks told AFP on Thursday. Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara announced the planned withdrawal in December, making it the latest country in the region to weaken military ties…
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A 30-year-old man, Ayodeji Ayeni, was on Th ursday brought before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged N2 million fraud. The defendant, whose address was not given, is facing a two-count charge of fraud and impersonation. The prosecutor, Insp Akinwale Oriyomi, told the court that the defendant committed the offences on Nov. 28, 2024…
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Israel on Thursday said that it was not planning to withdraw from other United Nations bodies besides the Human Rights Council
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Sudan's military on Thursday launched a multi-pronged advance to reclaim central Khartoum, an army source told AFP, after a weeks-long
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The Senate has launched an urgent intervention following a catastrophic fire outbreak and oil spillage from Manifold Well 8/BUG 008 in OML 18, located in Bukuma (Agum), Rivers. The incident has caused severe environmental damage, displaced families, and sparked health crises across affected communities. The intervention followed a motion sponsored by Sen. Ipalibo Banigo (PDP-Rivers)…