Senator representing Kogi west, Dino Melaye was on Thursday stranded at a high court in Maitama, Abuja. The federal government had earlier arraigned Melaye for allegedly framing up Edward Onoja, chief of staff of Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi state. The senator was accused of deliberately giving false information to the police that Onoja was involved […]
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Senator representing Kogi West in the upper chamber was on Thursday arraigned before a Federal Court in Abuja for allegedly making false claims about an attempt on his life. Senator Melaye, was granted N100,000 bail, with the case adjourned till March 16 and 17. Mr. Melaye was arraigned by the federal government over a report […]
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The government of Lagos State on Thursday inaugurated four special courts solely for the prosecution of sexual offences and corruption cases. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that two courts will adjudicate on special offences (economic and financial crimes), while the two others will try sexual offences. The Sexual Offences Court is the first […]
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A Lagos Division of the Federal High Court on Friday ordered the final forfeiture of the N13 billion recovered in a flat in Ikoyi, Lagos. The money- $43,449,947; £27,800; and N23,218,000 – was stashed away in iron cabinets and ‘Ghana-must-go’ bags in the apartment at Flat 7B, Osborne Towers, Ikoyi. The Economic and Financial Crimes […]
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The latest report on the Hip hop musician, Damini Ogulu aka Burna Boy’s court case is that he was on Monday docked before an Ikeja Magistrate Court by the Lagos State Police, over his alleged role in robbery of his fellow musician, Abiye David Jombo aka Mr 2Kay, last October. Mr 2Kay who was allegedly robbed […]
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A Federal High Court in Lagos presided over by Justice Hadiza Rabiu-Shagari, on Thursday looked into a case of 10.3 kg of Cannabis Sativa and convicted an 87-year-old woman, Maria Seriki, of drug trafficking. The judge, however, ordered that the convict be remanded at the Lagos State Old People’s Home, pending the time a member […]
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A Chinese court on Wednesday ruled that couples must undergo a compulsory three month “cool off” period before being allowed to divorce. The People’s Court of Shizhong District in Jinan, the provincial capital, ordered that all divorcing couples must take three months to become “calm” and “reasonable. “No one shall object to observing the mandate […]
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Following the order to conduct fresh elections, Kenya electoral commission has announced that a fresh presidential election will hold on October 17. Wafula Chebukati, chairman of the electoral commission, said this in a statement issued on Monday. The supreme court had nullified the result of the August 8 poll, ordering that a fresh election be […]
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Former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd). will have five witnesses testify against him as proposed by the federal government, in order to authenticate the case of illegal possession of firearms brought against the Former NSA. Dasuki was arraigned before the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday. The five witnesses, according to the […]
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