Category: Court

  • Man Faces Charges for Receiving Stolen Cigarettes Worth N300 Million in Ibadan

    Man Faces Charges for Receiving Stolen Cigarettes Worth N300 Million in Ibadan

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    Usman Ayuba, aged 45, appeared before the Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, Oyo State on Tuesday, accused of receiving stolen cartons of cigarettes valued at N300 million. Ayuba, whose address was not disclosed, pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy and receiving stolen goods. According to Inspector Femi Oluwadare, the alleged offenses occurred on September…

  • Court Orders Final Forfeiture Of $16,500 , N127m Diverted From NIMASA Treasury

    Court Orders Final Forfeiture Of $16,500 , N127m Diverted From NIMASA Treasury

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    Justice Kehinde Ogundare of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, ordered the final forfeiture of the sums of $16,500 and N127m, which were fraudulently diverted from the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA. The funds are forfeited to the Federal Government of Nigeria. The Judge had, on…

  • Alleged N15m bribe: Kingmakers loses suit restraining EFCC from probe

    Alleged N15m bribe: Kingmakers loses suit restraining EFCC from probe

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    A Federal High Court in Ibadan on Friday dismissed an application filed by five Oyo kingmakers to restrain the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, from probing them. In five separate judgements, Justice Ekerete Akpan held that it was impossible to restrain the EFCC from carrying out its constitutional duty, which was to investigate suspected…

  • EFCC Arrests Three for Impersonating Christian Cleric

    EFCC Arrests Three for Impersonating Christian Cleric

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    Operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested three suspected fraudsters – Odion Victor, Amos Godwin and Ayomide Michael for impersonating Evangelist Chukwuebuka Obi of Zion Prayer Movement Outreach on social media platforms to defraud unsuspecting members of the public. The suspects were arrested following credible intelligence…

  • My wife of 13 years always slaps me, man tells court

    My wife of 13 years always slaps me, man tells court

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    On Friday, Olawale Idowu, a spare-part dealer, urged the Mapo Grade A Customary Court in Ibadan to end his 13-year marriage with his estranged wife, Yemisi, citing frequent violence as the reason. Mr. Idowu, residing at No. 25, Okeolode Aremo area of Ibadan, expressed deep regret over marrying Yemisi, lamenting that she remained consistently troublesome…

  • Court Gives Two Kano Judges 48 Hours To Resign

    Court Gives Two Kano Judges 48 Hours To Resign

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    Justice Simon Amobeda of the Federal High Court has instructed Justices Faruk Adamu and Zuwaira Yusuf, judges of Kano State High Court, to step down from their positions as chairmen of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry on Misappropriated Public Properties and Assets as well as Political Violence and Missing Persons within 48 hours. The National…

  • Final Year Student killed by Suspected Cultists in Ogun Varsity

    Final Year Student killed by Suspected Cultists in Ogun Varsity

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    By Miracle Ogunde Suspected Cultists have reportedly taken the life of a final year student while writing his final year examination at Tai Solar in University of Education, (TASUED), Ijagun, Ogun. Starnews gathered that the incident happened on Wednesday, when a group of suspected cultists were said to have reportedly killed the deceased student, Ahmed…

  • Ondo Farmer Murdered, Buried In Shallow Grave

    Ondo Farmer Murdered, Buried In Shallow Grave

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    A 71-year-old farmer, Toyo Olanipekun, has been gruesomely murdered and buried on his farm at Igbobini, in the Ese-Odo Council area of Ondo state. Consequently, a 36-year-old motorcyclist Blessing Akinmade, has been arrested by the operatives of the Ondo State Police command, after he reportedly buried the corpse in a shallow grave. Sources alleged that…

  • Man, 49, arraigned over alleged N1.7 million dud cheque

    Man, 49, arraigned over alleged N1.7 million dud cheque

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    The Police on Tuesday arraigned a 49-year-old man, Lanre Adegbite, before an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, Oyo State, over an alleged N1.7 million bank fraud. Mr Adegbite, whose address was not given, was charged with obtaining money under false pretence, to which he, however, pleaded not guilty. The Prosecutor, Inspector Olalekan Adegbite, told the court…

  • Court remands farmer for raping 65-year-old woman in Ekiti

    Court remands farmer for raping 65-year-old woman in Ekiti

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    A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ado-Ekiti ordered on Friday that 45-year-old farmer, Gbenga Abajigbin, accused of raping a 65-year-old woman, be remanded in a correctional center pending legal advice. Abajigbin faces charges of rape, brought by the police. Chief Magistrate Dolamu Babalogbon, who did not take Mr. Abajigbin’s plea, instructed the police to forward the…