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Man Faces Charges for Receiving Stolen Cigarettes Worth N300 Million in Ibadan
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…
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Court Orders Final Forfeiture Of $16,500 , N127m Diverted From NIMASA Treasury
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…
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Alleged N15m bribe: Kingmakers loses suit restraining EFCC from probe
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,…
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EFCC Arrests Three for Impersonating Christian Cleric
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…
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My wife of 13 years always slaps me, man tells court
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.…
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Court Gives Two Kano Judges 48 Hours To Resign
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…
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Final Year Student killed by Suspected Cultists in Ogun Varsity
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…
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Ondo Farmer Murdered, Buried In Shallow Grave
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…
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Man, 49, arraigned over alleged N1.7 million dud cheque
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,…
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Court remands farmer for raping 65-year-old woman in Ekiti
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…
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Appeal Court Affirms Nollywood Actor, Baba Ijesha’s Sexual Assault Conviction
The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has affirmed the five-year jail term sentence of Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James, popularly known as Baba Ijesha, for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old minor. Ijesha was…
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Court Adjourns Suit Seeking Ganduje’s Removal to July 5
The Federal High Court in Abuja has once again postponed the hearing of a case demanding the removal of Abdullahi Ganduje as the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to…
