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N33bn fraud: Court remands former Minister of Power in Prison
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered that a former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, be remanded in Kuje prison in Abuja pending the consideration of his bail application. Justice James…
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Court Delivers Judgement On Suit Seeking To Sack Ododo As Kogi Governor
The Court of Appeal, Abuja, has upheld the election of Usman Ododo as the governor of Kogi state. In a ruling on Thursday, the appellate court backed the verdict of the Kogi…
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Terrorists Plan To Attack Critical National Infrastructures – Nigerian Military Reveals
The Nigerian Military has unveiled plans by terrorists to attack some critical national infrastructures in the country. This revelation was made public on Thursday by the Director of Defence Media Operations, Major…
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Brothers remanded over alleged murder of dad
The Yola Division of Jimeta Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered the detention of two brothers accused of killing their 85-year-old father, Ibrahim Yusuf-Kwada. Ibrahim Yusuf (62) and Samaila Yusuf (48), residents…
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Female visitor arrested for smuggling drugs into Kuje custodial centre
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), FCT Command, has arrested a woman named Precious Yusuf for attempting to smuggle drugs into the medium-security custodial center in Kuje, Abuja. According to a statement released…
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Police arrest man attempting to sell human bones, skull for N600k
Operatives from the Iddo Division of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command apprehended Nuhu Ezra on Tuesday for possession of human bones and a skull. This information was disclosed in a release…
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Lagos businessman jailed for life raping daughter
The Lagos Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced a 34-year-old businessman, Oluwafemi Asekeji, to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting his 12-year-old daughter. This was disclosed in a…
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23-yr-old drug addict stabs mother to death
A 23-year-old boy, simply identified as Samson, has been arrested by operatives of the Delta State police for stabbing his quinquagenarian (in her 50s) mother in Obiaruku, Delta State. According to the…
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LG Autonomy: Supreme Court fixes judgment date
The Supreme Court will tomorrow, Thursday, July 11, deliver judgment in the suit filed by the Federal Government against the 36 state governors seeking full autonomy for the 774 local governments in…
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Zenith Bank official tells court how ex-CBN governor Emefiele moved funds to wife
Ifeoma Ogbonnaya, an assistant manager at Zenith Bank Plc, took the stand at the Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday as the fifth prosecution witness in a case brought forth by the…
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Ekiti: NSCDC officer gets life jail for defiling 13-year-old girl
An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, has sentenced one Olukayode Dayo, a former officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps to life imprisonment over an…
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Ondo Farmers Protest Alleged Sale of Farmland to Private Company
Farmers in Ondo State protested on Tuesday against the state government’s alleged sale of their farmland to a private company. During a press briefing in Akure, the state capital, the farmers accused…