The defendant pleaded not gulity to the charges The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Jude Okoye, the elder brother and former manager of Paul and Peter Okoye of the defunct music group, P-Square, on charges of laundering ₦1.38billion, $ 1 million and £34,537.59. Jude was arraigned alongside his company, Northside Music Ltd, […]
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The DPP, however, said it shall be prosecuting the auxiliary nurse who treated Mohbad, Feyisayo Ogedengbe and one of Mohbad’s friend, Ayobami Sadiq for the offence of reckless and negligent acts. The Magistrate Court sitting in Sabo, Yaba area of Lagos on Tuesday freed Abdulazeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, in relation to the […]
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The federal high court in Abuja has ruled that the destruction of bottles of beer in some parts of the country is an economic sabotage. The verdict of the court followed a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/275/2021 filed by Sesugh Akume, an activist, against the attorney-general of the federation (AGF) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission […]
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The hearing of the murder case involving Amos Galadima, the dismissed police officer who allegedly shot and killed Alafuro Peterside in front of his wife and children along Stadium road was on Thursday stalled at the Port Harcourt Magistrate court. According to Noble report, parties in the matter had arrived the court on Thursday when […]
Continue ReadingA Federal High Court in Abuja has convicted and sentenced two of the four defendants accused of kidnapping Mike Ozekhome, SAN, to a 20-year-jail term each, per AIT reports. Justice Binta Nyako, in her judgment on Friday found Kelvin Ezeigbe and Frank Azuekor, who were 1st and 2nd defendants, guilty of the kidnapping. AIT reports […]
Continue ReadingJustice Donatus Okorowo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, in a judgement delivered on Monday, disqualified Chief Timipre Sylva, the Bayelsa State All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the November 11 governorship election. Justice Okorowo ruled that Sylva having been sworn in twice and ruled for five years as governor of Bayelsa would breach the […]
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A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt the Rivers State capital, presided over by Justice A. T. Mohammed, has convicted and sentenced a former Special Adviser to Dan Abia, former managing director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) George Turnah, and two others: Ebis Orubebe and Uzorgor Silas Chidebere, to six years imprisonment for […]
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By Suoyo Ekubo There was jubilation among inmates of the Warri Custodial Centre on Monday when one of the inmates, identified as Beauty Obi, an 18-year-old mother of a two-week-old baby, was granted bail by the Chief Judge of Delta State, Hon. Justice Tessy Diai, on compassionate ground. The Punch reports that Diai was said […]
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Mitchell Uzorka An Appeal Court in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, has set aside a bench warrant of arrest issued against the former Governor of the state, Rotimi Amaechi and two others. The others are the Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 elections, Tonye Cole and the Commissioner for […]
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By Suoyo Ekubo A Federal High Court presided over by Justice M N Yunusa has nullified the candidature of the Abia State Governor elect Dr Alex Otti and all the candidates of the Labour Party in Abia, State, Kano and the rest states in Nigeria for failing to comply with the provisions of the 2022 […]
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