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Court sentences 4 to death by hanging in Osun
An Osun High Court sitting in Osogbo, on Monday sentenced four persons to death by hanging for murder and other related offences.
The four convicts are Olabisi Bashiru, 50; Kayode Sunday, 27; Rashidi Waidi, 35; and Hameed Rafiu, 33.…
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How Vandi killed Raheem during stop-and-search – Police witness
An Inspector of Police, Matthew Ahmen, who is a colleague of Drambi Vandi, who allegedly killed female lawyer Bolanle Raheem, told a Lagos State High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square on Monday that they were conducting a stop and…
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Court jails civil servant seven years for taking N11m bribe
A serving Deputy Director of the Niger State Ministry of Land Transportation, Umar Shehu Farouk, has been sentenced to 7 years imprisonment.
Farouk was sentenced by the State High Court in Minna for demanding and receiving gratification…
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Osun Election Tribunal: Parties adopt final addresses as panel reserves judgement
The Osun Election Tribunal sitting in Osogbo, led by Justice Tetsea Kume, on Friday admitted the written addresses of the parties involved in the litigation, after the counsel for All Progressives Congress, APC, Adegboyega Oyetola, and…
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CORRECTION: Supreme Court affirms Edidem Ekpo Abasi Otu as Obong of Calabar
A five-man panel of the Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal filed by former Minister of Finance Etubom Anthony Ani against Edidem Ekpo Okon over the traditional stool of the Obong of Calabar and the traditional ruler of the Efik kingdom.…
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FG profiles 3000 terrorism cases, prosecutes 1500
The federal government has profiled 3,000 cases of terrorism through the Ministry of Justice.
Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) gave the fugue on Thursday.
He made a presentation at the…
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Court dismisses suit seeking disqualification of Gov. Abdulrazaq
On Thursday, the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court dismissed a Peoples Democratic Party’s suit seeking the disqualification of Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara and All Progressives Congress (APC) in the March 11 governorship…
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EFCC arraigns ex-ABU VC, Bursar over alleged N1bn fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday arraigned Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, former Vice Chancellor Professor Ibrahim Garba, and ex- Bursar, Ibrahim Shehu Usman, before a Kaduna State High Court on an eight…
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Court awards unmarried cop sacked for getting pregnant N5m damages
The National Industrial Court sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, has struck out the regulation of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, prohibiting unmarried female personnel from getting pregnant for being inconsistent with Section 42 of…
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Jigawa APC Guber Ticket Crisis: Supreme Court fixes date for judgment
The Supreme Court on Wednesday fixed Friday, January 13 to deliver final judgment in the dispute over the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Jigawa State.
A five-member panel of justices of the court led by…
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