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JUST IN: Court jails man 30-month for calling Gov Fintiri ‘Father of all thieves’
A Yola Chief Magistrate Court II has convicted and sentenced a Numan-based businessman, Ali Yakubu Numan, to a two-and-a-half-year jail term for calling Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri ‘Father of all thieves.’
The businessman was sentenced…
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Court stops KNUPDA, 2 others from erecting structures at Kwari market in Kano
A Kano State High Court has restrained the State Urban Planning and Development Authority ( KNUPDA), the State Bureau for Land Management from further blocking, erecting or continue to erect a temporary or permanent structure on any part of…
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Bank MD sentenced to 4 years jail term for scam
A Bauchi State High Court has sentenced Sarita Aliyu Hello, Managing Director of Workman Microfinance Bank, Bauchi, to four years imprisonment on a two-count charge bordering on misappropriation and forgery.
The court presiding judge,…
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Court refuses Okorocha’s application to stop confiscation of his properties
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday declined an application by former Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha asking it to restrain the Imo State Government and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from confiscating his…
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Judge stalls judgment in suit filed by dethroned emir against IGP, 5 others
The absence of a Sokoto High Court judge stalled judgment in the suit filed by the dethroned Emir of Maru, Alhaji Abubakar Ibrahim, against the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) and five others.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports…
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Court remands man for defiling his 3 daughters
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Wednesday remanded a 43-year-old businessman, Emeka Orisakwe, who allegedly defiled his three daughters.
The police charged Orisakwe, who resides at Maza Maza, Amuwo-Odofin, Lagos State, with…
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Court remands 21-year-old suspect in prison over Super TV CEO murder
A Yaba Chief Magistrate’s Court has ordered that 21-year -old UNILAG student, Chidinma Ojukwu, be remanded in prison for 30 days.
The accused person is the prime suspect in the murder of the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo…
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Jealous wife hospitalised after attempt to commit suicide
The Police Command in Jigawa said that a housewife, Maimuna Wadaji, has been hospitalised after attempting to commit suicide in Dutse Local Government Area of the state.
The command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Lawan Shiisu,…
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CJN approves appointment of Ag-Supreme Court Registrar
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad has approved the appointment of Hajo Sarki-Bello, as Acting Chief Registrar.
This followed the retirement of the substantive Chief Registrar, Hadizatu Uwani-Mustapha.
This is…
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Late President Yar’Adua’s son remanded in Yola prison for crushing 4 to death
A Magistrate’s Court in Yola on Thursday remanded Aminu Yar’Adua, 36, the son of late former President Umar Yar’Adua, in prison for allegedly killing four people in an auto crash in Yola.
Yar’Adua, a student of the American University…
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