July 21, 2015 - Legal Nigeria

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We’ll help Nigeria overcome challenges –Obama

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President Barrack Obama of the United States of America has promised to help Nigeria overcome terrorist group, Boko Haram and other challenges. He also commended President Muhammadu Buhari’s agenda for Nigeria, expressing confidence in his ability to tackle the multiple challenges facing […]

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Court sends man to prison for raping secondary school girl

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A magistrate court sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta,Ogun state Capital on Tuesday ordered that a 20-year-old man, Michael Bassey, be remanded for allegedly raping a 19 year-old secondary school girl. The police prosecutor, Idowu Ogunleye, told the court that the accused […]

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Between Dino Melaye and the judiciary

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By Phrank Shaibu When a weighty and scandalous press release is made by a party to a case before the Appellate Court on allegations against the judges of such an important branch of the Nigerian Judiciary, it will be very […]

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Nobody will be spared in the fight against corruption-Buhari

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President Mohammadu Buhari said he will not spare any corrupt individual as he mounts serious campaign against corruption in Nigeria. He spoke on the Cable News Network (CNN) news programme AMANPOUR, monitored in Lagos, explaining that irrespective of political party […]

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Cynthia: Court threatens to revoke defendant’s bail

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Irked by the seeming delay tactics employed by defence counsel in the ongoing trial of alleged murderers of Cynthia Osokogu, Justice Olabisi Akinlade of a Lagos High Court, Ikeja, has threatened to return the fourth defendant, Nonso Ezike, to prison. […]

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Detained Jonathan’s ex-CSO faints

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Gordon Obua, the detained former chief security officer (CSO) to former President Goodluck Jonathan, fainted on Monday, according to Online Magazine, TheCable. Gordon Obuah and Jonathan Obua, who has been detained by the SSS in Abuja since the night of […]

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Why I won’t appoint ministers till September, by Buhari

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President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday confirmed that ministers will not be appointed until September. He said the delay in naming members of the yet-to-be constituted Federal Executive Council (FEC) is to allow for critical reforms which will guide the conduct of the […]

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United States' pressure made Nigeria's transition peaceful: Buhari

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Washington DC – President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Washington DC said that the continued pressure on the immediate past administration by the United States and some European countries made the general elections in Nigeria to be free and fair. […]

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NAFDAC crisis gets messier

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The crisis rocking the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has assumed a new dimension as BusinessDay has obtained details of financial transactions under the agency’s director-general, Paul Orhii. The face-off between Orhii and Ademola Mogbojuri, the […]