A Tribute to Adesina Ogunlana (Serubawon): One Year On Today marks exactly one year since Adesina Ogunlana (popularly known as Serubawon) was lowered six feet beneath the earth surface, having passed away on the 6th of August, 2024. A […]
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By Daniel Abia, Port Harcourt Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has dismissed an ex-parte order seeking to stop the August, 30th Local Government elections in the state. The Presiding Judge, Justice Stephen Jumbo in his ruling on […]
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday ordered six banks to furnish the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police with details of account documents and all transactions, including inflows and outflows, linked to Omoyele Sowore from January 2024 to date. Justice […]
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has criticised the planned upward review of political office holders’ pay, describing it as “highly insensitive” in light of Nigeria’s worsening economic situation. Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Tuesday, Falana faulted the Revenue […]
Coming three years after their arrest, the commencement of prosecution of some suspected terrorists, who attacked the St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State, on June 5, 2022, and killed 40 worshippers, appears to have suffered a delay; but […]
By Kingsley Omonobi The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested a 55-year-old suspected drug kingpin, Mohammed Abubakar aka Bello Karama and five members of a syndicate operating at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, MAKIA, Kano who specialise […]
By Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja A Mortgage banker, identified as Sulaiman Olayiwola Gbajabiamila has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for diverting the sum of N31 million paid to him for acquisition of a flat in Iponri area of the State. Gbajabiamila […]
ABUJA — The legal representatives of Nigerian businessman and former governorship candidate, Ambassador Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo, have formally petitioned the United States Embassy in Lagos, seeking a review of the recent visa denial issued to him and his wife, Mrs. […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared Abdullahi Bashir Haske, the son-in-law of former vice president Atiku Abubakar, wanted in connection with a case of criminal conspiracy and money laundering. In a statement, EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale urged […]
By Adepote Arowojobe An Ikorodu Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday, ordered the remand of a 40-year-old man, Lekan Adebeshin, in a correctional centre for allegedly defiling a 15- year-old girl. Adebeshin, whose address was not provided, is standing trial on […]
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