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 […]
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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 […]
A lawyer, Victor Giwa, has said that the recent judgment by a Canadian court, which tagged the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as terrorist organisations, was in line with the country’s criminal law. Giwa, who […]
The court ordered the National Assembly to release: the proposal, assessment, and procedure employed in arriving at the initially reported N37 billion for renovation; the actual amount approved and allocated for the renovation; and the amount already disbursed for the […]
The Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has sentenced four internet fraudsters nabbed in a dramatic EFCC sting operation at a hotel near the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta. The convicts-Bisiriyu Roqeeb Abiodun, Ibrahim Azeez Olatunji, Akinwale Isaac, and […]