Mr Fatai Owoseni, Lagos State Commissioner of Police.The police in Lagos, on Thursday said they have arrested a pastor for allegedly beheading a seven-year old boy and burying his head at the church’s altar.The command’s spokesman, Olarinde Famous-Cole, an […]
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JusticePaul IyoghojieA former Director with the Mainstreet Bank Registrars Limited, Olufemi Charles Olanihun, 47, has been arrested and arraigned before a Lagos Magistrate Court for allegedly withdrawing the sum of N280 million from the account of Mainstreet Bank Registrars Limited […]
Culprit Kaplan and the sisters parents Daniel and Savilla Stoltzfus, in courtPhoto: MirrorA monster who kept six young sisters as sex slaves at his home after he was ‘gifted’ them by their parents faces life in prison.Police found Lee Kaplan, […]
The trial of a former Minister of Aviation, Mr Femi Fani-Kayode, was stalled yesterday due to the absence of his lawyer, Mr Ahmed Raji (SAN). Fani-Kayode was arraigned on five charges for allegedly diverting N26 million from the then National […]
The Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday ordered the forfeiture of $43,449,947 (about N13billion), N23, 218,000 million and £27,800 (about N10.6milion) cash found in Flat 7B, Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos.Justice Muslim Hassan ordered that the money be permanently forfeited to […]
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday struck out one of the charges brought against the alleged mastermind of the 2010 Independence Day bombing, Charles Okah.Justice Gabriel Kolawole said he was dismissing the charge because evidence cited in […]
Justice symbolSome children of late Lagos socialite, Chief Olatunji Ajisomo Alabi a.k.a Lord Rumens have dragged Bank of Industry, BOI, Investment and Trust Company Ltd before a Lagos court for allegedly mismanaging their father’s N5.6 billion estate.The children namely Babatunde, […]
Diezani Alison-Madueke, former Petroleum MinisterAkin KuponiyiAn operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Usman Zakari, Wednesday gave graphic details of how the former Petroleum Minister, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, laundered $115 million, through three oil companies and two individuals.Zakari […]
By: Precious Igbonwelundu and Osagie Otabo The Court of Appeal sitting in Benin City, Edo State, on Tuesday reserved judgment in an appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the state governorship election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu and his […]
The vexed issue of corruption amongst judicial officers once again took the centre-stage at a thanksgiving service organised for the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, at the Methodist Church, Nigeria, Abuja Diocese. The occasion afforded the CJN […]
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