The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared Ufoma Joseph Immanuel, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Chappal Energies, wanted over an alleged case of obtaining money by false pretence and forgery. The anti-graft agency announced this in […]
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Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court has sentenced Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to life imprisonment after ten years of trial. Justice Omotosho delivered the judgment on Thursday, four years after Kanu […]
By Paul Dada Drama ensued at the Federal High Court in Abuja as IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu told the presiding judge, Justice James Omotosho that he must not deliver judgement in the terrorism suit brought against him by the Federal […]
For Husaini Ismaila, one of the leaders of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) being prosecuted by the Department of State Service (DSS) on terrorism charges, the end came yesterday. Ismaila was convicted by a Federal High Court in Abuja. He […]
By Philomina Attah The Forum of Heads of Local Government Administration in Nigeria (FOHOLGAN), has called for the full implementation of financial autonomy for local governments areas in the country. FOHOLGAN’s National President, Alhaji Abdulrahman Marafa, made the call at […]
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA– Trial Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday ordered security agents to bundle the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, out of the courtroom, after he […]
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has condemned the series of violent attacks that happened in the country on Monday, calling for immediate and decisive government action to halt what it described as the “growing culture of brazen violence” across Nigeria. In a […]
Forty-four members of the House of Representatives have written to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu appealing for the release of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, from custody. The lawmakers under the umbrella of concerned federal […]
A UK-based Nigerian doctor Richard Akinrolabu has been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment at Woolwich Crown Court after defrauding the NHS of over £268,000 by working shifts while on sick leave. Akinrolabu had previously pleaded guilty to all four counts […]
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, yesterday launched the Regional Partnership for Democracy (RPD), an initiative that aims to deepen the democratic process in Africa. Tuggar blamed the recent unconstitutional change of governments in some African states on structural […]