By Kingsley Omonobi The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), says its operatives have intercepted major drug consignments destined for terrorists and bandits in Borno and Yobe states, arresting suppliers and two notorious drug kingpins in Lagos. According to the […]
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has expressed shock over the abduction of one of its young members, Onyesom Peace Udoka, and her sister along the Lokoja–Okene road in Kogi State. Udoka, a newly called lawyer, was reportedly kidnapped with her […]
By Kazeem Ugbodaga Dangote Petroleum Refinery has strongly condemned what it described as a “brazen display of lawlessness and criminality” by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), following the union’s order to its members to […]
By Kazeem Ugbodaga A Sidcup man who launched a savage and unprovoked attack on two female Metropolitan Police officers has been jailed for eight years. Mark Weatherley, 43, of Hatherley Road, Sidcup, was sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court on Friday, […]
Former Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Abuja Branch, Afam O. Okeke, Esq., has condemned in strong terms the abduction of Miss Peace Udoka Onyesom, calling for her immediate release. In a statement issued on Saturday, Mr. Okeke urged […]
LAGOS — Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has faulted the agreement reached between the Federal Government, the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), and the management of Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals […]
By Emmanuella Ekele The Federal High Court, Abuja, has rejected the no-case submission of the self-acclaimed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, in his ongoing alleged terrorism trial. In a ruling, Justice Omotosho held that the […]
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA– The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, declined to stop the ongoing trial of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The court, in a ruling that was […]
By Emmanuella Ekele The suit between the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, and five retired senior police officers who are facing a 14-count charge of alleged age falsification has suffered a setback. At Thursday’s proceeding, the Prosecution Counsel, Rimamsonte […]
Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, convicted and sentenced a man, Imran Mujeeb Ayomide, to one year imprisonment for fraudulent impersonation. Ayomide was arraigned by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the […]