A Gudu Upper Area Court in the FCT on Thursday remanded a 44-year-old driver, Ayodele Obayelu, in prison for alleged rape of an 18-year-old girl. Obayelu, a resident of Durumi village, Abuja, was arraigned on a one-count charge of rape. […]
THE Director of Directorate of State Services (DSS) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abubakar Bubuche, has warned residents on the activities of criminal syndicates using computer animation to manipulate pictures with the aim of extorting money from their victims. […]
Orders parties to maintain status quo Davidson Iriekpen Justice Idris Mohammed of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday turned down an application from the federal government seeking to freeze the accounts of MTN Nigeria Communications Limited in Nigeria. […]
A Federal High court sitting in Lagos has threatened to order the arrest of Government Ekpemupolo, an ex-militant and also known as Tompolo, if he does not appear before it on Thursday. The court’s summons is in connection with allegations […]
Chairman, Senate Committee on Media And Public Affairs, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi has said that no statement made by any Senator during the plenary today can be interpreted to mean an admission that the 2016 budget is missing. He said […]
The controversy over whether or not the hard copy of the 2016 budget proposal is missing has been cleared. Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, Wednesday confirmed that the upper chamber has empanelled a high powered Senate search team to fish […]
Samson Olorunshola, a prophet of one of the white garment churches, was on Tuesday remanded in prison custody by an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, over the death of his friend. Chief Magistrate B.O. Ope-Agbe ordered that the […]
A Niger court on Monday denied bail to Hama Amadou, a leading opposition figure and contender in next month’s presidential election who has been jailed for his alleged role in a baby trafficking scandal. An appeals court upheld the decision […]
By Ebun Sessou In its commitment to bringing effective medical service delivery to residents of the state, the Lagos State House of Assembly, through its Committee on Health Services, Tuesday ordered the closure of the blood bank section of Gbagada […]
The Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Justice Ishaq Bello, has ordered magistrates in the FCT to desist forthwith from granting remand orders to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The EFCC had relied on FCT Magistrates’ […]