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Comrade Kaduna Eboigbodin, a former Chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) in Edo State, has tragically passed away following an alleged encounter with police officers at a roadblock in the Upper Sokponba area of Benin City.   Vanguard reports that Eboigbodin was reportedly stopped on Monday, December 2, while driving with his wife. According to Rev. David Ugolor, Executive …

A 13-year-old boy has taken legal action against his UK parents, for “brutally” taking him to Africa where he was enrolled in a boarding school.   The boy, whose identity is protected, contacted the British Consulate and a child welfare organization after his parents took him from the UK to Africa and registered him at an African school before they returned …

The federal high court in Abuja has discharged and acquitted 50 persons alleged to be members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) and charged with alleged terrorism.   On Friday, Nov. 29, trial judge James Omotosho ruled that the police failed to establish a prima facie case against the 50 defendants, including four women.   The trial judge upheld the no-case …

The Delta state Commissioner of Police, CP Olufemi Abaniwonda, has ordered an investigation into the alleged killing of a young man identified as Emeka Okediachi,  by some erring police officers.   An X user had on November 28 taken to his handle to call out the police for the alleged k!lling of the young man. The X user said the …

Former Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has been produced by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for arraignment before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting at Maitama.   Bello is billed to enter his plea to a 16-count charge bordering on his alleged complicity in a N110.4 billion fraud.  The former governor’s whereabouts remained unknown …

A Shari’a Court sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, on Monday dissolved a 45-year-old marriage between Alhaji Ilani and Halima Ilani over alleged infidelity.   The judge, Anas Khalifa, confirmed the one pronouncement of divorce made by the defendant after efforts to settle out of court proved abortive.   Earlier, the complainant prayed court to dissolve her union with Mr …

Controversial South African pastor Paseka “Mboro” Motsoeneng has sparked widespread reactions after a video of him carrying a large cross on his back while walking through the streets went viral.    The spectacle, reminiscent of biblical imagery, left many Zimbabweans and others on social media in stitches.   Pastor Mboro, currently facing charges of kidnapping, possession of dangerous weapons, and …

A Nigerian woman, Fortune Adaobi Okechukwu, has reacted to the bigamy allegation levelled against her by her estranged husband, Anthony Echebiri.   Echebiri, a staff of NSCDC, had accused Adaobi of abandoning him and their daughters to get married to another man while still legally married to him.    He also claimed that Adaobi is currently pregnant for her alleged …

Ebonyi state governor, Francis Nwifuru, has ordered the arrest and prosecution of six workers at the state Ministry of Health for allegedly diverting materials intended for the State Ministry of Health.     During a project inspection, the Governor noticed a Toyota Dyana truck loading registers, books, and other materials from the ministry’s warehouse. Not satisfied with the initial explanations, …

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday, November 22, ordered the remand of 109 alleged foreign hackers accused of attempting to defraud Nigerians.    The defendants, identified as citizens of China, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Thailand, Brazil, Malaysia, and Myanmar, are facing a six-count charge filed by the Cybercrime Unit of the Nigeria Police Force.   Justice Ekerete Akpan …