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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 …

The Family Court Division of the Delta State High Court in Ughelli has started hearing a case involving the alleged trafficking and s3xual exploitation of a 15-year-old schoolgirl by her biological mother, Eunice Asuelie.   The Delta State Police Command arrested the woman after the victim, Emmanuella Monday, had accused her of allegedly trying to force her into prostitution in …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned the Director of Human Resources Management of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Sulieman Garba Bulkwang, before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Abuja for fraud.  According to a statement on EFCC’s official X page on Friday, Nov. 22, Bulkwang is being prosecuted on a five-count charge bordering on criminal …

Simon Ekpa, a Finnish-Nigerian has been arrested in Finland alongside four other individuals for alleged terror-related offenses.  Ekpa is a seperatist agitator and self-proclaimed Prime Minister of the Biafra Republic Government In-Exile.  Local reports indicate that Ekpa was remanded in custody by the Päijät-Häme District Court on charges of public incitement to commit a crime with terrorist intent.   Ekpa with …

The Lagos State Government has announced plans to investigate a 22-year-old teacher, Louis Prosper, who allegedly dfiled a 10-year-old male student at Blessed Peace School in Abule Odu in Egbeda community, Alimosho Local Government Area of the state. The spokesperson for the state Ministry of Education, Mr Kayode Sutton, said that the issue could have been addressed much earlier if the …

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, said two of the agency’s staff members were recently dismissed over allegations of corruption. Olukoyede disclosed this during the opening of the 6th Annual Criminal Law Review Conference organised by the Rule of Law Development Foundation in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 5-day event …