Justice J. K Omotosho of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has ordered the People?s Democratic Party (PDP) not to suspend or expel Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state from the party. The order was made on Monday, February 6 upon an ex parte motion filed by Wike against …
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A Lagos State University of Technology formerly (LASPOTECH) lecturer has been remanded in custody of Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling his 10-year-old daughter. The lecturer (names withheld) who is accused of having carnal knowledge of the minor since 2018, was arraigned on a two- count charge last Friday …
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The governments of Kaduna, Kogi, and Zamfara states have dragged the Federal government before the Supreme Court, seeking a restraining order to stop the full implementation of the policy surrounding the newly redesigned Naira notes. The Central Bank of Nigeria in October 2022 announced plans to redesign the 200, …
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A journalist with the News Agency of Nigeria, Chioma Ugboma and the sister of the customary court judge, Nnaemeka Ugboma, who was shot dead in Imo State, is mourning him. Ugboma was killed by gunmen while presiding over a court session last Thursday, February 2. It was gathered …
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An Akure Magistrate Court has remanded 23-year-old man, Dominic David in police custody for allegedly inserting his finger inside the private part of a five-year girl. David reportedly committed the act on January 24, 2023 at Basic Road, Odode Street, Idanre community. He was said to have lured the little …
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Nnaemeka Ugboma, the chairman of Ejemekwuru Customary Court in the Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State was on Thursday, February 2, killed by gunmen. Ugboma was killed by gunmen who operated in motorcycles while presiding a court session. The incident brought the court sitting to an abrupt end …
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The trial of Darambi Vandi, the alleged murder suspect of a Lagos-based lawyer shot dead on Christmas Day, continued on Thursday, February 2, with the sixth prosecution witness, Insp. Sunday Akagu, giving an account of what transpired on that day. Vandi is standing trial on a count charge of …
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A manslaughter charge can be brought if a defendant killed somebody while doing something lawful but was acting negligently or carelessly, prosecutors on the Alec Badwin case have said. In court documents filed on Tuesday, prosecutors said reckless safety failures were routine on the set. They said Baldwin …
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The lady who dragged singer Ikuforijimi Olaitan Abdulrahman, aka Oxlade to court over their leaked sex tape, has been awarded N5m as damages by Justice Olalekan Oresanya of an Ikeja High Court. The lady, John Blessing had filed a lawsuit against the singer on March 15, 2022, seeking N20million …
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An Upper Shariah Court sitting in Kano has on Thursday dissolved the 16-year-old marriage of Asiya Ganduje, daughter of Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. Vanguard reports that Asiya had approached the court seeking for the dissolution of her marriage with her husband, Inuwa Uba on the ground that …
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