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Justice Elias Abua of the Cross River State High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State, has convicted and sentenced two former bankers: Titus Chima Nwankwo and Utibe-Abasi Ifiok George  for stealing the sum of N2,900,000 (Two Million, Nine Hundred Thousand Naira only)  from the account of a deceased customer …

A 39 year old teacher in Scotland, Carol Ann White, is facing trial in court for allegedly performing sexual activity with two children  Carol Ann White, is accused of engaging in sexual activity with a boy, who has special educational needs (and cannot be named for legal reasons,) between April …

The trial of Chidinma Ojukwu, the suspected killer of Super TV CEO, Usifo Ataga will resume on Tuesday, April 26, after it was stalled on Monday owing to a contest over the integrity of some bank records of the deceased.   When the matter was called at the Lagos High Court sitting …

A Federal High Court in Abuja has sacked Yakubu Dogara, from the House of Representatives and declared his seat vacant.    Dogara, who represents Bogoro/Dass Federal constituency of Bauchi State, was the Speaker of the House of Representatives between 2015 and 2019.   Dogara had defected from the Peoples Democratic …

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, on Wednesday, April 20th,  received the Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Kedem Tallen, OFR, who paid a courtesy visit on the IGP in his office at the Louis Edet House, Force Headquarters, Abuja.   The Minister discussed amongst other things, the …

Kim Kardashian’s sex tape was brought up in court during Blac Chyna’s defamation case.   Chyna, who shares a daughter with Rob Kardashian, is suing Kris Jenner,  Kim Kardashian,  Khloe Kardashian, and Kylie Jenner after her and Rob’s reality show was put on hold.   In court on Monday, April …

A man from Kentucky, USA who was fired for having a panic attack that his bosses saw as ‘violent’ after he was thrown a birthday party at work against his wishes has been awarded $450,000 by a jury.   Kevin Berling asked an office manager at the Gravity Diagnostics lab …

A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has remanded a pastor and human rights activist, Jude Ohanenye, in a correctional centre for alleged defilement of an 8-year-old girl.   Ohanenye, who is a member of Behind Bars, a human rights group, was arraigned on Wednesday on two counts …

Bauchi State Traffic Mobile/Magistrate Court has sentenced a commercial car driver, Samaila Hamisu Garba, to six months in prison for assaulting a personnel of the State Sector Command of the Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC).   The convict was prosecuted following an assault on a personnel of the FRSC while …