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Alleged N4bn Fraud: Court Grants ex-KASCO MD, Son Bail

The Kano State High Court has again granted bail to the former managing director of Kano Agricultural Supply Company (KASCO), Bala Inuwa Muhammad, who is standing trial for alleged diversion of N4 billion Kano state fund. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports…

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Court Grants Emefiele N300m Bail

Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court Abuja, has granted the immediate past Governor of the Central Bank, Mr Godwin Emefiele, bail in the sum of N300 million and two sureties in like sum. The sureties must have certificates of…

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Father Prosecutes Sons for Alleged Assault, Theft

A man, Ade Olowopopo, has taken his two sons, Kunle and Mayowa Olowopopo, to court for allegedly assaulting their sister, Bisi Olowopopo, and for stealing his properties at Lakwe Lekki, Lagos State. The Olowopopos were arraigned on Monday before Magistrate O. M. Ajayi…

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65-Year-Old Landlord Gets Life Sentence For Molesting Tenant’s Children

A 65-year-old landlord, Igwe Ambrose, was on Monday sentenced to double life imprisonment by an Ikeja sexual offences and domestic violence court in Lagos. Ambrose was found guilty of inserting fingers into the private parts of his tenant’s children – aged 7 and…

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Mohbad: Naira Marley, Sam Larry Released from Police Custody

Music artiste Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, and Lagos socialite Sam Larry, have both been released from detention by the Lagos State Police Command. Benjamin Hundeyin, the Public Relations Officer for the state’s police, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. “Naira…

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NUPENG Officials Charged with Attempted Murder

A shocking turn of events unfolded as a high court in the Federal Capital Territory ordered 13 former officials of the Petroleum Tanker Drivers Branch of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) to be remanded at the Kuje Correctional Centre.…

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Emefiele Arraigned For Alleged N1.6bn Fraud, Remanded In Kuje Prison

The Federal Government has arraigned the immediate past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Godwin Emefiele, on a six-count charge bordering on alleged procurement. The original charge, which was 20 counts to the tune of N6.5 billion, has been reduced to…

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Police Arraign Driver Who Crushed LAWMA Sweepers

The Lagos State Police Command on Thursday arraigned Jerry Ironkwe, the driver who crushed two sweepers of the Lagos State Waste Management Authority, namely, 65-year-old Folashade Odufuwa and 60-year-old Ajoke Adefuye, in the Gbagada area of the state. The 45-year-old mechanic was arraigned…

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Court Remands ex-LG Chair, Monarch over Rivers DPO Murder

A High Court in Port Harcourt has remanded 75 individuals to the Port Harcourt Correctional Centre for their alleged involvement in the conspiracy to murder the Divisional Police Officer of Ahoada, Bako Angbashim. The suspects, facing charges of conspiracy to murder and felony,…

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Court Adjourns Money Laundering Trial of Ikuforiji

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday adjourned the trial of a former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, for alleged N338.8 million money laundering. The case which was earlier fixed for continuation of trial on Nov. 15,…

16/11/2023 0Comments

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