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Court affirms judgment voiding Al-Mustapha’s candidacy
A Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected an application to set aside its November 4 judgment recognising the candidates produced by the Dr. Adekunle Rufai Omo-Aje leadership of the Action Alliance (AA) party. The court had, in the…
120m Fraud: Again, Mama Boko Haram, two others jailed for 10 years
Aisha Alkali Wakil, alias Mama Boko Haram, has again been convicted for fraud as Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, sitting in Maiduguri, on Wednesday, December 21, 2022, convicted and sentenced her alongside two others…
Gunmen burn Imo magistrate’s court
GUNMEN on Sunday set ablaze a section of the magistrate’s court in Owerri, the Imo State capital. This came barely 24 hours after a building at the Imo State High Court in Orlu was burnt by hoodlums. The magistrate’s court is located…
Court sentences Peter Obi’s campaign DG, Okupe to 2 years in prison
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has convicted and sentenced the Director-General of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the Labour Party (LP), Dr. Doyin Okupe, to two years in prison for money…
Court declares Peter Obi’s campaign DG, Okupe guilty of money laundering
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, found the Director General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Doyin Okupe guilty of receiving over N200 million cash from former National Security Adviser (NSA) Col. Sambo…
Rivers Police debunk reports of dead bodies littering streets
THE Rivers State Police Command has debunked reports making the rounds on social media that the state was littered with dead bodies. The state Commissioner of Police, Effiong Okon, described the claims as mischievous, adding that they…
Court remands Gov Yahaya Bello’s nephew over N10bn fraud
Justice James Kolawole Omotosho of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama has remanded Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello’s nephew, Ali Bello and one Dauda Sulaiman in prison pending the fulfilment of their bail conditions. The…
Appeal Court quashes judgement nullifying Rivers APC candidates
An Appeal Court sitting in Port Harcourt has quelled the judgment of a Federal High Court that sacked the Rivers State All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, Tonye Cole, and national, and state assembly candidates. It would be…
EFCC recovers N30bn from suspended Accountant-General, Idris Ahmed
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has recovered over N30 billion from the questionable activities of the suspended Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Idris Ahmed. EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa,…
Blasphemy: Kano cleric to die by hanging
A Kano-based Islamic cleric, Abduljabbar Nasiru Kabara, has been sentenced to death by hanging. The controversial cleric was charged on July 16, 2021, by the Kano state government before an Upper Sharia Court over alleged blasphemy and…