A Wuse Magistrates’ Court in Abuja, sentenced two brothers, Adamu and Rabiu Ibrahim to two months imprisonment each for stealing a cellphone in a mosque. The Magistrate, Olumide Bamisile convicted …
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Anti-CorruptionCivil Society
Court Jails Ex-bankers for Criminal Diversion of Pensioners’ N10.3m in Enugu
The Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction and sentencing of two former bankers, Sani Endurance Aferokhe and Hillary Odo, for the …
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A special Offences Mobile Court in Oshodi, Lagos State, on Monday sentenced 48-year-old Makinde Rasaq to 13 months of community service at Kirikiri Correctional Centre for illegally dumping waste in …
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Peace and Security
Court Restrains Anti-Corruption Commission, Others from Interfering in MAAUN’s Affairs
A Kano High Court has granted an interim injunction restraining the Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC) and four other parties from interfering in the internal and external affairs of …
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it will begin legal action to recover mandates held by Rivers lawmakers who defected to the All-Progressives Congress (APC). The National Publicity Secretary, Ini …
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Anti-CorruptionCivil Society
Obasanjo Willing to Testify in Court on $6bn Mambilla Contract, Witness Tells Court
A Third Prosecution Witness, PW3, in the ongoing matter of former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, told Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal High Court sitting in Apo, …
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News
Court Orders EFCC to Release 27 Seized Properties, Owners Accuse Commission of Defying Judgment
The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to immediately release 27 houses wrongfully seized from their owners, declaring the anti-graft agency’s forfeiture …
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Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Wednesday, convicted and sentenced one Samuel Asiegbu to three years’ imprisonment without an option of fine for …
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The Kano State House of Assembly has commenced deliberations on a bill seeking to amend the law establishing the state’s Sharia Courts and the Sharia Court of Appeal. The proposed …
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The Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has ordered the immediate release of one Mr Sewedo Folorunsho, who has been awaiting trial for alleged murder in Kirikiri prisons for …