Magistrate Court in Owerri on Monday remanded Herclus Okoro representing Ohaji Egbema State Constituency in the Imo House of Assembly, in the state correctional facility for alleged assault. Okoro, a member of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), was arraigned on an eight-count charge of alleged assault with intent to wound. The lawmaker, however, pleaded not
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The presidential panel headed by a former President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Salami, probing the suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, for alleged abuse of office will submit its report to President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday. A source at the presidency told newsmen that the
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One Inspector Joseph has been arrested by the Police in Logo, Local Government Area of Benue State on Thursday for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl (name withheld). It was gathered that youths in Ayilamo community in the Logo Local Government Area of Benue State, protested to express their greviance over the alleged crime committed by
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Mr. Adariko Michael, on Tuesday as one of the defendants standing trial for arms procurement fraud told the commission that N2.2 billion was spent on prayers in Nigeria and Saudi Arabia to win the war against insurgency in the country, an Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) investigating officer said. Michael, who was giving evidence
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Mr. Matthew Ahiwe, has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his co-tenant on Saturday in Umuosu community, in Umuahia South Local Government Area of Abia State. The suspect was said to have stabbed the deceased, Chigozie Eluwa, an indigene of Eziama Ubakala in Umuahia South LGA following an altercation. It was gathered that the 42-year-old Mr.
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Lekki Concession Company (LCC), Managing Director, Mr Abayomi Omomuwa, yesterday testified before the Lagos State judicial panel on restitution for victims of SARS-related abuses and other matters, that the surveillance camera stopped recording at about 8:00p.m. in the night of October 20, when soldiers fired bullets at #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Tollgate. Led in
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As the panel investigating the Lekki toll gate shooting resumed sitting Tuesday, the Lekki Concession Company (LCC), operators of the toll gate, has submitted a CCTV footage recorded by the surveillance camera on the Tuesday night October 20, 2020, of the shootings of Endsars protesters by men of the Nigerian Army. The recordings are expected
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21 suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, were yesterday remanded by the Magistrates’ Court in Port Harcourt in the facility of Nigerian Correctional Services over alleged acts of terrorism. The state police command, while arraigning the suspects in court, said they were IPOB members. The Chief Magistrate, Amadi Nna, while entertaining the case,
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Sokoto Zonal Office on Tuesday re-arraigned the duo of Meng Wei Kun and Xui Kuoi, both Chinese, before Justice Saleh Kogo Idrissa of the Federal High Court, Sokoto on three-count charges of conspiracy and offering bribe to a public servant to the tune of N50 million. Before their
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The Lagos State Ministry of Justice will prosecute 229 suspects arrested by the police for allegedly using the #EndSARS protest to destroy and loot public and private properties in the state. This was made known in a statement issued to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday by Mr Kayode Oyekanmi, the Ministry’s Director,
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Australian police have arrested 44 men across the nation on suspicion of possessing and producing child abuse material. Sixteen children had been “removed from harm” in the process, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) said. The arrests followed a year-long investigation into images and videos that were shared online. Arrests of the suspects – all aged
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An herbalist,has allegedly chopped off the fingers of his son in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra state. The native doctor identified as Gregory Enwaeso allegedly cut off the fingers of Abuchi Enwaeso.It was gathered that after cutting off the fingers, he locked up the victim in a container for four weeks before his act
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The Federal Government on Wednesday arraigned a former accountant with the Federal Ministry of Education, Matthew Inabo, over alleged diversion of about N45 million meant for the Home Grown School Feeding and Health Programme. He was arraigned by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation on an amended 24-count charge of alleged diversion of
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British police on Monday ,arrested 31 suspected online child abusers and seized more than 300 phones, laptops and other items during a recent week-long operation. The raids took place between September 28 and October 3, with 100 children “protected” as a result, London’s Metropolitan Police reported. This was achieved from a unit dedicated to tackling
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Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa said he is a man with integrity and as such has nothing to hide. He was reacting to the allegations of embezzlement of public funds and abuse of office against him, which had prompted the anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to invite
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