Sudan has agreed to hand ousted autocrat Omar al-Bashir and others to the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes in Darfur, a member of Khartoum’s ruling body said Tuesday. The Hague-based ICC has charged Bashir and three of his former aides with genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Sudan’s western region during
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A 37-year-old graduate of Estate Management at the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, Melvin Oromidayo, has been sentenced to nine years imprisonment by an Ipetumodu Magistrate’s Court in Osun State for impersonating a lawyer. Oromidayo was said to have been practising law and handling cases at different courts for unsuspecting members of the public for over a
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An Abuja-based lawyer, Mr Oluwatosin Ojaomo, has sued the daughter of the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, for illegal use of the presidential aircraft for a private visit to Bauchi State on January 10. Copies of the processes which was filed by the claimant at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja on
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Wife of former Secretary to Ebonyi State Government, Chief Fidelis Mbam, on Friday, slumped inside a Magistrate court sitting in Abakaliki, the state capital. Mrs Joy Mbam, was arraigned by the Police on Friday over her husband’s death and properties’ meddling. Chief Fidelis Mbam died on April 23, 2018 and her second wife, Joy was
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A human rights activist, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), has lamented the refusal of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to release his client, Mr. Mohammed Adoke, the immediate past Attorney-General of the Federation. Ozekhome in a statement on Thursday said it was unfortunate that about a week after Justice Idris Kutigi of an FCT High
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Chief Emeka Ihedioha has prayed the Supreme Court to set aside the judgment it delivered on Jan. 14. NAN reports that the Supreme Court on Jan.14, nullified Ihedioha’s election as Imo governor and declared Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressive Congress (APC) as the winner of the March 9 governorship election in the state. Ihedioha
Read moreThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will arraign the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Nicholas Mutu, before Justice Giwa of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday. The EFCC is prosecuting Mutu for his alleged involvement in about N400 million money laundering and receiving kickbacks
Read moreThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arrested the candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP), for 2017 Anambra State governorship poll, Chief Ifeanyichukwu Okonkwo. Okonkwo was arrested by the EFCC after he instituted a N65bn law suit against the commission. It was learnt that the anti graft agency had earlier detained the human rights activist for two days and released him on
Read moreReport available to us indicates that Aso Villa officials on Friday barred a bailiff of the Federal High Court from serving Hanan Buhari with court processes. Hanan, who is the daughter of the Nigeria’s President, Major Muhammadu Buhari, is being sued alongside the Department of State Services (DSS) and telecommunications company, MTN, for N500m by
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Senator Shehu Sani, the former lawmaker representing Kaduna central senatorial district in the National Assembly, has been released from the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission after perfecting his bail conditions. Sani, who is facing trial for alleged name-dropping and extortion of $24,000, had spent four weeks in the EFCC custody before being
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Three men, Nuhu Jimoh, Ndubisi David and Aderibigbe Oluwaseun, arrested for armed robbery, have been sentenced to death by hanging by an Osun State High Court. In his judgement on Thursday, Justice Jide Falola of the High Court sitting in Ikirun, Osun State, found the men guilty of launching a coordinated attack on First Bank,
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Mrs. Damilola Adeyeri and her son, Alaba Adeyeri, were on Tuesday sentenced to three years’ imprisonment by a Federal High Court in Lagos for defrauding an American to the tune of $82,570. Justice C.J. Aneke convicted the mother and son of the four counts bordering on “fraudulent trick business email compromise” filed against them by
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An Abuja Federal High Court on Monday granted former Nigerian lawmaker Shehu Sani N10 million bail. Shehu Sani was arraigned on a two-count charge of bribery brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Details later.
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The Federal Government has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to reject a request by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, to restore his revoked bail. A counter-affidavit was said to be filed before the court by the Federal Government to oppose an application filed in April last year
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Report reaching us has it that a final year student of business administration Fisayo Adetoro has been found guilty of impersonation, forgery and money laundering and sentenced to cumulative 13 years in prison and N1,000,000 fine. Adetoro, who is a student of Joseph Ayodele Babalola University, (JABU) was arrested alongside Emmanuel Omole and Wale Ayeni
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