A Lagos State High Court in Ikeja has awarded N25m against Diamond Bank Plc, for freezing the bank account of one Mr Adetokunbo Odutola on the instructions of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. In a judgment by Justice S.O. Nwaka, the court held that a bank account could only be frozen on the order
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A 21-year-old unemployed man, Eniola, has been sentenced to six months in Kirikiri Correctional Centre by an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday for stealing a cell phone valued at N5,000. The magistrate, Mrs O.O. Fagbohun, jailed Eniola after he pleaded guilty to two counts bordering on stealing. Fagbohun held that the convict should serve out
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An Abuja High Court sitting in Gwagwalada has sentenced an officer at Kuje Correctional Centre to a four-year jail term after he was found guilty of job scam. A statement signed by the spokesperson for the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) said the convict, Ahmed Abdu, was brought before Justice Abubakar
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An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Thursday sentenced two men, Abiodun Omotosho, 27 and Biodun Ademoye, 18, to two years imprisonment for attacking a policeman with weapons. The magistrate, Mrs. B.O. Osunsanmi, sentenced the duo after they pleaded guilty to four counts of conspiracy, assault, extortion and breach of the peace. Osunsanmi ruled that the convicts
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The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, says the Federal Government has ordered an investigation into the Friday invasion of the Federal High Court, Abuja, by the operatives of the Department of State Service. The DSS, in an attempt to re-arrest the RevolutionNow convener, Omoyele Sowore, had invaded the court,
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…Urges Nigerians to defend the rule of law. The Nigerian Bar Association has reacted to the invasion of the Federal High Court, Abuja, by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) in an attempt to re-arrest Mr. Omoyele Sowore, who was released less than 12 hours before. The statement in full: DESECRATION AND ASSAULT
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A Federal High Court sitting in Owerri, Imo State on Friday, ordered the forfeiture of Dews of Hope Hospital, a 200-bed state-of-the-art hospital, which was allegedly built at a cost of N1.5 billion by an aide to the former governor of Imo State and a serving senator, Rochas Okorocha. The hospital located at the heart of
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Chaos as DSS storm courtroom to rearrest Sowore
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