The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday withdrew its application seeking to stay the execution of a court order which unfroze the Skye Bank account of the wife of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience with a balance of $5.9m. A counsel for the EFCC, Rotimi Oyedepo, appeared before the Federal …
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Undergraduate anally rapes 10-yr-old girl to death in Ghana
A 23-year-old has been arrested in Ghana after he raped a 10-year-old girl to death through the anus for three years. playThis is the height of wickedness as this man raped the 10-year-old to death A 23-year-old student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana, has …
Read More »BREAKING: Court strikes out Obanikoro’s N100m suit against EFCC
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday struck out the N100m fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by a former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Obanikoro, his wives, Fati and Moroophat, and his sons, Gbolahon and Babajide, had sued the anti-graft …
Read More »Police arrest 8 persons over Mushin clash
The Lagos Police Command says it has arrested eight persons alleged to be involved in a clash that led to the destruction of property in Idi-Oro, Mushin. The command Spokesman, ASP Olarinde Famous-Cole, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday. Famous-Cole said that the Commissioner …
Read More »Court orders forfeiture of N449m found in BDC shop
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday ordered the temporary forfeiture of the sum of N449,750,000 found in an abandoned Bureau de Change shop in Victoria Island by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The forfeiture order was made by Justice Rilawan Aikawa following an ex parte application taken …
Read More »Osun panel on Ile-Ife crisis receives 104 memoranda
Osun Judicial Panel of Inquiry into the Disturbance of Peace at Sabo Area, Ile-Ife, set up by Governor Rauf Aregbesola has commenced sitting and received 104 memoranda from victims. Mr Bisi Babalola, the Secretary to the panel, made this known while briefing newsmen at Oba Okunade Sijuwade Memorial Hall, Enuwa, …
Read More »Student jailed for joking about minister’s killing on twitter
A 21-year-old student, Cassandra Vera, from the south-eastern region of Murcia was sentenced to one year prison term for joking about the 1973 assassination of Spanish prime minister, Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco on Twitter. Spain’s top criminal court, the Audiencia Nacional, reportedly found her guilty of glorifying terrorism and humiliating …
Read More »SGF Babachir Lawal ‘Not Aware’ Of Suspension
The suspended SGF Babachir Lawal says he is not aware of his suspension. Lawal said this in an interview with State House reporters after meeting Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. President Muhammadu Buhari ordered an investigation into the allegations of violations of law and due process made against the Secretary to …
Read More »Suspended DG NIA Weeps, Barred From Aso Rock
The suspended Director-General of National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Ayo Oke, on Wednesday betrayed emotion as he made desperate attempts to enter the Presidential Villa, Abuja shortly after his suspension was announced. Oke made attempts to seek an audience with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo but was turned back. Ayodele Oke. He …
Read More »Nigerian Arrested For Robbing Four Banks In New York
United Nations headquarters employee was arrested on Monday for robbing four banks over a two-month span, The New York Post reports. Nigerian national Abdullahi Shuaibu, 53, was charged with two counts of robbery and two counts of attempted robbery. All robberies were committed during his lunch breaks at banks within …
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