The Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed July 13 for hearing in a N300m fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by suspected kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike a.k.a. Evans, against the Inspector-General of Police. Evans, through his lawyer, Olukoya Ogungbeje, filed the suit last week urging the court to order the …
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A Mararaba Upper Area Court, Nasarawa State, on Thursday sentenced two men- Kabiru Ibrahim and Yusuf Danjuma, to two months imprisonment each for smoking cannabis sativa (a.k.a.Indian hemp). The judge, Ibrahim Shekarau, said he convicted the defendants as they admitted committing the offence. He, however, gave the convicts N2, 000 …
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Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Thursday assured residents that his administration would curtail the activities of the notorious group known as ‘Badoo’ in the Ikorodu axis of the state. Ambode, who gave the assurance while commissioning a rehabilitated fire service station in Epe also promised to ensure the …
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Nigeria’s former First Lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan, on Thursday alleged harassment of her family by security agencies and sought House of Representatives intervention. In a petition to the Lower Chamber, Jonathan urged the Federal Government to call the agencies to order. The petition was presented at the House’s plenary by …
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A teenage boy has married his 73-year-old lover in a remote village on Indonesia’s Sumatra, officials said, after the unconventional couple threatened a double suicide if their match was thwarted. 73-year-old Rohaya binti Kiagus Muhammad Jakfar (L) sits with her 15-year-old teenage husband Selamet Riyadi (R) in Baturaja, South Sumatra …
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The Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, has said Dr. Deji Adeleke may have gone mad because of the death of his brother, Senator Isiaka Adeleke. Aregbesola said this in Ede on Wednesday at the campaign of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the Osun West Senatorial District …
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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja is said to have suspended the recall process of Senator Dino Melaye! See Dino’s tweet celebrating the news and reactions from twitter followers. Which way Nigeria?!
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Members of the Senate from the South-West, South-South and South-East on Wednesday formed an alliance aimed at presenting a unified position on the issues affecting the southern part of the county. The lawmakers, after the plenary, held a closed-door meeting where they elected an executive for the Southern Nigeria Senators’ …
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Six men alleged to have burgled the home of former Super Eagles captain, Mr. Segun Odegbami, were, on Thursday, arraigned before the Igbosere Chief Magistrate’s Court in Lagos. The accused men are Oke Moses, 18; Abdul Azeez, 22; Ajibade Rahmon, 24; Isaac Okenuga, 29; Olusola Orisansope, 22; and Daramola Abiodun, 22. …
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The Nigeria Communications Commission has apprehended four suspects involved in selling pre-registered SIM cards in Jigawa. The NCC’s Head of Enforcement Unit, Mr Salisu Abdu, disclosed this while briefing newsmen in Dutse on Thursday. Abdu said that the suspects were arrested at Hakimi Street and Dutse new market, Dutse, …
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