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12 Ajayi Crowther University students cleared of murder charges
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, on Monday discharged and acquitted 12 of the 25 students from Ajayi Crowther...
EFCC probes its operatives over alleged assault on female hotel staff in Lagos
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has established a disciplinary panel to investigate allegations of assault against two of its operatives. The...
Breaking: Court dismisses Nnamdi Kanu’s N1bn suit against FG
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday quashed the human rights suit filed by the detained leader of...
Appeal Court upholds Baba Ijesha’s 5-year sentence for sexual assault
The Court of Appeal in Lagos has upheld the conviction of Nollywood actor Olanrewaju James, a.k.a. Baba Ijesha, and affirmed the five-year prison...
EFCC wants Bello’s lawyers indicted for alleged professional misconduct
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has requested that the Federal High Court in Abuja punish ex-Gov. Yahaya Bello’s two legal representatives...
Court orders final forfeiture of $1.4m linked to ex-CBN Gov. Emefiele
A Federal High Court in Lagos, presided over by Justice Ayokunle Faji, has issued a final order for the permanent forfeiture of $1,426,175.14...
Naira abuse: Plea bargain: Cubana Chief Priest pays N10m to FG, case struck out
Following a plea bargain, Justice Kehinde Ogundare of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday dismissed the naira abuse charge brought by...
Caught in the act! Nigerian magistrate pilfering frozen bank account of petitioner
Three magistrates and a registrar of the Kano High Court are facing serious disciplinary action for misconduct, as one of the magistrates was...
Lagos Police Command detains two officers for unauthorized operation resulting in civilian’s death
The Lagos State Police Command has taken two police officers into custody in connection with an unauthorized operation that resulted in the death...
Abuja Court rejects Abba Kyari’s latest bail application
Abba Kyari, the detained Deputy Commissioner of Police, renewed his request for bail until the conclusion of his trial, but Justice Emeka Nwite...
Access Bank staff, two others hack bank’s system, steal N3.5bln, remanded in prison
For allegedly hacking Access Bank’s network and stealing N3.5 billion, a Lagos High Court has hauled three men, including a senior manager of...
Timileyin’s murder: 25 Ajayi Crowther Varsity students arraigned, remanded in Ibadan prison
Twenty-five students of Ajayi Crowther University have been arraigned before a Chief Magistrate’s Court in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, over the murder of...
Assault on nurse: Police arraign Oriokpa masquerader
The Enugu State Police Command says it has apprehended and charged a masquerader, Ugwuoke Ebube, a 22-year-old, who allegedly assaulted a nurse in...
Ataga’s murder: Blood stain on Chidinma’s dress matches deceased’s blood, forensic expert reveals
A new revelation in the murder case of Super TV’s CEO, Usifo Ataga, has confirmed that the blood stain on Chidimma Ojukwu’s red...
Invasion of Oyo Govt Secretariat: Police parade 21 suspected Yoruba Nation agitators in Ibadan
The police in Ibadan paraded no fewer than 21 suspected Yoruba Nation agitators on Monday, including a female and two elderly men in...
Naira abuse: Bobrisky to spend six months in jail, court rules
Controversial social media personality, Idris Olanrewaju Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, has been handed a six-month prison sentence without an option of a...
