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By, Onome Jackson An 80-year-old prince from Bolorunduro in Ondo East Local Government Area of Ondo State, Prince Adefusi Adebisi, has been arraigned before a Magistrates’ Court on charges of willful destruction of property and breach of peace. The Police accused Adebisi and others still at large of trespassing on land belonging to Reverend David Akinadewo-Adekahunsi and destroying economic trees ...
February, 2025
December, 2023
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22 December
P&ID: Court throws out appeal against $11bn judgment in favour of Nigeria
A London court on Thursday declined to grant an application by Process & Industrial Development (P&ID) seeking to appeal the judgment halting the enforcement of its $11 billion award against Nigeria. The court in the judgment delivered by the presiding judge, Robin Knowles, ruled that the award against Nigeria should be thrown out immediately. The Business and Property Court in ...
May, 2019
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9 May
Breaking News: Court sentenced to death house wife & her pastor for murder of NNPC boss
A Benin High Court has sentenced to death a house wife and her pastor for the murder of a senior staff of Nigerian National Petroleum Company NNPC, Benin city, Engineer Victor Gabriel Isonguyo. The woman, Eniobong Isonguyo was the wife of the deceased before his death while the second convict, pastor Udoka Ukachukwu was the head of their church. The ...
September, 2017
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20 September
NOW NOW NEWS ! Court strikes out fraud charge in Diezani’s name
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, struck out one of the nine counts of $1.6bn crude oil fraud instituted against businessman, Jide Omokore, and five others. Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, in a ruling, struck out the eighth count after hearing an application by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke, who had alleged that she was indicted ...
June, 2016
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8 June
Jonathan’s cousin, wife get N500m bail
A federal high court in Abuja has granted Azibaola Roberts, cousin of former President Goodluck Jonathan, and his wife, Stella, bail in the sum of N500m. The court also ordered them to provide two sureties who must own landed property in Abuja. On Tuesday, Nnamdi Dimgba, the judge, had remanded Azibaola in Kuje prison pending the determination of his bail ...
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7 June
Ibori Set To Gain Freedom From London Prison
Lawyers representing jailed former Nigerian oil state governor James Ibori have alleged serious misconduct by Britain’s prosecuting authorities, a London court heard on Monday. The allegations include that the prosecution team failed to properly disclose information to the defence in relation to alleged corruption by a British police officer involved in the investigation, and that it made misleading statements in ...
May, 2016
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17 May
Two fulan herdsmen jailed 20-years for unlawful possession of Gun
Two Fulani herdsmen, Hassan Abidu and Yakubu Salem, have been sentenced to 20 years with hard labour by a Delta State High Court siting in Asaba for unlawful possession of firearms. The convicts suspected to be members of a group of armed nomads terrorizing indigenes of Ibusa and its environs especially farmers, were pronounced guilty on a two count charge ...
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13 May
FRSC drags woman to court for biting officer’s thumb
The Federal Road Safety Commission FRSC has dragged a woman identified as Ndidi Amehia Eleazar, before a magistrate court in Ota for biting the thumb of an officer at the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway tollgate on Wednesday May 11th. According to the commission, the woman was pulled over for having bad tyres which the officer considered a secondary offence. As she was ...
April, 2016
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17 April
Court upholds Gov Ahmed’s election
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, dismissed the suit filed by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Kwara State’s, candidate in the April 11, 2015 gubernatorial election, Senator Simeon Ajibola challenging the election of Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the governor of the State. In their suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/688/2015, the PDP and its ...
March, 2016
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3 March
Another 14yr Old Girl Abducted,Sighted In Sultan of Sokoto Palace
Emboldened by the story of Ese,relations of another missing 14-year-old girl, Patience Paul, have alleged that the primary six pupil of Mohammed Zako Model Primary School, Sokoto, may have been abducted and housed at the palace of the Sultan of Sokoto. Father of the girl, Mr. Paul Adaji, an indigene of Ochobo in Ohimini Local Government Area of Benue State, ...
