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BREAKING NEWS: Money laundry: Femi Fani-Kayode discharged, acquitted

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The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has discharged and acquitted the Former Minister of Aviation, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode of alleged money laundering. The court presides over by Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia held that the prosecution fail to prove their case beyound […]

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You’ll face full wrath of law, police tell killers of FUTA ex-VC

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From BAMIGBOLA GBOLAGUNTE, Akure Ondo State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Isaac Eke, has assured the people of the state that the suspected killers of the former Vice Chancellor, Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Prof. Albert Ilemobade, will face the […]

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#SameSexMarraige: Nigerians react to Robert Mugabe’s ‘marriage proposal’ to Obama

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If you are one of those wondering why 90-year old President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe is trending on Nigerian Twitter, let’s update you. Mugabe reportedly reacted to the legalisation of same sex marriage in the United States of America by […]

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Court adjourns Tinubu`s N150bn libel suit against AIT

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Hon. Justice Iyabo Akinkugbe of an Ikeja high court, Tuesday June 30, adjourned the suit to September 30, for further direction on the court processes served by counsel to both parties in the suit. LEADERSHIP makes reference to a report […]

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Zambian Ex-president Acquitted over $2.5m Oil Deal with Nigeria

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Former Zambian President, Rupiah Banda, was monday acquitted after a court case in which he was alleged to have personally benefited from a $2.5 million oil deal with Nigeria. At a trial that began in early 2013, Banda was charged […]

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The Role of Law Enforcement Agencies in Developing New Mechanism in the Fight Against Corruption

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By Yunus Ustaz Usman SAN Corruption To be able to appreciate the topic, there is the need to remind ourselves what corruption entails, particularly, it is the stealing of the commonwealth by those entrusted to keep it for us, since […]

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DPO’s murder: 26 suspects discharged, 5 remanded

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An Iyanganku Chief Magistrates’ Court yesterday discharged 26 suspects in connection with the murder of CSP Ike Nworgu following the advice of the Oyo Sate Directorate of Public Prosecution. Nworgu was the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in Agugu Police Station […]

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APC requests resignation of judge who called for Aregbesola’s sack

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The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has called on Justice Olamide Oloyede to toe the honourable path by first, resigning her position as a High Court Judge in the state’s judiciary before, “ganging up with the […]

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Man in court for stealing sausage, gets N20,000 bai

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A 22-year-old man, Emeka Ifyjerike, has been arraigned before a Badagry chief magistrate’s court in Lagos, for allegedly stealing a carton of turkey and some sausage valued at N9,500. The accused, whose address is unknown, is facing a charge of […]

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Will you support gay rights in Nigeria?

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By Olufemi Ajasa Now that the US has demonstrated its commitment to equality before the law, by ensuring same-sex couples can now marry in all 50 states of the confederate following its historic Supreme Court’s ruling which gave marriage equality […]