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Former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu is back in the West Minister Magistrates Court, the United Kingdom for the continuation of his trial. Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice were arrested by the British police on June 23 on allegations […]

ABUJA—The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, ordered the National Identification Management Commission, NIMC, to immediately submit the bio-data of David Ukpo, who accused the former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, of sponsoring his trip […]

The UK high court of justice has blocked the Federal Government from appealing last month’s ruling dismissing a $1.7 billion (£1.4 billion) claim against JP Morgan Chase Bank over the transfer of proceeds from the sale of OPL 245 in […]

Onitsha — Justice Alexious Okuma of Anambra State High Court sitting at Atani has again deferred judgment till July, 22, this year in the fundamental right application brought by the elected president of Ogbaru Main Market, Ndubuisi Ochiogu and other […]

FOLLOWING notice of allegations of gross misconduct levelled against the embattled deputy governor of Oyo State, 23 members of the House of Assembly, yesterday, passed a motion directing the state’s Chief Judge to appoint a 7-member panel to investigate the […]

No fewer than five persons were reported killed on Tuesday night after terrorists, numbering over 200 bombed the Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre of the Nigerian Correctional Service NCoS in Abuja. Among those killed was a civil defence personnel attached […]

The Katsina Emirate Council (KEC) has announced that the usual Eid-ul-Adha royal exhibition festival has been canceled owing to insecurity. The council, in a statement signed by assistant secretary Alhaji Sule Mamman Dee, explained that the regular Hawan Daushe, a […]

The National Security Adviser NSA, Maj. Gen. Mohammed Monguno has led a team of security officials on an inspection of the Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre, Abuja which was attacked by terrorists on Tuesday night. The security chiefs are currently […]

Over 300 inmates have reportedly escaped the Kuje Custodial Centre, Federal Capital Territory following the attack on Tuesday. A prison source who spoke to Vanguard under the condition of anonymity confirmed that over 300 persons inmates escaped during the attack […]

Some high profile inmates at the Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja may have escaped Tuesday night’s attacks on the facility by some gunmen. The attacks, which lasted some hours, were said to have been resisted by military personnel and prison guards […]