News - Legal Nigeria

Concerns over IPOB’s threat to lock down Southeast over Nnamdi Kanu

Admin 1 3 years ago

By Lawrence Njoku, Southeast Bureau Chief . There are growing concerns that the economy of the southeast region may suffer serious decline should the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) make good its threat to lock down the zone beginning from […]

News

I’m not asking for leniency, man tells judge, bags 205 years for killing five relations

Admin 1 3 years ago

Agency Report A Milwaukee man has been sentenced to 205 years in prison for fatally shooting five members of his family and he offered no explanation for his actions, saying that he must have a lot of hate. Before receiving […]

News

Hushpuppi to be sentenced in October –US court

Admin 1 3 years ago

Kayode Oyero The United States Attorney’s Office at the Central District of California says that Ramon Abbas, aka, Hushpuppi, will be sentenced in October 2021. The court’s Director of Media Relations, Thom Mrozek, disclosed this to one of our correspondents […]

News

#TwitterBan: We are monitoring closely repression in Nigeria, says Commonwealth

Admin 1 3 years ago

The Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Rt Hon Patricia Scotland QC has stated that the Commonwealth is “closely monitoring developments around suspension of Twitter, and allegations of repression of the rights to freedom of expression, access to information, media freedom, as […]

News

Hushpuppi: Police commission suspends Abba Kyari over FBI indictment

Admin 1 3 years ago

Sodiq Oyeleke The Police Service Commission has suspended a Deputy Commissioner of Police and Head, Intelligence Response Team of the Nigeria Police Force, Abba Kyari, over his indictment by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for bribery allegation. This came a […]

News

Hushpuppi: Why police may not release Kyari to FBI

Admin 1 3 years ago

Adelani Adepegba • Embattled DCP ordered to respond to allegations There are strong indications that the police authorities may not hand over the Commander, IGP Intelligence Response and Monitoring Team, Abba Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, to the United […]

News

Court remands man, 33, for attempting to defile minor

Admin 1 3 years ago

By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo A Magistrate Court, sitting in Ile-Ife, Osun State on Wednesday remanded one Michael Adeniran, 33, for allegedly attempting to defile a minor. Michael was arraigned before Magistrate A. I. Oyebadejo on two counts bordering on indecent […]

News

DCP Abba Kyari: US Court can’t order arrest of a Non-Citizen resident in Nigeria — Police Commission

Admin 1 3 years ago

By: Kingsley Omonobi – Abuja. The aftermath of the order by a United States court to the FBI to arrest Nigerian Police Officer, DCP Abba Kyari in connection to a $1.1million fraud perpetrated by Fraudster, Abbass Ramon aka Hushpuppi, the […]

News

EFCC detains, interrogates Saraki over misappropriation of funds

Admin 1 3 years ago

Adelani Adepegba The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is presently quizzing a former president of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, over alleged misappropriation of public funds and money laundering. Saraki, who arrived at the EFCC office around 2pm today, is still […]

News

Drug Abuse: NDLEA arrests 5,000 offenders, convicts 500

Admin 1 3 years ago

Agency Report The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency says it has arrested no fewer than 5,000 suspects and secured 500 convictions between January and May 2021 for drug abuse and trafficking. The agency’s Chief Executive Officer, Retired Brig.-Gen. Mohamed Marwa, […]