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Efcc-OperativesThe trial of Li Yanping, a Chinese national who is facing a one-count charge of money laundering for concealing $300,000 has begun with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, presenting three witnesses.Yanping, who was arraigned on March 28, 2018 […]

There were at least 250 security men on duty at the National Assembly yesterday when five unknown persons barged into a senate session, picked up the mace and escaped with it, sources said.Multiple sources including senior security officers and staff […]

  + A Sokoto Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, ordered the remand of two men, Abdulkarim Muhammad and Ibrahim Ibrahim over alleged cruelty to a donkey.The accused persons are facing a two-count charge of criminal conspiracy, riding and neglecting an animal.The […]

Late Deji Falae and Ese FalaeAkin KuponiyiReprieve came the way of widow of Deji Falae, son of Chief Olu Falae, who died in the ill-fated Associated Airline crash in Lagos on October 3, 2013, as a Federal High Court sitting […]

Malaysia Prime Minister, Najib RazakThe Malaysian government Monday proposed a law to combat “fake news” which could see offenders jailed for 10 years, sparking fears authorities aim to stifle criticism as elections loom.According to AFP,  governments in several countries, emboldened […]

   More details have now emerged showing how billions of naira and hundred millions of dollars were illegally removed from the public till by the Jonathan administration specifically ahead of the 2015 presidential elections.The information came on the tail of […]

A Dubai court yesterday sentenced a 61-year-old British journalist to 10 years in jail followed by deportation for bludgeoning to death his wife with a hammer last summer, local media reported.The Dubai Court of First Instance modified the main charge against […]

  •Orders removal of declaration from websiteA High Court sitting in Abuja has quashed the declaration of Executive Vice Chairman of Aiteo, Benedict Peters, as ‘wanted’ by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).In a March 22, 2017 judgement, the […]