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N54bn debt: Court dismisses Babalakin’s N300bn suit against AMCON

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Dr. Olawale Bolanle Babalakin (SAN) and his five companies yesterday lost a N300 billion suit he filed against the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) for freezing the companies’ bank accounts. The suit was instituted before the Federal High Court, […]

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Court remands four over alleged murder of Oyo lawmaker Aremu

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A Chief Magistrate’s Court at Iyaganku, Ibadan has ordered the remand of four men for allegedly robbing and shooting to death a member of Oyo State House of Assembly Mr. Gideon Aremu The defendants: Ayobami Adedeji (23), Sodiq Adedeji (20), […]

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Ambode Signs Anti-Land Grabbing Bill Into Law

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…Signs Property Protection, Neighbourhood Safety Laws …Move Confirms Gov’s Passion For Development, Safety, Says Lagos Speaker, NBA Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday fulfilled his pledge of making the menace of land grabbing in Lagos a thing of […]

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Police Go Tough On Land Grabbers In Ogun

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Abiodun Onajire : Abeokuta The Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 2 Command, Abdulmajid Ali has directed his men to treat land grabbers in the zone as armed robbers. He directed the two commissioners of police in […]

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Lagos enlightens citizens on rights’ enforcement

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Lagos State Government has kicked off the enlightenment of ithe public on the enforcement of its rights in order to get succour during distress. The programme took off in Epe Local Government Area of the state last week, with staff […]

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Court refuses to stop EFCC from probing oil firm linked to Diezani

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The Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday refused to restrain the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from investigating an alleged suspicious payment to an oil firm, Zone 4 Energy Ltd. The company’s lawyer, Mr Lanre Ogunlesi (SAN) had urged […]

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Robbers attack Central Bank bullion van, 2 police officers killed, 3 injured

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(By Victoria Edoho) Armed robbers on Tuesday attacked a bullion van belonging to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), at Hawan Kibo hills, near Riyom in Plateau, killing two policemen attached to the van as escorts. Spokesman for the Plateau Police […]

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National Human Rights decries extra judicial killings

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(By Godwin Tsa, ABUJA) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has decried the level of criminality and human rights violations occasioned by armed robbery attacks, kidnappings and extra judicial killings by criminal elements in the country. The Executive Secretary of the Commission, […]

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FG To Probe Alleged Death In EFCC Custody

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The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, has called for an independent inquiry into how a former Chief Protocol Officer to the Minister of State for Defence, Mr Desmond Nunugwo, allegedly died in the […]

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Lagos shuts 12 houses as police uncover illegal oil wells

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The Lagos State Government on Friday shut 12 houses in Abeokuta and Ibadan Streets in Ilasamaja area of the State over discovery of shallow oil wells built by landlords to illegally scoop diesel from pipeline belonging to the Nigerian National […]