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Dasukigate: Agbele’s bail set at N500 million

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(Romanus Okoye)Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of a Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to an associate of Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, Mr. Abiodun Agbele, to the sum of N500 million.He is to provide two sureties, a civil […]

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Court Remands Man In Prison For Raping His Mother

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An Egor Magistrates’ Court in Benin, Edo State, on Thursday remanded one Humphrey Omoregieva, 43, in prison over alleged assault on his parents.The prosecutor, Ayo Augustine, told the court that the accused committed the offence on August 1, at No. […]

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16 Nigerian Celebrities You Probably Never Knew Studied Law (With Pictures)

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1. Femi Adebayo Actor, film producer and a proprietor of a school of art in Ibadan, Femi was born to an actor father, Otunba Adebayo Salami so for him, acting runs in his vein. But Femi did not rise to […]

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Police invite Dogara, others for alleged budget padding

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AIG Ali heads probe panel APC meets with Speaker, Jibrin Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Ibrahim Idris has raised a five-man special team to probe the alleged padding of the budget by House of Representatives Speaker Yakubu Dogara and some […]

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Gunmen demand N19m for kidnapped 2 UBTH nurses, UNIPORT lecturer

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Abductors of two nurses of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), have demanded N17 million ransom for their release. The nurses, who were identified as Osemelu Lydia and Ovbiosu Bose, were abducted last Wednesday at Oluku in Egor Local […]

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Banker held for ‘attempt to divert’ council fund

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The police have accused an official of Ecobank Nigeria Plc, Hillary Ejechi, and one Happy Eguakun of attempting to diver‎t a project fund of Obanliku Local Government Area (LGA) of Cross River State. The fund, whose amount was undisclosed, was […]

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Kano court grant bail to woman accused of murder

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A female, Mrs Gloria Okocha 31 years old, who crushed a woman identified as Mrs Remi Nwokolo to death has been granted bail by a Kano chief magistrate court. Mrs Okocha a member of the Living Faith church, Kano was […]

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Abubakar Mahmoud Wins 2016 NBA Election

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Mr. Abubakar Balarabe Mahmoud, SAN was around 1 o’clock this morning declared winner of the hotly contested presidency of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). Mahmoud polled 3055 votes to beat Gadzama who got 2384 votes. Other winners are Mr. Caleb […]

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Police probe alleged N30m ‘Save Mayowa’ fund scam, freeze account

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The police in Lagos State has commenced investigation into an alleged scam regarding the sum of N30 million appeal fund raised for a patient at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Miss Mayowa Ahmed. Following an order by the state’s Commissioner […]

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Female Lawyers Promote Girl Child Rights In Nigeria

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Female lawyers across the country have come together to figure out ways to enhance the development of the female gender in all its activities. They gathered at the quarterly National Executive Council meeting of the International Federation of Women Lawyers […]