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EFCC: Corrupt Judges Not Business of DSS or Internal Security

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Damilola Oyedele in Abuja The rivalry between law enforcement agencies in the country reared its head thursday, when the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said the Department of State Services (DSS) had no business raiding and arresting judges, as […]

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Ondo Election: Appeal Court Declares Eyitayo Jegede PDP Candidate

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A final verdict has been given by the appeal court, declaring Mr Eyitayo Jegede, as the People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP), political candidate for the Ondo governorship election holding on November 26, 2016 in a lead judgement by Justice Ibrahim Saulawa, he confirmed that the […]

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Two brothers, son of traditional ruler to die by hanging for murder

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Two brothers, Shola and Kayode Oni and one other person, are to die by hanging for the murder of one Suleiman Afolabi during a fight on Christmas day in 2012.Also to be hanged to death alongside the two siblings is […]

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N5m bribe: Court rejects Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia’s ex-parte application

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*Refuses EFCC ex-prosecutor’s plea By Onozure Dania Lagos—A Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday refused to grant an ex-parte application filed by Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, seeking to secure her release from the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission […]

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EFCC slams corruption charges on Ofili-Ajumogobia, Obla

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has preferred a 30-count charge against a Federal High Court Judge, Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, and Godwin Obla, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria.In the charge listed as number LD/367/C/16, Ofili-Ajumogobia was listed as the first defendant, […]

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From Fred Itua, AbujaTo buoy President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-graft crusade, the Senate Committee on Anti-Corruption, has commenced a nationwide visit to agencies handling graft-related cases.Committee chairman, Chukwuka Utazi, who led other members to Enugu State, yesterday, said the purpose of […]

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N2.2b ‘fraud’: Ex-ICC man to try Supreme Court chiefs

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The Federal Government has hired a former International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor, Charles Adeogun-Philips, to lead its team of lawyers to prosecute the Supreme Court Registrar and others for alleged N2.2b fraud.But the arraignment of the three senior officials of […]

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Ondo: Appeal Court reserves judgment in Jegede’s case

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A THREE-MAN Court of Appeal special panel constituted to hear the appeals on the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State has reserved judgment in the appeal by the party’s substituted candidate Eyitayo Jegede (SAN).The panel, […]

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The Mustapha Akanbi Library

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By Kayode P. Agbedejobi The 15th of November, 2016 couldn’t have been been a more blessed, joyous and remarkable day for the people of Kwara State as the former Court of Appeal President, Honourable Justice (rtd) Mustapha Akanbi witnessed the opening […]