Abakaliki – Raph Igwenagu, Ebonyi State Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency(NDLEA) on Saturday said it arrested 85 suspects for drug related offences in the first half of 2015. Igwenagu made this known in Abakaliki at a forum […]
Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi said he will not be taking any legal actions against the Cote D’ Ivoire Football Federation after it listed him on their website as one of the applicants to replace Herve Renard as the Elephants […]
The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, on Friday turned down the bail application of Emmanuel Okoyomon, a former Managing Director of the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company, whose extradition is being sought by the United Kingdom. The U.K. government […]
Accused persons in the over N8billion currency recycling fraud at the Central Bank of Nigeria on Friday asked the trial judge, Justice Olayinka Faji of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, Oyo State, to hands off the case. They also want […]
An Upper Sharia Court, Rijiyar Lemo, in Kano, has sentenced 9 persons: Abdul-Inyas, Hajiya Mairo and seven others to death for blasphemy against the Prophet of Islam. The trial was done in secret, and details of its proceedings are yet […]
Davidson Iriekpenae The Federal High Court in Lagos has held that the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) cannot arrest any motorist for not having the new driver’s licence if the old version is yet to expire. Ruling on a suit […]
By Eric Ikihlae Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed July 1 for ruling on whether or not he could proceed with the extradition proceedings against a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Buruji Kashamu. […]
Makurdi – The Chief Judge of Benue, Justice Iorhemen Hwande, on Wednesday convicted and sentenced a 32-year old man, Emmanuel Terlumun, to 10 years imprisonment for defrauding one Simon Mbanyion of N300,000. The convict had been standing trial in a […]
A Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Wednesday sentenced a man, David Praise-Diri, to five years imprisonment for impersonating a pastor at the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministry (MFM). The Chief Magistrate, Bola Folarin-Williams, sentenced Praise-Diri to five […]
By Kitan Badmus The National Industrial Court of Nigeria presided over by Hon. Justice J.T. Agbadu-Fishim in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state has granted an order of interim injunction against the Governor of Rivers gtate, the Rivers State House of Assembly and […]