Court Orders Further Detention of Okorocha Over N2.9bn Corruption Charges

CorruptionLaw & JusticeNewsCourt Orders Further Detention of Okorocha Over N2.9bn Corruption Charges

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 30, 2022

ABUJA — The former Governor of Imo State and Presidential Aspirant of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Rochas Okorocha, appeared before a Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, where he pleaded not guilty to the N2.9 billion corruption charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Embattled former governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha on Monday appeared before a Federal High Court in Abuja where he pleaded not guilty...

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36 States’ Attorneys-Generals, Nigeria Governors’ Forum Lost Case Against Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit

Law & JusticeLocal GovernmentNews36 States’ Attorneys-Generals, Nigeria Governors’ Forum Lost Case Against Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 24, 2022

ABUJA — Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, dismissed a suit filed by the 36 states’ Attorneys-Generals and the Nigeria Governors’ Forum challenging the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) from implementing its guidelines on the spending of the local governments. Defendants in the suit are the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), the NFIU and the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE). The 36 states, in the...

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Life In Coal City, Enugu On Sit-At-Home Days

Human Rights & FreedomLaw & JusticeNewsLife In Coal City, Enugu On Sit-At-Home Days

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)May 24, 2022

ENUGU — The Igbo people are an ethnic group in Nigeria with people residing all over the world. In fact, all over the 774 local Government areas in Nigeria, these resilient and industrious men and women set up businesses living harmoniously with the locals. However, they are predominant in South East geographical zone of the nation which is their fatherland; Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo state. In less than 3 months, the Monday sit-at-home...

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Community Leaders Demand The Release Of Detain Council Chairman

Law & JusticeLocal GovernmentNewsCommunity Leaders Demand The Release Of Detain Council Chairman

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 16, 2022

The detention of the Takum local government council chairman of Taraba state, Hon Shiban Tikari, by the Nigeria Army has received sympathy from community leaders of the Local Government. It was leant that the chairman, Hon Shiban Tikari, was arrested alongside the Chief of Hausa (Sarkin Hausawa) of Takum and the clan head of Chamba, the (Mai Agwan Chamba) but the two were later freed out of detention. It was gathered by the locals that...

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Blasphemy: 34 Lawyers Defence Lawyers In Court As Police Arraign Suspects In Sokoto

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeNewsBlasphemy: 34 Lawyers Defence Lawyers In Court As Police Arraign Suspects In Sokoto

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 16, 2022

Police on Monday arraigned two suspects, Bilyaminu Aliyu and Aminu Hukunci over the lynching of a 200-Level Home Economics student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto State, Deborah Samuel, on May 12. The student was lynched to death last week over alleged blasphemy. The suspects, co-students of the deceased, were arraigned at a Sokoto Chief Magistrates’ Court for their alleged participation in the crime. They pleaded not guilty to the crime. Prosecuting Inspector Khalil...

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Northern Christian Group, Amnesty International Demands Prosecution Of Deborah’s Murderers, As Islamic Cleric, Sokoto Govt Aide Justifies Act

Crime & PunishmentLaw & JusticeNewsNorthern Christian Group, Amnesty International Demands Prosecution Of Deborah’s Murderers, As Islamic Cleric, Sokoto Govt Aide Justifies Act

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 13, 2022

The Northern Christian Elders Forum (NOSCEF) has condemned in strong terms the gruesome murder of a Christian college girl and 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, Deborah Samuel, for allegedly blaspheming Prophet Muhammad. NOSCEF in a statement by its Chairman, Ejoga Inalegwu, in Kaduna on Friday, called on the government to immediately apprehend and make an example of those who perpetrated the dastardly act. The Association noted that the act was purely...

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Pastor Sues Kanye West For Using Sermon In Song Without Consent

Law & JusticeMusicNewsPastor Sues Kanye West For Using Sermon In Song Without Consent

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 9, 2022

A Texas-based pastor has filed a lawsuit against American rapper and record producer, Ye, commonly known as Kanye West, for taking one of his sermons and using it in a rap tune. The cleric, Bishop David Paul Moten said the hip-hop legend used his sermon without his permission in the song Come to Life, housed by the Grammy-nominated album, Donda. As the song Come to Life begins, Moten can be heard saying, “My soul cries out, ‘Hallelujah’, and I...

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Human Rights Lawyer, Olajengbesi, Gives Reasons Why Emefiele Should Resign or Be Sacked

Law & JusticeNewsNigeria ElectionsHuman Rights Lawyer, Olajengbesi, Gives Reasons Why Emefiele Should Resign or Be Sacked

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 9, 2022

An Abuja-based human rights lawyer, Pelumi Olajengbesi, has demanded the sacking or resignation of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. According to the lawyer, Emefiele has allegedly desecrated his office in the apex bank by showing interest in politics, especially in the 2023 presidential election. Olajengbesi, in a statement on Monday, warned that the CBN governor must quit now as all sensitive materials of the Independent National Electoral Commission are domiciled...

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Former Aide to Ogun Governor, Abidemi Rufai, Pleads Guilty To Fraud In US

Crime & PunishmentLaw & JusticeNewsFormer Aide to Ogun Governor, Abidemi Rufai, Pleads Guilty To Fraud In US

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 5, 2022

Abidemi Rufai, who was a former Senior Special Assistant to Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has pleaded guilty to his role in a $350,763 fraud in the United States. The Seattle Times reported that the 45 years old Rufai pleaded guilty on Tuesday in the US District Court in Tecoma to charges that he used stolen Social Security numbers and other personal data to file $350,763 in fake claims for pandemic unemployment benefits in 2020....

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Obi Cubana Slams N1b Suit Against PM Express Over ‘Drug Barons’ Story, Says He’s Not A Drug Baron

Law & JusticeNewsPress * MediaObi Cubana Slams N1b Suit Against PM Express Over ‘Drug Barons’ Story, Says He’s Not A Drug Baron

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 29, 2022

ABUJA — The Chairman, Cubana Group of companies, Chief Obinna Iyiegbu, popularly known as Obi Cubana, has filed an N1 billion lawsuit against publishers of the Lagos-based newspaper, PM Express over a publication of defamatory information against him. The suit which was filed at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) was dated and filed on Wednesday, April 27, 2022, by his lawyer, Afam Osigwe (SAN). The suit marked, CV/1367/2022 seeks an order of perpetual...

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