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Corruption Law & Justice NewsBREAKING: EFCC Arrests Willie Obiano Who Has Been On Its Watch List for Months

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 17, 2022

LAGOS — The former Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport in Lagos on Thursday. Obiano, who just handed over to the new Governor of Anambra State, Charles Chukwuma Soludo, has been on the anti-graft agency’s watch list for months. He was arrested at about 8:30 pm on Thursday while on his way out of the country to Houston, Texas...

Crime & Punishment Law & JusticeTeenager Jailed For Stealing Seven Pieces Of Spaghetti, Five Pieces Of Indomie In Abuja

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 17, 2022

ABUJA — The Upper Area Court in Gwagwalada, Abuja, on Thursday sentenced a 19-year-old student, Hillary Yunana, to four months imprisonment for stealing spaghetti and Indomie noodles from a shop. The convict, a resident of Bassa village, along airport road, Abuja, was charged with burglary and theft to which he pleaded guilty and begged the court for leniency. The prosecution counsel, Abudulahi Tanko, told the court the convict broke and entered the shop of one...

Law & Justice NewsEFCC To Pay Abia Journalist N4.3m Damages For Making Her Go Through Trauma

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 17, 2022

UMUAHIA — Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia on Monday, March 14, 2022, delivered a judgement in favour of an Abia journalist, Norah Okafor, and awarded her N3.5 million damages over the invasion of her residence in the wee hours of the night of 23rd September 2021 by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission. The EFCC was also ordered to tender a public apology to Okafor, which will be published on two...

Crime & Security Law & JusticeNDLEA Nabs General Overseer With Cannabis Wrapped Around His Body At Lagos Airport

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 14, 2022

LAGOS — The General Overseer of Christ Living Hope Church, Rev. Ugochukwu Emmanuel Ekwem has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for drug peddling. The Agency spokesman, Femi Babafemi, made this disclosure through a statement issued on Sunday, March 13, on the official Facebook page of the NDLEA. According to Babafemi, the man of God was apprehended at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on Monday, March 7, while on his way...

Crime & Security Law & Justice NewsNDLEA Arrests General Overseer for Drug Peddling at Lagos Airport

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 13, 2022

LAGOS — The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested the General Overseer of Christ Living Hope Church, Rev. Ugochukwu Emmanuel Ekwem, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport for drug peddling. The cleric was arrested while on his way to a three-week crusade in Nairobi, Kenya, with 54 sticks of drugs wrapped around his body. The popular preacher who has his church headquartered in Isuaniocha, Mgbakwu road, Awka, Awka North LGA, Anambra State, and...

Law & Justice World NewsSaudi Arabia Executes 81 Convicted Criminals

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 13, 2022

The kingdom of Saudi Arabia has announced on Saturday that it had executed 81 convicted criminals, the largest mass execution conducted by the country in its modern history. Of the 81 people killed, 73 were Saudi citizens, seven were Yemeni and one was a Syrian national. Prior to Saturday, the largest mass execution in the country’s history since 1980 was in 2016 when 47 persons were killed. According to Saudi Press Agency (SPA), 81 individuals were...

Crime & Security Law & JusticeMedical Doctor Narrates How A 13-Year-Old Girl Was Gang Raped By Seven Men In Lagos

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 11, 2022

IKEJA, (LAGOS) — A medical doctor, working at the Mirabel Centre, a sexual assault referral centre, Mistura Shogunle, on Wednesday, March 9, 2022, narrated how a 13-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by seven men in her neighbourhood. Shogunle testified before the Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court at the trial of a 20-year-old fashion designer, Rasheed Fashola who is being charged for two counts of conspiracy and defilement of a child. Fashola had, however,...

Law & Justice Nigeria ElectionsWe Are Yet to Get Certified Copy of Judgement on Umahi – INEC

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 11, 2022

ABUJA — The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that it has not gotten a certified copy of the judgement of the Federal High Court which ordered the sack of the state governor, David Umahi and his deputy, Kelechi Igwe. The National Commissioner of INEC revealed this on Thursday in an interview with Channels Television. He, however, said that the commission has gotten a letter from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), nominating replacements for...

Law & Justice News PoliticsUmahi Rejects Court Order Directing Removal As Ebonyi Governor

Beloved John (Staff Writer)March 8, 2022

ABUJA — The governor of Ebonyi state, David Umahi, has rejected the court ruling directing his removal from office. The governor described the court order as a sham. On Tuesday, a federal high court sitting in Abuja had ordered the removal of Umahi and his deputy, Eric Igwe. The order was over their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Umahi declared that there is no constitutional provision that...

Law & Justice News PoliticsDEVELOPING STORY: Court Sacks Ebonyi State Governor and His Deputy

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 8, 2022

ABUJA — A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has removed from office, Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State and his deputy Dr. Eric Kelechi Igwe on Tuesday, for defecting from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC). Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order in response to a petition filed by the PDP demanding the removal of Governor Umahi and his deputy, Dr. Igwe, from office. Justice Ekwo ruled that...

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