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Sylvester Oromoni: Absence Of Father, Sister Stalls Further Hearing

Sylvester Oromoni: Absence Of Father, Sister Stalls Further Hearing

Spread the love          Proceedings were again stalled on Monday at the coroner’s inquest enquiring into the controversial death of Dowen College Student, Late Sylvester Oromoni Jnr, after Sylvester Oromoni Snr and his sister who were scheduled…

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EFCC Files 17-Count Charge Against Okorocha After His Declaration

EFCC Files 17-Count Charge Against Okorocha After His Declaration

Spread the love          The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has charged Nigerian senator and former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, with allegations he conspired with others, including an APC politician and five companies, to…

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EFCC Detains Medview Airline Boss For Alleged $900,000 Hajj Fraud

EFCC Detains Medview Airline Boss For Alleged $900,000 Hajj Fraud

Spread the love          The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has detained the Managing Director of Medview Airline, Alhaji Muneer Bankole, over an alleged hajj scam. The suspect allegedly diverted 50 per cent of funds paid to…

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U.S. Prosecutors Reach Hate-crime Plea Deals In Arbery Murder

U.S. Prosecutors Reach Hate-crime Plea Deals In Arbery Murder

Spread the love          U.S. prosecutors have reached plea agreements with two of the three men facing federal hate-crime charges for the 2020 murder of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man killed after running through a mostly white…

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Kano Court Remands Ganduje’s Critic, Magaji, In Prison

Kano Court Remands Ganduje’s Critic, Magaji, In Prison

Spread the love          A Senior Magistrates’ sitting in Kano State, on Monday, ordered that a former Kano Commissioner for Works and Infrastructural Development, Mua’zu Magaji, be remanded in a Correctional centre for allegedly defaming Governor Abdullahi…

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US Court Adjourns Trial Of Ogun Governor’s Aide As FBI Unveils 100,000 Pages Of Fraud Evidence

US Court Adjourns Trial Of Ogun Governor’s Aide As FBI Unveils 100,000 Pages Of Fraud Evidence

Spread the love          The trial of Abidemi Rufai, the suspended aide of the Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has been adjourned to May 31. This is even as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)’s unveiled over…

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SERAP Sues Buhari, Others Over ‘missing N3.1bn in finance ministry’

SERAP Sues Buhari, Others Over ‘missing N3.1bn in finance ministry’

Spread the love          Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has filed a lawsuit against the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), “over his failure to probe allegations that over N3bn of public funds are missing from the…

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Ondo Speaker, Finance Commissioner Sued For Non-compliance With FoI Act Over N4.3billion In ‘Secret Account’

Ondo Speaker, Finance Commissioner Sued For Non-compliance With FoI Act Over N4.3billion In ‘Secret Account’

Spread the love          A civil society group, Upline Centre for Development, has instituted a legal action against Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Bamidele Oleyelogun, and the state’s Commissioner for Finance, Wale Akinterinwa, over…

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U.S. Judge Annuls Gulf of Mexico Oil Auction Over Climate Impact

U.S. Judge Annuls Gulf of Mexico Oil Auction Over Climate Impact

Spread the love          A federal judge invalidated the results of an oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday saying the Biden administration failed to properly account for the auction’s climate change…

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Man Bags Life Sentence For Defiling And Impregnating 15-Year-Old Daughter

Man Bags Life Sentence For Defiling And Impregnating 15-Year-Old Daughter

Spread the love          The Lagos State Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court sitting in Ikeja have sentenced a 42-year-old man Ekpo Lawrence to life imprisonment for defiling and impregnating his 15-year-old daughter. Justice Abiola Soladoye sentenced…

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