Category: Legal
26 years old man arrested for killing man after bashing his car
24 Dec 2022
A 26 years old man, Adeyemi Babatunde, who reportedly killed a 46-year-old man identified as Obafunsho Ismail, for bashing his car has been arrested by the Ogun State command of the Nigeria Police Force. The command confirmed this in a statement by its spokesman, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, saying the killer suspect was arrested on Tuesday, […]
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Man arrested for defiling 3 years old girl
24 Dec 2022
A man identified simply as Nonso has been arrested for defiling a 3-year-old girl in a Lagos day care centre. Executive Secretary of the state’s Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency, Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi said the suspect was arrested after the mother of the child filed a complaint on the 14th of December, 2022. Adeniyi said; “The […]
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Police arrests ex-convict who threatens residents
24 Dec 2022
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested an ex-convict who specializes in using a telephone number to send threatening messages to different people in the state. Speaking during a press briefing held on December 21, the state Commissioner of Police, CP Abiodun Alabi, said investigations by the police led to the arrest of one Smart […]
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High court suspends criminal summons against Imo PDP Reps candidate
23 Dec 2022
A criminal summons issued by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Imo State, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, on Thursday has been suspended by an Abuja High Court. The opposition’s spokesperson and PDP candidate for the House of Representatives in the general election of 2023 is Ugochinyere. The criminal summons was issued by Mr. Chinasa Nwaneri, […]
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Court reject SSS request for arrest warrant against CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele
21 Dec 2022
The Federal High Court in Abuja has thrown out a request by the State Security Services (SSS) to order the arrest of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. The secret police had filed an ex parte application for an order for the arrest of the CBN governor over alleged “acts […]
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US military Igbos sue an American in court for referring to IPOB as a terrorist organization
21 Dec 2022
Ivan Sascha Sheehan, the executive director of the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Baltimore, is being sued by some Nigerians of Igbo descent who are members of the US military for referring to IPOB as a terrorist group. Sheehan was brought before the US District Court of Maryland by the […]
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Coalition issues a warning and demands that the DSS allegations against Emefiele be looked into
20 Dec 2022
A coalition of civil society organizations has expressed concern, alleging that plans are afoot by the Department of State Services to frame the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele (DSS). The Coalition of National Interest Defenders, a group made up of human rights lawyers, party chairmen, civil society organizations, the Arewa […]
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Okupe pays N13 million conviction money for N240 million money laundering offence
19 Dec 2022
Mr Doyin Okupe, former Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Media to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, on Monday evening, paid N13 million for the 52-year jail term bagged for N240 million money laundering offence. Recall that Justuce Ijeoma Ojukwu, in a judgment, had found Okupe guilty in 26 out of the 59 counts preferred against him by […]
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Doyin Okupe found guilty of N240M money laundering charges by court
19 Dec 2022
Dr. Doyin Okupe, a Senior Special Advisor (SSA) to former President Goodluck Jonathan, was found guilty of receiving more than N200 million in cash from former National Security Adviser (NSA) Col. Sambo Dasuki by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court on Monday. Okupe, the first defendant in the lawsuit […]
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