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Justice Chigozie  Igwe of the Rivets State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has sentenced the killer of Jumia delivery agent Chukwuma Eleje to death either by hanging or firing squad. Sodienyem Mbatumukeke killed Eleje, 37, in Port Harcourt about four years ago when the latter delivered an ordered iPhone to Mbatumukeke’s house. His remains were later found in a ... Read More »

On Sunday February 2021, primate Ayodele Honoured As His Annual Thanksgiving and Empowerment Event Holds The leader of INRI Evangelical spiritual church, Primate Elijah Ayodele has been honoured at his annual thanksgiving and empowerment ceremony which was held yesterday in Lagos. The record-breaking event was honored with several dignitaries across the globe; which had the presence of the Minister of Interior, ... Read More »

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has faulted the decision by President Muhammadu Buhari to extend the tenure of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu. The association has consequently sued the government at the Federal High Court in Lagos to compel a reversal of the purported tenure extension. The suit, marked: FHC/L/CS/214/2021 has as defendants – the President of ... Read More »

*Strikes out suit by CBN Governor A Federal High Court in Abuja has set aside the order it made on November 4, 2020 freezing accounts linked with some promoters of the #EndSARS protest that took place across the country last year. Justice Ahmed Mohammed, in a ruling on Wednesday ordered all affected banks to immediately defreeze the affected accounts. Justice ... Read More »

Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Monday temporary halted the re-trial of former Abia Governor, Sen. Orji Kalu, on alleged corruption charges. Justice Ekwo temporarily stayed the re-trial while delivering ruling in an application by Kalu seeking leave to file a motion against his re-trial for alleged fraud committed when he served as governor of Abia ... Read More »

Less than 24 hours after Federal Government lifted the ban on the suspension of Emirates Airlines flight operation in Nigeria, the United Arab Emirates carrier canceled outbound flights out of Lagos and Abuja on Saturday, February 6, 2021. Citing operational reasons, the airline said it will not operate flights out of the Lagos and Abuja airports. The airline in a ... Read More »

The leader of INRI Evangelical spiritual church, Primate Elijah Ayodele has visited police stations, Federal road safety corps offices to continue his annual humanitarian activities. Recall that the popular prophet went to schools in Lagos and Ogun, He was also in Ekiti, all for the sake of empowerment and massive giving to the needy and widows. In his visit to ... Read More »

Defence lawyer insists he is held in Sokoto Court orders forfeiture of surety’s N60m property in Abuja The son of the ex-Chairman, defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, Faisal has escaped to the United States of America (USA), after sneaking into the Niger Republic through one of the nation’s porous borders. A lawyer with the Economic and Financial ... Read More »

There were strong indications Tuesday night that President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Inspector-General of Police Mohammed Adamu to hand over. Adamu completed his 35 years service on Monday. He was expected to have handed over to the most senior officer at the close of work on Monday, but he did not, fueling the feeling that he might be granted ... Read More »

The Federal High Court Abuja, on Tuesday, adjourned the arraignment of Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu, charged for alleged N7.1 billion fraud until June 7. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was to arraign Kalu, following a Supreme Court order that he and his co-defendants in fraud charge be retried, having quashed the 12-year jail sentence handed to them by ... Read More »