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Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose and Senator Ahmed Makarfi EKITI – PDP – THE Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Caretaker Committee, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, has said that the present campaign mounted by Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State to vie for the 2019 Presidency is contrary to the decision of the party’s convention…
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Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen THE Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, has hinted the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, to review the membership of the committee he set up to monitor high-profile corruption cases in various courts across the country. The 15-member committee, named, Corruption and Financial Crime Cases Trial Monitoring Committee,…
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A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) and a professor of International Law and Jurisprudence at the University of Lagos, Akin Oyebode, have separately condemned the Non-Governmental Organisation bill being considered by the National Assembly. While Agbakoba argued that the bill was unnecessary, Oyebode described it as nothing but an…
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IGBOSERE – The five persons were on August 15, 2017 wrongfully substituted and charged before Magistrate Awoyele Oshin of the Igbosere Magistrate Court and were remanded in prison till September 15, 2017. Five indigenes of Ilagbo community in Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos, who were wrongfully substituted by operatives of the Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence…
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Festus Keyamo, SAN At last, our young friend, Festus Keyamo, has been honoured with the laurel of Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, the highest honour of the legal profession in our country. If you are not a SAN and you are a lawyer, you remain a member of the crowd. Once you are a SAN,…
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The arrested suspects Lagos State police command has arrested two Uber drivers who specialised in robbing women of their valuables at gunpoint. The drivers, Fosta Rufus, 30, and Franklin Jogbodo, according to the Special Anti Robbery squad boss, Mohammed Sanusi, picked up their targets around Lekki, Ajah and Victoria Island areas of Lagos. This is…
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KATSINA – A mob had killed three members of an alleged armed robbery gang who recently invaded Daga village in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina state. The incident occurred over the weekend when the villagers stood up to the armed robbers and overpowered them. Sources revealed that the alleged armed robbers had attacked and…
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Abuja- Justice John Tsoho of the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, disqualified himself from further presiding over the trial of eight defendants accused of acts of terrorism, hostage taking and murder of a total of nine expatriates. Justice Tsoho, in a bench ruling, withdrew from the case and ordered the file to be…
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The Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont says the region has won the right to statehood following Sunday’s contentious referendum which was marred by violence. He said the door had been opened to a unilateral declaration of independence. Hundreds of people were injured as Spanish police used force to try to block voting. The Spanish government had…