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Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, says the resolution of crimes, paternity and other security issues will be easier with the inauguration of the Lagos State DNA and Forensic Centre. At an event to mark the inauguration of the centre on Wednesday, Ambode said using technology to solve crime was the modern trend, adding that the…
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IBADAN-Oyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi has said despite having enough reasons to depose the Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Saliu Adetunji, he will not do so. He said he would not allow the present crisis to degenerate to a level that would cause acrimony between him and the monarch. Ajimobi said this during a meeting…
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ADAMAWA – the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday arraigned the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Adamawa State, Abdurahman Bobboi, who is also a former Protocol Officer to ex-Governor Bala Ngilari, for the alleged diversion of N586m meant for feeding Internally Displaced Persons. The EFCC also arraigned a former Commissioner for Finance…
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Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan has adjourned the two cases separately instituted against the Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, and others by the Osi Olubadan of Ibadan land, High Chief Rashidi Ladoja, and the Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Saliu Adetunji, until October 11, 2017. The cases were filed to challenge the authority…
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The Osun State Commissioner for Sports, Mr. Biyi Odunlade, has launched an attack on his Ondo State counterpart, Mr. Saka Yusuf-Ogunleye, saying the latter is not fit to hold public office. Odunlade, who was reacting to Yusuf-Ogunleye’s allegations that Osun United mobilised hoodlums to Ijebu Ode in Ogun State to attack Sunshine Stars players and…
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APEX COURT -The Supreme Court on Wednesday revived the six-year-old trial involving a former Managing Director of Bank PHB Plc (now Keystone Bank), Mr. Francis Atuche; and his wife, Elizabeth, who were accused of stealing about N25.7bn belonging to the bank. A five-man bench of the Supreme Court led by Justice Dattijo Muhammad unanimously nullified…
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JUDICIARY–National Judicial Council, NJC a national regulatory body of the bar and bench, will meet between today (Wednesday) and Friday to adumbrate on a salient developments in the country’s judiciary. The NJC a national regulatory body of the bar and bench, a member of the council confided in our correspondent that the meeting, the first…
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IBADAN–FHC, Federal High Court, Justice Mrs. J.O. Abdulmalik, on Tuesday, adjourned ruling on the bail request made by the eight bankers standing trial in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) N8 billion mutilated currency fraud. The honorable Justice Abdulmalik said the court would rule on the bail application request on October 25, 2017. The counsel…
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President Muhammadu Buhari RESTRUCTURING – A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), has criticized President Muhammadu Buhari for referring the widespread call for the nation’s restructuring to the National Assembly and the National Council of State. According to Agbakoba, Buhari’s approach was wrong because it was not in agreement with…
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JAIL – A 28-year-old housemaid, Anna Payaro, has been sentenced to 13 years’ imprisonment by a Lagos State Magistrate’s Court in Igbosere for burglary and theft of her employer’s $5,000. Payaro was found guilty of five counts bordering on conspiracy, burglary, entering and stealing. The convict was first arraigned on June 6, 2016, and later…