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Femi Falana, SAN, human rights lawyer, speaks about Nnamdi Kanu, restructuring, 2019 presidential election, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and other national issues. Nnamdi Kanu is said to be on the run, what’s your opinion about this? Mind you, the fellow and his wife and children are British citizens. He may have left the country…
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IPOB agitators A Lagos lawmaker, Mr Jude Idimogu, on Saturday, said it was too late for the Igbo nation to pull out of Nigeria. Idimogu, representing Oshodi/Isolo Constituency II in the Lagos State House of Assembly, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that secession would be injurious to the Igbos. He said, “As…
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Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode LAGOS – The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, will on Monday swear in Justice Opeyemi Oke as the Acting Chief Judge of the state. Justice Oke will be sworn in to replace the current Chief Judge, Justice Olufunmilayo Atilade, who will retire on September 24 at the statutory retirement…
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A former President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Mustapha Akanbi You were born in Ghana, would you still remember your growing up years? Yes, I was born in Ghana on September 11, 1932. I was brought to Ilorin when I was just about five years old. I came down here with my mother, Nana…
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Presiding judge of the Federal High Court in FCT, Abuja has given a judicial backing to the executive order of President Muhammadu Buhari, outlawing the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its activities illegal. Justice Abdu Kafarati, the Acting Chief Judge of the Federal High Court granted the order proscribing IPOB on Wednesday. The Federal…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested one Akomolehin Johnson Olusesan a suspected Visa racketeer. VISA SCAM The suspect, a self styled Canadian citizen was arrested following a petition to the Commission on his alleged involvement in the issuance of fake Canadian visa to unsuspecting members of the public. Olusesan was said to…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has commended recent move by the judiciary to prioritise corruption and financial crime cases brought before it. The commendation is in a statement by Spokesman of the EFCC, Mr Wilson Uwujaren in Abuja on Wednesday. Uwujaren quoted the commission’s Acting Chairman, Mr Ibrahim Magu, as saying the development…
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The Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, sitting in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo state, on Wednesday, sentenced a Muideen Nasiru, an 18-year-old man, to thirty-nine (39) months imprisonment for stealing aluminum frames and other items worth N500,000 from a church. The presiding Magistrate, O.K. Omotosho (Mrs.), sentenced Muideen Nasiru to prison after he pleaded guilty to a…
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The Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, on Wednesday said two traditional rulers involved in communal clash in Oke Ero local government area of the state will forfeit their salaries for three months. The affected traditional rulers are the Alofa of Ilofa, Oba Samuel Dada; and the Olota of Odo Owa, Oba Toba Adimula. He also…
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A pastor of 55-year-old, Lawrence Adepoju, on Wednesday at the Igando Customary Court sitting in Lagos prayed and pleaded with the court to outrightly dissolve his 33-year marriage over threat to life by his wife, Racheal and that his wife chased away his female church members by accusing them of befriending him. According to the…