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15 men arraigned in Bayelsa over plot to rob, kill Patience Jonathan

Authorities of the Bayelsa State Police Command have arraigned 15 persons before the State High Court sitting in Yenagoa over alleged plot to kill the former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan and rob her of her valuables worth over N.3billion, Daily Post reports. A 17-count charge of conspiracy to commit murder, conspiracy to commit felony…

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25 LAUTECH undergraduates in EFCC custody for cybercrime

No fewer than 25 students of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, Ogbomosho, Oyo State have been arrested by the operatives of the Advance Fee Fraud Unit of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Abuja Headquarters, for their involvement in various forms of cybercrime including romance scam, love scam, possession of forged documents,…

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Court to summon Matthew Ashimolowo as witness in Busola, Fatoyinbo rape saga

In the case filed before the court, Busola Dakolo has listed Senior Pastor of Kingsway International Christian Centre, Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo, as one of the witnesses to testify against the Senior Pastor of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, Biodun Fatoyinbo. Recalled Busola Dakolo, wife of Nigerian singer, Timi Dakolo, had sued the Founder and Senior Pastor…

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Atiku expresses confidence to sack Buhari with enough evidences before Supreme Court

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the last general elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has expressed confidence that he will surely emerge victorious at the supreme court ruling. Atiku and his party, PDP have however called on the tribunal to sack President Muhammadu Buhari when it finally delivers its judgement on their…

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Atiku’s lawyer granted N20b bail for alleged money laundering

Uyiekpen Giwa-Osagie, lawyer to the former Vice President and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 2019 Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar on Thursday granted bail in the sum of Twenty Million Naira by the Federal High Court, in Lagos. Justice Nicholas Oweibo granted Giwa-Osagie bail the sum of N20million with one surety in like sum, while he, thereafter,…

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Just in: Buhari signs bill to change Nigerian Prison Service to Nigerian Correctional Service

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the Nigerian Correctional Service Bill into law. The Act repeals the Nigerian Prisons Service Act. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Ita Enang, disclosed this to State House correspondent in Abuja on Wednesday. With the signing, the Nigerian Prisons Service will now be called…

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Court acquits Bisi Ilaka of murder charge

An Oyo State High Court, on Monday, discharged and acquitted the Chief of State of Staff to the state governor, Chief Bisi Ilaka, of a murder charge preferred against him in a case instituted by the state government in 2018. Delivering judgment in the suit brought before him at the Oyo Division of the High…

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Oyo Police arrests illegal arms dealers in Ibadan, recovers 10,000 live cartridges from them

The Oyo State Police Command on Thursday paraded unauthorized arms dealers and recovered the total of 10,000 live catridges from them. The Police Commissioner, Shina Taiwo Olukolu while parading suspected criminals at the State Headquarter Eleyele Ibadan on Thursday explained that about 2 o’clock on the 23rd of July 2019, the command got information from…

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Police invitation letters to Dakolos contain strange offences, came from ‘dissolved’ unit (ICIR’s report)

THE invitation letters sent to Busola and Timi Dakolo on Saturday by the police contain allegations that cannot be traced to Nigeria’s criminal law and were signed by a police unit that was dissolved last year for lack of professionalism, The ICIR can report. The police already confirmed inviting the couple and explained that their…

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Court remands 49-year old man for allegedly raping his teenage daughter  

A 49-year -old unemployed man, Mr Kayode Oni, on Thursday was brought before an Ibadan Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Iwo- Road for allegedly raping his 14-year-old daughter. The accused was arraigned on a one-court charge of having carnal knowledge (rape) of his daughter with Charge‎ No. Mi/264c/2019 However, no plea was‎ taken during the…

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