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An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced a Lagos bishop, Oluwafeyiropo Daniels to life imprisonment for raping his 23-year-old assistant (name withheld). Delivering judgment on Friday, the trial judge, Justice Rahman Oshodi held that the prosecution established the ingredients of the two offences against the cleric. Justice...

The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed the Seven-year jail term sentence handed the Former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Finance, Farouk Lawan after he was convicted of corruption. Delivering a unanimous judgment by a five-man panel of Justices of the apex court, the court affirmed that the...

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has affirmed Barrister Kenneth Udeze as the authentic National Chairman of Action Alliance, AA, thereby put to rest a prolong legal tussle that has rocked the political party. The three Man panel of justices presided over by Hon. Justice H. A. Barka dismissed...

Justice Edward Okpe of High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Nyanya, has admitted in evidence, several documents tendered by Bablink Resources Nig. Ltd against Brentex Petroleum Ltd and China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Co. Ltd. At a resumed hearing on Thursday, Michael Aondoakaa SAN, who appeared for the...

A high court in Ghana has sentenced six people to death, including three soldiers, after finding them guilty of plotting to carry out a coup against the country’s government in 2019. The case which has been in court since 2021 has drawn significant attention due to the severity of the...

Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, CON, on Thursday Presented the Staff of Office to His Royal Majesty, Alhaji Ahmed Tijani Muhammed Anaje, the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland. The history-making event which took place at the grand Palace of the Ohinoyi in Okene on Thursday was witnessed by a diverse array...

…congratulates Agbu Kefas of Taraba Elderstates man and leader of the Ijaw nation Edwin Clark has reacted to the Supreme Court judgement that affirmed Siminalaye Fubara as duly elected Governor of Rivers State.Speaking in Abuja on Thursday he said his joy knows no bound to hear that the Governor has...

… neutralises 94 terrorists, arrests 171 others Nigeria’s Armed Forces has vowed to “destroy the cancer of terrorism” that is ravaging the country, and create a safe environment for Nigerians to have a prosperous future. Making particular reference to the escalating crisis in Plateau State, the military hierarchy regretted that...

*to meet Tinubu on the matter *says House to hold security submit The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, Ph.D, has condemned in strongest terms, the recurring attacks in Plateau State, resulting in the killings of many people, while others were rendered homeless. The Speaker said...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday demanded to see the death certificate of a former Director of Legal, Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Grace Taiga. Taiga’s lawyer, Daniel Alumun, had on November 4, 2023, informed the Federal Capital Territory High Court that his client had died. Taiga is standing...