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    Politics Akwa Ibom: Court Of Appeal Sacks Governor Udom Emmanuel, orders Fresh Poll

    A five-man panel of the Court of Appeal in Abuja has sacked Governor Emmanuel Udom of Akwa Ibom State. In delivering its final ruling on the conduct of the governorship election in Akwa Ibom, the five-member panel upheld the petition of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC)...
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    Metro ICPC Reveals That Over 400 Corruption Cases Are Still Pending in Courts

    The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Cofmmission (ICPC) disclosed, yesterday, it was prosecuting over 400 corruption-related cases in various courts across the country even as it blamed the judiciary for the drawbacks it suffered in the course of prosecuting the cases...
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    Politics Court of Appeal Affirms Amosun’s Victory

    The Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan on Thursday upheld the judgment of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal delivered on Oct. 23 in Abeokuta which upheld the victory of Gov. Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun. The five-man panel of the Appeal Court headed by Justice H.M Ogunjimiju unanimously...
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    World Nigerian Woman Bags 9-Year Jail Sentence in the UK For Burning Lover's Private Part

    A woman who burned a man's legs and genitals with a hot iron during sex has been jailed for nine years. Kenya Alozie, 31, was having sex with a man in his 30s at an address in Plumstead, south-east London, on May 15 when she used a hot iron to assault him in what police describe as a...
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    Metro Oil Theft: 9 Foreigners Get 20 Years Jail Sentence

    Five Filipinos, Axel Joseph Gibo Jabone, Juanito Camireno Infantado, Suarin Fernado Alave, Gatila Jaypee Gadayan and Rolando Jose Commendador as well as four Bangladeshis, Md Zahirul Islam, Islam Shahinul, Islam Rafiqul and Shaikn Shibli Nomany, accused of unlawfully dealing in crude oil were...
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    Metro Arms Deal: See Photos of Officers That Allegedly Mismanaged And Looted $2.1bn

    Here are the pictures of those that mismanaged and looted the $2.1billion meant for arms and ammunition for the Nigerian Soldiers to battle insurgents in the country. They were arraigned together with the former National Security Adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan at the Abuja court...
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    Metro Court Grants AIT Boss, Dokpesi N200m Bail

    Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has granted Raymond Dokpesi, founder of DAAR Communications Plc, bail in the sum N200m and two sureties in like sum. According to the judge, one of sureties must be a director in the civil service while the defendant must deposit...
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    Politics Appeal Court Sacks all Rivers PDP Senators

    The court of appeal sitting in Abuja has nullified the election of all Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Rivers state senators who contested the March 28 national assembly election. The senators are George Sekibo, who represents Rivers east; Olaka Wogu, Rivers southeast; and Osinakachukwu Ideozu...
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    Metro Ado Bayero's Son Drags Emir Of Kano, Sanusi To Court

    The son of the former Emir of Kano, the late Ado Bayero, Usman Ado Bayero and two others yesterday filed a case at the Kano State High Court challenging the emergence of Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II as the 14th Emir of Kano. Recall that Sanusi sacked Usman Ado Bayero, from his post as Ciroman Kano...
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    Metro Mechanic In Court for Allegedly Stealing 3 Gallons of Engine Oil

    A 36-year-old mechanic, Bolaji Ojo, was on Thursday arraigned in a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing three gallons of motor engine oil valued at N10,500. The accused of unknown address is facing a one -count -charge of stealing. The prosecutor, Insp. Innocent Uko told the...
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    Metro AIT Boss, Dokpesi Returns To Detention As Court Defers Bail Ruling

    Justice Gabriel Kolawole has deferred ruling in the bail application filed by media mogul, Chief Raymond Dokpesi who is being tried by the Federal Government on six count charges of violation of Public Procurement laws and money laundering. He however ordered that Dokpesi should be returned...
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    Metro Ghana Sacks 20 Judges Suspended Over Bribery Allegation

    Twenty judges and magistrates of the Circuit Court previously suspended by the Ghana Judicial Council, for allegedly taking bribe to subvert justice have been dismissed. Their dismissal followed the recommendation by the committee constituted by the Chief Justice, Justice Georgina Theodora...
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    World Oscar Pistorius to Apply for Bail in South African Court on Dec. 8

    Oscar Pistorius is set to appear in court on Tuesday to apply for bail following his conviction for murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. A justice department official stated this on Monday. “The bail application hearing for Oscar Pistorius has been set down for tomorrow at 9.30 am (0730 GMT)...
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    Metro Man Gets 4 Strokes of Cane for Stealing Crayfish

    A Gudu Upper Area Court in Abuja, on Thursday, sentenced one Sani Shehu to four strokes of cane for stealing half a bag of crayfish. The judge, Alhaji Umar Kagarko, told the convict to desist from committing crime. The prosecutor, Mr A. O. Urom, had told the court that one Aliyu Moses, a...
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    Metro 3 Women Docked For Allegedly Stealing A Week-old Baby

    Three women, Nkechi Obi, Patience Nwogbo and Ogechi Njoku, were on Wednesday charged before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing a week-old baby. Obi, 25, Nwogbo, 58 and Njoku, 45, who all reside in Owerri, Imo, are facing a three-count charge of conspiracy, deprivation of...
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    Politics Bukola Saraki Makes Comment on His Role In Arm Deal Scandal

    Senate President, Bukola Saraki has dissociated himself from the N60bn arms scandal deal involving the immediate past National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd). It will be recall that Sahara reporters published Bukola Saraki blackmailing of CBN officials sighting top Central Bank...
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    Metro Nnamdi Kanu Appears In Court For Trial

    Reports from eye-witnesses say embattled Director of Radio Biafra and Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, was finally arraigned on Monday, in an Abuja Magistrate Court. This followed an order last Wednesday by the Court that the Department of State Services (DSS) must...
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    Business More Troubles As Uganda Govt Fine MTN $622,000

    The Commercial court in Uganda has ordered telecom giant, MTN Uganda to pay a sum of Shs 2.3bn (about $662,000) in damages to EzeeMoney Limited for sabotaging its business, while MTN Nigeria is still struggling to pay the N1.04trillion fine imposed by the NCC. Justice Henry Peter Adonyo on...
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    Metro Things Get Worse For Dasuki As AGF Absent At Hearing

    Trial for the “continued siege” on the residence of Sambo Dasuki. former national security adviser (NSA) suffered setback as Abubakar Malami, Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and minister of justice, on Monday failed to appear before Ademola Adeniyi of the federal high court, Abuja, to...
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    Metro Again! Allow Dasuki To Travel For Treatment, Court Orders DSS

    A Federal High Court in Abuja has again ruled that the Department of State Services (DSS) allow former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.), to travel out of the country for medical treatment. The immediate-past NSA, had approached the court praying for the enforcement of...
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