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Maryam Sanda: Police Urges Court Of Appeal To Uphold Death Sentence

Maryam Sanda and late husband
The police in the Federal Capital Territory have urged the Court of Appeal in Abuja to affirm the death penalty imposed on Maryam Sanda, who was sentenced to death byRead More

NDLEA Nabs Six Anambra Females, 70 Others For Cannabis Trafficking

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)
The Anambra State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has apprehended seventy six (76) people for allegedly trafficking in Indian hemp in the first quarter of thisRead More

Supreme Court Upholds Ifeanyi Ubah’s Election As Senator

Ifeanyi Ubah
The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, May 12th, 2020, dismissed the appeals filed by Chief Chris Uba and Dr. Obinna Uzor to challenge Ifeanyi Ubah’s election as the senator representing AnambraRead More

Supreme Court Judgment On Kalu To Affect Over 50 Other Cases

Orji Uzor Kalu
The Friday’s judgment of the Supreme Court which nullified the trial and conviction of a former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, will cause an automatic reversal of gainsRead More

NJC Suspends Two Judges For Falsifying Age, Failure To Deliver Judgement

National Judicial Council
The National Judicial Council has recommended compulsory retirement of two High Court judges, due to age falsification and failure to deliver judgement for four years. The council, in a statementRead More

Kaduna Sets Up Mobile Courts To Prosecute Curfew Violators

Mobile court in Nigeria
The Kaduna State Government said it has set up mobile courts enable it to summarily prosecute violators of its COVID-19 stay-at-home order. In a letter to the Chief Registrar ofRead More

Travel Agent Bags 10-Year Sentence For N1.8m Fraud

Freedom Inah
The Chief Judge of the Sokoto State High Court, M. Sifawa, has sentenced a scammer, identified as Freedom Inah, to ten (10) years in prison for defrauding one Ahmed JelaniRead More

EFCC Arraigns Man For Alleged N10m Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Makurdi Zonal Office, on Thursday, March 26th, 2020 arraigned a man, identified as Musa Abubakar, at the state High Court for an allegedRead More

How Mama Boko Haram, Others Diverted N111.7m Contract Fund – Witness

Aisha Wakil, popularly known as Mama Boko Haram
A prosecution witness, Olaleye Isma’il, on Monday told a Borno State High Court in Maiduguri that Aisha Wakil, alias Mama Boko Haram, connived with two others to divert N111.7m contractRead More

Court Restrains El-Rufai From Demolishing Over 2,000 Houses In Kaduna

Nasir El-Rufai
A high court in Kaduna State, presided over by Justice Binta Zubairu, has granted a restraining order against Governor Nasir El-Rufai or any Kaduna Government agent from demolishing over twoRead More