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Ekiti State High Court sentenced two to death by hanging for stealing phones, power bank
Justice Blessing Ajileye of the Ado Ekiti Division of the Ekiti State High Court, on Thursday, sentenced one Benjamin Joseph and Stephen Orban to death by hanging for robbery.
Suspended DCP Abba Kyari granted bail after 2 years in detention
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, granted the former commander of the IGP Intelligence Response Team (IGP-IRT), DCP Abba Kyari, a two-week bail after spending cumulative 27 months in detention.
Court fixes June 3 for judgment in ex-Lagos speaker Ikuforiji’s N338.8 million alleged fraud case
EFCC accused Mr Ikuforiji of using his position as the speaker to misappropriate funds belonging to the Lagos…
Court upholds CBN’s regulation on collection of customers’ social media handles
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has held that a Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) regulation, which requires financial institutions to demand and collect the social media handles of their customers, as part of the standard Know-Your-Customer procedure, is not a breach of the right to privacy.
How former Sterling Bank staff allegedly swindled his 86-year-old uncle of N14m
A Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, has ordered the remand of a 46-year-old former Sterling Bank staff, Jacob Bonet, at a correctional facility for allegedly defrauding his 86-year-old uncle of N14m.
₦14m Debt: Portable granted bail after passing night in police cell, converts recent arrest into song
The Lagos State Police Command has released popular street singer Habeeb Okikiola, best known as Portable, after the artiste passed a night in police cell.
Cause of Mohbad’s death “uncertain” due to decomposing body, Pathologist tells court
A Pathologist from the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Professor Sunday Soyemi, has told a Coroner sitting at the Magistrates’ Court, Ikorodu that the cause of death of singer, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, a.k a Mohbad was concluded as “uncertain”.He said the cause of death of the musician could not be determined as his body was too decomposed by the time an autopsy was performed.
Sirika, brother’s absence stalls arraignment over N19.4bn fraud
The scheduled arraignment of the former minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, his brother, Ahmad Sirika and company – Enginos Nigeria Limited, before a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Garki, Abuja, on Monday, was stalled due to the defendants’ absence.
Cybercrime: Court summons two for sharing Lagos socialite’s nude picture
A Chief Magistrate Court in Wuse Zone 6, Abuja, has summoned two social media users for criminal defamation of a socialite, Dorcas Adeyinka, by allegedly sharing her nude photo online.
IGP files two count charge of conspiracy, pejury against 2 Directors of Fenchurch Energy Nigeria Limited
The Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun has filed a two-count charge of conspiracy and Pejury against a Limited Liability company Fenchurch Energy Nigeria Limited and two of it’s Directors Babafunsho Adeyemi and Olufemi Bakare