Category: Metro
EFCC arrests Osang Usie Otukpa for defrauding 139 Australians
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arrested Osang Usie Otukpa, a fraudster, for defrauding 139 Australians to the tune of 8 millio [...]
Court grants Yahaya Bello ₦500m bail over fraud of N80.2bn
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday granted bail to the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, in the sum of ₦500 million, with tw [...]
Afe Babalola wants LPDC to disbar Dele Farotimi
Afe Babalola’s law firm has asked the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) to disbar Dele Farotimi, a human rights advocate, for alleged [...]
Court orders seizure of Farotimi’s book, Afe Babalola’s law firm warns bookstores
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja has ordered the seizure of physical copies of lawyer and activist Dele Farotimi’s book, allege [...]
APC used protests to get power but now against demonstration – Chidi Odinkalu
Chidi Odinkalu, a former chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), says the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), which secured elect [...]
Taraba gov loses sister to gunshot injuries from police escort
Atsi Kefas, the sister of Taraba State Governor Agbu Kefas, has tragically passed away after being accidentally shot by a police escort during an atte [...]
Judge defers ruling on Dele Farotimi’s application despite granting him N50m bail
A magistrate court in Ado-Ekiti has reserved ruling on the bail application from Dele Farotimi, human rights activist.
Abayomi Adeosun, the mag [...]
Abuja court denies Yahaya Bello bail, orders his remand till February 25 for his trial
A Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting at Maitama, on Tuesday, remanded the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, in Kuj [...]
Ekiti court grants Farotimi N50m bail, orders him to submit passport
The Federal High Court in Ado Ekiti, on Monday, granted bail to lawyer and activist, Dele Farotimi, in the suit filed by the Inspector General of Poli [...]
ICPC receives go ahead to prosecute businessman, Tarry Rufus, Buhari’s inlaw, Gimba Kumo Ya’u
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has received approval to proceed with the prosecution of businessman Ta [...]