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Akintoye Akindele, Atlantic International Refinery boss arraigned again over $35m fraud

Akintoye Akindele, Atlantic International Refinery boss arraigned again over $35m fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, December 24, arraigned a businessman, Akindele Akintoye, before Justice Emeka Nwite of [...]
Court upholds conviction of business man, Kolawole Adedayo Erinle over $1.4m fraud

Court upholds conviction of business man, Kolawole Adedayo Erinle over $1.4m fraud

A three-man panel of the Court of Appeal, in Lagos state, have upheld the conviction and 12-year prison sentence of businessman Kolawole Adedayo Erinl [...]
Stampede incidents reflect Nigeria’s systemic failures – Peter Obi

Stampede incidents reflect Nigeria’s systemic failures – Peter Obi

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, has condemned the recent stampedes that claimed lives across the [...]
‘Wole Soyinka, Femi Falana led protests as young men, take the bull by the horns,’ NHRC tells youths

‘Wole Soyinka, Femi Falana led protests as young men, take the bull by the horns,’ NHRC tells youths

The Nigerian Human Rights Community (NHRC) says those compelling Wole Soyinka, the Nobel laureate, and Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SA [...]
EFCC arrests Osang Usie Otukpa for defrauding 139 Australians

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 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

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

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

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 [...]
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