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<strong>Court Declares Ebube Agu Operations Illegal In Ebonyi</strong>

15Feb

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Human Rights, Judiciary, Justice, Law Enforcement, News, Nigeria, Security

Court Declares Ebube Agu Operations Illegal In Ebonyi

An Ebonyi State federal high court in Abakaliki has declared the activities of the south-east security outfit, Ebube Agu, illegal in the state. Recall that the south-east states governors had in April 2021, announced the establishment of the security network as part of measures to curb insecurity in the region. The court while ruling on Tuesday, ordered the Department of State Services, DSS, and police to retrieve all the weapons in the possession of Ebube Agu operatives in the state. The presiding judge, Riman Fatun, said the grounds for disbandment were connected to human right abuses, extortion, and illegal arrests. The judge held, “I hereby declare the Ebube Agu outfit illegal and therefore, it ceases to exist as the Ebonyi state house of assembly has no powers to appr...

Gov Matawalle Orders Arrest of Persons Rejecting Old Naira Notes

11Feb

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Finance, Judiciary, News, Nigeria

Gov Matawalle Orders Arrest of Persons Rejecting Old Naira Notes

Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle has asked security operatives to arrest anybody who refuses to recognize and accept old naira notes for transactions in the state. The governor issued the directive at a swearing-in ceremony of the new High Court Judges and Special Advisers held at the Government House Gusau on Friday. Matawalle described the redesigning of the currency as ill-timed and wrongly implemented. He directed that, “Anyone who refuses to accept the old currency notes of N200, N500, and N1000 in the state should be arrested.” According to the Zamfara governor, old currency notes remain legal tender until the final verdict of the case filed against the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Federal Government by three northern governors of Kaduna, Kogi, and Zamfara ...

<strong>Supreme Court Affirms Lawan As Yobe APC Senatorial Candidate</strong>

6Feb

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Judiciary, News, Nigeria, Uncategorized

Supreme Court Affirms Lawan As Yobe APC Senatorial Candidate

Senate President Ahmad Lawan has been affirmed by the supreme court as the All Progressives Congress, APC, senatorial candidate for Yobe north. The apex court in a judgment delivered on Monday allowed the appeal filed by the APC against Bashir Machina’s candidature. In its judgment, three out of the five-member panel supported the position of the APC that the suit at the trial court not to have started through an originating summons since it contained allegations of fraud. Centus Nweze said, “The bedrock of the suit shows that there were allegations of fraudulent practices against the appellants. “That the 1st respondent accused the APC of fraudulently substituting his name with that of Lawan. “Where there is an allegation of fraud it should not be commenced by an origi...

<strong>Sex Tape: Court Slams N5m Fine Against ‘Despicable’ Oxlade</strong>

3Feb

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Judiciary, Justice, News, Nigeria

Sex Tape: Court Slams N5m Fine Against ‘Despicable’ Oxlade

Justice O.A. Oresanya of a Lagos State High Court has fined singer Ikuforijimi Abdulrahman, popularly known as Oxlade, N5m for leaking an explicit sex tape with a woman on a social media app, Snapchat. Recall that a sex tape circulated online on February 9, 2022, picturing the artiste with a lady. Oxlade came out to apologise to his fans for the act. Delivering judgement on the suit on Tuesday, January 24, 2023, the judge described Oxlade’s action of recording the explicit sex and leaking the tape online without the consent of his partner as “despicable, horrendous, distasteful and classless.” The suit which was filed by Blessing, on March 15, 2022, demanded N20m damages and a declaration that the respondent’s (Oxlade) act of recording their sexual acts without her knowledge ...

<strong>Bolanle Raheem: How My Wife Battled For Survival As Hospitals Refused Treatment – Husband</strong>

27Jan

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Crime, Human Rights, Judiciary, Justice, News, Nigeria

Bolanle Raheem: How My Wife Battled For Survival As Hospitals Refused Treatment – Husband

Gbenga, the husband of slain Lagos lawyer, Omobolanle Raheem, on Thursday, at the Lagos State High Court, Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos Island, recounted how his wife struggled to survive as three hospitals refused to attend to her. The late lawyer was shot to death on Christmas Day by an Assistant Superintendent of Police, Drambi Vandi. The husband also told the court she received the Toyota Venza in which she was shot as a gift on Friday, December 23, 2022, two days before her death. The car was gift from a property developer she worked for as reward for meeting her target. Bolanle’s husband who was led in evidence-in-chief by the Attorney General of Lagos State and Commissioner for Justice, Moyosore Onigbanjo, SAN, said that they got married 10 years ago and on Christmas Day,...

Vulcaniser to be Hung for Stealing N57,000

17Jan

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Crime, Judiciary, Lagos News, News, Nigeria

Vulcaniser to be Hung for Stealing N57,000

A Justice Mojisola Dada Ikeja Special Offence Court on Tuesday condemned a 32-year-old vulcaniser, Chidozie Onyinchiz, to death by hanging for stealing N57,000 from a nurse. Justice Dada ruled that the prosecution had proved the charges of conspiracy, armed robbery, and membership of an unlawful society against the accused. The Justice also held that that the convict’s attempt to wriggle out of the charges was futile. Dada based this on the fact that Onyinchiz had earlier confirmed to the police at Igando, Lagos, that his victim, Veronica Uwayzor, sighted him and they both recognized each other at the time of the offence. Dada said, “The defendant had stated that the complainant pointed at him as one of the boys armed with a pair of scissors and forcefully snatched her bag...

<strong>Raheem: Court To Commence Killer Cop’s Trial Monday</strong>

16Jan

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Crime, Human Rights, Judiciary, Justice, News, Nigeria

Raheem: Court To Commence Killer Cop’s Trial Monday

A Lagos State High Court has scheduled Monday (today) to commence the trial of ASP Drambi Vandi, who allegedly killed a Lagos-based lawyer, Mrs Omobolanle Raheem. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Vandi who was attached to Ajiwe Police Station in Ajah area of Lagos State, allegedly shot and killed Raheem while she was returning from church service with her family on Christmas Day. The lawyer was killed at Ajah, Lagos State. A statement issued by the Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Morosore Onigbanjo, SAN, stated that the trial would be before Justice I.O Harrison at the Tafawa Balewa Square. He said, “The trial of ASP Vandi who allegedly killed Raheem on December 25, 2022, along Ajah Expressway will commence before Justice I.O. H...

<strong>Nigerian Man Sues Malaysia Govt N406m For Unlawful Detention</strong>

12Jan

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Human Rights, Judiciary, Justice, News

Nigerian Man Sues Malaysia Govt N406m For Unlawful Detention

A Nigerian man identified as Simon Mamoh, has filed a N406 million suit against the Director-General of Malaysia Immigration Department, Khairul Dzaimee Daud, and three others for alleged unlawful detention and deportation. Mamoh alleges that Malaysian immigration department detained him illegally for 40 days before ordering his deportation from Malaysia to Nigeria. The Nigerian in a lawsuit filed in the High Court of Shah Alam on January 10, listed the compensations being sought to include RM2 million in general damages at a rate of RM50,000 for each day of his unlawful detention, which lasted from March 15, 2021, till April 23, 2021. See Also: Court Convicts Akwa Ibom PDP Guber Candidate, Orders Arrest A local Malaysian online platform, Malaymail, reports that Mamoh is a...

<strong>Court Convicts Akwa Ibom PDP Guber Candidate, Orders Arrest</strong>

7Jan

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Judiciary, News, Nigeria

Court Convicts Akwa Ibom PDP Guber Candidate, Orders Arrest

An Abuja magistrate court in Wuse zone 6 has ordered the arrest of the Akwa Ibon State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate, Umo Eno. Eno won the PDP’s governorship ticket in May 2022 after he polled 993 votes out of 1,018 votes cast in the primary election. He clinched the ticket ahead of his closest opponent, Onofiok Luke, a member of the house of representatives, who polled two votes while Bassey Albert, a senator got one vote. The warrant of arrest sighted by TheCable was issued by Emmanuel Iyanna, chief magistrate, on December 23, 2022. The document stated that Eno is charged of “cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property”. See Also: INEC Sets Aside 8,809 BVAS As Backup For Elections The complainant in the suit marked CR/94/2022 is o...

<strong>I Pleaded With Rapist To Use Condom – Married Nurse</strong>

6Jan

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Crime, Human Rights, Judiciary, Justice, Lagos News, News, Nigeria

I Pleaded With Rapist To Use Condom – Married Nurse

A married nurse identified as Imolita (surname withheld), has narrated how she was reportedly raped by a security guard, Ibuchi Emmanuel, at a school where she worked. Imolita told the Special Offences Court, Ikeja, Lagos State, how she was on night duty the day the rape occurred while Emmanuel was equally on duty on the said night. Tired depressed female african scrub nurse wears face mask blue uniform gloves sits on hospital floor. Exhausted sad black doctor feels burnout stress The victim who worked as a nurse in a school said that the defendant met her while she was headed to inspect the school’s clinic before going back to her desk and asked to see her later that night. She stated that the defendant knocked on the door around 9om while she was at her desk which had a bed ...