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Oba Of Benin/Enigie Crisis: Benin Royal Family Suspends Akenzua
The Benin Royal Family on Monday announced the suspension of embattled Professor Gregory Akenzua, one of the suspended enigie (duke) who had taken the Oba of Benin to court challenging their suspension as enigie in the kingdom. Professor Gregory Akenzua, a professor of Gynecology, former Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin and former…
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One-Year After, Man Seeks Justice For Death Of UK-Based Daughter
One year after the death of a Nigerian based in the United Kingdom, Alanis Ogundipe, her father, Oladapo Ogunidipe, has called on the UK authority to carry out a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding her death. Alanis Ogundipe, 26, allegedly committed suicide by jumping into a moving train in Manchester, but her father said…
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Court Dismisses N7.74bn Fraud Charge Against Bizman, 3 Others
An Abuja High Court has again dismissed the N7.74bn fraud charge brought against a Lagos businessman, Kenny Martins and three others by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The fraud charge initiated against the socialite and his co-defendants in 2018 was dismissed by Justice Modupe Osho-Adebiyi for being frivolous and without merit. Delivering judgment…
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True Federalism: Adegboruwa Tackles Tinubu, Says President Yet To Show Pedigree
A Lagos-based rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has insisted that President Bola Tinubu is yet to show his pedigree as to what he is known for while in the opposition party. The SAN made the declaration at the 15th National Association of Judiciary Correspondents (NAJUC) Annual Lecture 2024, held at…
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Champion Newspapers Award: Terrorists, Kidnappers, Bandits Propelled By Hard Drugs – Marwa
…Urges Nigerians to support NDLEA’s war against scourge …UBA customers remain our backbone, says Alawuba …As Champion Newspapers GMD tasks leaders on rule of law The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has urged Nigerians to support the agency in its current…
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$8.4m Fraud: Group Kicks Against AGF’s Takeover Of Defendants’ Prosecution
The Center Against Injustice and Domestic Violence (CAIDOV) in collaboration with Advocate for Social Justice and Defence of Rule of Law, has kicked against the alleged plan by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), to take over the prosecution of a case involving a foreign oil company and five others accused…
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Curbing Police Brutality Against Journalists
TUNDE OYESINA writes that lawyers have decried the ‘illegal’ use of the Cybercrime Act by the police to harass and detain journalists, with a call on the National Assembly to promptly begin the process of amending the legislation in order to safeguard press freedom in the country Some senior lawyers have called on the National…
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Bandits Still Occupying Over 151 Communities In Plateau – Indigenous Communities
A coalition of ethnic nationalities under the aegis of the Atakar, Berom, Irigwe, Mwaghavwul And Ron Youths Associations In Conjunction With The Coalition Of Plateau indigenous youth bodies has raised the alarm over the forceful displacement and annexation of 151 indigenous hamlets, villages and communities as well as land grabbing In Plateau State by the…
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Three Burnt To Death In Lagos Road Accident
A driver of a Mercedes Benz Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) and two passengers were reportedly burned to death in Lagos after crashing into a stationary truck on Sunday night. The incident which is said to have occurred at the Mandilas Bus Stop in Iyana Isolo, off the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway claimed the lives of three individuals….
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Flooding: FG To Support EIB, NEWMAP Project With N750m
The Minister of Environment, Balarabe Abbas Lawal has stated that the Ministry has provided the sum of N750m and office space as its own Counterpart funding for the commencement of the European Investment Bank (EIB) and NEWMAP project for tackling erosion and flood in Nigeria. The Minister disclosed this while declaring open a 2-day NEW…
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