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The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has slammed N30 million against Mrs Marianne Ahmadu Ali, wife of a former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ahmadu Ali, for locking up her personal assistant, Ms. Deborah Longs

By Ediri Oyibo The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday said that the judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja, delivered by Justice Kolawole Omotosho, cannot stop the party from going ahead with preparations for its forthcoming National Convention. In a statement

by McDonald Azuju The Scorpion Squad of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command headed by Mr. Victor Geoffrey an Assistant Commissioner of Police in a major breakthrough against kidnapping and human trafficking, have successfully arrested fourteen (14) suspected kidnappers and rescued twenty-three

A Federal High Court, Lagos, today, ordered the final forfeiture of a building in Lekki, for being a proceed of illicit drug dealing. The building is located at Block 11, House No. 2 Mobolaji Johnson Estate, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos. Justice Alexander

THE pan-Igbo socio-political organisation, Anya-Ndi-Igbo, has paid glowing tribute to elder statesman and policy scholar, Dr. Uma Oke Eleazu (OON), describing him as “an oasis of moral rectitude and a model of character in a nation burdened by leadership deficits.” The commendation

By Professor Abiodun Raufu In Nigeria, the ornate chambers of justice often mask a troubling reality. The last resort for redress for the troubled elevates procedural formalities over substantive justice. While the phrase “justice delayed is justice denied” is frequently uttered, the

By Pat Stevens The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, on Friday, failed to open his defence in his ongoing terrorism trial before the Federal High Court in Abuja, citing his inability to access his case file.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reaffirmed that it is still investigating former Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, over alleged corruption and diversion of public funds, dismissing claims that his recent defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) has granted him protection from prosecution. Okowa,

A clearing agent, Ernest Emeka Ani, has been convicted and sentenced to three and a half years, by a Federal High Court, Lagos, for smuggling 81.7 Kilogrames of Cannabis Sativa into the country. The clearing agent was convicted and given the jail-term

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has pledged to deepen collaboration with the Department of State Services (DSS) in addressing the country’s rising security challenges, including violent extremism, banditry, and inter-communal conflicts. This was part of the resolutions reached at the Forum’s fifth