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From IKECHUKWU NNADI, Nsukka A Federal High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, and presided over by Justice Evelyn Anyadike, has convicted and sentenced thirty-six (36) internet fraudsters to eight months imprisonment each. This is coming barely a month after the

A group of nine civil society organisations, including the Amnesty International (AI), has called on the Nigerian federal authorities to drop what the group called ‘bogus defamation lawsuit against Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP)’, and desist from further attempts to intimidate CSOs

The Inspector General of Police(IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has disowned police officers found escorting 113 Chinese and Malaysian nationals recently arrested  for cybercrimes in Abuja, the FCT. He said the unscrupulous police officers who were on an illegal duty had since been

The continued trial of the alleged drug dealer, Alhaji Jimoh Sulaimon Olowoidigede, popularly called Temo, was stalled today, due to his ill-health. The alleged drug baron, who is also known as godfather and 001, is being tried before the court presided over

By Ishaya Ibrahim Former chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Professor Chidi Odinkalu, has criticized the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun for attending a dinner hosted by the Lagos State Government in her honour. The Lagos Governor, Babajide

The Kano State Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has taken disciplinary actions against eight judiciary staff members over misconduct bordering on corrupt practices. In a statement yesterday (Sunday, November 10) in Kano, the spokesperson of the Kano State Judiciary, Mr Baba Jibo-Ibrahim said: “The

Decrying the corrupt influence inherent in their unwarranted actions, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to “stop the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike and Nigeria’s 36 Governors from usurping the authority and

The Minority Caucus of the House of Representatives has called for severe punishment for individuals involved in charging the 76 minors with terrorism, treason and arson for participating in the #EndBadGovernance protest. In a statement by the Minority Leader, Rep. Kingsley Chinda

The Chairman of Police Service Commission (PSC), DIG Hashimu Argungu, has expressed his disgust at the increasing incidence of extra-judicial killings, illegal arrests, search and detention and sexual abuses in Nigeria, lamenting that these are some of issues denting Nigeria’s