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The scheduled trial of two businessmen, Ike Afam and Onyechi Izuchukwu Steve, who are standing trial before a Lagos Federal High Court, for alleged counterfeiting of X-pression hair attachment, was again stalled, due to the absence of the Prosecuting Counsel. The prosecutor,

In a significant operation coordinated by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), 17 young Nigerian girls trafficked to Ghana have been rescued and repatriated, with five traffickers apprehended. This rescue, also assisted by the Ghanaian Anti-Human Trafficking Police and the Nigerian High

A former bank manager, Fidelis Egueke, has been convicted and sentenced to six months imprisonment, by an Asaba, Delta State, Chief Magistrate’s court, for obtaining the sum of $46, 900, USD, by false pretence. The court presided over by Chief Magistrate Callistus

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has postponed the alleged fraud case involving former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, and two co-defendants until November 14, 2024. Justice Maryann E. Anenih announced the adjournment on Thursday following legal arguments surrounding the

A 67-year-old father, Uwakwe Eze and his 48-year-old native doctor friend, Enuwa Odugu, have been arrested by the operatives of Enugu State Police Command, for the murder of Eze’s son Chikwado. The victim, 26-year-old Chikwado Celestine Eze was said to have died

The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) revealed yesterday that over 352 facilities, including churches and mosques, have been shut down across the state over the past year due to noise pollution and other environmental violations. During a press briefing at

Hisbah Board has made a U-turn in its claim that Jigawa State Commissioner of Special Duties Auwal Sankara, was caught in an inappropriate behaviour with a married woman in an  uncompleted building. Retracting the statement which was widely reported in

The leadership of the BIM/ MASSOB, a pro-Biafra movement hitherto known simply as MASSOB (Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra) has decried the arrest of an 89-year-old man, Chief Moses Amaechi, a member of the group’s Ojukwu Memorial

A Federal High Court sitting in Kano has restrained the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC) from conducting  the Kano State Local Government elections  until qualified persons are duly appointed as Chairman and members of the Commission. The court,  presided by Justice

Ebonyi State Police command has commenced disciplinary actions against some of its men caught in a viral video collecting money from motorists on some highways in the State. Some policemen from the command were seen in a video on the