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A’Court jails pension thief, Yusuf for six years, to refund N22.9b

  Yakubu Yusuf, the convict. John Yakubu Yusuf, the pension thief who five years ago, was given a slap on the wrist by Justice Abubakar Talba of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, for stealing N32.8billion police pension fund, has finally got his deserved sanctions. The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division on Wednesday jailed him six years and also asked him to refund N22.9billion. Justice Talba had sentenced him to two years in jail, with the option of…

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Tribunal orders four stock firms to pay N5m penalty for illegal transactions

Four stockbroking firms namely – Union Registrars Limited, UIDC Securities Limited, Gosord Securities Limited and Kapital Care Trust Securities Limited have been sanctioned for irregular transactions and unlawful sale of multi-million naira worth of an investor’s shares. Delivering judgment in a case instituted by Dr. Okam Kalu Ugwu, a medical doctor, against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the four firms, the Investments and Securities Tribunal sitting in Enugu ordered that all irregular transactions in the Union Bank…

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Emir Lamido Sanusi enjoins NYSC on national unity

      NYSC members. The Emir of Kano, Malam Muhammad Sanusi II, has emphasised the need for corps members to use their one year compulsory national service to strengthen existing peace and unity in the country. The Emir made the call on Wednesday in Kano when he received the Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Suleiman Kazaure, at his palace. According to the Emir, ensuring the unity of the nation is one of the major purposes…

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Soyinka and Nigeria’s dinner with the devil

      Professor Wole Soyinka Reuben Abati   Professor Wole Soyinka was keynote speaker at the maiden annual lecture of the Ripples Centre for Data and Investigative Journalism held in Lagos on March 15. Topic: “Rebuilding Trust in a Divided Nigeria: Can Nigeria be fixed?” The Nobel Laureate did not disappoint. His presentation titled “From Miyetti to Haiti: Notes from a Solidarity Visit” took us on a journey to Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, the United States, Nigeria also, and other…

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FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE OF NIGERIA’S HOME TRUTH

     Ex-Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mariam Alooma Muktar By Abdulrasheed Ibrahim In one of my articles titled “The Making of the first female Chief Justice” I wrote thus: “Hon. Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar stepped into history on the 16th July 2012 when she was sworn-in as the first female Chief Justice of Nigeria. Since 1958 when Sir Adetokunbo Ademola became the first indigenous Chief Justice of Nigeria, all those that came in succession to the office have been male…

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Freed Dapchi schoolgirls return home amidst confusion, jubilation

  Some released Dapchi schoolgirls undergoing debriefing. A sizeable number of Dapchi schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram from Government Girls Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State on 19 February, were on Wednesday morning returned to the community. While the parents and relations of the freed girls were happy and jubilant, the parents of some of the girls who were not among the returned ones were confused, sad and asking curious questions as to why their children were not…

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Nigeria military faults Amnesty International on indicting report

  The Nigerian Military has described as false Amnesty International (AI) report in which the group alleged that the Nigerian Military and security forces were informed that a convoy of Boko Haram fighters were heading towards Dapchi in Yobe state to abduct some school girls, and failed to act accordingly. The DHQ rebuttal was contained in a press statement issued on Tuesday by Brigadier General John Agim, Acting Director, Defence Information. The full text of the press statement reads;…

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Court sentences estate agent to 1,230 years imprisonment over N28m fraud

  A Lagos High Court, Igbosere, on Thursday sentenced an estate agent who is also a site engineer, Babatunde Habeeb,  to 1,230 years imprisonment for duping unsuspecting accommodation seekers of N28 million, under false pretence of giving them accommodation. Habeeb who is also known as Babatunde Salawudeen, is a younger brother to the 43 year old property developer, Alhaji Ishola Salawudeen, whom he connived with and duped the 101 prospective tenants to the tune of N28million. The convict who…

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Court sanctions Stanbic IBTC Bank, asks it to pay N50b to customer

Justice Candide-Johnson of an High Court of Lagos State, has ordered Stanbic-IBTC bank Plc to pay the sum of N50 billion as general damages, to one of its customers, Long-term Global Capital Limited, for breaching a contractual agreement between them. Apart from the judgment sum, the judge also ordered the bank and CRC, who is a joint defendant in the Suit filed by Longterm Global Capital Limited, to publish forthwith and not less than seven days, a retraction and…

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N470m fraud: Court permits Belgore to attend conference in Kenya

Dele Belgore (SAN) A Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos on Thursday ordered the Deputy Chief Registrar (DCR), to release Mr. Dele Balgore (SAN), international passport, to enable him attend a conference in Kenya. Justice Rilwan Aikawa gave the order yesterday while delivering ruling in an application filed before the court, by the senior lawyer. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), did not file any counter affidavit to the application. The judge however ordered that Belgore must returned the…

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