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Court sentences estate agent to 1,230 years imprisonment over N28m fraud
March 16, 2018
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  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
March 15, 2018
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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
March 15, 2018
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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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Renowned Nigerian lawyer absolves Buhari of insurgency in North East, blames military
March 15, 2018
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Aare Afe Babalola (SAN) The renowned Legal icon, Aare Afe Babalola (SAN), has absolved President Muhammadu Buhari of the orgy of the insurgency and killings bedeviling the nation.  Babalola who spoke in  his institution, Afe Babaola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD) while being honoured by Northern Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) on Thursday said Military took over of government in 1966, which ushered in a lopsided unitary system in the country and abrogated the regional system,  was responsible for the…

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SUSPECT WHO STABBED WITNESS IN COURT, SHOT DEAD
March 15, 2018
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  A gang member on trial was shot dead when he launched himself onto a witness in an attempt to stab him. Siale Angilau, a member of the Tongan Crips gang, was filmed grabbing a pen or pencil before running towards the witness, another gang member. Court footage shows the witness sinking out of the way before a US Marshal shot Angilau, 25, four times. The clip of the incident that took place in 2014 has only now been…

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Emirates crew member jumps, crashes through emergency door
March 15, 2018
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One of the crew members of an Emirates Airlines aircraft due to depart Uganda’s Entebbe International Airport has sustained life-threatening injuries after jumping off the emergency door. The Flight – EK 730 had just delivered passengers to Entebbe on Wednesday and was preparing to load other passengers for Dubai when the incident happened. A source at the airport said that the yet-to-be-identified crew member was immediately evacuated and taken to a hospital. The cause of the incident was not…

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Bi-Courtney assures Arik Air of hitch-free operations from MMA2
March 15, 2018
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  MMA2 Ikeja, Lagos ticketing complex Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operators of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2), has assured the management of Arik Air of seamless passenger facilitation, as the airline begins its scheduled flight operations from the terminal to Port Harcourt International Airport on Saturday. A statement by the spokesman of BASL, Steve Omolale, said with its spacious ticketing and departure hall, as well as modern facilities, such as automated check-in counters, smooth escalators/elevators, waiting…

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Ekiti Landlords Protest Against BEDC Over hoarding of Prepaid meters, ‘Fraudulent’ Electricity Tariffs
March 14, 2018
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The illusive Prepaid meter Ekiti Landlords and landladies resident in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State capital on Wednesday staged a peaceful protest against Benin Electricity Distribution Company(BEDC) over alleged hoarding of prepaid meters and ‘over-billing’. The protesters, who operated under the auspices of Ado Ekiti Landlords and Landladies Electricity Consumers Association of Nigeria (ALLECA), alleged the company of demanding for a sum of N40,000 from landlords before proving prepaid meters, describing the action as tantamount to fraud and extortion. The…

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ARIK AIRCRAFT CATCHES FIRE AIRBORNE LAGOS – ACCRA FLIGHT ROUTE — EYE WITNESS
March 14, 2018
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  Arik Aircraft loading passengers for an air trip…. recently. “I boarded Arik air flight W3304 to Accra on Tuesday 06/03/2018. The name of the aircraft is STEPHEN. It was a Dash 8 NextGen propeller aircraft. The flight took off precisely 7.20pm (Lagos time) “35 minutes into the 55 minutes flight, I started perceiving something smelling like a burning stuff. Shortly after the guy sitting next to me asked if I perceived any smell of burning stuff and that…

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Nigeria Customs tells court: 34 containers left Apapa Port without duty payment
March 14, 2018
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Comptroller General of Customs, Hameed Ali, addressing officers and men of the Service… at a recent event. A Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos on Tuesday heard how 34 containers containing truck heads and other items were moved out of Apapa Port without duty payment. This startling revelation was contained in a three count criminal charge filed by the Nigerian Custom Service (NCS) before Justice Muslim Hassan, against five persons and three companies who were alleged to have smuggled 34…

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