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FG Takes MTN, Top Executives To Court Over Alleged Information Hoarding
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FG Takes MTN, Top Executives To Court Over Alleged Information Hoarding

1 month ago303 min

The Federal Government has taken legal action against MTN Nigeria Communications Plc and three of its senior executives for allegedly failing to provide information requested by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC). Among others indicted alongside MTN in the criminal proceedings before the Federal High Court in Abuja are the company’s Managing Director and CEO, Karl Toriola; Chief Corporate Services Officer, Tobechukwu Okigbo; and General Manager, Regulatory Affairs, Ikenna Ikeme. The two-count charge...

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Kano Court Punishes Two TikTokers for Sharing Vulgar Clips
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Kano Court Punishes Two TikTokers for Sharing Vulgar Clips

1 month ago282 min

Two Nigerian TikTokers, Maryam Musa and Ahmad Isa, were given prison sentences for sharing offensive videos on the platform. Because Ahmad Isa and Maryam Musa violated the state’s moral and religious sensibilities, they were taken into custody by the Kano State censorship board. The state’s attorney, Barr. Garzali Maigari, presented them before a Kano Magistrate court on charges of criminal conspiracy and disseminating illegal content. After entering guilty pleas to the accusations, the TikTokers were...

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Court finds Ekiti Prophet guilty of raping minor, sentences him to life in jail
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Court finds Ekiti Prophet guilty of raping minor, sentences him to life in jail

1 month ago264 min

Ado-Ekiti’s Ekiti High Court has sentenced 47-year-old Prophet Adeleye Akingbaso to life in prison for the rape of a 13-year-old girl. Akingbaso was first brought before Justice Blessing Ajileye in September 2022 on two charges: compulsion and rape, according to what was understood. According to Justice Ajileye’s decision, the defendant was found guilty on both counts of rape and coercion, and is so convicted. This sentence, she said, will be a warning to others in...

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Lagos court jails man 21 years for manslaughter
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Lagos court jails man 21 years for manslaughter

8 months ago1294 min

A Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, on Tuesday, sentenced a man, Adeola Agbonrin, to 21 years imprisonment for manslaughter. Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo sentenced Agbonrin after he pleaded guilty to a count charge brought against him by the Lagos State Government. The convict was originally charged with the murder of Matha Farinmade, later Agbonrin applied for a plea bargain agreement, leading to the reduction of the charge to manslaughter. He was first arraigned on January...

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Osun court grants four N250,000 bail for fighting
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Osun court grants four N250,000 bail for fighting

8 months ago1074 min

Four residents of Osun State were on Monday arraigned before a state Magistrates’ Court, sitting in Osogbo, the state capital, for allegations bordering on fighting in a pub, destruction of properties and theft. The defendants, Abdulgarfar Opeyemi, Michael Abayomi, Opadotun Taiwo and Azeez Abiodun, had appeared before a presiding magistrate, Dr Olusegun Ayilara, on five counts pressed against them by the police. The counts included conspiracy, assault, malicious damage, breach of peace and theft. Giving...

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BREAKING: Nigerian High Court Dismisses Case Seeking To Restrain #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria Protests

8 months ago2435 min

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed an application seeking an order of interim injunction restraining Nigerian protesters under different platforms from continuing with the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protests. Justice Peter Lifu dismissed the motion ex parte, marked FHC/ABS/CS/1149/2024, on Monday, August 12, 2024. Some Nigerians had filed the motion ex parte (dated August 12, 2024) seeking the enforcement of their fundamental rights against the organisations involved with the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protests.  The applicants sued organisations such as...

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Court extends Lagos drug baron, Temo’s remand
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Court extends Lagos drug baron, Temo’s remand

8 months ago1106 min

The Federal High Court in Lagos has further remanded the alleged drug lord, Sulaimon Jimoh, also known as “Olowo Idi Ogede” or “Temo,” for an additional 14 days in the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. Justice Akintayo Aluko extended Temo’s remand while granting an ex parte motion filed by the NDLEA. The order was made on Friday after the NDLEA prosecution counsel, Lambert Nor, argued the ex parte motion for an extension...

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Ondo monarch jailed three years for contempt of court
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Ondo monarch jailed three years for contempt of court

8 months ago1128 min

An Ondo State Chief Magistrates Court sitting in Igbokoda has sentenced the Baale of Ebute Ipare Community in Ilaje Local Government Area of the state, Francis Ogundeji, to three years imprisonment for disobedience to court order . The judgement was delivered on Monday by Senior Magistrate E.A. Manuwa but a copy of the judgement was made available to PUNCH Metro on Thursday. According to the judgement, Ogundeji and one Ikuejamoye Thomas were charged to court...

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Lagos estate agent allegedly defrauds client of N36m
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Lagos estate agent allegedly defrauds client of N36m

8 months ago2723 min

A 48-year-old estate agent, Nonso Ibekwe, was on Friday, arraigned before the Ebute-Metta Magistrate Court in Lagos State, for allegedly defrauding a client, Samuel Ugbo, of N36m under the pretence of selling land to the client. The defendant, who was said to have committed the offences sometime in 2022, is facing three counts bordering on conspiracy obtaining and stealing preferred against him by the police. The incident happened at Plot 705, Festac Phase 2, in...

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Obey court order on venue restriction, Kwara police tell protesters
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Obey court order on venue restriction, Kwara police tell protesters

8 months ago1374 min

The Kwara State Police Command has warned those wishing to join the ongoing #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest to comply with the recent court order restricting the protest to the Metropolitan Square, Asa Dam Road, Ilorin, the state capital. In a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, Ejire-Adeyemi Toun, on behalf of the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Victor Olaiya, on Friday, the Command said the warning was necessary to prevent the protest from being hijacked...

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