Court orders status quo on Lagos property
A Lagos High Court, Igbosere has ordered that status quo be maintain, pending the determination of the suit filed by a Lagos-based engineer, Babatope Bejide.
Bejide filed the action against...
Economy, Corruption and Lawyers
The poor countries of the world lose up to $1 trillion every year to corruption, according to a recent report by Transparency International.
The African Development Bank believes that African...
Abia lawmakers impeach Speaker, elect Njoku
The Abia State House of Assembly members yesterday impeached their Speaker, Martins Azubuike and replaced him with Kennedy Njoku.
Njoku emerged after he polled 20 votes against the four polled...
Magu: A case of corruption fighting back?
The confirmation of Ibrahim Magu as the substantive Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) suffered another debilitating blow with the eventual rejection of his nomination by the...
Lawyer: 3 Nigerian death row inmates ‘secretly’ executed
Abraka - A human rights lawyer says three convicted criminals have been secretly executed in the first hangings in Nigeria since 2003. The executions breach a seven-year moratorium on...
Son Of Ex-Katsina District Head Sentenced To Death By Hanging
A Katsina State High Court sitting in Funtua on Thursday sentenced Mu’ammar Tukur, son of former District Head of Bakori, to death by hanging for culpable homicide.Mr. Tukur, 32,...
S*xagenarian turns 10-year-old to s*x slave in Abia
A 61-year-old man, Timothy Onyeukwu, has been arrested by the Abia State Police Command for allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl and keeping her as a sex slave in a...
Greece Eurozone creditors unblock suspended debt-relief measures
Greece's Eurozone creditors agreed on Saturday to unblock suspended debt-relief measures after Prime Minister Alexis Tspiras assured them that a Christmas gift he offered pensioners would be a...
Federal prosecutor charges foreign hackers for cyber-attack
The Manhattan US Attorney Tuesday announced charges against three foreign nationals for insider trading, wire fraud, intentional damage, unlawful access, and related conspiracy acts. The defendants are Iat...
Former Argentina president indicted for corruption
Former Argentine President, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner , was
indicted Tuesday on allegations of corruption. Fernandez and three others are accused of illicit association and fraudulent administration in connection...
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Colombia protests against police brutality continue after law student killed
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