CCT sets new date to begin CJN Onnoghen’s trial

The Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, sitting in Abuja has directed that the 6-count charge bothering on failure to declare his assets the Federal Government preferred against Justice Walter Onnoghen, should be served on him personally. A three-man panel of the Tribunal headed by Justice Danladi Umar also fixed Tuesday next week for the CJN […]

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Lorry carrying Ondo APC senator’s campaign rice kills 20 people in Ekiti (Photos)

It was sorrow, anguish and tragedy in Iworoko town, a few minutes drive from Ado- Ekiti, the capital of Ekiti State, on Saturday night, when an articulated vehicle rammed into a market located at the centre of the town. The lorry, which was fully loaded of the branded bags of rice of the Senator representing […]

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False asset declaration: Onnoghen to be charged to CCT

Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, might likely be arraigned on Monday before the Danladi Umar-led three-man panel of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) for allegedly failing to declare his assets as stipulated by law. In view of the circumstance, the federal government has asked him to vacate office over alleged corrupt […]

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CJN Onnoghen defends self in CCB queries, lawyers say FG’s move against him is political

A statement by the Code of Conduct Tribunal on Saturday, said Mr Onnoghen would be arraigned for alleged false asset charge on Monday — seven days after the petition was brought. But in his response dated January 11, to the queries earlier on raised by the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), Mr Onnoghen wrote as […]

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Wanted Boko Haram terrorists group member arrested (Photo)

Gallant troops of 7 Division Garrison carrying out cordon and search operations in conjunction with troops of 195 Battalion, Mobile Policemen and CJTF, in some parts of the fringes of Maiduguri today discovered and arrested a wanted Boko Haram terrorists group member called Babagana Abubakar (aka Alagarno), hiding at Bulabulim Ngarnam community. He was found […]

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71-year-old retired Colonel sentenced to 25 years imprisonment in Nigeria

71-year-old retired Colonel has been jailed for 25 years over the killing of one Felix Esan in Ekiti State. The retired Army Officer, Richard Ogunboyo was sentenced on Tuesday, by a High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. The convict, who was the head of a vigilante group in Iyin Ekiti, was said to have committed […]

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Nigerian Pastor arrested for 16-year-old-girl’s pregnancy

Josiah Akinsuyi, a pastor with the Christ Apostolic Church in Ondo State has been apprehended by the men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ondo State command for allegedly impregnating a 16-year-old girl in the state. The pastor faces another allegation that he had also been having affair with the victim’s elder […]

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Pretty lady dies allegedly from phone and cooking gas explosion in Nigeria (Photos)

  Sad. A Nigerian man has taken to his social media handle to narrate a very horrible event that happened to his friend. He wrote:  “Ladies please stop the act of pressing phone while cooking with gas it is dangerous, I am so hurt. None of us will die young oo, rest in peace annyfat […]

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Kidnappers who allegedly killed Reverend Father in Nigeria nabbed (Photos)

An alleged gang of notorious kidnappers has been smashed by security operatives in Imo state. The notorious gang members were said to have been terrorizing residents of Arondizuogu and environs for months now, before they were apprehended on Tuesday, December 8 (yesterday). They were caught by the police and youths along Nkwo-achi area in Arondizuogu, […]

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Boyfriend who allegedly kills girl ordered to marry her corpse in Nigeria (Photos)

Members of the family of 19-year-old Confidence Nwanma, who was allegedly killed by her boyfriend, has declared that the killer boyfriend must marry her corpse in line with the tradition of the family. The beautiful girl, Nwanma was allegedly stabbed to death last week by her boyfriend, Ladayo in the Oshinle area of Akure, the Ondo […]

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3 Senior Secondary School 1 (SS1) male students remanded in custody for rape

A Lagos Magistrate court has ordered three Senior Secondary School 1 (SS1) students (names withheld) to be remanded in a juvenile home. They allegedly gang-defiled their 15-year-old classmate. The state police had dragged the teenagers, aged 16, 16 and 14 years before the court on a four-count charge bordering on conspiracy, unlawful canal knowledge, sexual assault and defilement.  The […]

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Council director, his driver kidnapped in Ekiti

Persons believed to be kidnappers have abducted a Director of Administration with the Ekiti State Local Government Service Commission, Mr. David Jejelowo, and his driver, and whisked them away to an unknown destination. Jejelowo, is the Director of Administration in Gbonyin local government area of the state. It was learnt that the council director was […]

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Military seizes power in Gabon, controls national radio station

The military in Gabon, on Monday, claims it has seized power from the President Ali Bongo-led government in the country. According to BBC, soldiers in the West African country said they launched a coup to restore democracy. Reports say, they took control of the national radio station in the early hours of Monday to read […]

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Lady beaten, stripped naked over N2000 worth stolen chicken (Photos 18+)

“We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.” — Aesop (620 – 564 BC) Nigerians on Thursday expressed their anger on social media after a lady was stripped naked and paraded at Mkpor market because she was caught stealing a live chicken worth N2000 on Wednesday, January 2. A mob beat her up […]

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Why we killed the businessman, roasted his head – Suspects

Two arrested suspected serial killers, Dauda Amusat and Kabiru Dudupariola, have confessed to killing a 42-year-old businessman, Sanusi Isiaka, on May 14, 2017, near Slava Construction Company along Iwo Road for money ritual purpose. The suspects who were arrested and paraded by the Osun State Police Command on December 28, 2018, in Ifon, reportedly chopped off the head of the […]

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Man sets himself ablaze in Nigeria after wife left him (Photo)

Jigawa State police command has said a 40-year-old man, Abdullahi Jafaru, attempted to commit suicide after his wife, Halima, refused to return home following a dispute. Premium Times reports that Abdullahi poured petrol on himself and set himself ablaze in Shunar, Kafin Hausa LGA of the State The Jigawa state police command spokesperson, Audu Jinjiri, […]

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