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Court Restrains Oyo Assembly From Impeachming Deputy Gov

Court Restrains Oyo Assembly From Impeachming Deputy Gov

June 29, 2022 2:47 pm

In a fresh directive, the Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan has put out measures to fully restrained and halt the Oyo State House of Assembly from further impeachment processes which would be taken against the Deputy Governor of the state, Engineer Rauf Aderemi Olaniyan.

The court  had been presided over by Justice Ladiran Akintola gave this order on Wednesday.

Africa Daily News, New York would also recall that the House of Assembly had few days ago commenced the impeachment process against the deputy governor.

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The Assembly alleged that the …

Court Sentences Killers Of Olufunke Fasoranti To Death

Court Sentences Killers Of Olufunke Fasoranti To Death

June 11, 2022 4:45 am

The Ondo State High Court, Akure, yesterday sentenced three persons to death for killing Mrs Funke Olakunrin, the daughter of the Afenifere leader, Chief Reuben Fasoranti.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that the deceased was murdered by the convicts along Benin-Ore-Sagamu Expressway in the Ore Odigbo Local Government Area of the state in June 2019, on her way to Lagos State.

Apart from Olakunri, the convicts were also found guilty of killing one Mathew Ogunbiyi, who they killed in the bush.

Initially, four persons – Muhammed Usman, Mazaje Lawal, Adamu Adamu and Awalu Abubakar were arrested by the men …

Gracious David-West Sentenced To Death By Hanging

Serial Killer, Gracious David-West Sentenced To Death By Hanging

October 10, 2020 7:58 am

After about six months of trial, a High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Friday, sentenced Gracious David-West, a serial killer, to death by hanging.

Presiding Judge, Justice Adolphus Enebele, while delivering his judgement on Friday said the suspect was convicted of the murder of eleven young women and attempted murder of a prospective victim identified as Benita Etim in a hotel in 2019.

Justice Enebele stated that the prosecution team was able to convince the court that David-West actually killed all eleven women at various hotel rooms in Port Harcourt and other parts of the …

Killers Of Bernadette Tohuoh-Tohouo Raped Her, 2 Cousins Remanded

Killers Of Bernadette Tohuoh-Tohouo Raped Her, 2 Cousins Remanded

June 24, 2020 4:05 pm

Indictments read at a Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere, showed that the two cousins alleged to have murdered and robbed the Hungarian Bernadette Tohouo- Tohouo 44, also raped her.

Bernadette was the wife of Cameroonian, Gildas Tohouo-Tohouo, the managing director of Maersk Nigeria Limited.

She was killed in the couple’s Ikoyi home last year.

The indictment also revealed the gruesome details of the attempted murder of Gildas Tohouo-Tohouo.

The accused stabbed Gildas several times on the neck, head and back with a knife and dagger, causing him bodily harm.

They also hit him in the head several times with …

Court knocks out Victor Giadom as APC drama shifts to Rivers

Court Knocks Out Victor Giadom As APC Drama Shifts To Rivers

June 20, 2020 5:05 am
In a deepening drama in the All Progressives Congress, a Rivers State High Court has restrained Victor Giadom from parading himself as a member of the National Working Committee of party.

The court based its order on Giadom’s resignation as Deputy National Secretary of the APC, when he went to vie for the position of Deputy Governor in Rivers in 2019.

Giadom has been waving a court order by an Abuja court that appointed him as acting national chairman.

The APC National Working Committee responded by formally accepting his letter of resignation.

Read Also: Victor Giadom Cancels Edo APC Screening,

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Two Chinese Accused Of N100m Bribery Offer Get Bail, Passports Seized

Two Chinese Accused Of ₦100m Bribery Offer Get Bail, Passports Seized

May 23, 2020 5:41 am

Justice Muhammad Saidu Sifawa of the Sokoto State High Court has granted bail to two Chinese, Messrs Meng Wei Kun and Xui Kuoi.

They are officials of China Zhonghao Nig. Ltd, a company under probe for an alleged contract scam of over ₦50billion awarded by the ex-Zamfara Governor, Abdul’aziz Yari between 2012 to 2019.

They are being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for offering ₦100million bribe to the agency’s Sokoto Zonal Head, Abdulahi Lawal.

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The judge granted the defendants bail in the sum of N5million

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First Bank Robbery: Judge Absent At Trial Of Staff

March 13, 2020 10:53 am

Ajoke Adepoju, the judge of the FCT High Court, Wuse, presiding over the trial of suspects charged with the First Bank Mpape branch failed robbery, was on Friday absent.

Police had announced that the mastermind of the robbery was Larry Ehizo, 30, a staff of First Bank.

Court Registrar told counsel to parties that Justice Adepoju traveled and will be available on March 20.

Ehizo, Princewill Obinna, Elijah David, Timothy Joe and Ernest Ewin, are facing five counts bordering on armed robbery and possession of locally made pistols.

The defendants all pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The court at

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