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…Says Legal Tussle against Political Parties Waste of Scarce Resources Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has reacted to the legal battle between the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and some deregistered political parties, urging INEC to stop wasting public funds in fruitless legal adventure. The umbrella body of all registered political parties and political associations in Nigeria in a ...

…Stolen Water Tank Moved from Court Premises A 28-year-old man sent to sentenced to jail for stealing water tank, valued at N50, 000. The Street Reporters Newspaper gathered that the man who was identified as Akintunde Segun stole the tank belonging the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA). A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ota, Ogun State, on Monday sentenced him to one-year ...

Suspected murderer, cultist and kidnapper, Cyril Bassey CY, who was declared wanted by the Cross River State government for gang violence and deaths in Calabar South has been released. The Street Reporters Newspaper gathered that plans are underway to swear him in as the Councillor representing Ward 6 in Calabar South LGA, this week. According to a report by CrossRiverWatch, ...

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Osagie Ize-Iyamu, risks arrest if he fails to appear in Court on July 14, for the continuation of the hearing of the alleged N700m money laundering case preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). A Federal High Court in Benin City, had on Tuesday, July 2, adjourned the ...

By Sharon Slater In a ruling issued on Monday, June 15, six justices said that the word “sex” in the Civil Rights Act could be expanded so that the law now provides special protection to those who identify as gay, lesbian or transgender. image In 1964, the U.S. Congress enacted the Civil Rights Act. It was an important breakthrough in ...

For Anthony Okolie, the man arrested for using the previous phone line of President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter, it’s a battle won as the the Department of State Services (DSS) has been ordered by a Federal High Court sitting in Asaba to pay him N10 million. The DSS had arrested Okolie, in July 2019 in Asaba, and when he was released, ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reacted to the judgment of the Supreme Court nullifying the trial of a former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, his firm, Slok Nigeria Limited and Jones Udeogu, a former Director of Finance and Account of Abia State Government and ordering their fresh trial at the lower court. The apex court based ...

…Plus How 73 Nigerians in Tanzanian Prisons Cost Country 330,000 (Tanzania) Shillings Court Fees for Each The Federal Government of Nigeria has reacted to reports on lamentations by Nigerians in Tanzanian prisons. Sequel to the reports circulating in the media on the matter, the Nigerian authorities noted that it became expedient to clarify the issues at stake. In a statement ...

….Full Gist of How Funke Akindele, Her husband were Convicted for Violating Lagos Restriction Orders On 6th April, 2020 at about 1100hours, Funke Akindele Bello and her husband Abdul Rasheed Bello were arraigned in Chief Magistrate Court 1 Ogba on one count charge bordering on violation of Lagos State restriction orders. The Street Reporters Newspaper gathered that they were taken ...

Worried by the high number of inmates in Nigeria’s Custodial centres across the country amid ravaging Coronavirus pandemic, stakeholders have recommended urgent action that must be taken by President Muhammadu Buhari and State governments to avert a disaster waiting to happen. The stakeholders, including the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, Controller-General of Corrections,  Ja’afaru Ahmed, Attorney General and Minister of ...

Court Awards a Cost of N250,000 Against First and Second Respondents in the Appeal in favour Ifeanyi Ubah Senator Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah has floored Dr Obinna Uzoh and Chris Ubah at the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as the court set aside an FCT High Court judgment sacking the lawmaker representing Anambra South Senatorial ...