Court Convicts “Yahoo Boy” over $69,000 personation Scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of one Augustus Kelvin Gboamaeze before Justice M. Zubairu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Kurudu, Abuja on a four-count charge bordering on cheating by impersonation. Count one…
Trouble For Tinubu, Peter Obi As PDP Moves Against APC And Labour Party Over Shettima, Baba-Ahmed
Trouble may be looming for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential flagbearer, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, over the substitution of their running mates. This may be the case as…
Africa Anti-corruption Day: Buhari Seeks Int’l Anti-Corruption Court To Try Offenders
President Muhammadu Buhari, who is the African Ant-Corruption Champion, has called for the establishment of an International Anti-Corruption Court to try offenders. He also urged African leaders to intensify the fight against corruption, and create more disincentives for pilfering of…
Baba Ijesha Convicted, Jailed 16 Years For Assaulting Minor
The Lagos State Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court sitting in the Ikeja area has convicted and sentenced Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James, popularly known as Baba Ijesha to 16 years imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old minor. Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo,…
ECOWAS Court’s Verdict On Twitter Ban: Rights Group Carpets Buhari over Action
*Seeks N1 Million Worth of Data as Compensation for Each Twitter User in Nigeria The decision today by the ECOWAS Court of Justice that the recent ban of a USA based prominent social media platform called twitter by President Muhammadu…
ECOWAS Court Declares FG’s Twitter Ban Unlawful
The ECOWAS Court has declared the suspension of Twitter’s operations by the Federal Government from June last year till January this year as unlawful. The court gave the ruling in a suit filed by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project…
Court Clears Oyetola As Osun APC Governorship Candidate, Dismisses Suit
The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit seeking the disqualification of Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the July 16 governorship election scheduled to hold in the state. Delivering Judgement,…
Ike Ekweremadu, Wife, Remain In Custody Even After UK Court Accepted Kidney Donor Not Underage
Information available to The Street Reporters Newspaper, indicstates that the Westminster Magistrates Court, United Kingdom (UK), on Thursday accepted that the kidney donor in the case of former Deputy President of the Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice,…
Timeline: Peter Obi’s Troubled First Tenure As Anambra State Governor
Mr. Peter Obi contested in the Anambra State Governorship Election as a candidate on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) party in 2003, but his opponent, Chris Ngige of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was declared winner…
Money Laundering: Appeal Court Jails Prominent Delta Senator 7 Years
The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, on Friday convicted and sentenced Senator Peter Nwaoboshi to seven years imprisonment along with his two companies: Golden Touch Construction Project Ltd and Suiming Electrical Ltd. He is the Senator representing Delta North Senatorial…
Ekweremadu Drags UBA Bank, NIMC, NIS To Court Over UK Ordeals
Former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, have sued the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and others at the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja over controversy surrounding David Ukpo’s real age. Others mentioned in…
