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Court fixes new date for El-Rufai’s arraignment
Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed April 23 for the arraignment of former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir…
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Federal High Court Adjourns Malami’s Bail Hearing Over Work-Free Day
(DDM) – The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday postponed the bail hearing of former Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), citing…
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Court Fixes May 21 For Hearing In COOU Vice-Chancellor Appointment Suit
(DDM) – The National Industrial Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, has adjourned until May 21 for the hearing of a suit challenging the…
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Bannon Epstein messages reveal plan to undermine Pope Francis
(DDM) – Steve Bannon privately pursued political strategies aimed at weakening the moral and political influence of Pope Francis, according to newly disclosed government…
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Court Jails Pastor’s Loyalist For Secretly Filming Blogger Inside
(DDM) – A Lagos magistrate court on Tuesday ordered the immediate remand of Kayode Samuel Jolaoso for secretly recording a defendant during proceedings. Diaspora…
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US-Based Group Demands UK Probe Nnamdi Kanu Abduction Case
(DDM) – The Rising Sun Foundation, a United States–based advocacy group, has called on the United Kingdom government to demand accountability from Nigerian authorities…
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Court Sentences Truck Driver to Life for Killing FRSC Marshal
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has described the conviction and life imprisonment of a truck driver, Okpara Kingsley Onyekachi, for the death of…
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Kanu Appeals Terrorism Conviction, Says Trial Was Political Witch-hunt
(DDM) – Detained Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader Nnamdi Kanu has formally challenged his terrorism conviction and sentences, asking a higher court to…
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BREAKING: DSS arraigns Malami, son over illegal firearms, terrorism financing
Former Attorney General Abubakar Malami and his son Abdulaziz have been arraigned by the Department of Security Service (DSS), on a five-count charge bordering…
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Sowore: Court admits video evidence of Omokri calling Tinubu ‘drug lord’
The trial of activist and former presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore continued on Tuesday at the Federal High Court in Abuja, with the court admitting…
