Ikuforiji Speaks On His acquittal

Few hours after the Federal High Court in Lagos, western Nigeria acquitted him of money laundering charges, the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, has said that he had learnt his lessons.The lawmaker, while speaking at a press conference that lasted only a few minutes at the House of Assembly on Friday, stated that the biggest lesson he learnt from his three-year travail in the hands of the Economic and Financial Crimes...

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Man Gets 6 Months Imprisonment Over 46 Eggs

A resident of Mabushi in Abuja, Musa Abdullahi, has been asked to spend the next six months in prison for stealing 46 pieces of eggs.This is according to a sentence delivered on Friday, 27 September, 2014  by Senior Magistrate Grace Adebayo-Eisapeat at the Wuse Zone 2 Senior Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, FCT.The magistrate handed down the judgment after the convict had pleaded guilty to committing the crime, according to the News Agency of Nigeria.It was gathered that Adebayo-Eisape, who told the convict that the...

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Quack Doctor In Trouble Over Patient's Death

A quack doctor identified as Femi Olabisi Akindele, has landed himself in trouble after a 26-year-old woman, Bose Owoyele, allegedly died in his hospital, Duro Doluwa Medical Clinic and Maternity Home, located at Ijoko-Ota road, Interpol Bus stop, Sango Ota, Ogun State, southwest Nigeria.According to a report published by P.M NEWS, Akindele, 48, was arraigned at Ogun State Magistrates’ Court 2, presided over by Chief Magistrate S.T. Bello (Mrs)...

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Nigerians Discuss Death Penalty For Maiduguri Mutiny

Nigerians react to the news of  twelve soldiers of Nigerian Army receiving the death penalty for participating in Maiduguri mutiny in May 2014.It would be recalled that in mid-May, a number of Nigerian Army officers shot at their superior in Maimalari cantonment in Maiduguri, Borno State. They attacked their superior, General Officer Commanding, 7th Division of the Nigerian Army, Ahmadu Mohammed’s vehicle. The soldiers were apparently angered by the deaths of their comrades-in-arms who met their demise in Boko Haram ambush.On September 15, eighteen...

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How Nigerian Police, Military Torture And Kill Civilians

Torture has become a part of the police system in Nigeria and it is alarming how the authorities who are supposed to protect its citizens subject them to all kinds of torture.A report published today, September 18, titled, “Welcome to hell fire: Torture and other ill-treatment in Nigeria” has detailed the how the police and the military in Nigeria routinely torture women, men, and children some as young as 12, using a wide range of methods such as...

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Breaking News! Athelete Oscar Pistorius NOT GUILTY of ”Murder” of his Girlfriend

Oscar Pistorious has been found not guilty of premeditated murder.However, the court proceeding will resume momentarily. The judge will then deliver her verdict on the charge of manslaughter, culpable homicide, and other firearms offenses, Newsweek reports.Stay tuned for the final verdict.Update:The court session has been adjourned until tomorrow morni...

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