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Court orders registration of new lawyers association

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The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Corporate Affairs Commission to register a new association for lawyers in the country. Some lawyers had sued the CAC over its failure to register their association as a legal practitioner body in the country. The lawyers are Bolaji Ayorinde, Mela Nunge, Garba Gajam, Emeka Ichoku, Chioma Ferguson, and Tejumola Adigun. In the suit, the plaintiffs had contended that the names being considered for registration as a body of lawyers are not similar to that of the Nigerian Bar Association which could…

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Police teargas 16 sacked Plateau PDP lawmakers

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Policemen, on Tuesday, teargassed the 16 Peoples Democratic Party members of the Plateau State House of Assembly who were sacked by the Court of Appeal. The lawmakers had arrived at the Rayfield Old Government House in Jos on Tuesday morning alongside their supporters preparatory to their resumption of plenary when the incident happened. The policemen and other security operatives took over the premises of the Government House and prevented the sacked lawmakers from going into the chambers of the House of Assembly but the lawmakers had vowed not to vacate…

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Kidnapping: Family paid ransom for abducted Al-Kadriyar girls’ release – Uncles

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Members of the Al-Kadriyar girls family have revealed that they paid ransom to bandits for the release of five of the six girls who were amongst a total of 23 persons kidnapped on January 2, 2023, in the Bwari area of the Federal Capital Territory. While four persons were killed by the bandits last week, the remaining 19 persons regained their freedom on Saturday night. Uncles to the Al-Kadriyar girls, Abbas and Sherifdeen Al-Kadriyar, in an interview debunked reports by the FCT police and Nigerian Army sources that the girls…

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NDLEA nabs suspected owner of tramadol hidden in supplements

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The suspected owner of a consignment of tramadol concealed in a bottle of dietary supplements, which caused a furore at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, on Tuesday, has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. The NDLEA’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, revealed on Sunday that the suspect was arrested on Friday. A viral video claimed that the suspect being tortured on his knees while being slapped by another on Tuesday was an employee of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria. The man was being tortured by a passenger for…

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Lady arrested for stabbing man to death over sex demand

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The Rivers State Police command has arrested one twenty-six-year-old Sarah Nwankpo for the murder of her male friend, Igbodike Anthony, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. She admitted to having stabbed the deceased during an argument over more sex, in his apartment Obiri-Ikwerre area residence. During interrogation, it was discovered that she had sneaked out of her boyfriend’s place for the deceased’s residence on December 22, 2023. Sarah is a Senior Secondary School 3 drop-out who left her hometown in Ezza South Local Government in Ebonyi State, in 2016, in search…

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Three persons kidnapped in Army Estate Abuja, over 30million naira ransom demanded

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Over 30 million naira has been demanded as ransom by the kidnappers of Barrister Cyril Adikwu’s wife and two in-laws who were abducted from the Army Estate in Kurudu, Abuja. Recall that kidnappers invaded the estate on Thursday night at about 10:00 p.m. and took away his wife and two in-laws. Speaking about the incident, Barrister Cyril Adikwu who had escaped while the kidnappers came to his residence in the estate, said he was in communication with the kidnappers and they had demanded a ransom of over 30 million naira…

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Suspects arrested for drugging, beheading Adamawa lady

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The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested some suspects in connection with the beheading of a young lady in a hotel in Yola, the state capital. Also arrested were three employees of the hotel, identified as Jacob, and Yifarta, who are receptionists, and Isah, a security guard, who were on duty at the time of the incident at the hotel. The police stated that the handset which belonged to the deceased and the drug used to sedate the lady were recovered from the crime scene. It was gathered that the…

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Reps ask health ministry to return N10bn COVID-19 unspent funds

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The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee has directed the Ministry of Health to return to the federal government the N10 billion meant for the production of COVID-19 vaccines which was not utilised. This followed a motion moved by Bassey Akiba (LP, Cross Rivers) after the non-appearance of officials of the ministry at its investigative hearing yesterday.““Akiba moved the motion to compel the ministry to refund the monies appropriated to it during the intervention on COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The committee adopted the motion after it was seconded and…

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Police to pay N50m for arresting Abiola’s widow in nightgown

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The Federal Capital Territory High Court in Gudu, Abuja, on Thursday, ordered the Inspector-General of Police to pay N50m damages to the widow of the late Chief M. K. O. Abiola, Prof Zainab Abiola, for violating her fundamental rights by arresting and parading her while wearing only a nightgown. The court, in the judgment that was delivered by Justice Modupe Osho-Adebiyi, also ordered the police to apologise to her in two national newspapers. Abiola had filed a fundamental human rights enforcement suit marked FCT/HC/CV/2431/2023 against the IG, the Nigeria Police…

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Nine abducted passengers rescued by soldiers in Benue

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Nine kidnap victims have been rescued by troops of Operation Whirl Stroke, at Owukpa forest in Ogbadibo Local Government Area of Benue State. The rescued kidnap victims were reported to have been abducted in a commercial vehicle along Otukpa/Enugu Highway on January 11, 2024. The Force Commander, Major General Sunday Igbinowanhia, stated this in a chat with journalists in Makurdi on Thursday. According to him, the operation was in conjunction with the Nigeria Police Force, and the Benue State Community Volunteer Guard. He said, “On January 16, 2024, troops of…

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