•Nasiru El-Rufai Alhaji Muhammad Bashir Sa’idu, former Chief of Staff to Malam Nasiru El-Rufai, the immediate past Governor of Kaduna State, is to remain in prison custody after a state high court denied him bail in the money laundering case filed against him. Recall that the court had adjourned the ruling on a bail application […]
•Late Jimmy Carter and Olusegun Obasanjo A former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo has paid tribute to the late American President Jimmy Carter, recalling how the former US leader visited Nigeria to plead for his release during the reign of military junta leader Sani Abacha. Obasanjo spoke yesterday at a memorial service in honour of Cart...
Indications have emerged that the documents for the release of convicted chicken thief, Segun Olowookere, and his collaborator, Sunday Morakinyo, who were recently pardoned by the Osun State governor, Ademola Adeleke, would be perfected tomorrow. This, it was gathered, would allow the duo to return to the hometown in Okuku the same day or Tues...
•Gene Spector A Russian court today sentenced a US man to 15 years in a penal colony for “espionage”, Russian news agencies reported. Russia has detained and sentenced a number of US citizens and dual-nationals in recent years, some of whom have been freed in prisoner exchanges. Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was convicted [&hel...
•Paul Pogba and jailed brother Mathias A Paris court today sentenced a brother of France midfielder Paul Pogba to a three-year prison term, with two years suspended, after convicting him in a high-profile extortion case. Mathias Pogba will be able to serve his one-year sentence with an electronic bracelet rather than behind bars, reports AFP. ...
•Atiku and Farotimi Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has decried the detention of human rights lawyer and advocate, Dele Farotimi, saying he is languishing in prison for speaking truth to power. Farotimi is being prosecuted before a chief magistrate’s court in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State for allegedly defaming a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN)...
•Dele Farotimi Justice Abayomi Adeosun of the Magistrate Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital, today has reserved ruling on the bail application filed by human rights lawyers, Dele Farotimi, till December 20, 2024. Farotimi was arraigned last week before the magistrate court by the police for alleged defamation of the character ...
The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, yesterday visited the founder of Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola, SAN, in his office at the university. Our correspondent reliably learnt that Obi’s visit to the nonagenarian was in connection with the ongoing court cases on alleged defamation against human r...
The Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State has convicted and sentenced a couple, Harry Uyanwanne and Oluwakemi Odemuyiwa (a.k.a Kristein Uyanwanne) to a combined 16-year imprisonment for stealing N52 million. Justice Mojisola Dada sentenced the duo alongside one Temple International Church, reports Channels TV. Justice Dada also ...
•Prison In recent months, countries around the world have decided to release mass prisoners to address the mounting problem of overcrowded prisons. Nigeria freed 4,068 inmates in 2023, aiming to reduce its prison population, reports Vanguard. Similarly, the UK released 1,100 prisoners as part of its emergency plan to ease congestion in prisons...
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