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The Federal High Court in Abuja has found Mr Olisa Metuh guilty of money laundering in the sum of N400 million. The trial judge, Justice Okon Abang, found the former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) guilty on Tuesday while delivering judgement in the suit instituted against …

The Supreme Court has upheld its judgement which sacked David Lyon and Senator Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the governor-elect and deputy governor-elect of Bayelsa State. The apex court dismissed an application for review of the judgment. According to Justice Amina Augie who read the judgment, the application lacks …

Uche Ogah These are not the best of times for President Muhammadu Buhari’s Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Uche Ogah as anti-corruption lawyers under the aegis of Coalition of Public Interest Lawyers and Advocates (COPA) on Tuesday asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to reopen …

By John Shiklam Life Patron of the Textiles Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (NTMA), Senator Walid Jibrin, has said the closure of Nigerian borders has tremendously reduced the rate of smuggling of textile fabrics into the country. Jibrin, in a statement after his unanimous election as the Life Patron of the …

Ike Ekweremadu •Ekweremadu presents legal document tomorrow By Deji Elumoye Following the rising wave of security challenges facing the country, a member of the National Assembly, Senator Ike Ekweremadu (Enugu West), has resolved to sponsor a bill for the creation of state police as one of the ways of addressing …

Manchester City midfielder, Kevin De Bruyne, has said they will be regarded as failures if they don’t win the Champions League. City won every trophy in England last season, clinching the last two Premier League titles in the process. However, Pep Guardiola has found it hard to conquer Europe again …

Boxing promoter, Frank Warren, has told Deontay Wilder not to bother about fighting Tyson Fury again. Fury won the world title for the second time, with a seventh-round stoppage of Wilder on Sunday morning. Wilder had previously never lost in his career. Their first bout ended in a draw. Wilder has …

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has warned prospective corps members with fake credentials to stay off Orientation Camps across the country. This was contained in a statement on Sunday by Adenike Adeyemi, Director, Press and Public Relations, ahead of the 2020 Batch ‘A’ Orientation Course. NYSC warned that anyone …

The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has insisted that the North has no justification to remain in power after the expiration of President Muhammadu Buhari’s second tenure. El-Rufai maintained that the Presidency should rightly return to the Southern part of Nigeria. He said though the constitution of the All …

A Federal High Court, Abuja, has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of a Principal Manager with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Ms. Jamila Ahmad Muhammed, for failure to appear in court over allegations of corruption. Muhammed and a former Director-General of the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), …