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Justice I. E. Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Monday,  January 27, 2020, granted bail to Senator Shehu Sani, who was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for alleged name-dropping and obtaining a total sum of $25,000 by trick from Alhaji Sani Dauda, (owner of ASD Motors), whom he promised he would stave off a criminal investigations of him by the EFCC. The defendant who represented Kaduna Central District in the immediate past 8th Senate is facing a two-count criminal charge by the Commission. One of the charges reads: “That you Shehu Sani on or about…

Chelsea will host Shrewsbury or Liverpool, while Bournemouth can set up a south coast derby with Portsmouth if they beat Arsenal in Monday’s game. Wayne Rooney could face his former side Manchester United in the fifth round of the FA Cup if Derby can beat Northampton in their fourth-round replay. All eight ties will be played across three midweek nights from 3-5 March. More to follow. FA Cup fifth-round draw Sheffield Wednesday v Manchester City Reading or Cardiff City v Sheffield United Chelsea v Shrewsbury Town or Liverpool West Bromwich Albion v Newcastle United or Oxford United Substitue Jason Cummings…

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Saturday, January 25, 2020, arrested two suspected electoral criminals for their involvement in vote buying during the Federal House of Representatives rerun election in Ogun State. The suspects, one Alaga Segun and Bamidele Falegan, who claimed to be agents of a prominent opposition party in the state (name withheld) were arrested at the Odomowo Oko Polling Unit in the Ijebu Ode area of the state. Segun, the first suspect to be arrested was in possession of the sum of N149,000 (One Hundred and Forty-nine Thousand Naira), out of N150, 000.00…

Lagos State Government has announced the restriction and ban of commercial motorcycles (Okada) and tricycles (Keke) in six local government areas of the state with effect from Feb. 1.

Justice A.I. Kutigi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Gwagwalada, Abuja on Monday, January 27, 2020 adjourned hearing on the trial of former attorney-general and minister of Justice, Muhammed Bello Adoke and others to Thursday, January 30, 2020 for ruling on their bail applications. Adoke, (first defendant), along with six others were arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Thursday, January 23, 2020 before Justice Kutigi on amended 42-count charges, to which they pleaded not guilty, thus setting the stage for their trial. At today’s sitting, prosecution counsel, Bala Sanga told the court that the matter…

The Plateau Police Command said that gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have attacked Kwatas village in Bokkos Local Government Area of the state, killing 13 persons and injuring five others. ASP Ubah Ogaba, the Police Public Relations (PPRO) of the command, confirmed the incident in statement issued on Monday in Jos. He said that the incident occurred Sunday night. “Yesterday, at about 8:30 pm., we received information that at about 7:30 pm., unknown gunmen suspected to be herdsmen, attacked Kwatas village in Bokkos. APC manifesto in 2014 drafted with focus on social investments – Osinbajo “As a result, 13 persons…

Social safety nets not acts of sovereign kindness but sovereign obligation Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the APC in 2014 was convinced that government owed a duty to the poor, the weak, the vulnerable and those who cannot work, so it included in its manifesto a social safety initiative to specifically address poverty amongst other things. Prof. Osinbajo stated this in his remark at the 5th edition of the Airtel Touching Lives event held in Lagos at the weekend. According to the Vice President, “listening to each story of a life touched this evening must remind us of the many…

A Ghanaian High Court on Monday threw out a suit instituted by Dumo Lulu-Briggs, the son of deceased oil mogul High Chief O. B. Lulu-Briggs. The suit, it appears, sought to further delay the burial of the respected Nigerian High Chief and industrialist by evading the need to fulfil the 23rd December 2019 court-imposed preconditions for the release of the body of his father by the Ghanaian Police and Mortuary. A mild drama happened in court when Lawyers for the embattled son, Dumu Lulu-Briggs sought to move their application for clarification of the 23rd December 2019 Court order. Lawyers representing…

Bauchi State Police Command has arrested Solomon Peters, who allegedly stabbed his girlfriend, Miss Patience Zakari, to death in Bauchi following a disagreement over a telephone call. Police Public Relations Officer in charge of Bauchi Command, DSP Kamal Abubakar, told NAN in Bauchi that the suspect was arrested on Sunday in a yet to be disclosed location. “The Bauchi state police command, after swinging into action following the killing of Miss Patience Zakari, has apprehended the suspect, whose name is Solomon Peters. “He is now in our custody and currently undergoing interrogations by our officers. “He will be thoroughly investigated…

Britain announced a new fast-track visa scheme for top scientists, researchers and mathematicians as it prepares a new immigration system for life outside the European Union. Prime Minister Boris Johnson revealed the plan on Sunday just days before Brexit finally takes place on January 31. Concerns about mass migration were a driving force in the 2016 campaign to leave the EU, and Johnson has promised to end free movement with the bloc. But he said on Sunday: “As we leave the EU, I want to send a message that the UK is open to the most talented minds in the…