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Julian Assange has been granted permission to marry his partner Stella Moris in Belmarsh prison, the BBC has been told. The Wikileaks founder and Ms Moris have two sons together, who she said were conceived while he was living inside London’s Ecuadorean embassy. The prison service said Mr Assange’s application was “considered in the usual way by the prison governor”. Ms Moris told PA she was “relieved that reason [had] prevailed”. She added: “I hope there will be no further interference with our marriage.” Inmates are entitled to apply to be married in prison under the Marriages Act 1983 and…

Around 1,000 people crossed the Channel by boat to reach the UK on Thursday, a new record for migrant Channel crossings in a single day. Five lifeboats and four Border Force vessels escorted groups to Dover as a period of calm and mild weather made the journey less risky. A Whitehall source accused France of losing control of the situation. The Home Office said British people did not want to see people die in the Channel as ruthless gangs profit. More than 23,000 people have made the crossing from France to the UK by boat so far this year, a…

A High Court in Maiduguri, Borno State, today, November 11, 2021 convicted and sentenced one Yusuf Abubakar to six months imprisonment for the theft of N600, 000.00 (Six Hundred Thousand Naira). Justice Aisha Kumaliya, convicted Yusuf on a two-count charge preferred against him by the Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The convict who is a POS operator, on the pretext of carrying out a ‘mobile banking’ transaction, fraudulently transferred the sum of N600, 000.00 to his personal account from the account of one Isa Jibrin without his consent. The convict transferred the said sum…

Commissions shoe factory Bags another chieftaincy title in Abia The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan on Thursday told the Governor of Abia State, Dr Okezie Victor Ikpeazu that the progressives are waiting for him. Lawan extolled the virtues of the Governor who is of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) that he is already a progressive in heart and actions. The Senate President spoke in Aba in Abia State at a Grand Civic Reception in honour of Prince Paul Ikonne who is the Executive Secretary of the National Agricultural Land Development Authourity(NALDA). The Senate President was in the state on the…

Osinbajo represents President at Commonwealth Parliamentary Association meeting, deliver his greetings to Anglican Conference VP declares: Nigeria will be transformed For Africa to attain the high level of post-COVID-19 recovery recorded in more developed economies, stakeholders in the continent must begin to develop the required collaborations for local production of vaccines, according to President Muhammadu Buhari. The President, represented by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, made the observation on Thursday in Abuja at the opening of the 51st Conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, CPA (African Region). According to the President, “without vaccination of a huge number of its people,…

The Honourable Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami has denied having any connection with the suspect paraded by the police who was allegedly involved in the invasion of Justice Mary Odili’s residence. Malami argued that the confession of the suspect was the attempt of a drowning man looking for a dying partner. The AGF made this known in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Dr. Umar Jibrilu Gwandu. “The attention of the Office of the Honourable Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice has been drawn to a…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Benin Zonal Command on Monday, November 8, 2021 arraigned one Emmanuel Eromosele Okojie, on a nine count charge bordering on stealing before Justice A.O. Akpovi of the Delta State High Court sitting in Warri, Delta State. Okojie is alleged to have sometime in 2018 while serving as manager and accountant of Carlaw Guest House and Conference Centre stole the aggregate sum of Nineteen Million, Five Hundred and Three Thousand, One Hundred and Forty-three Naira, Forty-seven Kobo (N19, 503,143.47), contrary to section 383(1) of the Criminal Code law Cap C21, Laws of Delta State…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Benin Zonal Command on November 8, 2021 secured the conviction of three internet Fraudsters, Sunday Osamulu , Faithful Omagbeni and Ugiagbe Kennedy Hakeem on one count charge each bordering on fraudulent impersonation before Justice Efe Ikponmwonba of the Edo State High Court, Benin City. Hakeem, Osamulu and Omagbeni were arraigned for offences bordering on impersonation and obtaining by false pretences. The trio were said to have fraudulently impersonated the identities of foreign nationals to defraud unsuspecting victims. The charge against Omagbemi reads: “that you Faithful Omagbeni (a.k.a Wanf Wei) sometime in 2020 at…

Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, on Thursday, November 11, 2021 convicted a 21 year-old Okolie Francis Uchena from Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State of offences bordering on internet fraud. Okolie, who claimed to be a Lottery Agent with Facebook was convicted alongside one Adeyemo Adewale Quadri from Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State on similar offence. The duo, who were prosecuted by the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFC, on separate charges contrary to Section 321 and punishable under Section 324 of the Penal Code…

Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc, parent company of Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB Ghana) Limited, holds its first-ever show outside the shores of Nigeria tagged: GTCO Music Concert: Live in Ghana. From the curators of the GTBank Fashion Weekend and GTBank Food and Drink Festival–two of Africa’s most celebrated showpiece events–comes the biggest corporate event of the year. This inaugural event will hold in the main bowl of the Accra Sports Stadium on Friday, 17 December 2021 and will feature performances from some of Africa’s brightest breakout stars of both Ghanaian and Nigerian origin. The GTCO Music Concert is a community…