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An Engineer, Five Others Jailed for Internet Fraud in Ilorin, Kwara State

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An Engineer, Five Others Jailed for Internet Fraud in Ilorin, Kwara State Justice Evelyn Anyadike of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin on Tuesday, June 11, 2024 sentenced a Civil Engineer, Abeeb Uthman Jasola to six months imprisonment for offences bordering on cybercrime and retention of proceeds of crime. Jasola was prosecuted alongside Oladimeji Abubakar Oseni and Victor Anuoluwapo Kayode by the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on separate charges, to which they pleaded guilty. Three other internet fraudsters: Parakoyi Raihan Tobiloba, Morenikeji Mazeed Ayomide and Solihu Abubakar Sodiq were also jailed, while…

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PICTORIAL: Peter Obi Visits Kano Mosque Attack Victims

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The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has visited the victims of a mosque attack in the Gezawa Local Government Area of Kano State. Obi, who posted the pictures of the victims lying in the hospital beds with various degrees of injuries, made this known on his verified X handle on Monday. He wrote, “Yesterday, Sunday the 19th, as a follow-up to my earlier condolence message regarding those who lost their lives in the horrific and devastating terror attack on May 16, 2024, in the Gezawa local government area of Kano State during…

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Court Sentences 33-Year Old Man To Life Imprisonment

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A Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced a 33-year-old motorcyclist, Michael Ahmed to life imprisonment for raping his passenger. According to report, the passenger is a minor as at the time the convict committed the offences in 2013. In his judgement, Justice Hakeem Oshodi, said that the prosecution had succeeded in proving the case against the defendant beyond reasonable doubts. Justice Oshodi noted that the evidence of the victim is concise and clear while the defendant’s evidence is distorted before the court. The judge noted that the convict tried to distort the facts in the timing of…

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Court Discharge And Acquits Alleged Corrupt Government Official

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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has discharged and acquitted Former minister of Interior, Senator Abba Moro in respect of the fraud charges arising from the conduct of the botched Nigerian Immigration Service recruitment in 2014. The judge, Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, who had, in 2020 quashed seven out of the eleven count charge against Senator Morro and his co-defendants following a no case submission, exonerated the former minister in the remaining 4 counts. Delivering judgment, Justice Dimgba found the 2nd defendant, a former Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Mrs. Anastasia Daniel-Nwobia guilty on count 4 of the charge, which…

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Holy Spirit Instructed My Father To Sleep With Me

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A 16-year-old girl has told an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court how her 43-year-old father, Emmanuel Odega, allegedly defiled her on several occasions. While being led in evidence by a State Prosecutor, Ms Bukola Okeowo, the survivor said her father had sex with her since she was. 14. The survivor said that his father told him that the “holy spirit” instructed him to have sexual intercourse with her. “I was 14 years when the incident happened. It initially started with him touching my body. When I noticed this, I moved my body from him. I told my twin…

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Terrorism Proceedings Will Be Conducted Secretly – Court

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… except when the Chief Judge of the court grants permission for media coverage The federal high court of Nigeria says there will be no more media coverage for cases bordering on terrorism. This is contained in a statement signed by the court’s Chief Information Officer, Dr. Catherine Christopher. According to the statement, terrorism proceedings will be conducted secretly, except when the Chief Judge of the court grants permission for media coverage. The statement also says that terrorism proceedings will hold at any place to be designated by the Chief Judge and in the case of the Abuja judicial division,…

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