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*Chief Edwin Clark (Nigeria) Elder Statesman and Leader of Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, Chief Edwin Clark, has called on the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, to prosecute Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, for spreading false and fake news about the Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi in the just concluded elections. The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum, SMBLF, Leader in a statement on Monday, entitled "Lai Mohammed Minister of Information Should Be Prosecuted For Spreading Fake News Against The Presidential Candidate Of Labour Party, Mr. Peter Gregory Obi," noted that any plot to damage the reputation of Obi’s rising profile was an effort in futility. Clark said in the statement, "Lai Mohammed as Minister of Information of the country, for the eight years now, since the inception of President Buhari’s Government, rather than uniting the country as his job implies, by creating an atmos...

*International Criminal Court, ICC, in The Hague  (Nigeria) The International Criminal Court, ICC, in The Hague is considering the petition on the allegations of widespread, systematic and large-scale corruption in the electricity sector since the return of democracy in 1999 and under the governments of former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua and Goodluck Jonathan in Nigeria, anti-corruption advocacy group Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has confirmed.

(Nigeria) Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP,  has asked Mrs. Fatou Bensouda Prosecutor International Criminal Court, ICC,  to use her “good offices and leadership position to investigate whether the allegations of widespread, systematic and large-scale corruption in the electricity sector since the return of democracy in 1999 and under the governments of former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua and Goodluck Jonathan in Nigeria amount to crimes against humanity within the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court, and to prevail on the Nigerian government to surrender all suspected perpetrators for trial by the ICC.”

(Nigeria) A 14-year-old boy, name withheld, was on Tuesday appeared in an Ota Senior Magistrates’ Court in Ogun State for allegedly defiling a seven-year-old girl, name withheld.

*Nnamdi Kau and his lawyer in court (Nigeria) A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday reserved ruling on whether or not it will reverse its order on witness protection in the ongoing trial of Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu to April 25.

(Nigeria) A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Friday, held that Diamond Bank Plc acted within the law when it complied with an Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, directives placing 'no debit order' on the account of Lagos based property company, NGP Properties and Company against the bank. Trial judge, Justice Muslim Hassan held this position in his judgment in a fundamental right enforcement suit instituted against the bank by the company. The construction company had approached the Court, alleging that Diamond Bank violated its fundamental right to property as enshrined in the 1999 constitution as Amended and the African Charter on Peoples and Human right when it placed "a no debit order" on its account. The applicant therefore, asked the court for a declaration that the  "post no debit order" placed on its account by Diamond Bank plc, amounted to a violation of its right as enshrined in the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nig...

(Nigeria) Mrs Bianca Ojukwu on Monday told a Lagos State High Court sitting in Igbosere, that she was the only legal wife of the late Ikemba of Nnewi, Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu.

(Nigeria) Former militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo (alias Tompolo), has challenge the warrant for arrest issued by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos,  to compel his appearance in court to answer to the criminal charge preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

(Nigeria) An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates' Court, Ibadan, Oyo State has remanded, Johnson Fabelurin, 23; Olalekan Oladejo, 21; and Toheeb Farayola, 22; in prison custody for alleged ganged rape of a 19-year-old lady.

(Nigeria) The Nigerian Navy in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has handed over 42,000 litres of diesel suspected to have been stolen to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, for prosecution.

(Nigeria) The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested Abumere Osagie,  deputy director, regional tax office, Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, in a case of abuse of office and bribery. The suspect was picked following a complaint about his attempt to extort a University proprietor of the sum of N5million. Osagie and one Jamila Ojora had on January 27, 2016 allegedly approached Senator Ahmed Datti, the Chancellor of Baze University, Abuja and gave him a tax assessment of N20,029, 496.00 through a letter of intent, which he paid. However when he requested for the assessment certificate, they refused to oblige him. Instead they allegedly demanded for N5million gratification. It was gathered that all pleas by him fell on deaf ears.  Consequently, he petitioned the EFCC, and was advised  to play along. Consequently, marked N5million was delivered to the director through Ojora in a sting operation. Ojora was arrested after she collected the N5m. ...

(Nigeria) The trial of  a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Patrick Akpobolokemi, was on Friday stalled at a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, due to the absence of Governor Juan, the sixth defendant in the charge. Juan is said be in prison custody due to his inability to meet the bail condition granted him in a separate charge file against him and others by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, by a Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere. At the Federal High Court, the EFCC arraigned Akpobolokemi and nine others, including two companies, before Justice Saliu Saidu. They were accused of conspiring to convert N3.4 billion belonging to NIMASA.   The commission said the money “was derived from stealing.” EFCC said the alleged offence contravened Section 18 (a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition/Amendment) Act of 2012 and punishable under Section 15 (3). The other accused are Captain E...

(Nigeria) A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria has denied bail to detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu‎, who has been in detention since October 2015,  pending his trial The judge, John Tsoho also denied bail to two other pro-Biafra agitators, Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi, who are standing trial alongside Kanu. Justice Tsoho in refusing their bail applications said, "The situation as perceived by this court is that there is conflict of interest between the applicants who insist that they have a right to agitate and the respondent (federal government) ‎which argues that it has the responsibility to maintain peace and order. "Personal liberty of an individual within the contemplation of section 35 of the 1999 constitution is a qualified right that is not absolute. It can be curtailed in other to prevent a person from committing further offence. "Section 35 cannot be used as a canopy to escape lawfu...

(Nigeria) Detained National P ublicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP‎, Chief Olisa Metuh has regained his freedom having met his bail conditions, as stipulated by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.

(Nigeria) Three oil workers reportedly abducted on Tuesday, have been rescued unhurt by operatives of Edo State Police Command.‎

(Nigeria) Former  Delta State governor, Chief James Ibori’s has expressed shock at a statement, recently credited to the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, that about 6.9m British Pounds Sterling was being expected as Ibori loot.

(Nigeria) More witnesses were presented by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, before Justice Okon Abang of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to testify in the ongoing case of alleged money laundering involving the National Spokesperson of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh and his company, Destra Investment Limited.

(Nigeria) The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, arraigned the duo of Aku Ben Aku and Philips James Aliku alongside their company, Al-Aminu Oil and Gas Limited, before Justice Sulaiman Aliyu Tukur  of the High Court of Kaduna State, Kaduna on a five -count charge of conspiracy, forgery and obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of N14. 602 million.

(Nigeria) A Federal High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State on Thursday remanded one Aina Olusegun in prison custody for alleged possession of 69.5 kilogrammes of Indian hemp.

(Nigeria) The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos on Thursday reserved judgment in the appeal by star actress and former beauty queen, Ibinabo Fiberesima challenging the judgement of a Lagos High Court which sentenced her to five years imprisonment for the death of one Dr. Giwa Suraj.