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(Nigeria) A 28-year-old student, Japhet Fahonum on Thursday appeared before a Makurdi Magistrates' Court, Benue State, charged with raping a 15-year-old mentally challenged girl.

(Nigeria) A 32-year-old applicant, Victor Pomak, on Thursday appeared in an Abuja High Court, Jabi, Abuja, for allegedly raping a 27-year-old woman at Nyanya.

(Nigeria) The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, arraigned Chinyere Ekanem, a former Customs Officer and Asuka Ebiye before Justice Maryann Anenih of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Abuja on a 16-count charge of conspiracy and obtaining money under false pretence to the tune of N40 million.

(Nigeria) Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja on Wednesday warned a Lagos hotelier, Augunos Okoro, standing trial for duping a German businessman the sum of $330,000, against acts and devices aimed at stalling his trial.

(Nigeria) Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday, varied the bail conditions for the embattled National publicity Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh.

(Nigeria) An unimaginable drama, on Tuesday,  stalled the cross-examination of prosecution witness, Abu Sule in the case involving a former governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim, as prosecution counsel, Festus Keyamo, alleged how the accused’s son, Emeka Ohakim, had allegedly went on the trail of the prosecution witness.

(Nigeria) An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court, Ekiti State on Tuesday ordered the remand of a 16-year-old boy docked for allegedly raping an eight-year-old girl.

(Nigeria) The Police in Enugu State said they had discovered three decomposing corpses and a human skull in a bush at Ugwuaji in Enugu South Local Government Area of the state.

(Nigeria) The Legal Adviser to the National Security Adviser, NSA, Mr Bali Ndam, on Tuesday testified that the N400 million contract awarded to Olisa Metuh’s company was not vetted.

(Nigeria) Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State on Monday called for the establishment of strong institutional structures to ensure the success of the fight against corruption.

(Nigeria) Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has condemned the gruesome murder of Obi Ofulue III, the Obi of Ubulu-Uku in Aniocha North Local Government Area of the state and promised to unmask the assailants.

(Nigeria) A former Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Patrick Akpobolokemi, was again on Monday arraigned before a Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere, on charges of fraud and forgery.

(Nigeria) Adamawa State Commissioner of Police, Mr Gazzali Mohammed,  has confirmed the arrest of some suspects in connection with Sunday attack on four villages in Girei Local Government Area of Adamawa State.

(Nigeria) Justice Lateefa Okunnu of the Lagos State High Court, sitting in Ikeja  has convicted and sentenced  an undergraduate of  Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan University, Malaysia,  Hope Olusegun Aroke to 24 years imprisonment for his involvement in an internet scam that fetched him Four Thousand riaait (N25million).

(Nigeria) The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,  on Monday, its case of Money Laundering against Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Spokesman, Olisa Metuh, at a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.

(Nigeria) A 47-year-old unemployed man, Dare Shodeke, who allegedly defiled an 11-year-old girl was on Monday arraigned in a Tinubu Magistrates' Court, Lagos.

(Nigeria) The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned Shehu Mustapha, Registrar Litigation, Adamawa State High Court and Binanu Esthon, former Chairman, Nigerian Bar Association, Yola chapter a Federal High Court sitting in Yola, Adamawa State on a four-count charge bordering on conspiracy and criminal diversion of funds to the tune of N60million.

(Nigeria) A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Monday adjourned till February  9, 2016 for the arraignment of 15 accused persons and two companies, facing a N2.6 billion fraud charge.

(Nigeria) Former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd) has challenged the audacity of the Federal Government to put him on trial on the alleged mismanagement of fund meant for purchase of arms. He told an Abuja High Court on Friday that government has no moral and legal rights now to prosecute him having been in contempt of three high courts that admitted him on bail but which were not obeyed. When the matter came up on Friday, defense counsel,  Mr Joseph Daudu, SAN, brought an "unless application" challenging the disobedience of the Federal Government to the earlier bail granted Dasuki. Daudu submitted that the Federal Government cannot go ahead with the trial, having disobeyed an order of court which granted bail to the accused person. He added that a party who disobeyed the order of the court cannot come back to the same court with a request or indulgence. In the application, Dasuki is praying for an order of court prohibiting the Federal Government from

His Royal Majesty, Obi Akaeze  Ofulue III, the king of Ubulu-Uku kingdom in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State,  kidnapped two weeks ago by suspected Fulani herdsmen on Obior/ Igbodo Road along with his driver, has been reportedly killed ‎by his abductors.