When the matter was called, the counsel of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Rotimi Jacob (SAN), immediately told the court that the defence team, led by Wole Olanipekun (SAN) and Tayo Oyetibo (SAN), had earlier through a written letter dated September 26, 2013, demanded an adjournment, which Jacob said he turned down through a written reply on the same date
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He said a case of rape could only be established with exhibits such as bed sheet, the victim’s pant and a medical report indicating forceful penetration, adding that the prosecutor failed to tender all these
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Gilmaska had twice failed to appear before the court and the judge ordered her to appear unfailingly at the resumed hearing of the case
James Ibori, governor of the oil-producing state of Delta in southern Nigeria from 1999 to 2007, is serving a 13-year sentence in a British jail
Eyewitnesses claimed that Adeniji was killed after a commercial bus he boarded from Agege to Oshodi hit a police patrol van, attached to the Rapid Response Squad and a quarrel started between the bus driver and the patrol team
The SARS operatives have arrested over 30 of his gang members and also recovered large chunk of arms and ammunition from them
Okpe allegedly shot and killed Aminu at the birthday party of his girlfriend, simply identified as Eunice
The drug was detected by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency during the inward screening of Etihad flight passengers
According to Isintume-Agu, a petitioner alleged that in 2012, while the suspect was still in office, the Oyo State Government and the Bank of Industry entered into a partnership agreement known as OYSG/BOI fund to create a pool from which indigenous entrepreneurs in the state, micro and medium businesses can access credit facility
“He put on Man O war uniform with Mopol 20 police badge on his shoulders
Days after the victim, Chief Michael Okigbo, was allowed to go, the kidnappers went to the Ketu branch of Sterling bank to cash the money and were promptly surrounded by policemen
His words: “Fellow Nigerians, our Administration has taken cognizance of suggestions over the years by well-meaning Nigerians on the need for a National Dialogue on the future of our beloved country
The accused had carnal knowledge of his boss’s wife without her consent when the husband was not around, the prosecutor said
Habaku was arrested for brutally beating his two-year-old daughter to death for bed-wetting
The suspect, Polycarp Dajan, insisted that he was lured into the act by his friend who took him to an herbalist who gave him the instruction
“Foreign Minister Lavrov emphasised the necessity to release seven Russian crewmen of the MV Myre Seadiver in the nearest time, and Onwuliri vowed to facilitate the release in every possible way
He said the prison was now a proper correctional facility where inmates were reformed, rehabilitated and re-integrated into the society
The prosecutor, Corporal Femi Omilana, told the court that the accused committed the offence on September 17 at 1pm at Ogbere Muslim Cemetery, Ibadan
The chase after Yang begun after SFU on August 28, 2013 received a petition from the Chinese Government, through its Consulate in Nigeria, asking for collaboration to arrest a fugitive who ran away from the shores of China to Nigeria