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A Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square, (TBS), Friday, sentenced a Danish man, Peter Nielsen, to death by hanging for killing his Nigerian wife Zainab and three-and-a-half-year-old daughter Petra, exactly four years after the murder. Justice Bolanle Okikiolu-Ighile found him guilty on counts one and two of murder preferred against him by Lagos state.The judge said “I hereby pronounce that you Peter Nielsen shall be hanged by the neck until death. May God have mercy on you.”Justice Bolanle Okikiolu-Ighile began reading the judgement at 11:10am, after taking appearances of the prosecution counsel Adebayo Haroun and the defence counsel…

Foremost presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Anyim Pius Anyim has insisted that Nigerians have to build a consensus on the structure of the country for the nation to move forward. Anyim stated this on Tuesday in Ibadan when he met with PDP delegates to the forthcoming national convention of the Party and other stakeholders of the Party. In a statement signed by Ahmed Buhari, Director of Publicity, *Greater Nigeria 2023 Campaign Organisation, Abuja. The former President of the Senate told the delegates and stakeholders that he is fully prepared by his experience and exposure…

The gender desk officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps(NSCDC), were inducted as Associates Members of the International Academy for Gender and Peace (AIAGP). This was the climax of the 3 – Day maiden summit for Gender Desk Officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), held at the Corps’ National Headquarters, Abuja. In a press statement signed by the Director Public relations DCC Olusola Odumosu on Friday.The Commandant General (CG), Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi, mni, congratulated the desk officers on the attainment of a new height in the cause of their Public Service Career and…

Suspected thugs on Friday evening invaded, invaded a court of Appeal in Benin City, Edo State capital, chased away court workers and carted away several documents. Reports says lawyers had approached the court to seek for redress following a judgment of the State High Court on issues pertaining the crisis rocking the Peoples’ Democratic Party in Edo State. A lawyer who was in court when the incident happened said himself and some of his colleagues were compiling their records for possible transmission when the thugs invaded the court room. The lawyer who chose to be anonymous for security reasons said…

After over a month of suspension of the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) valuation policy on imported vehicles and subsequent harmonization of grey areas including depreciation value . The Nigeria Customs Service is deploying the controversial policy with immediate effect. The Service disclosed this on Thursday at the Customs flagship Command in Apapa during a stakeholders sensitization workshop to showcase the procedures and workability of the harmonized VIN policy. This has come after weeks of engagement of stakeholders at different sensitization meetings at both the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) headquarters in Abuja and Commands. The updated version which captures accidented vehicles,…

In compliance with the Federal Government directives aimed at ensuring food security in the country, Kebbi Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has toughened vigilance at its borders to checkmate any attempt to smuggle out food produce. In a press statement signed by the public relations officer SC Nasiru Manga on Wednesday, the Command intercepted one trailer fully loaded with bags of grains.The outbound Daf truck with Reg. No. JEG 27 XB was intercepted by Rapid Response Team of the Command along Maidahini-Bunza Road on 15th May, 2022. Physical examination of the truck revealed that it contained 800bags of…

In compliance with the Federal Government directives aimed at ensuring food security in the country, Kebbi Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has toughened vigilance at its borders to checkmate any attempt to smuggle out food produce. In a press statement signed by the public relations officer SC Nasiru Manga on Wednesday, the Command intercepted one trailer fully loaded with bags of grains.The outbound Daf truck with Reg. No. JEG 27 XB was intercepted by Rapid Response Team of the Command along Maidahini-Bunza Road on 15th May, 2022. Physical examination of the truck revealed that it contained 800bags of…

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, struck out the amended six-count treasonable felony charge the Federal Government preferred against the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Trial Justice Binta Nyako struck out the charge, after it was withdrawn by the Prosecution counsel, Mr. K. E. Kaswe. Kaswe, who is from the Federal Ministry of Justice, withdrew the charge after Kanu’s team of lawyers led by Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, accused FG of deliberately frustrating the speedy determination of the case. Ozekhome noted that the amended charge was served on him barely 48…

A Federal High Court, sitting in Osogbo, on Wednesday affirmed Sen. Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the authentic candidate of the party in the forthcoming July 16 governorship election in the state. Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel, in his judgment, which lasted for more than than 1 hour, 30 minutes, held that the primary election conducted at the WOCDIF Centre, Osogbo, on March 8, which produced Dotun Babayemi, was null and void. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that PDP during its governorship primary elections on March 8, had held parallel primaries in the state. Ayo-Emmanuel, who…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has rescheduled its governorship and House of Representatives primary elections to Thursday May 26. Mr Felix Morka, the party’s National Publicity Secretary announced this on Wednesday in Abuja while briefing newsmen at the end of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) meeting. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the APC governorship primaries was earlier scheduled for May 20. The APC scribe said the party’s Senate and House of Assembly primaries had also been rescheduled to hold on Friday May 27. “The NWC of the APC has made an approval for a revised timetable…