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Osun Govt secures court order to stop mining firm

By Ismail Azeez, Osogbo An Osun State High Court on Monday issued a restraining order against Segilola Resources Operating Limited stopping its operations forthwith. This is based on an application by the Osun State Government before the court against the…

Three docked for allegedly assaulting cleric

The police on Thursday brought three persons – Wasiu Oladapo, 43, Kazeem Abiade, 48, and Isiaka Akinpelu, 54 – before an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, for allegedly assaulting an Islamic cleric. The defendants, whose addresses were not provided, are charged…

Obey court ruling on 2023 electoral offences, SERAP tells INEC

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project [SERAP] has urged the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, to immediately enforce the court judgment ordering INEC to prosecute cases of bribery involving state governors, their deputies, and other…

FG re-arraigns 10 #EndBadGovernance protesters  on amended charge

The Federal Government, on Friday, re-arraigned 10 persons arrested in connection with #EndBadGovernance protest organised between Aug. 1 and Aug  10 on alleged treasonable felony. The Federal Government, through the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police, re-arraigned them on eight-count amended charge…

Court detains man for defiling 13-year-old in Lagos

By Adeyanju Esther A Lagos State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Badagry on Thursday ordered that a 28-year-old man, Stanley Amos, be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old girl. Chief Magistrate Patrick Adekomaiya has ordered that Stanley…