JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Nigeria’s Edo state has come out to explain the reason for sacking Mr Alhassan Ikeloa, the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Environment, following public outrage. He spoke today in Benin at a meeting in the Government House with Permanent Secretaries in the state and urged the Permanent Secretaries [...]
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Five men were arraigned in court on Monday on charges of gang rape and murder of an Indian female student, already identified by the father as Jyoti Singh Pandey. Two of them offered evidence possibly in return for a lighter sentence in a case that has provoked widespread anger, throughout India. The five men, along [...]
A Nigerian High Court has sentenced two ‘men of God’, Pastor Glory Abrefera and Reverend Vincent Okpogo to 10 years imprisonment each over a N1 billion deposit scam. Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court in Asaba, capital of Delta state, found the duo and their company, Mustard Seed Micro Investment Limited guilty on [...]
Nnamdi Felix/Abuja Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Monday fixed Friday 11 January, 2013 to deliver judgment on whether Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole has an explanation to make before the State Election Tribunal regarding his qualification for election as governor. Oshiomhole had argued through his lawyers, led by Chief Wole Olanipekun, a senior advocate of Nigeria, [...]
