Oyo State: Ajimobi Defeats Ladoja At Tribunal

Former Oyo State Governor Rashidi Ladoja yesterday lost his petition against the election of Governor Abiola Ajimobi, ending six months of legal tussle.

The governorship election petitions tribunal, sitting in Ibadan, the state capital, held that Ladoja and his party, Accord, “failed woefully” to prove their case.

Kano To Join 2000 Widows, Divorcees In Mass Wedding

The Kano State Hisba Board yesterday said it had commenced preparations for the mass wedding of another batch of 2,000 widows and divorcees in the state. The Director-General of the board, Abba Sufi, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano.

Akinbode Entertainment: N10m fraud: Court Convicts Man in absentia

Akinbode Entertainment: N10m fraud: Court Convicts Man in absentia: The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC yesterday secured the conviction of one Alhaji Uba Mohammed pictured above, on a...

N10m fraud: Court Convicts Man in absentia

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC yesterday secured the conviction of one Alhaji Uba Mohammed pictured above, on a two count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust and fraud before Justice Salisu Garba of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Maitama, Abuja. The accused however has not been caught but was tried in absentia.