The Federal High Court in Lagos, on Thursday, fixed August 15 to hear an application by the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, seeking to halt his trial by the...
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Tribunal Sacks NNPP’s House Of Representatives Member
VAM News Update THE National and State House of Assembly elections petition tribunal in Kano has nullified the election of Muktar Umar Yerima of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP). The Independent National Electoral...
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Sharia court remands labourer for allegedly stealing cow skin— Report
A Sharia Court in Kano State on Tuesday ordered that a 23-year-old man, Abdulwahab Yusuf, who pleaded guilty to stealing cow skin worth N8,500 be remanded in a correction centre, NAN reports. The...
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Court Reserves Judgment In Atiku’s Petition Against Tinubu
VAM News Update THE presidential election petition court has reserved judgment in the petition filed by Atiku Abubakar, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Atiku is challenging the outcome of the February 25...
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Varsity student and two friends jailed for gang raping his 17-yr-old cousin in Kwara
VAM News Update Justice Adenike Akinpelu of the Kwara State High court on Monday, July 31, 2023, sentenced three students to jail for conspiring to gang rape a 17-year-old girl. The convicts, Omotosho Yahaya,...
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DSS rearrests Emefiele after arraignment and bail
VAM News Update THE suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr Godwin Emefiele, has been re-arrested by the Department of State Service DSS, at the premises of the Federal High Court,...
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DSS Arrests Prison Boss Over Emefiele Custody
VAM News Update Operatives of the Department of State Services have arrested a top official of Ikoyi Prisons on the premises of Federal High Court in Lagos State. The arrest may not be unconnected...
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Court Grants Suspended Central Bank Governor, Emefiele N20m bail
VAM News Update A federal high court in Lagos has granted bail to Godwin Emefiele, suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in the sum of N20 million. In a ruling on...
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Flash: Emefiele arrives court with Bible over ‘illegal possession of firearms’
VAM News Update Godwin Emefiele, suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), arrived at the federal high court in Ikoyi, Lagos, around 9:18am on Tuesday, clutching the Bible. The holy book was...
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Setback For Labour Party As Tribunal nullifies Okolie, declares Elumelu winner
VAM News Update THE National Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Asaba, Delta State, has nullified the victory of Ngozi Okolie of Labour Party (LP) who was declared winner of Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency of...
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