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26-year Old Man Sentenced To Death for Killing Sex Worker In Ekiti

VAM News May 5, 2025

News Update A 26-year-old man, David Isaiah, has been sentenced to death by hanging by an Ekiti State High Court for the kidnapping and murder of Comfort James, a commercial sex worker. The ruling...

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Local News

Ibas Appoints Chairmen For 23 Rivers LGs Despite Court Order

VAM News April 9, 2025

News Update THE Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral (Rtd) Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas, CFR, has approved the appointment of new administrators for the 23 local government areas in the state. According to a government...

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‘Harassment’: Natasha drags Akpabio to Court

VAM News March 13, 2025

News Update THE lawmaker representing Kogi Central, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has filed a contempt charge against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio Following the six months suspension that was slammed on her by the Senate...

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Osun LG Crisis: APP Drags Osun APC State Chair, Sacked APC Council Bosses To Court

VAM News March 11, 2025

THE Action Peoples Party (APP) in Osun State has commenced contempt proceedings against Osun State Chairman of the APC, Sokoto Tajudeen Lawal and the local government chairmen purportedly elected in 2022 but later sacked...

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Court Politics

Ondo Polls: Suit Seeking Aiyedatiwa, Deputy’s Disqualification Dismissed

VAM News March 11, 2025

A Federal High Court sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, has dismissed a suit challenging the eligibility of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa and his deputy, Olayide Adelami, to contest the November 16, 2024, governorship...

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National

Another $1.4m linked to Emefiele forfeitured

VAM News March 6, 2025

A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the final forfeiture of $1.4 million linked to former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele. Justice Olayinka Faji ruled on Thursday, March 6, that...

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Court sentences medical doctor to seven years in jail for N127m fraud — Report

Akanji Philip February 8, 2025 0 Comment

A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State, has convicted and sentenced Geraldine Orok Ita to seven years imprisonment for fraud. In a statement issued on Saturday by the Spokesperson of...

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Local News

Court Declares Reno Omokri…

VAM News January 18, 2025 0 Comment

News Update A Chief Magistrate Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Wuse Zone 6, Abuja has ordered the arrest, remand of social media influencer, Reno Omokri, for defamation. Reports have it that Omokri alongside...

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Ibadan Stampede: Court Fixes Date for Ooni’s Ex-Queen Naomi, School Principal’s Case

VAM News January 8, 2025 0 Comment

News Update Justice K. B. Olawoyin, presiding over Court 8 of the Oyo State High Court in Ring Road, Ibadan, has scheduled Tuesday, January 13, to deliver his ruling on the bail application submitted...

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Court Grants Dele Farotimi N30m Bail

VAM News December 20, 2024 0 Comment

News Update A magistrates’ court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, has granted N30 million bail to embattled lawyer and human rights activist Dele Farotimi. At the hearing of the bail application on...