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An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Monday sentenced the convicted kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans and his accomplice, Victor Aduba to 21 years imprisonment to life imprisonment for kidnapping a businessman Slyvanus Ahamonou and collecting N$420,000 as ransom from his family. Justice Hakeem Oshodi handed out the sentence to the trio on Friday after convicting them on two counts of conspiracy and kidnapping of a businessman, Donatus Duru. The victim is the Managing Director of Maydon Pharmaceuticals Ltd. In convicting the trio, Justice Oshodi held that the prosecution had successfully proved the charge against them beyond a reasonable doubt.…

The Government of United Kingdom has published at least 56 dead Nigerians with unclaimed estates and other valuable assets. The report said one of the oldest affected was identified as Mark N’wogo, was a Nigerian said to have been born in Sapele, Delta state, and died on December 9, 1992 in Surrey, United Kingdom. But for almost 30 years now, the assets the deceased left behind have remained unclaimed. By December, they would become forfeited to the British government. The list of unclaimed estates held by the Treasury Solicitor and last updated on September 8, 2022, identified N’wogo among 56…

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, said yesterday the Federal Government would collaborate with the Judiciary to ensure appointment of new justices into the Supreme Court bench. Malami, who spoke at a valedictory court session held in honour of a retired justice of the apex court, Justice Abdu Aboki, said the appointments would be done in anticipation of expected surge in number of cases” that will arise from the general elections. He noted that the past five months witnessed a steady reduction in the number of justices of…

The Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (BoSAN) has kicked against the appointment policy of Justices to Supreme Court on the ground that the policy is unmeritorious. The senior lawyers told the National Judicial Council (NJC), the body responsible for the appointment of judicial officers in the country to do away with the current replacement policy for the Nigerian Judiciary to grow alongside the rule of law and dispensation of justice. The strongly worded speech was delivered in Abuja on Thursday at a Valedictory Court Service for retired Justice Abdu Aboki of the Supreme Court. The senior lawyers asked the…

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has ordered the buyers of two seized real estate properties in Lagos to pay government more money to meet the cost of prevailing cost in 2001 when they were valued. This followed a memo presented to the council by the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, which explained that government did not get the proper amount for the transaction. The FEC meeting was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Wednesday. Fashola said the properties, a four-bedroom bungalow on Adeniyi Jones Avenue Lagos, and five-bedroom duplex on Amadasun Street…

The police in Edo State said they have arrested a medical doctor who specialises in stealing cars from cab drivers after giving them lethal injections. The doctor, identified as Abbas Adeyemi, 36, works at the General Hospital, Kaiama, Kwara State, Nigeria’s North-central. He has confessed to stealing cars from his victims after giving them injections, the police said. Mr Adeyemi, father of two, hails from Offa in Kwara State, the police spokesperson in Edo State, Chidi Nwabuzor, told PREMIUM TIMES Tuesday. Mr Nwabuzor, a superintendent of police, said Mr Adeyemi confessed to killing a cab driver, Emmanuel Yobo, in Edo.…

The Lagos State government has urged the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division to hold that the state being the owner of the land has the right to determine who works on its land just like a litigant has a right to Counsel of its choice. The Lagos State Surveyor-General stated this in a Notice of Appeal filed against the judgement of Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court in Lagos, which invalidated Section 5 of the state’s Survey Law that required surveyors to obtain the written consent of the Surveyor-General, before surveying any state land. Justice Osiagor had held…

The Chief Executive Officer and Founder of one of Nigeria’s leading NGO microfinance institutions, Grooming Centre, Dr. Godwin Nwabunka, spoke with Nduka Nwosu on the growth of the industry and how it is adapting to national and global demands. Excerpts: What is the over-arching philosophy behind Grooming Centre? Grooming Centre is anchored on a philosophy of service, not wealth acquisition or primitive capitalism as they call it. The Centre is committed to providing solutions, empowering people, growing people and showing that above all, that a national institution can do good and pursue best practices. In a sense we are set…

Huawei Digital Power recently launched its talent development programme in Sub-Saharan Africa aimed at upskilling 1 000 practitioners and tertiary students within the region with technical knowledge and skills in the digital power space. Announcing during the Solar Show Africa 2022, the programme is part of the tech giant’s commitment to work with stakeholders to drive growth and ecosystem building of Africa’s solar sector. “Africa has immense potential when it comes to renewables and solar energy in particular,” said Mr. Xia Hesheng, President of Huawei Southern Africa Digital Power Business. “In fact, African countries have more than 40% of the…