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A corrupt London solicitor with a £3.25 million home in Chelsea has been ordered by a judge to hand over more than £28 million to law enforcers for his role in a huge scam carried out by a Nigerian politician. Bhadresh Gohil, who also has two properties worth £1 million in India and millions more in investments, laundered vast sums plundered by James Ibori, a former Wickes cashier in Ruislip who became a state governor in Nigeria with a mansion in Hampstead. Gohil, who has already served a ten year prison sentence for his criminal activities, used his wealth to…

A prison warder, Joseph Fatunbi, alleged to have aided the escape of some inmates, was on Wednesday arraigned before a Magistrates’ Court in Yaba, Lagos State. He was, however, granted bail by Magistrate Linda Balogun. Fatunbi was arraigned on one count of aiding the escape of two prison inmates, Mohammed Aliyu and Adewale Ismail, from lawful custody. The other defendants were arraigned on four counts of conspiracy, unlawful possession of firearms and escape from custody. The police prosecutor from the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti with the court prosecutor, Chekwube Okeh, told the court that Ismail and Aliyu were arrested…

The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has disclosed that the Nigeria Data Protection Bill, 2023 which President Bola Ahmed Tinubu recently signed into law will protect Nigerians from digital lending apps, popularly known as loan sharks. The National Commissioner/ CEO of the commission, Dr Vincent Olatunji, who disclosed this on the sideline of a sensitisation workshop on data privacy/protection in Lagos, said NDPC was working with other government agencies to ensure that the data privacy of Nigerians is not breached by loan sharks. “The act is already working in that area and the good thing is that there are a…

The Council of Legal Education, Nigerian Law School, has officially announced the commencement of applications for admission into the Bar Part II Programme for the 2023/2024 Academic Session. Prospective applicants are invited to apply for this prestigious course that marks a crucial step in their legal education journey. The Bar Part II Programme will be conducted simultaneously at the Nigerian Law School’s Headquarters in Bwari, FCT, and various campuses across Nigeria, including Lagos, Enugu, Kano, Yenagoa, Yola, and Port Harcourt, starting from November 27, 2023. According to a memo from the Council sighted by TheNigeriaLawyer, the programme is open to…

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has denied the allegation that he had a telephone conversation with President Bola Tinubu over petitions seeking to nullify the outcome of the presidential election. The CJN, through a statement by the Supreme Court on Wednesday, said he equally did not speak with the Director-General of the Department of State Services, DSS, Mr. Yusuf Bichi, in a bid to influence members of the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja, to deliver judgement in favour of President Tinubu. The statement, signed by the Director of Press and Information at the…

A Kenyan court on Monday acquitted a controversial self-styled preacher who claimed he could help infertile couples conceive “miracle babies” through prayer, citing insufficient evidence from prosecutors. Gilbert Deya, a former stonemason who moved to London from Kenya in the mid-90s, was accused of stealing five children between 1999 and 2004 to buttress his claims. Senior Principal Magistrate Robison Ondieki found the 86-year-old not guilty, ruling that the prosecution had not produced enough evidence to link Deya to the charges. The preacher, whose Gilbert Deya Ministries had churches in London, Birmingham, Nottingham, Liverpool and Manchester, was extradited from Britain to…

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced an increase in visa application fee paid by immigrants. The announcement came after a speech regarding an increase in public sector wages. Sunak confirmed that part of the funding for the wage increase will be raised from the foreign migrants who come to the United Kingdom to live and work, the British media said. He also said the surcharge paid for the state-funded national health service (NHS) by visa applicants by immigrants will “increase significantly”. The PM, had said a few weeks earlier, at the United States embassy that he would be increasing…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Friday said it would sanction, by blacklisting bank directors with loans that remain non-performing for more than one year. This was contained in the new corporate governance guidelines for commercial banks, financial holding Companies (FHCs), merchant banks, non-interest and payment service banks, released on Friday by the CBN. “Any director whose credit facility or that of his/her related interests remains non-performing in the banking subsidiary of an FHC, for more than one year, shall cease to be on the Board of the Financial Holding Company (FHC) shall be blacklisted from sitting on the Board…

A businessman, Amarah Kennedy, who was accused of circulating nude photos of his former lovers was on Wednesday arraigned at a Chief Magistrates’ Court, in Ogba, Lagos. Kennedy was arraigned on six counts charge of provocation, unlawful conversion of funds and publication of nudes on social media without the consent of the persons. The charge read in part, “That you, Amarah Kennedy, sometime in September 2022, in a hotel, at Olodi Apapa, Lagos, in the Lagos Magisterial District, insulted, annoyed, disgraced and/or provoke one (names withheld) without her consent did share her nude in the social media and thereby committed…

Justice Hamza Muazu of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, has issued a one week ultimatum to the Department of State Services, DSS, to either charge the detained suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele to court or set him free. The Judge issued the order on Thursday while delivering ruling in a fundamental human rights suit instituted against the DSS and others by Emefiele. Justice Muazu held that the DSS has power to carry out its constitutional duties of making arrest, detention and ensuring prevention of internal crime, but however said…