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A 29-year-old phone technician, John Jeremiah, on Friday appeared in a Tinubu Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly beating up his girlfriend and breaking her leg.
The police charged Jeremiah, with assault occasioning grievous harm. He pleaded not guilty to the offense.

The prosecution counsel, Assistant Superintendent of Police Ben Ekundayo, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on March 9, 2021, at midnight around Two Crown Inn Hotel, Beecroft Street Victoria Island, Lagos.

He said that the defendant lodged in the hotel with his girlfriend, Miss Helen Felix, and at about midnight the two had an altercation. Ekundayo added that the defendant beat her up and threw her across the floor and broke her leg.

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A Customary Court in Mapo in Ibadan, Oyo State, dissolved a 15-month-old marriage of a sales attendant, Stephen Akinseloye, over his wife’s poor cooking and lack of manners.
Akinseloye, who lives in the Elewura-Challenge area in Ibadan, told the court that his wife, Opeyemi, has caused him so much pain by her immaturity.

Delivering judgment, the President of the court, Chief Ademola Odunade held that Opeyemi was responsible for the damage done to her relationship because she failed to acquire basic requirements for living a happy marital life.

Odunade consequently dissolved the marriage, citing irreconcilable differences as reasons. He granted custody of the only child to Opeyemi and ordered Akinseloye to pay N4, 000 monthly for the child’s upkeep.

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Bayelsa Government has enacted a law prohibiting open grazing of livestock in the state.

Governor Douye Diri assented to the Livestock Breeding, Rearing, and Marketing Regulation Law 2021 on Wednesday at the Executive Chamber of Government House, Yenagoa.

He said the essence of the law was to ensure harmonious living between cattle dealers and other inhabitants of the state and to forestall violent clashes being experienced in other parts of the country.

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Argentines took to the streets on Wednesday to demand what they say is justice for Diego Maradona after the soccer icon’s death in November sparked investigations into how he died and whether there had been any negligence in his care.

“He did not die, they killed him!” the organizers of the demonstration said in materials sent out on social media prior to the march. “Justice for Diego. Trial and punishment of the guilty.”

The march kicked off at the emblematic Obelisco monument in central Buenos Aires, where protesters waved flags and sang songs in homage to Maradona, choking the streets around rush hour in the country’s capital.

Maradona’s ex-wife, Claudia Villafane, and two of his daughters, Dalma and Gianinna, led the early evening rally, with signs calling for social and legal justice in the case.

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A housewife, Binta Bello, on Thursday dragged her husband, Garba, before a Sharia Court sitting in Dorayi, Kano, seeking divorce on grounds that he was lazy and does not support her or her 10 children.
“I have been married to Garba for nine years and we have 10 children.

“My lord my husband is very lazy and has refused to be a responsible parent. He has not provided

”He does not provide medical care, housing, education, or food. He stays in my house doing nothing. I am the one who provides for them,” she said.

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The Police in Osun on Thursday arraigned one Adebayo Amos, 55, before a Modakeke Magistrates’ Court for alleged theft of a grinding machine.
The Prosecutor, Inspector Onah Glory, told the court that the defendant committed the offence sometime in 2016 at Olorunsogo Market Area, in Modakeke.

Glory said that the defendant stole one grinding machine valued at N29,000, the property of one Duro Igbinyemi.

He added that the offence contravened sections 383 and 390( b, and (9) of the criminal code, laws of Osun, 2002.

The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the one count of stealing.

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A Grade I Area Court in Kubwa, Abuja, on Wednesday, dissolved an eight-year-old marriage between Kasim Jibril and his wife, Aisha Musa, on grounds of her hot temper.
Jibril in his petition prayed the court to dissolve his marriage on grounds that Aisha fights him constantly.

Delivering judgment, the Presiding judge, Muhammad Adamu ordered the petitioner to observe the “Iddah”(waiting period) for three months before contracting another marriage.

Adamu confirmed and granted the divorce between Jibril and his wife.

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, March 9, 2021, secured the conviction of one, Victor Chinemerem Ogaraku, for cryptocurrency fraud.

The 20-year-old Victor was prosecuted by the Makurdi Zonal Office before Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon of the Federal High Court sitting in Makurdi, Benue State on one-count bothering on obtaining by false pretence.

According to the EFCC official website, the charge reads: “That you, Victor Chinemerem Ogaraku, sometime in November 2020, in Makurdi, within the jurisdiction of the Honourable Court, with intent to defraud, did obtain the aggregate sum of N257,500 from one Otokpa Joseph Orinya as payment for cryptocurrency, under the pretence that you have same for sale, which you knew was false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1 (1)(a) and punishable under Section 1 (3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006".

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, opposed the plan by Sani Katu, SAN, counsel to Abdulrasheed Maina, Chairman, defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), to withdraw his appearance in the ongoing trial.

The EFCC counsel, Farouk Abdullah, urged Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, to reject the oral application by Katu on the ground that it failed to comply with the relevant section of the law.

Katu notified the court of his intention to withdraw from the trial.

“The matter is for the continuation of hearing for us to bring another witness. Before then, we have a very simple application to make.

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Some Nigerians seeking to obtain international passport booklets in Lagos to enable them travel outside the country on Wednesday decried their inabilities to get the passports from the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) passport offices, in the state.
They told the press that they had been visiting the offices in Ikoyi, Festac town, and Ikeja for weeks without success.

According to standard, there are 32-page booklets for five years and 64-page booklets for five years and 10 years respectively. However, attempts to access the NIS website at the time of writing this report to get the official amounts that prospective applicants should pay for either of the booklets proved abortive.

Mr. Gani Anifowose, a businessman, who deals in textiles at Okearin Market on Lagos Island told the press that he was yet to obtain the passport booklet he applied and paid for since February.

“Since I applied in February, I have been parading the Ikoyi Passport Office.

“ I just want to appeal to the Federal Government to fix whatever the issue is because my inability to get it is affecting my business proposals.

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An Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Ikot Ekpene has sentenced one Edidiong Ototi aged 31 to death by hanging.
Edidiong, a native of Ikot-Akwa in the Obot Akara Local Government Area of the state, was convicted for killing his father, Mr. Pius Ototi, whom he accused of being a wizard.

Edidiong, in his confessional statement to the police, admitted that he killed his father and buried him inside a pit toilet on November 18, 2018.

Justice Augustine Odokwo, delivering the judgment on Monday, held that the “accused is guilty of murder, which is punishable by death under Section 326 (1) of the Criminal Code, Laws of Akwa Ibom State, 2000.”

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As the world celebrates the 2021 International Women's Day with this year's theme "#ChooseToChallenge", we will be celebrating the women at the apex court in Nigeria.
These female justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria have worked their way up the ladder of success through hard work and dedication. They have contributed positively to the Justice system in the country. They chose to challenge the status quo of male dominance in the Supreme court of Nigeria.

Honorable Justice Kudirat Motonmori Olatokunbo Kekere-Ekun
Honorable Justice Kekere-Ekun was born on May 7, 1958. She obtained her LL.B in 1980 from the University of Lagos after which she proceeded to the Nigerian Law School, where she was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1981. In 1983, she attended the London School of Economics and Political Science for her LL.M program.

She was appointed a Senior Magistrate at the Grade II Magistrate Court, Lagos State in December 1989. She was subsequently appointed as a Judge of the High Court of Lagos State in July 1996.

Justice Kekere-Ekun was elevated as a Justice of the Court of Appeal on September 22, 2004, where she also served as a member of the Court of Appeal ICT Committee from June 2011 to July 2013.

She was appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria on June 8, 2013. She is happily married with children.

There are hundreds of bills that pass through the National Assembly. Keeping up with these bills can be very tedious for Nigerians, yet it is important to follow up and press for the actualization of the good ones and the rejection of the bad ones. Following up on the bills is also a way to follow up with elected legislators and evaluate their impact. These bills stand out among many, for their peculiarity to health, security, and social welfare. These bills are summarised in the details below:

Project Continuity Bill, (2019): This bill was sponsored by Senator Barau Jibrin, representing Kano North Senatorial District, under the All Progressives Congress. It should be noted that this bill has passed through the National Assembly under different administrations and it is still not passed into law.

The bill seeks to ensure that no tier of government has any abandoned project in any part of Nigeria. If this bill eventually passes into law in the 9th assembly, the culture of project abandonment as a result of a change in administration will become history in Nigeria. Taxpayers would in turn be able to reap the benefits of their tax money. The bill is still on first reading.

Students Loan (Access to Higher Education) Bill, (2019): This bill was sponsored by Senator Abdullahi Abubakar Yahaya, representing Kebbi North Senatorial District under the All Progressives Congress party...

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Two South Korean citizens, who had multiple underlying diseases, died after receiving AstraZeneca’s Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine, the media reported on Wednesday, citing officials. Both people were receiving treatment at long-term care hospitals in the province of Gyeonggi, which form the Seoul Capital Area. According to state news agency Yonhap, the first person was in their 50s.

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There are hundreds of bills that pass through the National Assembly. Keeping up with these bills can be very tedious for Nigerians, yet it is important to follow up and press for the actualization of the good ones and the rejection of the bad ones. Following up on the bills is also a way to follow up with elected legislators and evaluate their impact. In this article, Bolanle Akinlade underlines seven bills that Nigerians should really be interested in.

These bills stand out among many, for their peculiarity to health, security, and social welfare. These bills are summarised in the details below:

Project Continuity Bill, (2019): This bill was sponsored by Senator Barau Jibrin, representing Kano North Senatorial District, under the All Progressives Congress. It should be noted that this bill has passed through the National Assembly under different administrations and it is still not passed into law.

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A 26-year-old man, Olasunkanmi Showande, on Wednesday appeared before a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ikeja, Lagos State, for allegedly stealing cartons of Chelsea dry gin, action bitters, captain Jack, worth N3.2 million.
The police charged Showande with conspiracy and theft, under Sections 411 and 287 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015. The accused however pleaded not guilty to the charge.
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