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Arik Receivership: Court admits AMCON board resolutions
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Arik Receivership: Court admits AMCON board resolutions

By Henry Ojelu The Lagos State Special Offences Court, Ikeja, on Monday admitted certified board resolutions of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) as evidence in the ongoing criminal trial of its former Managing Director, Ahmed Kuru, and others over the receivership of Arik Air Limited. Kaltungo, head of the AMCON desk at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and leader of its investigating team, had maintained during cross-examination that Kuru, as AMCON’s managing director and chief executive officer, had unfettered powers and personally sanctioned the…

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Labourer fined GH¢120,000 for possessing and selling cannabis, tramadol
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Labourer fined GH¢120,000 for possessing and selling cannabis, tramadol

A 20-year-old labourer, Kojo Sah Nkrumah, has been fined GH¢120,000 by the Tarkwa Circuit Court for possessing and selling cannabis and tramadol without lawful authority. He said Nkrumah, a resident of Tarkwa Railway Station, was arrested at about 0130 hours on January 21, 2025, during a routine night patrol by a police team, led by Chief Inspector Issahaque Yahaya.

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Russell Brand had ‘insane sexual appetite’ and bad behaviour on ‘another level’, trial told
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Russell Brand had ‘insane sexual appetite’ and bad behaviour on ‘another level’, trial told

Brand, charged with rape and sexual assault, was ‘sleeping with people day and night’, former assistant alleges Russell Brand had an “insane sexual appetite” and his bad behaviour was on “another level” to that of other celebrities, his former personal assistant has told a court. Helen Berger told police she had seen Brand treat women badly and that she once had to stop his mother and girlfriend walking in on him having sex with someone in his dressing room.

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Over 40 killed in attack on Orthodox Christians in Ethiopia
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Over 40 killed in attack on Orthodox Christians in Ethiopia

The attack occurred on Saturday in Shirka district, about 270 kilometres south of the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. Residents and the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data project (ACLED) reported the casualties to AFP on Monday, with local accounts suggesting that the death toll could be higher.

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Delta: Police arrest school bus driver over alleged kidnap, assault of 14-year-old
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Delta: Police arrest school bus driver over alleged kidnap, assault of 14-year-old

By Emmauel Okogba The Delta State Police Command has arrested a 28-year-old school bus driver, Onome Lucky Ughagha, over the alleged kidnapping and sexual assault of a 14-year-old female student in Sapele. According to a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Delta State Command, SP Bright Edafe, the suspect allegedly contacted the girl’s father, demanded ₦503,000 and threatened to kill the minor if the money was not paid.

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EACC reclaims 2.7-acre school playground after court nullifies land allocation
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EACC reclaims 2.7-acre school playground after court nullifies land allocation

NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 26 — More than 1,300 pupils in Kiambu County have secured continued access to a public playground after the Environment and Land Court at Thika nullified the irregular allocation of 2.7 acres of school land to the Presbyterian Church of East Africa (PCEA) The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), which participated in the case as an interested party, said its investigations established that the land had been set aside in 1957 by the former County Council of Kiambu for use as a school playing field.

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