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Fair Play Africa: Terrorism: Court Frees Two Lebanese, Jails one for... : A Federal High Court siting in Abuja on friday discharged and acquitted two Lebanese, Mr. Mustapha Fawaz and Mr. Abdullahi Thahini alongsid...

A Federal High Court siting in Abuja on friday discharged and acquitted two Lebanese, Mr. Mustapha Fawaz and Mr. Abdullahi Thahini alongside their companies; Amigo Supermarket and Wonderland Amusement Park, both in Abuja of any complicity in an amended 16 counts charge of terrorism related offences brought against them by the Department of State Security Service. However, their 59 years old fellow citizen and co accused, Mr. Tahal Roda, was found guilty in five out of the 16 counts which relate to conspiracy and carry life sentence each. The Lebanese were charged for being members of Hezbollah military wing who allegedly, agreed to receive training in preparation to engage in the commission of a terrorist act. They were also accused to have knowingly permitted a meeting connected with an act of terrorism to be held in the premises of Amigo Supermarket and Wonderland Amusement Park and Resort.  Mr. Thahini was accused of being the coordinator of Hezbollah in...

Umar's long walk to life in prison!

Mustapher Umar arriving the court premises for his sentencing!

Fair Play Africa: ThisDay Newspapers Bomber: Jailed For Life : Mustapha Umar, a self confessed Boko Haram member arrested and tried before a Federal High Court siting in Abuja in connection wIth the 26th...

Mustapha Umar, a self confessed Boko Haram member arrested and tried before a Federal High Court siting in Abuja in connection wIth the 26th April, 2012 bombing of SOJ Plaza in Kaduna state occupied by ThisDay, The Moment and The Sun Newspapers, was on Friday found guilty of the one count charge of terrorism and sentenced for life. The convicted terrorist was alleged to have driven a white Honda Academy car with registration number AL 306 MKA with improvised explosives devices into the premises of SOJ plaza with the intention to detonate improvised explosive devices within the premises.  The incident claimed the lives of three persons and caused several degrees of injuries on others. The convict had pleaded not guilty during his trial but the court placed heavy reliance on his recorded interview which he granted to investigators during interrogations where he claimed to be a member of the deadly Islamic fundamentalist group, Boko Haram, as well as the testimonies of ten witnesses c...

Fair Play Africa: Chuba Okadigbo's Family Estate War : An Abuja High Court sitting in Maitama has fixed 4th February, 2014 to deliver judgment in a  family dispute over the management of the as...

An Abuja High Court sitting in Maitama has fixed 4th February, 2014 to deliver judgment in a  family dispute over the management of the assets of the late former Senate President, Chuba Okadigbo, who died over 10 years ago. Justice Folashade Ojo fixed the date after parties adopted their written addresses. Okadigbo's eldest son, Chaka and his brother Osagyefor, are asking the court to among others, to declare that the deceased's widow, Senator Margery,  was not a beneficiary of the intestate estate of her late husband. They also want the court to declare that Mrs Okadigbo was not entitled to share, with the deceased's children, in the assets and properties of the late Senate president and urged the court to amend the letters of administration granted Senator Margery and his other son; Pharaoh, by substituting Pharoah for Chaka as co-administrator with the widow. The late former Senate President's sons further urged the court to direct Margery and pharo...

Fair Play Africa: Nigeria Rules The World : NIGERIA RULES THE WORLD!!! Nigeria's Golden Eaglets, Friday night, emerged the most successful team in FIFA U-17 World Cup histor...

NIGERIA RULES THE WORLD!!! Nigeria's Golden Eaglets, Friday night, emerged the most successful team in FIFA U-17 World Cup history winning the championship a record four times since the commencement of the championship. The fourth victory came following a 3-0 win over defending champions, Mexico, at the Mohammad Bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.  The United Arab Emirate. The final, a rematch of the previous 6-1 win which the Golden Eaglets inflicted on the defending champions  in Group F play. Today's victory sees the Golden Eaglets beating the records of Brazil. Mexico kept the ball for a full two minutes at the start of the game, moving it around well and making the Nigerians chase. El Tri even managed the first chance on goal after six minutes. Osvaldo Rodriguez crossed from the left, but Alejandro Diaz couldn’t keep his close-range effort the right side of the post. Two minutes on and Ivan Ochoa – who scored twice in the semi-final win over A...

Fair Play Africa: Anambra Polls: Supreme Court Affirms Tony Nwoye As... : Anambra Polls: Supreme Court Affirms Tony Nwoye As PDP Candidate, Shuts Out Andy Uba Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Legal battle over the authenti...

Anambra Polls: Supreme Court Affirms Tony Nwoye As PDP Candidate, Shuts Out Andy Uba Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Legal battle over the authentic candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the 16th November governorship electionin Anambra state, was on Monday resolved by Nigeria's Supreme Court siting in Abuja which affirmed the candidacy of Mr. Tony Nwoye as  the validly nominated candidate of the crisis ridden party. Before delivering its judgment on the appeal brought before the court by Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu where he challenged the decision of a Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt which upturned a favourable judgment he obtained at a Federal High Court, also in Port Harcourt, which had earlier sacked Nwoye from flying the party's flag on the ground that he (Nwoye) did not pay his tax as and when due and declared Ukachukwu the party's candidate, the apex court declined to hear a motion brought by another gubernatorial aspirant in the party, Senator Andy Uba, wher...