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Alleged drug deal:Abba Kyari, others know fate March 22

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An application filed by the DCP Abba Kyari and three other suspended police officers seeking to quash the criminal charges against them has been adjourned until March 22 for ruling.Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court, Abuja fixed the date after counsel for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agencyb (NDLEA), Joseph Sunday, and the defence lawyers, presented their arguments for and against theb motion.BNDLEA had filed criminal charges against Kyari (1st defendant) and four of his colleagues who were b of Intelligence Response Team (IRT).They include ACP Sunday Ubia,…

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Court fixes March 23 to hear FG’s request to extradite Abba Kyari

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A Federal High Court in Abuja fixed March 23, to hear an application by the Federal Government seeking for the suspended DCP Abba Kyari’s extradition to the United States (U.S).The Federal Government, on March 3, 2022 through the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), filed the application marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/249/2022.The suit, titled: “Application for the Extradition of Abba Alhaji Kyari to the United States of America,” was dated and filed March 2.While the AGF is the applicant, Kyari is the respondent in the application.Kyari was formerly the head of…

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Alleged money laundering: Court fixes March 7 for trial-within-trial for Adoke, 1 other

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A Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed March 7, 2022, for trial-within-trial in a money laundering case filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, and other.Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date, on Tuesday, at the instance of the EFCC lawyer, Bala Sanga.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the EFCC is prosecuting Adoke (1st defendant) alongside an oil mogul, Mr. Aliyu Abubakar (2nd defendant), on a 14-count charge. Justice Ekwo had, on Monday, fixed today…

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Arbaeen symbolic trek: IMN accused Buhari of ordering Guards Brigade to attack its members in 2018

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The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), on Monday, accused President Muhammadu Buhari of ordering the Guards Brigade to attack its members who were observing the Arbaeen symbolic trek in 2018. Sheikh Sidi Munir Sokoto, one of the executive members of IMN, made the allegation in a statement he released after the commemoration of the fortieth day (Arbaeen) of Imam Husain, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad (SAWA)’s death in Abuja. “Today, not only in Nigeria but in Karbala, this Arbaeen commemoration has become the largest human gathering on earth with over…

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