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Bolanle Olabimtan

Nigeria

News Reporter at TheCable

Journalist @TheCableng |Judiciary correspondent || Gender/Women || @wSoyinkaCentre fellow @reportwomen

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  • Court rejects FG’s evidence against Nnamdi Kanu over lack of legal representation during interrogation

    1 week ago | thecable.ng | Bolanle Olabimtan

    A federal high court in Abuja has rejected the evidence sought to be tendered by the federal government in the ongoing trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The federal government, through its third witness, an officer of the Department of State Services (DSS), has sought to tender video and documentary evidence which are the alleged confessional statements made by the defendant.

  • JUST IN: Appeal court affirms Okpebholo's election as Edo governor

    1 week ago | thecable.ng | Bolanle Olabimtan

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  • DSS made me make confessional statements under duress, Nnamdi Kanu tells court

    1 week ago | thecable.ng | Bolanle Olabimtan

    Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), says he was threatened by an operative of the Department of State Services (DSS) to make confessional statements after his arrest in 2015. Kanu spoke on Wednesday after the prosecution called its third witness, simply identified as CCC. Like the first two witnesses – AAA and BBB – the third witness told the court that he was part of the team of DSS officers who investigated Kanu in 2015.

  • ICPC secures conviction of Lagos civil servant for receiving double salaries

    1 week ago | thecable.ng | Bolanle Olabimtan

    The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of Emmanuel Ogunyemi, a civil servant in Lagos state, for unlawfully receiving salaries from two government agencies. Investigations by the ICPC revealed that Ogunyemi was simultaneously on the payroll of the Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) and the Agbado Oke-Odo Local Council Development Area (LCDA), resulting in an illegal gain of N3.49 million.

  • Corrupt individuals must not benefit from crime proceeds, says Olukoyede

    1 week ago | thecable.ng | Bolanle Olabimtan

    Ola Olukoyede, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says corrupt individuals must not be allowed to enjoy the proceeds of their crimes. Speaking on Tuesday at a summit organised by the ministry of justice, Olukoyede said asset recovery is central to accountability and justice.

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