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Alleged fraud: EFCC re-arraigns Suswam, Benue ex-Finance Commissioner Okolobia
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, re-arraigned former Benue Governor, Gabriel Suswam, before Justice Ahmed Mohammed of...
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Shun gratification, undue delay in justice delivery, CJN tells new judges
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Tanko Muhammad, has implored newly appointed judges of High Courts and Kadis of...
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#EndSARS: Teacher tells Lagos Judicial Panel how she lost two pregnancies in SARS custody, paid N400,000 + names of officers
A teacher, Mrs Ndubisi Obiechina, has narrated how she lost two pregnancies while in custody of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery...
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Court rejects EFCC’s plea to issue arrest warrant against ex-Petroleum Minister Diezani
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, refused to grant the EFCC’s application seeking the court order on issuance of...
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Court orders Atiku’s son to handover custody of children to ex-wife
An Upper Area Court, Kubwa, Abuja on Tuesday ordered Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to hand over custody of his three sons...
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Democrats kick as U.S. Senate confirms Trump’s Supreme Court nominee
Prominent Democrats have condemned the confirmation and swearing in of Judge Amy Coney Barrett as Justice of the United States...
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Judge rejects AGF’s prayer for court to revoke Sowore, Bakare’s bail
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, refused to grant the application by the Office of the Attorney-General of the...
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Businessman files $1bn suit against Twitter CEO over alleged #EndSARS protest sponsorship
A businessman, Mr Adamu Garba, on Tuesday, instituted a $1 billion suit against the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Founder...
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N851m deposited in tranches into accounts of companies allegedly owned by Fayose, banker tells court
A prosecution witness, on Monday, narrated to a Federal High Court in Lagos how N851 million was allegedly deposited in...
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Ndume: Prominent Nigerians pressured me into standing as Maina’s surety, urges court to issue warrant on him
Senator Ali Ndume, on Monday, told the Federal High Court, Abuja, that some prominent Nigerians, prevailed on him to stand...
Read moreDetailsMinistry of Education Director arraigned for allegedly diverting N45m school feeding fund
An Account Director with the Federal Ministry of Education, Matthew Inabo, was, on Wednesday, re-arraigned before the Federal High Court,...
Read moreDetailsAlleged Ibadan twin kidnap: Court releases pregnant woman
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting at Ibadan, Oyo State on Monday, ordered the release of a pregnant woman, Modinat...
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NCC’s commitment yields results as court convicts seven SIM card registration offenders
The commitment of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to stop the use of unregistered SIM cards to perpetrate cybercrime and...
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Sanwo-Olu releases 56 inmates, pardons Funke Akindele, husband
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved the release of 56 inmates from various correctional Centres and granted state...
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Lawyer files further statement against Oxford University Press over wrong dictionary definitions
A Lagos-based lawyer, Mr Ogedi Ogu, has filed a further statement on oath before a Lagos High Court, Igbosere, in...
Read moreDetails$1.5bn liability: Malami welcomes U.S. tribunal judgement awarding Nigeria $660,000
Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), on Wednesday, welcomed the judgement of a U.S.-based tribunal, which ordered InterOcean Oil Company...
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Missing child: Ondo court sentences cleric, five others to life imprisonment
Justice Olusegun Odusola of the Ondo State High Court in Akure has sentenced a cleric, Prophet Babatunde Alfa, to life...
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Court: Exxon Mobil can be sued in Nigeria
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Emeka Ozoani, on Monday lauded a court ruling which upheld joining of Exxon...
Read moreDetailsAlleged pension fraud: Absence of judge, Maina stalls trial
The absence of Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, and Abdulrasheed Maina, ex-Chairman, Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), on...
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Port Harcourt lawyer abducted, as NBA President says ‘increasing spate of such incidents disheartening’
Last night, I received reports that Paulette Bisola Ajayi, a lawyer & daughter of Ngozi Ajayi (also a lawyer) was...
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