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August 2, 2022 No Responses

IMO State Owes IVM N2.5b, Innoson Group Insists

The management of Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Company (IVM) has insisted that the Imo State Government under Governor Hope Uzodinma is owning the automobile manufacturer N2.5 billion. The Head, Corporate Communications and Affairs, IVM Innoson Group, Cornel Osigwe, in a statement maintained IVM standing by its claim...

July 30, 2022 No Responses

Innoson Sues Imo Govt Over N2.5b Debt

Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Company has filed a lawsuit against the Imo State Government over its failure to pay a N2.54 billion debt owed to the firm. Head, Corporate Communications, Innoson Vehicles, Cornel Osigwe, in a statement on Friday ...

July 27, 2022 No Responses

Court Remands Man For Allegedly Stealing N11.27m From Fidelity Bank

An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday remanded a 32-year-old man, Sedeliu Iziomo, in a correctional facility for allegedly stealing N11.27 million from Fidelity Bank Plc. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Iziomo is charged with a two-cou...

July 25, 2022 No Responses

Nigeria Customs Service Hails Modernisation Project Court Judgment

The Nigeria Custom Service (NCS) said on Sunday that it would immediately commence its modernisation plan following the vacation of an interim order earlier placed on it by a Federal High Court in Abuja. The order vacated on Friday by...

July 3, 2022 No Responses

NPA Seeks Out-Of-Court Settlement With Contractor

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is seeking an out-of-court settlement with the contractor dredging the Calabar channel. The NPA Managing Director, Mr Mohammed Bello-Koko, made the disclosure when he paid a visit to the Calabar Port Complex on Saturday...

July 2, 2022 No Responses

Farmer In Court For Alleged Palm Fruits Theft

A 45-year-old farmer, Alex Akudo, on Friday appeared before an Okitipupa Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ondo State for allegedly stealing palm fruits worth N250,000. The defendant, whose residential address was not provided, was charged with felony and st...

June 28, 2022 No Responses

Ekweremadu, Wife Sue NIMC, NIS, UBA, Stanbic-IBTC Bank

Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, have sued the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and others over the controversy surrounding David Ukpo’s real age. Others mentioned in the suit are the Comptroller Ge...

June 10, 2022 No Responses

My Husband Calls Me Secondhand Material, Woman Tells Court

A transporter, Mr Irinsanmi Ayeniberu, on Thursday prayed to an Igando Customary Court in Lagos State to grant him a divorce on grounds of incompatibility with his wife of four years, Chinwe. The petitioner, a resident of No. 15, African...

June 2, 2022 No Responses

Court Orders Interim Forfeiture Of Private Varsity

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the interim forfeiture of NOK University, allegedly acquired unlawfully by Anthony Hassan, a former Director of Finance and Accounts, Federal Ministry of Health. Justice Zainab Abubakar, in a r...

May 31, 2022 No Responses

Court Orders MTN, NELMCO To Pay N200m To Victim Of Amputation

A High Court in Damaturu, Yobe State, on Monday ordered MTN Telecommunications limited and Nigeria Electricity Liability Management Limited/GTE (NELMCO), to pay N200m to Hamsatu Abdullahi for negligence. Justice M. Lawu Lawan said: “I hold that the pla...

May 17, 2022 No Responses

Woman Bags 12 Years Imprisonment For Defrauding Deeper Life Church

An Ekiti High Court on Monday sentenced a 40-year-old Sade Otenuga to 12 years imprisonment for defrauding the Deeper Life Bible Church of N620,000. The court heard that Sade deceived the church into paying her the money on the pretext...

May 6, 2022 No Responses

Court Remands Two For Allegedly Exhuming Boy’s Corpse

An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court on Friday remanded two men in a correctional centre for allegedly being in possession of human head, exhuming and cutting off head of a six-year-old boy. The defendants, Lukuman Kusimo, 55, and Oluwaseyi Olojede, 5...

April 22, 2022 No Responses

Police Arraign Housewife, Lover Over Alleged Adultery

The Police Command in Benue State, on Thursday, arraigned Terver Ukyagh, 35, and a housewife, Sewuese Peter, 35, before a Makurdi Upper Area Court over alleged criminal conspiracy, adultery and intimidation. The Prosecutor, Insp Veronica Shaagee, told th...

April 20, 2022 No Responses

Court Remands School Driver For Allegedly Defiling Three-Year-Old Pupil

An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Tuesday, ordered that a 37-year-old primary school driver, Kingsley Okwumbu, be remanded for allegedly defiling a three-year-old pupil of the school. The police charged Okwumbu, who resides in Ikeja area of Lagos...