CJN Summons Six Chief Judges Over Conflicting Court Orders

CJN Summons Six Chief Judges Over Conflicting Court Orders

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, has summoned six-state Chief Judges in relation to the spate of conflicting orders emanating from their courts.  The CJN summoned them over the issuance of conflicting orders on the Peoples’ Democratic...
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Ten Pirates Bag 48 Years Imprisonment In Nigeria

Ten Pirates Bag 48 Years Imprisonment In Nigeria

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Friday sentenced ten (10) pirates to a total of 48 years each in prison under the Suppression of Piracy and Other Maritime Offences, SPOMO ACT, for hijacking a Chinese fishing ves...
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Innoson Urges Court To Set Aside Order On GTB’s Plan To Transform To Holding Company

Innoson Urges Court To Set Aside Order On GTB’s Plan To Transform To Holding Company

AN Enugu-based manufacturing and trading company, Innoson Nigeria Limited, is seeking the order of a Federal High Court, Lagos Judicial Division, to, among others, set aside its ex parte order approving GTB’s intention&nbsp...
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Supreme Court Stops Lawsuit Against Nestle, Others

Supreme Court Stops Lawsuit Against Nestle, Others

The US Supreme Court has ruled food giants Nestlé USA and Cargill can’t be sued for child slavery on African farms from where they buy their cocoa.  According to BBC, Six African men alleged that they were trafficked from Mali...
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Italian Court Acquits Eni, Shell In Nigeria Corruption Case

Italian Court Acquits Eni, Shell In Nigeria Corruption Case

An Italian court has cleared two global oil giants, Eni and Shell, over allegations of corruption in Nigeria. The long-running case centred around the $1.3bn (£936m) purchase of an offshore oil block in 2011.  Prosecutors had alleged that the majority...
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Court Reserves Judgment In Suit Against Airtel, Glo Over Caller Tunes

Court Reserves Judgment In Suit Against Airtel, Glo Over Caller Tunes

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday reserved judgement until May 26, in a suit filed  by an artiste, Mr Bright Okiki, against some telecommunication companies over alleged copyright infringement. Justice Nicholas Oweibo reserved judgement in the suit ...
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SEC Wins As Court Strikes Out Oando Directors‘ Suit

SEC Wins As Court Strikes Out Oando Directors‘ Suit

The Federal High Court sitting at Abuja, in a judgement delivered on Thursday, February 25, 2021, by Hon. Justice F.O.G. Ogunbanjo,  struck out three (3) cases filed by Oando Plc and some of its directors against the Securities and Exchange Comm...
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Court Orders C/River To Repay $6.4m To ECOWAS Bank

Court Orders C/River To Repay $6.4m To ECOWAS Bank

The ECOWAS Court of Justice has ordered the government of Cross River State to repay the sum of US$6,455,846 to the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID). In its ruling on Friday, the court also ordered the Nigerian State...
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Court Remands Dismissed FRSC Personnel Over Alleged N673,000 Fraud

Court Remands Dismissed FRSC Personnel Over Alleged N673,000 Fraud

An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court, on Tuesday ordered the remand of a dismissed personnel of the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), Tokunbo Ajisafe, accused of defrauding one Raji Jimoh of N673,000.The defendant, who was arraigned on a three-count charge of crimina...
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Court Remands Hairstylist For Allegedly Beating Up Ex-Husband

Court Remands Hairstylist For Allegedly Beating Up Ex-Husband

A Grade I Area Court in Kubwa, Abuja, on Tuesday ordered that a 23-year old hairstylist, Gift Paul, who allegedly beat up her former husband be remanded in a correctional facility. The police charged Paul with criminal trespass, assault and...
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Court Nullifies Sack Of Tribune Staff

Court Nullifies Sack Of Tribune Staff

The National Industrial Court in Ibadan, on Monday nullified the sack of Mr Kareem Popoola, a staff of African Newspaper of Nigeria PLC, Publisher of Nigerian Tribune titles, by the company . Popoola, a former President of staff cooperative society...
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Mobile Courts Convict 76 Traffic Offenders

Mobile Courts Convict 76 Traffic Offenders

The Zone 4 Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) comprising Plateau, Benue and Nasarawa States, commenced OPERATION ZERO TOLERANCE with the aim of ensuring sanity on the road during the Christmas and New Year Operations from 15 December,...
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Court Orders Divorce-Seeking Woman To Refund N50,000 Dowry

Court Orders Divorce-Seeking Woman To Refund N50,000 Dowry

A Shari’a court sitting at Rigasa, Kaduna, on Tuesday ordered one Nur Aminu, 25, to refund the N50,000 dowry she received from her husband Abdulrahman Garba, in exchange for divorce. The judge, Malam Salisu Tureta, gave the order after the...
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My Husband Sleeps With Church Members, Pastor’s Wife Tells Court

My Husband Sleeps With Church Members, Pastor’s Wife Tells Court

“My husband is a womaniser, he sleeps with church members,’’ a 49-year-old evangelist, Chinwe Ekwe, told an Igando Customary Court on Monday in Lagos.  Chinwe spoke while responding to a divorce suit filed by her husband, Pastor Paul Ekwe, who...
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