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The Court of Appeal, Abuja, has debunked reports claiming Justice Boloukuoromo M. Ugo has resigned as member of the five-man panel of the Presidential Election Petitions Court, PEPC. A verified Twitter user by the name Umar Sani had tweeted on Thursday that Justice Ugo resigned on grounds that siding with President Bola Tinubu against those […]
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has called on President Bola Tinubu to declare a national public holiday for traditionalists in the country. Soyinka, who spoke against the backdrop of his 89th birthday celebration, noted that traditionalists had been neglected for too long in the nation. He insisted that the traditionalists have had enough, explaining it […]
The Republic of Seychelles, an archipelagic country consisting of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, off East Africa, has reportedly imposed a ban on Nigerian passport holders applying for short-term visas or holiday purposes, causing protests among Nigerian Twitter users. The travel ban was confirmed when a travel content creator shared a screenshot of a […]
The National Industrial Court, in Ikoyi, Lagos, has fined Mobil Producing Nigeria Company N500,000 for employing delay tactics in a suit filed against the Company by its former staff, James Nwagbogwu Ebede. When the matter was mentioned last week for continuation of trial, Counsel for ExxonMobil, Paul Usoro, SAN, was in Court to cross examine […]
A document from the Police Legal Department has revealed that a prima facie case of criminal trespass, impersonation and conduct likely to cause a breach of trust has been established against one, Chief Moroof Owonla popularly known as KAKA, a complainant in an alleged case of land grabbing. The document stated that the complainant failed […]
A Swiss Company, FOODIN SA registered under the laws of Switzerland and having its Head office at 5 Eme Etage, 5th Floor, Route Des Acacias, 48 – 1227 Geneve-Carouge Geneva, Switzerland, has filed a winding up petition against a Nigerian Company Advanced International Merchants Limited, an outfit registered under the laws of the Federal Republic […]
A Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, has granted DCP Abba Kyari bail. Kyari is being trial on charges bordering on alleged money laundering and cocaine trafficking for which he had earlier been denied bail. One of his lawyers, Hamza N. Dantani, shared the news of his bail on the money laundering charges on his […]
– Approves 4 Executive Orders President Bola Tinubu has suspended the five percent Excise Tax on telecommunication services and the increase in Excise Duties on domestically produced goods. Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communications, and Strategy, Dele Alake, disclosed this during a news briefing at the State House, in Abuja. Alake noted […]
The Court of Appeal, in Lagos, has set aside a judgement by Justice Adeniji Onigbanjo of a Lagos High Court, and affirmed the rights of Taylor Woodrow Nigeria Ltd, and four others, who sue the Ojora of Ijora, HRM Oba Abdual Fatai Aremu Aromire and Prince Olayiwola Oluwa over a disputed land located at No. […]
A Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, on Wednesday struck out a suit filed by a lawyer, Chief Abdullai Tony Dania against AIICO Insurance Company, over alleged breach of contract. Justice Yelim Bogoro, in her Judgement, held that the Claimant did not wait for the outcome of his petition to the National Insurance Commission, NAICOM, […]
