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- Entertainment , Judiciary
- August 25, 2021
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Tribunal orders Multichoice to pay FG N900bn tax backlog
A Tax Appeal Tribunal sitting in Lagos has ordered Multichoice Nigeria Limited, owners of cable television services, DSTV, to pay 50 per cent of N1.8trn tax backlog to the Federal…
Court Strikes Out DSS Suit Seeking Further Detention Of Four Igboho’s Aides
A Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out a suit filed by the Department of State Services (DSS) seeking to further detain four of the 12 aides of Yoruba…
Court orders release of four Igboho supporters — after 53 days in DSS custody
Obiora Egwatu, judge of a federal high court in Abuja, has signed the order releasing some supporters of Sunday Adeyemo, a youth leader, popularly known as Sunday Igboho. Operatives of…
Court refuses to join Buni in suit against Andy Uba’s candidacy
A Federal High Court in Abuja has declined the request to include the Caretaker Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governor Mai Mala Buni as a defendant in a…
New judge to sign Igboho aides’ release warrant today
A judge of the Federal High Court in Abuja is expected to sign a release warrant of the 12 detained aides of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as…
Judge travels abroad as Igboho’s aides meet all bail conditions
Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja has travelled out of the country as the 12 detained aides of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as…
CJN swears in Justice Baba Yusuf as acting FCT judiciary Chief Judge, five new Kadis
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, on Monday, swore in Justice Hussein Baba Yusuf as acting Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Judiciary, along…
Nigerian Court Awards N4million Compensation To Businessman Detained, Tortured After Catching Policeman With His Wife In His Matrimonial Home
A Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP Celestine Umeh, the Nigeria Police Force and the Akwa Ibom State Commissioner of Police have been ordered by the Akwa Ibom State High Court…
Nigerian Army disobeys court, refuses to release Enugu gov’s aide
Nearly a week after a Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, ordered the Nigerian Army to release unconditionally, the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Security matters to the…
Buhari approves Husseini Baba-Yusuf as acting FCT Chief Judge
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Justice Husseini Baba-Yusuf as the acting Chief Judge of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory on the recommendation of the…
Senatorial Seat: Stephen Odey Loses To Jarigbe Agom Again
INEC to withdraw the Certificate of Return earlier issued to Senator Stephen Odey. Senator Stephen Odey has lost another bid to reclaim his seat as the lawmaker representing Cross River…
JSS 1 Student Flogged For Indecent Hairstyle Demands N15m In Suit Against Ekiti
Gift Agenoisa, a JSS1 student flogged and suspended for coming to school with an “indecent hairstyle” has sued Ekiti state government and is seeking N15 million in damages for breach…
PDP asks court to remove Buni as Yobe governor
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has instituted a suit seeking the removal of Mai Mala Buni from office as Yobe governor. In the suit dated and filed August 12, the…
- Judiciary , Kidnapping
- August 12, 2021
- 210 views
Seized 25 trucks: A/Court dismisses Evans’ N200m suit against police
The Court of Appeal Lagos division on Thursday dismissed an appeal by alleged kidnap kingpin Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, aka Evans, challenging the seizure of his 25 trucks by the police. A…
Adamawa businessman bags 30-month jail for calling Gov Fintiri ‘Father of all thieves
A Yola Chief Magistrate Court II, presided over by Magistrate Japhet Basani, has convicted and sentenced a Numan-based businessman, Ali Yakubu Numan, to two-and-a-half-year jail term for calling Governor Ahmadu…