Tag: Application
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Court fixes date for hearing on Melaye’s bail application
The Kogi State High Court sitting in Lokoja, Monday adjourned hearing for the hearing of the bail application of Senator Dino Melaye (Kogi West), to (Thursday) May 10, 2018. This followed the inability of parties to submit their counter affidavit and “better” affidavit to the written bail application by Melaye’s counsel, when Justice Nasir Ajanah,…
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N11.5bn fraud: Court adjourns ruling on Alao-Akala’s application
An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan on Monday adjourned ruling on an application for stay of proceedings filed by a former governor of the state, Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala, and two others in an N11.5 billion fraud suit. Alao-Akala, Sen. Hosea Agboola, a former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters in the state,…
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Court dismisses Evans’ application to quash charges
Justice Adedayo Akintoye of an Igbosere High Court, Lagos, on Thursday dismissed the application by the suspected kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike a.k.a Evans, seeking to quash charges slammed on him, saying they are not defective and not an abuse of court processes. Evans had asked the court to quash the two separate charges filed against…
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CAC set to register companies within two hours of application
The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has reiterated its commitment to complete company registration processes within two hours of the application starting from December this year. The Acting Registrar-General, CAC, Azuka Azinge, stated this on Thursday during the oversight visit of the Senate Committee on Trade and Investment to the commission’s Lagos office in Alausa, Ikeja.…
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Alleged $1m fraud: Appeal Court dismisses Fred Ajudua’s application
The Appeal Court, Lagos Division, has dismissed an application filed by a serial fraudster, Fred Ajudua, and affirmed the ruling of Justice J. E. Oyefeso of the Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos in a $1 million fraud case. Mr. Ajudua and his accomplice, Joseph Ochunor, sometime in 1993, allegedly defrauded one Ziad Abu…
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N500m fraud suit: Court to hear Diezani’s application October 30
Justice Rilwan Aikawa of Federal High Court in Lagos will on October 30 hear an application by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, seeking to be joined as defendant in money laundering suit. The former minister is seeking to be joined as defendant in a N500 million fraud charge slammed on Senior Advocate…
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Evans’ N300m damages suit: Police stall judgment with fresh application
A fresh application by the Nigeria Police on Tuesday stalled judgment on the N300 million fundamental rights suit filed by alleged kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, a.k.a Evans, at a Federal High Court, Lagos. The Police had told the court that they did not authorise any lawyer to represent the organisation in the case. When the case…
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Alleged N650m fraud: Court grants ex-FCT Minister, Akinjide N100m bail
A Federal High Court in Ibadan on Thursday granted bail to Mrs Olajumoke Akinjide, former Minister of State, Federal Capital Territory, on self-recognition, in a case of N650 million fraud. The judge, Justice Joyce Abdulmaleek, also granted bail to Sen. Ayoade Adeseun and Mr Olanrewaju Otiti in the same case, in the sum of N100…