Tag: Court
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Court stops EFCC from arresting Kwankwaso, seven others
The Kano High Court sitting at Audu Bako Secretariat has stopped the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from arresting, detaining, harassing, intimidating or inviting the 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and seven others.
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BREAKING: Court validates pro-Wike lawmakers’ seats
A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Monday affirmed that Martin Amaewhule and the 26 other members of the State House of Assembly who are loyalists of former governor Nyesom Wike are still members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
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MultiChoice Nigeria to appeal tribunal’s N150m fine, free subscription
MultiChoice Nigeria says it will appeal Friday’s ruling of the Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal in Abuja, which awarded a N150 million fine against it for challenging the court’s jurisdiction.
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Butcher jailed 14 years in Lagos
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Friday sentenced a butcher, Jelili Moshood, to 14 years imprisonment for attempting to rape a vulnerable 78-year-old woman suffering from dementia.
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Council crisis: Court summons UniAbuja VC
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Vice Chancellor (VC) of University of Abuja, Prof. Rasheed Na’Allah, to appear before it on June 13 to show cause why the planned inauguration of the newly elected Internal Governing Council Members of the institution should not be stopped.
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Emirship Tussel: Court reserves judgment in suit filed by deposed Emir Bayero
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano, on Friday, has reserved judgement on the enforcement of fundamental rights of the 15th deposed Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado-Bayero. Ado-Bayero, through his counsel M L Yusufari SAN, filed a motion exparte dated May 27, seeking t
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Just in: Court Adjourns Cubana Chief Priest’s Naira Abuse Case To June-25
A Federal High Court in Lagos has further adjourned the case against celebrity bartender Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, to June 25. Okechukwu faces charges from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly abusing the Naira during a social event at Eko Hotel in Lagos. Recall EFCC arraigned Okechukwu on…
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Court ends 8-yr-old marriage after wife starved husband of s3x for 4 years
A High Court sitting in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State capital has dissolved an eight-year-old marriage after a woman refused to make love with her husband for about four years. The petitioner in the suit marked HAB/7D/2021, Egbunam Friday dragged his wife, Egbunam Ann to court for starving him of sex and disrespecting him. The man further…
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Alleged kidnap: Evans plea bargain application stalled
Hearing in the plea bargain application filed by the convicted kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike (a.k.a Evans), could not proceed on Thursday due to the absence of the legal advice.
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Court declares 25 Rivers Assembly seats vacant
A High Court in Port Harcourt on Thursday ordered that the seats of the 25 lawmakers who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress, vacant, pending the determination of a suit.