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Ex-APC delegates ask court to stop Masari’s replacement as Tinubu’s VP candidate
The two delegates, in the suit marked FHC/ABJ CS/1059/2022 and dated July 4, 2022, asked the court to hold that withdrawing Masari as running mate would amount to the invalidation of the joint ticket of the party.
The duo asked the court…
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Air Peace CEO, Allen Onyema’s co-conspirator faces 5 years jail term over $20m bank fraud
Allen Onyema and an official of Air Peace also face 36 charges at the U.S. court in connection with the alleged $20 million bank fraud but have yet to show up in court or send lawyers to represent them since November 2019 when they were…
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JUST IN: Appeal Court jails Nigerian senator for seven years over money laundering
“It also proved that the loan of N1.2 billion together with interest of N24 million was properly granted to the third. Nothing else was proved by the complainant or prosecutor in this case,” the EFCC quoted the judge as saying in a…
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Court restrains Kano Govt from borrowing N10bn for CCTV
A Federal High Court in Kano, presided over by Justice Abdullahi Liman, on Friday restrained the Kano State Government from borrowing N10 billion for the installation of Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras.
A coalition of NGOs, the…
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ICPC arraigns NSCDC Deputy Commandant over N26.7m alleged fraud
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has docked a Deputy Commandant of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Mr. Edike Mboutidem Akpan, for defrauding prospective home owners of…
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Ekweremadu appears before UK court as prosecutor insists ‘kidney donor’ is 15
The former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu on Thursday appeared before Uxbridge Magistrate’s Court in London, facing charges under Britain’s Modern Slavery Act.
According to Channels Television, he was in good shape, wore a grey…
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Court grants Wikki Times publisher, reporter bail
A Bauchi Magistrate Court 1, presided by Ahmed Baba Sekoni Abdulfatai has granted bail to Wikki Times Publisher, Haruna Muhammad and its reporter, Idris Kamal.
Solacebase reports that the ordeal of the two journalists began on Monday,…
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Saraki’s suit against EFCC, ICPC, others suffers setback
Hearing in a suit filed by former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and others could not proceed on Monday due to the presiding judge’s absence.
Though the two separate suits…
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Organ donor’s claim: Ekweremadu, wife sue NIMC, NIS, UBA, others,
But in an originating summon marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/984/2022, dated and filed June 27 by their counsel, Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN, before Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja, the Ekweremadus prayed the court for an order directing…
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UPDATED: Supreme Court dismisses Buhari, Malami’s suit against new Electoral Act
“There is no provision in the constitution that vests the president the power to challenge the constitutionaility or desirability of a legislation after he has assented or denied his assent. In this case, the president gave his assent,” Mr…
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