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Telecommunication consumers under the aegis of the National Association of Telecoms Subscribers have dragged the Federal Government to court over its plan to implement a five per cent excise duty on telecom services. According to the National President, NATCOMS, Adeolu Ogunbanjo, the suit…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila over their “failure to cut the unlawful National Assembly budget of N228.1bn, including the N30.17bn…

A journalist with an online news platform, Swift Reporters, Adewole Kehinde, has decided to sue the Independent National Electoral Commission over the denial of access to his voter card. Printouts and text messages exchanged with the commission’s official sighted by our correspondent show…

The Court of Appeal sitting in Awka, Anambra State has granted the Anambra Central senatorial candidate of the Labour Party, Victor Umeh, the permission to serve his Notice of Appeal on Senator Uche Ekwunife of the Peoples Democratic Party through substituted means. Counsel…

The Court of Appeal in Owerri, Imo State, has barred the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from conducting a rerun primary election of the PDP for Aboh Mbaise/ Ngor Okpala Federal Constituency. The immediate past governor of…

Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) has taken possession of the assets of Stallion Nigeria Limited in Lagos and its sister firms, following a N13 billion judgment debt in a suit filed at the Federal High Court, Lagos. Possession was taken through the receiver/manager appointed…

The Supreme Court on Friday put an end to ligations challenging the candidacy of Col. Kefas Agbu (rtd) as the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in Taraba State. One of the governorship aspirants, Prof. Jerome Nyameh, had instituted a case against Kefas challenging…

Ahead of the forthcoming elections, a Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to accept the nomination of candidates of the Labour Party in 24 states either manually or through its electronic nomination portal. Delivering judgment in the…

Justice Olalekan Oresanya of an Ikeja High Court has awarded N5million damages against a singer, Ikuforijimi Olaitan Abdulrahman, a.k.a Oxlade, over a leaked sex tape with a woman on social media app, Snapchat. In a judgement delivered on Tuesday, January 24, 2023, Justice…

A Shariah Court sitting at Filin Hockey in Kano metropolis, has ordered the remand of a famous TikTok skit maker, Murja Kunya, in prison custody. Kunya was arrested by the Kano State Police Command on Saturday while trying to book rooms for her…