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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), its Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele and the Attorney General of the Federation,  Abubakar Malami have been dragged to a Federal Court in Awka over the implementation of the naira redesign policy. The redesigned currencies N1,000, N500 and…

A Magistrate Court has granted ex-Anambra State governorship aspirant, Walter Okeke, bail to the tune of N100 million. Okeke was remanded for over one month Corrections Centre in Port Harcourt over the alleged theft of oil drilling equipment worth over N800 million. The…

The Court of Appeal Abuja has declared Lawal Usman as the authentic candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, for the Kaduna Central Senatorial District. The Appellate court also set aside a Federal High Court decision which ordered a re-run election that brought in…

Hon. Justice Ikechi Nweneka of the Lagos Judicial Division of the National Industrial Court has ordered Shebah Exploration and Production Company Ltd to pay one Mr. Emenike Onyegeme-Okerenta the sum of USD308,596.71 [Three Hundred and Eight Thousand, Five Hundred and Ninety-Six Dollars,…

The court of appeal sitting in Calabar, the Cross River capital, has affirmed Bassey Otu as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. Ben Ayade, governor of Cross River, is backing the former senator representing Cross River…

The Federal High Court, Abuja has granted an order stopping the National Assembly from screening and confirming the nominated chairman and Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Ms. Lauretta Onochie and Chief Samuel Ogbuku. It urged that all actions on…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC said the Commission was not behind the travails of former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu. The embattled Ekweremadu, had claimed the Commission is behind his bail refusal by the United Kingdom authorities. Ekweremadu also  told Justice Inyang…

The Federal High Court, Abuja has dismissed a suit by a former Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, and the incorporated trustees of Rights for all International (RAI) against the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Bola Tinubu and his Peoples…

President Muhammadu Buhari has filed a Notice of Preliminary Objection (NPO) challenging the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court, Abuja, to entertain the suit by Senator Ifeanyi Araraume on his alleged illegal removal as a non-executive chairman of the board of the…