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Former Ekiti Governor Ayodele Fayose was arraigned before a High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital on Tuesday. Fayose was brought before the Court for his alleged inability to offset N900m he owed his former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Owoseni…

Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the arrest of the Director-General of the National Airspace Management Authority (NAMA) Mr. Matthew Pwajok for alleged disobedience to a summon. Justice Babs Kuewunmi made the order following an application by counsel to the third and eighth…

The Federal High Court in Abuja has been asked to restrain some media houses in the country and Federal Government agencies from further attributing banditry-related crime to Fulani. The request forms a relief is a suit by a man, Ahmadu Shehu, who claimed…

The National Industrial Court has been told how the Budget Office, a parastatal under the Federal Ministry of Finance Budget and National Planning has unlawfully withheld the salaries and entitlements of her staff, Mrs Bilikisu Okenne Sanusi, for daring to expose corrupt…

A Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed February 6 2023 for the mention of a suit filed against the Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare, and former President, Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick. The matter, which was scheduled for Monday, could not…

The coast became clear Monday for the Action Alliance (AA) to open its certificate forgery allegations suit against the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu. Hearing in the matter could not go on as scheduled following an application by…

Idumugbe Village in Umuonaje Quarters of Asaba; Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State have dragged the State Government to court over an alleged breach of settlement processes in the Ani-Ulor land acquisition. It was earlier reported that officials of the state…

The United Bank for Africa (UBA) has taken over the assets of Borini Prono (Nig) Ltd in execution of an N831,024,818.30 judgment debt of the Federal High Court in Lagos. Sheriffs of the court, protected by armed policemen, executed the judgment at Borini…

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, and Haliru Nababa, Controller General, Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), to file their defence in Abdulrasheed Maina’s suit. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order after counsel for the minister…