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Mr Alex Okoh, the former Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), has been acquitted of contempt charges in a legal dispute between BPE and BFIG, over the ownership and operation of Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON), in Ikot Abasi,…

A Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus, from participating in the party’s meetings pending the determination of a motion on notice. Also, the National Chairman, Secretary of the Party, National Executive Council,…

Justice A.O Adebusoye of the Ondo State High Court has granted leave to a lawyer, Femi Emmanuel Emodamori, to file two suits seeking for orders of mandamus to compel the Ondo State Government to implement financial autonomy to both State Judiciary and…

The  Abuja Court of Appeal has been asked to dismiss an appeal filed by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) challenging the judgment of the Federal High Court that nullified some sections of the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) 2020 on incorporated…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Mr Godswill Akpabio over “the failure to refer the alleged N3.7 trillion budget padding to appropriate anti-corruption agencies for investigation and prosecution, and to recall Senator Abdul…

Governor Usman Ododo of Kogi State and his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, will, on April 15, open their defence at the state’s governorship election tribunal sitting in Abuja, against the petition filed by the Social Democratic Party, SDP, and its candidate,…

The Chairman, Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission, Muhuyi Magaji, has appealed against the ruling of the Code of Conduct Tribunal which order his suspension from office. The Code of Conduct Bureau had on November 16, 2023, arraigned Magaji before the CCT…

Temidayo Adekanye, son of former CEO of defunct Commerce Bank Limited, late Dr Femi Adekanye, has filed a legal action before the National Industrial Court in Lagos against the Nigerian Interbank Settlement System Plc, challenging the alleged wrongful termination of his appointment. In…

Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Sunday Igboho, on Thursday, instituted a case of alleged defamation of character against the Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams. Adams had recently, in a leaked audio conversation, alleged that Igboho is an assassin allegedly being…

The Code of Conduct Tribunal on Thursday ordered the suspension of the Chairman of the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-corruption Commission, Muhyi Magaji, over allegations of misconduct and breach of public officer’s code of conduct. Chairman of the Tribunal, Justice Danladi Umar granted the…