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A chartered accountant, Omafume Ayinuola, and her mother, Lydia Ehrievuyere, have been arraigned by the police before the Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly laundering N1,072,254,411 and  $975,102.58. The daughter and mother were arraigned alongside their company, Patridia Resources Limited, before…

Justice Edward Okpe of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama Abuja, has set aside his initial judgment of June 22, 2023, that compelled the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, to pay Mr Christian Igbo, a contractor, the sum of…

The Court of Appeal Abuja has restored the vote-buying allegations made by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate, Oladipupo Adebutu, against Dapo Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The appellate court gave the ruling in an appeal filed by…

A high Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has restrained the State Security Service (SSS) and its agents from apprehending two siblings of the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. The court vacation judge, Justice E. Okpe, issued…

Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court in Lagos, yesterday dismissed an application filed by a leading energy company, Duport Energy Company, seeking to set aside an interim order restraining four of its directors from interfering in anyway whatsoever in the…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate in the March poll in Benue State, Titus Uba, yesterday asked the governorship elections tribunal in the state to nullify the election of Hyacinth Alia and Samuel Ode as governor and deputy governor…

The National Industrial Court in Abuja, has ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to pay the sum of N2.8 billion to the 313 reinstated staff of the Federal Urban Mass Transit Agency, over the illegal and unlawful termination of their appointments. The…

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has granted an interim order restraining FBN Holdings Plc from holding its Annual General Meeting (AGM) fixed for Tuesday, August 15, 2023, pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice filed before it…

The Court of Appeal sitting in Benin City, the Edo State capital, has affirmed Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party, a statement by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, said Monday. In a unanimous decision, the three-member panel…

A cloud of uncertainty has descended on Bende federal constituency of Abia State as the National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Umuahia has reserved judgment following the adoption of final written addresses by the petitioners. At stake is the second term mandate…