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The legal battle between National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN, and its former accountant, Mrs. Roseline Ubochi, accused of cheating during staff promotion examination will come on June 20 and 21, for hearing, before a National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja. Ubochi, a…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over “the failure to probe the allegations that $2.1 billion and N3.1 trillion public funds of oil revenues and budgeted as fuel subsidy payments are missing…

A Federal High Court, Lafia, has been urged to stop Alhaji Balarabe Abdullahi (APC-Umaisha/Ugya) and Mr Jacob Kudu from parading themselves as speaker and deputy speaker of Nasarawa State House of Assembly. The court was also urged to make “an order nullifying the…

The presidential election petition tribunal has dismissed an application filed by the Labour Party (LP) seeking to question the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the technology deployed for the conduct of the election. According to NAN, the five-member panel led by…

The Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja, on Friday, gave the candidate of Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi, the nod to tender two videos clips in evidence to support the case he filed to challenge the outcome of the…

Globus bank Limited has filed an application before a Lagos high court seeking an order for recovery of a total sum of N962,019,843.35 fraudulently transferred electronically from its vault into accounts domiciled in eight commercial banks. The N962m is part of the total…

The presidential election petitions tribunal on Friday cautioned Akin Olujimi, President Bola Tinubu’s lawyer, against persistent unsubstantial objections. Mr Olujimi opposed presenting an INEC-issued appointment letter to a presiding officer who participated in the February 25 presidential election without immediately stating his…

The Enugu State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Enugu has adjourned its pre-hearing session on Enugu State governor, Peter Mbah’s NYSC certificate forgery and over voting during the Governorship election in Nkanu East LGA to June 13 for continuation. The tribunal refused…