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Barely few days after Seplat Energy was in the news over alleged acts of racism involving its former Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Roger Brown, the company is again in the news over alleged false representation by its former Chairman, ABC Orjiako. Orjiako in…

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja delivered a judgment Tuesday in which it stated that religious organisations and churches are not bound by certain provisions of the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA). These provisions concern the Commission’s power to suspend the…

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, is asking the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja, to declare him the winner of the February 25 poll or order a rerun between him and the President-elect, Bola Tinubu. In the alternative,…

The Election Petitions Tribunal that will hear cases emanating from the National and state Assembly elections in Osun State has received no fewer than 14 petitions, while its counterpart in Oyo State received 20 petitions on Tuesday. In Osun, all the petitions received…

A former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, on Tuesday, told the Federal High Court in Lagos that he was made to refund between N100m and N200m to the Federal Government under duress. Obanikoro stated this while he was testifying before…

Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Lagos, yesterday struck out a suit filed by the federal government seeking recovery and forfeiture of over N70 trillion allegedly hidden in 29 banks’ accounts by top government officials. The applicants, the federal government…

The Labour Party (LP) and its candidate, Mr Peter Obi, have formally filed a petition at the Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja, challenging the declaration of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of the February 25, 2023,…

The Lagos High Court sitting at Yaba has ordered a lawyer, Mr. K. O. Bakare, to pay a N10million fine for encouraging his client to file a suit that had already been decided at another Lagos High Court and the Court of…

The Board of Tourist Company of Nigeria (TCN) Plc has suspended the extraordinary general meeting of the company scheduled for the weekend after a shareholder obtained a court order to stop the meeting. TCN owns Federal Palace Hotel & Casino, a luxury hotel…