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A Federal High Court in Abakaliki has disbanded the South East Security network, codenamed Ebubeagu, in Ebonyi State. It also ordered the Department of State Services and Police to collect all weapons in the possession of the group. The presiding Judge, Justice Riman Fatun,…

A former governor of Enugu State and senator representing Enugu East Senatorial District, Chimaroke Nnamani, has sued the Peoples Democratic Party over the disciplinary actions taken against him for alleged anti-party activities. Nnamani filed the suit before the Federal High Court in Abuja…

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has fixed March 28 for the hearing of a final forfeiture application of the sum of $5.8 million USD and N2, 421, 953, 522.78 billion, said to belong to former First Lady, Patience Jonathan. Justice Tijjani…

A Federal High Court in Abuja has extended the order restraining the Peoples Democratic Party from suspending or expelling Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike. The court extended the interim order it made on February 2, restraining the PDP and its leadership from making…

The Ogun State Government has filed an application at the Supreme Court of Nigeria, seeking to join Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara States, in a suit against the Federal Government of Nigeria, over the demonetization policy which introduced new versions of N200, N500…

A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has issued an order restraining Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), from interfering with the government of Rivers State title, right and interest over fixed landed assets that comprised Kidney Island Base, Port Harcourt and interests…

The South Zone of the Tax Appeal Tribunal has ordered Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to pay the Federal Inland Revenue Service the Sum of ₦20,338,795,939.00 (Twenty Billion, Three Hundred & Thirty-Eight Million, Seven Hundred and Ninety-Five Thousand, Nine Hundred and Thirty-Nine…

The Central Bank of Nigeria ((CBN), has justified its decision not to extend the expiry date for the old Naira notes, saying it was designed to save the nation’s democracy and to discourage vote-buying in the coming presidential election. The Counsel to CBN,…

The Appeal Court sitting in Asaba, Delta State has awarded N5.5million damages against Multichoice Nigeria Limited for disconnecting a customer, Chief Victor Otomiewo, before the expiration of his DSTV subscription. Otomiewo, a former Delta State Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice, with the smart…