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JP Morgan Chase Bank (JP Morgan) says Abubakar Malami, Nigeria’s attorney general, is contradicting himself on the OPL 245-related case in the UK commercial court. The bank, which made its opening submissions for trial at the Business and Property Courts of England and…

Reports have emerged from war-torn Ukraine that one of the country’s leading judges has taken up arms to fight in combat. Media outlets in Poland say that Ivan Mishchenko, a judge of the Supreme Court in Ukraine with a background in commercial litigation,…

The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to revive the sexual assault case against comedian Bill Cosby, who was released last year when his 2018 conviction was overturned. Prosecutors had filed an appeal with the court last year to review the decision of…

Russia declined to attend a hearing at the UN’s top court on Monday (Mar 7) at which Ukraine is asking for an immediate order to halt the conflict, the head judge said. “The court regrets the non-appearance of the Russian Federation in these…

Card payment giants Visa and Mastercard announced Saturday they will suspend operations in Russia, the latest major US firms to join the business freeze-out of Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine. “Noting the unprecedented nature of the current conflict and the uncertain economic…

The International Court of Justice said Tuesday it would hold genocide hearings on March 7 and 8 over the war in Ukraine, as fighting intensifies. The Hague-based ICJ, the United Nations’ top court, will open the public hearings after Ukraine lodged a…

Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich announced Wednesday he’s decided to sell the club and will set up a fund in order for the proceeds of the sale to benefit victims of the Ukraine war. Abramovich, the Russian oligarch who is worth more than…

Multinational tech company, Google, has announced that Nigeria-based advertisers will be charged 7.5 per cent value-added tax (VAT) on all advert placements from April 1, 2022. An announcement sent to all users in Nigeria by Google stated, “Due to new legislation in Nigeria,…

The United States said Monday that it was expelling 12 members of Russia’s UN mission from America for being “intelligence operatives.” A spokeswoman for the US mission to the UN said those ordered to leave had “abused their privileges of residency in the…

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday announced emergency measures intended to prop up the plunging ruble, including banning residents from transferring money abroad and forcing exporters to buy the currency. Sanctions imposed by the West over the weekend had an immediate impact…