Tag: court
N2 trillion: Court throws out Agip’s objection in suit with FG
A Lagos Federal High Court has thrown out an objection filed by the Nigerian Agip Oil Company Limited (Agip) to stop the Federal Government of Nigeria from proceeding with a…
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Court stops PDP national convention | ‘Convention must go on’ -Sheriff
A Lagos Federal High Coury has issued an order stopping the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from holding its national convention on May 21, 2016 im Port Harcourt, Rivers state. The…
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Court orders NLC, TUC not to embark on strike (READ)
A National Industrial Court (NIC) in Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress to shelve its plan of embarking on a nationwide strike on…
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A group wants N100 billion from FG for herdsmen attacks
The Federal Government has been dragged to court by the Human Rights and Empowerment Projects over the death of dozens of people killed by herdsmen in Nimbo community of the Uzo-Uwani Local…
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FG to ECOWAS court: ‘Hands off Nnamdi Kanu’s case’
The Federal Government has called on the ECOWAS community court sitting in Abuja to hands off the case brought before the court by embattled leader of the Indigenous People of…
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DSS compelled to dole out N5m to Ekiti lawmaker over ‘illegal arrest’
The Federal High Court, Ado Ekiti has ruled that the Department of State Services illegally arrested a member of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Afolabi Akanni and has consequently…
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EFCC’s witness contradicts himself during Alex Badeh’s trial
A witness testifying at the criminal trial of former Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh, has admitted that the statements he gave to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission was…
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How ex-NIMASA DG diverted N1.1bn approved by Jonathan
An operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Orji Chukwuma, on Monday, April 18, revealed how money released by former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2014 for a project in…
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Job scam: Taraba governor’s aide, accomplice get combined 9 year jail term
Dominic Bukuni , an aide of the Governor of Taraba state, Darius Ishaku, has been convicted of criminal conspiracy, cheating and forgery and sentenced to 2 years in prison. Bukuni…
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‘Metuh is desperate to get off the hook by all means’ – EFCC
In another dramatic episode of the court case against the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is accusing…
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Money laundering: Diezani to appear before UK court
Former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke is expected to appear at the Westminster Magistrate’s Court in London on Tuesday. Diezani, who was arraigned in October 2015, is expected to…
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Judge to EFCC: ‘Comport yourself, my court is not a motor park’
Following a suit filed by an Australian Security contractor, Wolfgang Wolfgang Reinl, against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), an Abuja High Court Judge, Justice Peter Affen, has slammed…
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THE YNAIJA TRACKLIST: 19,000 ghost workers discovered in Bauchi | 16 teachers suspended for enslaving students | More stories
16 teachers suspended for using students as laborers in Ekiti. Vanguard IGP deploys 6,000 policemen for Rivers rerun. Leadership Military seeks Buhari’s approval to try soldiers over arms deal. Punch…
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Opinion: Bukola Saraki, the one-man wrecking crew, goes to court at last
Finally, after unprecedented delays, orchestrated postponements, and induced adjournments, Bukola Mesujamba Saraki goes to court today. His appearance at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) today renews hope to Nigerians…
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‘I was not in court to support Badeh’ – Olisa Metuh
On Monday, images of embattled National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh, exchanging pleasantries with former Chief of Defence Staff, retired Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh at…
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Ese Oruru’s abductor, Yinusa Dahiru charged with abduction, illicit sex…
The alleged abductor of Ese Oruru, the 14-year-old girl from Bayelsa state, Yinusa Dahiru was on Tuesday, March 8, arraigned in court. Yinusa Dahiru was arraigned before the Federal High…
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‘DSS threatened to kill me’| ‘You’re a threat to our witnesses’ | Nnamdi Kanu’s trial drama
The continuation of the trial of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu took a different turn on Monday, when the lawyers on the case told Justice John Tsoho of…
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Court quashes recomendation to prosecute T.B Joshua’s church
A High Court sitting in Lagos has faulted the verdict of the coroner which recommended the prosecution of the contractor and engineer that handled the building of the collapsed Synagogue…
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Judge orders immediate release of Jonathan’s ex-aide, says ‘EFCC is dancing Makossa’
Col Ojogbane Adegbe, former Aide de Camp to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan has been granted liberal bail by a Federal High Court in Abuja and is to be immediately released by the Economic and…
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Falana to Army: ‘6 months is over, release Ransome-Kuti’
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) has called for the immediate release of Brigadier General Enitan Ransome-Kuti, from prison custody. Falana stated that Ransome-Kuti had completed the six months sentence…
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Jonathan’s former ADC files N100m lawsuit against EFCC
Colonel Ojogbane Adegbe, the aide de camp (ADC) to former President Goodluck Jonathan has taken a legal action against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over his detention. In…
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Ricky Tarfa drops case against EFCC, MTN, others
Embattled Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Ricky Tarfa has dropped the lawsuit he filed against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and four others over an alleged violation of his right…
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NERC barred from increasing electricity tariff
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, has lost its bid to stay further proceedings in the suit challenging the hike in electricity tariff by Distribution Companies, DISCOs. The Federal High Court…
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Like Rickey Tarfa’s 90 SANs, 105 lawyers storm court in Anambra
No less than 105 lawyers from Aguata bar in Anambra State, on Thursday, swooped on a Federal High Court sitting in Awka, the state capital, over the police's intimidation of…
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Somber-faced Nnamdi Kanu dons outfit with ‘Biafra colours’ to court (PHOTOS)
Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu on Friday, opposed an application by the federal government to conduct his trial in secret. Kanu, who is facing a…
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EFCC given green light to seize Tompolo’s assets… and auction after 3 months
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has obtained a court order to seize some assets belonging to a former Niger Delta militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, also known as Tompolo. Justice…
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Shiites: ‘It’s unconstitutional to detain our members without charges’
The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), also known as Shiites, whose headquarters was attacked and their members arrested/killed by the Nigeria Army, have called on the federal government to investigate…
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Judge laments ‘intimidation of court’ as Rickey Tarfa appears with 90 SANs
A mild drama occurred at a Lagos state High Court, on Tuesday, as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arraigned top lawyer, Rickey Tarfa, before Justice Aishat Opesanwo, for obstruction…
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NIMASA paid me N72m for a contract I didn’t carry out – Witness
A prosecution witness for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Emeka Emenalo, on Tuesday, informed a Federal High Court that several sums of money was withdrawn from his account…
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Falana set to drag FG to court over $3.5 loan
Coming on the heels of the recent letter he wrote to the federal government against obtaining external loan to the tune of $3.5 billion, senior lawyer and human rights activist,…
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