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Justice Ayokunle Faji of the Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered an accelerated trial of the four bloggers charged with defaming and cyberstalking the management of GTCO (Guaranty Trust Holding Company), including its Group CEO, Mr. Segun Agbaje. The four accused—Precious Eze, Olawale Rotimi, Rowland Olonishuwa, and Seun Odunlami—are facing 10 amended charges for…

The Supreme Court, on Friday, dismissed the suit filed by the Kogi State Government and 18 other state governments challenging the constitutionality of the laws establishing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), and two other institutions. The other two institutions whose constitutionality was contested…

The Supreme Court on Friday, dismissed the suit of the 13 states challenging the constitutionality of the law that established the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The seven-man panel of justices led by Justice Uwani-Abba-Aji, in a unanimous decision, dismissed the suit for lacking in merit. The suit, which was initially instituted by attorneys general…

The National Industrial Court in Akure has ordered the Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE), in Ekiti state, to pay the sum of N40 million to Professor Niyi Akingbe, the former Acting Dean of the Faculty of Arts, of the institution as compensation over wrongful dismissal. According to the court documents made available to Vanguard Correspondent…

A man, Musa Jimoh, was on Thursday, jailed for a year and four months by Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Ikeja Special Offences Court for impersonating a Nigerian Army Major and possessing fraudulent documents. The judge held that the circumstances of the case were particularly grave. “Your conduct evinces a calculated and sophisticated approach to…

Jude Onwuegbuzie, judge of a federal capital territory (FCT) high court in Apo, has cautioned Adeola Adedipe, counsel representing Olu Agunloye, former minister of power and steel, over delays in the trial. A statement by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said the judge during the proceedings on Thursday chastised the senior advocate of…

The Supreme Court will on Friday deliver judgment in the suit by some State Governments, challenging the constitutionality of the laws establishing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and two other anti-corruption agencies created by the Federal Government. The other two, whose legitimacy is being queried are the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related…

Iran and Russia linked their national payment systems on Monday, a significant move to bypass the U.S. dollar in bilateral transactions, Iran’s official news agency IRNA reported. The linkage between Russia’s Mir and Iran’s Shetab payment systems was established in a ceremony attended by the governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), Mohammad-Reza Farzin…

The ECOWAS Court of Justice on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, which sought N50 million in compensation from the Federal Government for each victim of the Abuja-Kaduna train attack. In March 2022, terrorists bombed an Abuja-Kaduna railway near Rigasa, Kaduna, attacking over 970 passengers onboard. The incident led…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has described a news report that it has ended the importation of refined petroleum products and is now sourcing from the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and other local refineries as a misrepresentation and misinterpretation of fact. Kyari spoke in Lagos at the Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists conference themed:…

A mild drama played out before the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal on Thursday, as two senior lawyers locked horns over the case that is seeking to sack the 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly that are loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Mr. Nyesom Wike.…

A former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Kingsley Obiorah, on Thursday said the board of the apex bank never recommended the 2022 Naira redesign to former President Muhammadu Buhari. Mr Obiorah said this while testifying virtually before the FCT High Court at the resumed hearing in the ongoing trial of the…

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, slated November 11 to take the plea of 109 alleged foreign hackers that attempted to defraud Nigerians. The defendants, who were identified as citizens of China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Thailand, Brazil, Malaysia and Myanmar, are facing a six-count charge that was entered against them by the…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday brought a Chinese, Zhengjia Jin, before an Ikeja Special Offences Court for alleged bribery and N301 million fraud. Jin, was arraigned on a four-count charge bordering on retention of stolen property, bribery and stealing. The EFCC counsel, Mr Ahmad Usman, told the court that the defendant…

An Ikeja High Court on Thursday reserved Jan. 23, to hear the alleged defamation suit filed against the controversial online activist, Vincent Otse, popularly called Very Dark Man (VDM). VDM is facing a defamatory suit filed against him by Mr Femi Falana (SAN), and his son, Folarin, also called Falz. When the case was called…

An Air Peace aircraft inbound to Lagos from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja was halted due to suspected technical faults. The incident, which occurred in the early hours of Thursday, caused panic among passengers, many of whom took to social media to express their fears. Prominent human rights lawyer Inihebe Effiong, who posted on…

Hon. Olugbenga Edema, the gubernatorial candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in Ondo State, has requested the Federal High Court to direct the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to withdraw the names of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and his deputy from the list of candidates for the upcoming…

The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) says it disconnected University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan from the national grid over an outstanding N400 million debt. On Monday, patients at the UCH staged a protest following incessant power cuts at the facility. Nurses and doctors have been using lights from their smartphones to find their way around.…

Justice Marryann Anenih of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), sitting at Maitama, Abuja, on Thursday extended the time for the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello to appear in court in response to the public summons issues by the court on October 3 to November 27. The Economic and…

The Court of Appeal in Lagos is set to hear Union Bank Plc’s appeal against a High Court judgment that found the bank guilty of selling a family’s property located at No. 6, Moore Road, Ikoyi, Lagos State, at a grossly undervalued price of N60 million. The legal team representing Mrs. Olubunmi Ogunde, Yewande Ogunde,…