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A Lagos based senior lawyer, Vincent Okafor Esq. has been allegedly framed and remanded in prison custody on an allegation of promoting local war in his hometown, Agunese Mmaku community in the Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State. The legal practitioner of 30 years post call standing, was whisked away by the Nigerian Police…

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, fixed Sept. 19 to hear a suit filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) seeking the disqualification of Asue Ighodalo, the PDP candidate for the Sept. 21 governorship election in Edo. Justice Peter Lifu fixed the hearing of all pending applications after lawyers to the parties in…

An American businessman, Marco Antonio Ramirez, has been found guilty and sentenced to 74 years in prison following charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Nigeria. Ramirez was convicted of defrauding investors of $1.2 million in a visa scam and $368,698.24 in a separate fraud case. Justice Mojisola Dada…

A retired Upper Sharia Court Khadi, Mahmud Shehu, was on Tuesday docked in a Magistrates’ Court in Zaria for allegedly assaulting a visually impaired housewife. The prosecutor, Insp. Adamu Abubakar, told the court on Tuesday in Zaria that the defendant was charged with trespass and assault. The offence, he said, is contrary to sections 327,…

A public interest litigation lawyer, Maxwell Opara, has filed a lawsuit at the Federal High Court in Abuja challenging the tenure of the current Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun. The lawsuit, which names the IGP, the Nigeria Police Force, the Nigeria Police Council, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and…

Oil marketers are concerned about the delay in announcing the price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, being produced by the Dangote Petroleum Refinery, as they noted that the landing cost of imported PMS is now about N1,120/litre. Dealers stated that a high PMS price from the Dangote refinery would lead to the importation…

The Inspector General of Police has filed charges against Nigerian businessman Ebi Otisaye Ogionwo for allegedly obtaining $300,000 by false pretenses and theft. The charges, presented before the Federal High Court in Lagos by legal officer S.O. Ayodele from the Federal Criminal Investigation Department, stem from a 2022 incident involving Mr. Oluwatosin Adefila of Beltzemo…

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday ordered that a traditional ruler in Osun, Taofeeq Osunmakinde, and four others should be remanded in Kuje Correctional Centre over alleged illegal gold mining. Justice Emeka Nwite, who gave the order after the defendants were arraigned by the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), directed them to be…

Ten suspects have been remanded in the custody of the Intelligence Response Team of the Nigeria Police Force over their alleged involvement in illegal firearms and importation of ammunition worth N4 billion by the order of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday. The importation of the arms was done in June 2024.…

Following reports that the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Mr Joe Ajaero, was arrested due to failure to honour police invitation over a petition by Air Peace Airlines, the airline has said the information is not true. Air Peace clarified that although it petitioned the NLC in 2023 following a dispute that ensued…

The Presiding Judge, Portharcourt Judicial Division of the National Industrial Court, Hon. Justice Faustina Kola-Olalere has declared the employment dismissal of Dr. Williams from the service of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) as wrongful. The Court ordered the NNPC to pay Dr Williams the sum of N24.6m unpaid salaries during his period of suspension, with…

The Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Ibrahim Nuhu Shuaibu before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court on charges of fraud. Shuaibu faces seven counts, including criminal breach of trust, impersonation, and obtaining money under false pretenses, amounting to N100 million. One of the charges…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) recently launched the Device Management System (NCC-DMS), which is a thorough Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR) designed to oversee and control mobile devices that connect to the country’s communication networks. The new ‘Type Approval Business Rule 2024’ stipulates that all Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) in the country are required to…

The Federal Government, through the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons, will today (Monday) arraign 10 suspects for terrorism over their alleged connection with the N4bn illegal firearms and ammunition imported into the country in June. Our correspondent learnt on Sunday that the arms centre had concluded its investigation into…

Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, on Monday dismissed circulating reports that the Value-Added Tax (VAT) rate has been increased from 7.5% to 10%. In a statement signed by him, the Minister confirmed that the VAT rate remains at 7.5%, as stipulated by current tax laws. “The current VAT…

The Court of Appeal, Kaduna Judicial Division, has set aside a bench ruling delivered by the High Court of Justice, Kaduna State in a property dispute case involving the Kwara State Government and several other parties. In the lead judgment delivered by Justice Bitrus Gyarazama Sanga on September 2, 2022, the Court of Appeal allowed…

Many Electricity Consumers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, have decried the migration of their electricity tariff billing to Band A without the 20 hours power supply they are entitled to under the band. The consumers, who reside in Kubwa, Lugbe and environs,spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday.…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is contesting a Federal High Court order preventing it from seizing properties linked to an alleged Ponzi scheme operated by Bliss Multinational Perfections Limited and Bribena. The court, presided over by Justice Isa H. A. Dashen in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, granted the order on September 4. However, the…

The newly opened Dangote Refinery, Africa’s largest oil refinery, may resort to exporting its petrol due to a pricing dispute with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC). The NNPC has refused to be the sole buyer of Dangote’s petrol unless it is cheaper than the international market price. The NNPC, in a statement by its…

There was melodrama in Ebonyi State High Court premises, Abakaliki, on Friday afternoon when a lawyer, Sunday Ununu, disrupted proceedings during arraignment in Magistrate Court 1 in the high court premises. Ununu, the principal of Bigbird Chambers in Abakaliki, left the duck where he was arraigned for alleged murder, alleging that the charges against him…