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Litigations loom over damaged vehicles, scarcity to end weekend

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By Collins Olayinka and Kingsley Jeremiah • NNPC asks trading firms for emergency petrol supplies as FG battles to restore order• Queues spread across Nigeria, black marketers sell at N250/litre in Abuja• NMDPRA, NNPC identify supplier of adulterated fuel, to sanction […]

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Court fixes Kanu’s suit against DSS, AGF for Feb 28

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By Ameh Ochojila The Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday, adjourned a suit filed by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu against the Department of State Services (DSS), its Director General and Attorney General […]

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Court adjourns Ibeto, EFCC N4.8b case till March 8

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By Ann Godwin Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt will on March 8, 2022, hear the motion of a fundamental human rights case filed by the Chairman of Ibeto Cement, Cletus Ibeto, against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) […]

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Supreme Court fixes May 6 for judgment in Rivers, Imo legal battle over 17 oil wells

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By Kingsley Jeremiah and Ameh Ochojila Firm to commission LPG extraction, power plants at Otakikpo marginal field The Supreme Court, yesterday, in Abuja, fixed May 6 for judgment in a legal battle involving Rivers and Imo States over the ownership of […]

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FG will bring Igboho back to Nigeria after prosecution in Benin, says Malami

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By Kehinde Olatunji • Hushpuppi: AGF confirms reasonable grounds to proceed against Abba Kyari Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has said the Federal Government will bring back embattled Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, a.k.a. Sunday […]

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FG will bring Igboho back to Nigeria after prosecution in Benin, says Malami

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Firm withdraws from bank’s suit against Odogwu family over Ikoyi property

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By Bertram Nwannekanma A firm, Siet Trading Limited, has withdrawn from a fresh suit filed by Access Bank Plc, against Chief Sonny Odogwu’s family and others over an Ikoyi property. The property, located at No 31-35, Ikoyi Crescent, was for development of Le […]

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Benin Republic extends Sunday Igboho’s detention by ‘six months’

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By Alao Abiodun The detention of Yoruba Nation activist Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho has been extended by six months, The Nation has learnt. The Counsel for the detained activist, Chief Yomi Aliyu SAN confirmed the extended incarceration of his client. […]

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Lai Mohammed slams N100bn suit against online medium

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By NAN Information and Culture Minister Lai Mohammed has dragged an online publication, Pointblank News, before an Abuja High court over alleged libel. In a copy of the Writ of Summon obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, […]

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Legal Aid Council and challenges of fulfilling its mandate

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By Ameh Ochojila Justice is arguably the bedrock of peace in every human society. Peace, however, cannot be guaranteed when there is no respect for the fundamental rights or the lack of fair hearing and access to courts as a […]