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Court sentences ex-Minister, Sarah Ochekpe, two others

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By Kolade Adeyemi A Federal High Court sitting in Jos Division, Plateau State capital has sentenced a former Minister of Water Resources, Sarah Ochekpe, ex-Chairman of People Democratic Party (PDP) Hon. Raymond Dabo and Evangelist Leo Sunday Jitong to three-month imprisonment […]

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Court orders NDLEA to detain Abba Kyari, six others pending investigation

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By Eric Ikhilae The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has obtained permission of a Federal High Court in Abuja to detain suspended DCP Abba Kyari and six others for 14 days in the first instance. Justice Zainab Abubakar, in […]

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CJN Seeks Capacity Building For Judiciary

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By John Chuks Azu The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, has sought capacity building opportunities for judicial officers in the country. He spoke in Abuja at the weekend while receiving a delegation of US officials led by the […]

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Professor of law tackles ASUU, says Pantami’s professorial rank legal

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AUTHOR:TheCable Joe Abugu, professor of industrial & commercial law and senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has tackled the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over its stance on the conferment of professorial status on Isa Pantami, minister of communications and […]

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Court grants anti-graft activist Olanrewaju Suraj stiff bail conditions

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The judge said she was minded to grant the bail in that condition following the passionate plea of Mr Suraj’s counsel, Muiz Banire (SAN). NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has admitted rights activist […]

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Kano APC Crisis: Shekarau-Led Faction Heads To Supreme Court

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The Shekarau-led faction, which has Ahmadu Haruna Zago as its state chairman, says it will appeal the Thursday judgment, which…… Abdulyassar Abdulhamid Clement A. Oloyede The faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State, which has Ahmadu Haruna […]

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Abba Kyari: When truth is stranger than fiction

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By Dare Odufowokan The story of Abba Kyari, Deputy Commissioner of Police and erstwhile head of the Nigerian Police Intelligence Response Team, is that of a man who is in a gradual but headlong fall from grace to disgrace. All this […]

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Fire scare at Nigerian Law School

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By Precious Igbonwelundu There was confusion at the Nigerian Law School, Victoria Island, Lagos on Wednesday night after fire broke out in one of the hostels. The fire, said to have followed a loud bang, started around 10pm, causing panic among […]

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Court to address disruptions caused by Kanu’s trial – Chief Judge

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By Eric Ikhilae The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, has assured that the court’s management would work out ways to end the disruption in court activities witnessed any day the trial of the self-acclaimed leader of […]

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Court dismisses suit against ex-FAAN concessionaire

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By Joseph Onyekwere A Federal High Court, Lagos has struck out a suit filed against a company, Integrated Intelligent Imaging West Africa Limited, a former concessionaire of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), its two directors and four banks for […]