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’22bn scam’: Court bars banks from releasing funds to Imagine Global founders

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by Bolanle Olabimtan A federal high court in sitting at Osborne, Ikoyi, has restrained about 21 commercial banks in Nigeria from releasing funds to Imagine Global Holding Company Limited, Imagine Global Solutions Limited and its owners, Bamise and Elizabeth Ajetunmobi, […]

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Libel: London court orders UK blogger to pay MFM founder, wife £100,000

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By Robert Egbe London High Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division, has ordered Ms Maureen Badejo to pay the General Overseer of the Mountain Of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) International, Dr Daniel Olukoya and his wife Folashade £100,000, as damages […]

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MultiChoice Africa Rejects TAT Ruling On $342m VAT Bill

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By Titilope Joseph LAGOS – MultiChoice Africa Holdings (MAH), the parent company of MultiChoice Nigeria, has stated its position over the ruling of the Tax Appeal Tribunal (TAT) which dismissed its appeal against the $342 million Value Added Tax (VAT) bill slapped […]

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CJN Vows To Rid Judiciary Of Bad Eggs

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By Paschal Njoku ABUJA – Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, has assured that all assessment and punitive mechanisms would be put in place to rid the country’s judiciary of “bad eggs.” Justice Muhammad gave the assurance on Tuesday, at the […]

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Wike opposes FG’s directive on financial autonomy for judiciary

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By Ann Godwin Governor Nyesom Wike has said Rivers would not enact a bill for financial autonomy of the judiciary, arguing that nobody could dictate to him how to run the state. He stated that it would be futile to bother […]

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UN writes Nigeria, Kenya, demands explanation on Kanu’s abduction, extradition

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By Lawrence Njoku and Ngozi Egenuka (With Agency Report) No ad-hoc staff resigned over IPOB’s threat, says INECThe United Nations (UN) has made “pressing appeals” to Nigerian and Kenyan governments to explain the “unlawful arrest and extradition” of the leader of […]

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Charles Taylor sues Liberian government over pensions

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By AFP Former Liberia President Charles Taylor seen during the Ivory Coast conference in Paris January 26, 2003. Former Liberian warlord-turned-president Charles Taylor, jailed for five decades for war crimes, has filed a lawsuit against his country’s government over its ‘refusal’ […]

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Court to watch video of Naira Marley’s 2,410 iPhone messages

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By Robert Egbe A Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) permission to play a compact disc containing the 2,410 messages found on the iPhone of Azeez Fashola aka Naira Marley. Justice Nicholas Oweibo […]

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Fresh trouble for Orji Kalu as FG asks Appeal Court to order retrial in alleged N7.1b fraud

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By Ameh Ochojila There appears to be no respite yet for a former Abia State Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, as the Federal Government, yesterday asked the Court of Appeal in Abuja to order his fresh trial in an alleged N7.1 billion […]

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South African judge dismisses Zuma’s attempt to remove prosecutor

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By Agency Reporter A South African judge on Tuesday dismissed an application by former president Jacob Zuma to have the prosecutor in his arms deal corruption trial removed. Zuma, ousted by the governing African National Congress in 2018, had argued that […]