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TOWNHALL MEETING WITH PARTY CANDIDATES FOR THE UPCOMING ANAMBRA STATE GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION: INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE

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The Anambra State Indigenous Lawyers Forum invites you, to a Town Hall meeting with Candidates in the upcoming Gubernatorial election. Details of the Town hall meeting are as follows : Date: Sunday, 19th day of September 2021 Venue: The Civic […]

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DSS Speaks On Court Judgment Ordering Payment Of 20bn To Igboho

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The Department of State Services (DSS) on Friday said it is yet to be informed about the court judgment directing the service to pay… By Idowu Isamotu The Department of State Services (DSS) on Friday said it is yet to […]

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Resident doctors reject court order to suspend strike, set to appeal ruling

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by Ayodele Oluwafemi The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has rejected the ruling of the national industrial court directing the association to suspend its strike “with immediate effect”. The resident doctors, in a communique, said its lawyers will appeal […]

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Industrial Court Abuja orders resident doctors to call off strike

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The court ordered the resident doctors to call off the strike pending the determination of the substantive suit. JUSTINA MBOHO The National Industrial Court Abuja has ordered striking members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to return to […]

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Police drag man to court for insulting officers

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The police accused the man of insulting their officers after they stopped to search a driver. NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA The Police in Abuja Friday arraigned a 28-year-old man, Lekan Sebanjo, before a Karu Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, for […]

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BREAKING: Court awards N20b damages against DSS for ‘illegal’ raid of Igboho’s house

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By Bisi Oladele, Southwest Bureau Chief Justice Ladiran Akintola of Oyo State High Court has directed the Department of State Security (DSS) to pay N20 billion to Chief Sunday Adeyemo (aka Sunday Igboho) for unlawfully invading his Soka, Ibadan residence […]

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VAT War: FIRS insists CSOs, NGOs must pay tax

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FIRS has insisted that civil society organisations (CSOs) and other non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are not exempted from paying VAT. NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has insisted that civil society organisations (CSOs) and other non-governmental organisations […]

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Igboho against Yoruba Nation protest, rally for now – Lawyer

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By Alao Abiodun Embattled Yoruba Nation agitator Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, has advised his supporters against staging demonstrations in his name “for the time being”, his counsel Yomi Aliyu has claimed. The Nation reports the 48-year-old agitator, is currently at […]

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Odili on EFCC’s watch list, Immigration tells court

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By Ameh Ochojila Former Governor of Rivers State, Dr. Peter Odili, has been placed on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) watch list over alleged economic and fiscal infractions. Odili, a medical doctor, Deputy Governor between 1992 and 1993 and […]

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Appeal court declines to bar FIRS from VAT collection

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By Ameh ochojila, Reserves ruling on Lagos joinder bid. The Court of Appeal on Thursday declined to accede to the request of Rivers and Lagos States for the appointment of Receiver or Manager for the purpose of collecting and keeping Value […]