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Court: Diezani’s application for trial in Nigeria bizarre, misconceived

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+ The Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday held that an application by former Minister of Petroleum Resources Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke seeking to be tried in Nigeria was “bizarre” and “misconceived”. Justice Rilwan Aikawa dismissed the application for lacking in […]

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Man on the run after Facebook tips he gave on how to rape women went viral

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By Odita Sunday Donatus Enyeobi For giving a vivid lecture of how to rape women, a young man, Donatus Enyeobi, is on the run after the post he shared on his Facebook page went viral and drew the ire of Nigerians […]

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Onnoghen recommends use of ADR

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By Ayobami Ojo Justice Olukayode Ariwoola of the Supreme Court (left); Publisher, The Guardian, Lady Maiden Alex-Ibru and Founder/Chief Executive Officer, Negotiation and Conflict Management Group (NCMG) International, Kehinde Aina, during the 21st peace award and conference on Alternative Dispute Resolution […]

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N293m Fraud: EFCC Arraigns Suspected Payroll Fraudsters

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Suspected payroll fraudstersRazaq BabsThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, arraigned nine suspected payroll fraudsters before Justice Peter Kekemeke of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Apo, Abuja, on a 16-count charge of conspiracy and stealing to […]

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Model demands N75m from Wema Bank for alleged copyright infringement

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+ An American-based Nigerian model, Nneoma Anosike, has sued Wema Bank plc at a Federal High Court in Lagos for alleged infringement of her intellectual property. The plaintiff, who is a 2014 brand Ambassador of Pepsi Cola Nigeria, sued through […]

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N293m Fraud: EFCC Arraigns Suspected Payroll Fraudsters

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You Can’t Return To Nigeria Now, Court Tells Alison-Madueke

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Diezani Alison-Madueke, former Petroleum MinisterFormer Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke has been told in clear terms that she cannot return to the country now by a Federal High Court in Lagos.The court on Wednesday dismissed an application by Alison-Madueke, […]

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Revisiting the Malabu oil scam

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— IN his speech at the recent Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Beneficial Ownership Conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo revisited one of Nigeria’s most troubling and complicated oil scams, the Malabu Oil and Gas deal, involving Oil Prospecting Licence […]

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Oyo to employ State Counsels

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The Oyo State Government has fixed November 1, 2017 as the date for a written/weeding test for graduates of Law to be employed as the State Counsel on Grade Level 09 in the Oyo State Civil Service.The Chairman, Oyo State […]

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Lawyer charged with ‘forgery’

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By: Robert Egbe A Legal practitioner, Kole Bello, who allegedly forged a land Certificate of Occupancy (C of O), was yesterday charged before a Lagos High Court in Igbosere.Bello alongside three others, Chukwu Victor, Friday Palmer and Osumah Terry, were arraigned […]