By Omowunmi Samuel A recent online claim has caused confusion regarding the Federal Inland Revenue Service’s (FIRS) enforcement of withholding tax on investment income. The claim suggests that the government is attempting to target Nigerians’ savings through a new tax […]
General Hydrocarbons Limited (GHL), its directors and shareholders have commenced contempt proceedings against senior officials of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON). It alleged they misled the Federal High Court, Lagos and Justice Akintayo Aluko by not disclosing a substantive […]
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA— A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, held that a former acting Accountant-General of the Federation, AGF, Anamekwe Nwabuoku, who is facing a money laundering charge, has a case to answer. Consequenrly, the court, in […]
By Emmanuella Ekele The sixth prosecution witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mshelia Bata, has told the FCT High Court that he was never the account officer of the Kogi State Government House Administration Account. While admitting […]
The Akure Division of the Ondo State High Court on Thursday sentenced a commercial motorcyclist, Dare Ojo, to death by hanging for raping and killing a minor, identified as Zainab Adeyemo, at the Ese/Irun-Akoko road in Akoko North-East Local Government […]
By Progress Godfrey, Abuja The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has fixed Monday, January 5, 2026, as the deadline for all operators to fully comply with the Digital, Electronic, Online and Non-Traditional Consumer Lending Regulations, 2025. The Commission, […]
A Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State, has sentenced a commercial motorcyclist, Musa Mohammed, to four years in prison for unlawfully transporting 10.7 kilograms of Cannabis Sativa along the Gbongan-Ibadan Expressway. Justice Mashkur Salisu, who presided over the […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a dismissed officer and former exhibit keeper of its Kaduna Zonal Directorate, Polycarp Andrew, at a Kaduna State High Court sitting in Kaduna. Andrew allegedly stole over N22 million exhibit kept in […]
By Adeola Badru & Luminous Jannamike IBADAN— AN Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan has again extended its interim order restraining any interference with the planned National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, scheduled for November 15 and 16, […]
Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has asked the Court of Appeal in Abuja to stop the Federal High Court from delivering judgment in his ongoing terrorism trial. Justice James Omotosho, the trial judge in the terrorism […]