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MARK ZUCKERBERG, WIFE SUED BY FORMER HOUSE STAFF

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By OREORITSE TARIEMI Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan are being sued by two ex-household staff over alleged racist and homophobic abuse by the family’s former head of security. According to Business Insider, the suit was filed by […]

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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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Assange lawyer argues WikiLeaks founder still suicide risk

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By AFP WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange remains a suicide risk if extradited to the United States, despite assurances he would not be held in isolation at a “supermax” prison there, his lawyer said Thursday. On the second of two days of […]

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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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NBA-AGC 2021: Lawyers set to Hangout with Adesina Adegbite (AA) today at 5:00pm

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As the ongoing Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association unfolds, each event gets more interesting. Past National Welfare Secretary, Adesina Adegbite, FICMC extends invitation to lawyers present at the AGC in Portharcourt to a Hangout this evening. The […]

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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 […]