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ALERT: Beware of fake voter registration portals, INEC warns

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by Jesupemi Are The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has raised the alarm over the existence of fake continuous voter registration (CVR) portals. In June, the commission launched a portal where Nigerians can register or request to update their voter information before they complete […]

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Strike: FG Drags Resident Doctors To Industrial Court

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By Idowu Isamotu The federal government has formally handed over the trade dispute between it and the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to the National Industrial Court of Nigeria for adjudication. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, […]

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JSS1 student drags Ekiti Government to court, seeks N15m damages

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By NAN Miss Gift Agenoisa, a JSS1 female student of Mary Immaculate Secondary School , Ado- Ekiti, has dragged the Ekiti Government, before a state High Court, seeking N15 million in damages forbreach of fundamental rights. In a suit number HAD/01/CR/2021 […]

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‘We’re studying court judgment’ — CITN to take position on Rivers VAT ruling

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by Wasilat Azeez The Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN) says it is still studying a court judgement that invalidated the collection of value-added tax (VAT) and personal income tax (PIT) by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in Rivers state. […]

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PDP Asks Court To Sack Buni, Deputy

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By Kunle Olasanmi Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged a Federal High Court to sack the governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni and his deputy, Idi Barde Gubana from office and in their place install Ambassador Umar Iliya of […]

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Court Bars CMD From Evicting Wife

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By OLUGBENGA SOYELE A Lagos State High Court has restrained Chevron Nigeria Limited chief medical director, Dr.Rotimi Babalola, from evicting his wife, Mrs. Adediwura Adebukola Babalola, from their matrimonial home. Justice Olukayode Ogunjobi specifically barring Dr. Babalola by himself his […]

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‘Cannibal’ Teacher Goes On Trial For Killing And Eating His Lover

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BY MICHAEL BAMIDELE A 41-year-old secondary school teacher identified in the German media simply as Stefan R under the nation’s strict privacy laws, went on trial on Tuesday accused of sado-cannibalism for sexual gratification. The maths and chemistry teacher is […]

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We’re working to secure Igboho’s release, say Yoruba elders

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by Oluwatomisin Amokeoja Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE) said yesterday that it is working silently to secure the release of the self-acclaimed Yoruba freedom fighter, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho. It said it supported Igboho’s agitation, but cautioned him to do […]

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N10.7b Ponzi scheme: 22-year-old gets N2b bail

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By Robert Egbe A Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday granted bail to a 22-year-old man, Joshua Adeyinka Kayode, was alleged to have defrauded 170 people of N10.7 billion via a Ponzi scheme. Justice Nicholas Oweibo admitted Kayode to bail […]

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Hushpuppi Saga: 31 Northern Lawyers Volunteer To Defend Abba Kyari Over FBI Case.

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By Omon Okhuevbie The Coalition of Northern Groups has organized a group of 31 lawyers from northern Nigeria to render free legal services to the former commander of the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari. The group of […]