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CJN: Court orders service of processes on CCT chairman

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NAN Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Mr. Danladi Yakubu Umar The National Industrial Court, Abuja, on Monday ordered the service of an interim order and hearing notice on the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), […]

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N156 Million Fraud: Atiku has no case to answer, insists PDP

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By Azimazi Momoh Jimoh, Abuja [FILE PHOTO] Atiku The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as laughable, threats by the Federal Government to question its Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, over alleged involvement in a N156 million financial scam.Addressing an emergency press […]

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NBA IKEJA, SET TO STOP CHIEF JUDGE

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NBA IKEJA, SET TO STOP CHIEF JUDGE Chief Judge of Lagos State, Hon. Justice Opeyemi Oke The Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, Ikeja Branch, Prince Dele Oloke, has summoned members of the branch to an Extraordinary General Meeting following […]

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Fani-Kayode, Odumakin drags EFCC, Police to court over planned arrest

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Fani-Kayode and Yinka Odumakin Nigeria’s former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode; and Yinka Odumakin, have sued the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Nigeria Police Force over attempts to arrest them.They also asked a Federal High Court in […]

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Court vacates arrest warrant against Amaju Pinnick, others

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[FILE POTO] Amaju Pinnick. PHOTO: YouTube An Abuja Chief Magistrate District Court 11 sitting at Wuse Zone 2, has put in abeyance the warrant of arrest it had issued previously to the Special Presidential Investigative Panel (SPIP) headed by Chief […]

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NBA IKEJA REMEMBERS GANI FAWEHINMI AGAIN

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The late Gani Fawehinmi,SAN means many things to different people and his influence in the lives of the many people that have encountered him cannot be forgotten quickly. The Ikeja Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association in its consistent tradition […]

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Onnoghen to be arraigned over alleged false asset declaration

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By Bridget Chiedu Onochie, Abuja Justice Walter Onnoghen The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, might likely be arraigned on Monday before the Danladi Umar-led three-man panel of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) for allegedly failing to declare […]

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Businessman accused of stealing N4.6m fuel

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A 47-year-old businessman, Oluwafemi Adeleye, was yesterday arraigned before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing petroleum products worth N4.6million.The prosecution told Chief Magistrate Yewande Aje-Afunwa that the defendant committed the offence last April 4 at Uptime Energy Ltd, […]

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Lagos not in bondage, Razak tells Agbaje, others

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A member of the Lagos State Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC), Chief Lanre Razak, has dismissed as diversionary and cheap blackmail a recent claim by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Mr. Jimmy Agbaje, that the state is under the […]

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FIRS hits N5.2 trillion tax revenue, gets N8tr target in 2019

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By Chijioke Nelson [File] Mr Babatunde Fowler, FTAX Chairman. PHOTO/TWITTER/FIRS • Stamp duty collections accumulate billions under locksThe Federal Inland Revenue Service has recorded an all-time high tax revenue collection of N5.23 trillion in 2018, with Value Added Tax (VAT) at […]