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Appeal Court vacates interim orders against Seplat
Sopuruchi Onwuka Seplat Energy Plc has declared that the orders of an appellate court reinstating its board chairman and executive officers earlier sacked by a High Court which heard grievances of factions in the company. The ex parte Interim Orders…
Why British court defied diplomatic pressure, jailed Ekweremadu
The law is clear Sopuruchi Onwuka Despite the waves of high profile pleas from diplomats and politician from Africa seeking clemency for convicted Senator Ike Ekweremadu over organ harvesting plot, the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, London, yesterday served jail…
Court permits INEC to reconfigure BVAS, litigants to inspect polls materials
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has granted approval to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to reconfigure the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) for the governorship and state house of assembly elections. The court also ordered the electoral…
Supreme Court advises CBN to ease cash crunch, adjourns to February 22
Sopuruchi Onwuka The Supreme Court on Wednesday reiterated its order for the old N200, N500 and N1000 notes to remain in the nation’s legal tender until the determination of the suit filed by Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara states challenging the…
IGP Usman Alkali Baba battles prison sentence
The police public relations unit is desperately battling the impunity sling arising from the court sentence on the Inspector General, Usman Alkali baba, over decadent disregard of the instition to court orders. the efforst came after a the federal high…
$11 bn award: Danjuma’s Tita-Kuru tackles P&ID over project design
A local firm, Tita-Kuru Petrochemicals Limited associated with General Theophilus Danjuma has surfaced to be part of the deal in which Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) is taking pound of flesh from Nigeria over a botched gas monetization contract. According…
Court affirms Senator Bassey Otu Cross River APC guber candidate
From ANIEKAN ANIEKAN, Calabar The federal high court sitting in Calabar has affirmed the nomination of Senator Bassey Otu as the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial flag bearer in Cross River State. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu in her over 90 minutes…
Diezani: EFCC secures order to seize houses, cars
A Nigerian court has ordered a final seizure of two properties and cars owned by former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke, the country’s economic crimes commission said on Monday, in the latest ruling related to graft allegations against her. Diezani was…
Kanu wins more court orders for his freedom __Ozokhome
Leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has secured confirmation of his acquittal from the terrorism charges pressed against him by the Federal Government of Nigeria. According to reports quoting a member of the legal team,…
South East leaders demand Kanu’s immediate release
Say Appeal Court ruling is path to peace From BONIFACE OKORO, Umuahia A joint body of traditional rulers and religious leaders in the South East has joined in the call for immediate release of the detained leader of Indigenous People…
