Sanusi: Kano to outlaw forced marriages, regulate polygamy
Muhammadu Sanusi II, Emir of Kano, has said a family law will soon be put in place to outlaw forced marriages in the
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Law
N29bn Fraud: Court Admits More Exhibits Against Ex-Gov Nyako, Others
A Federal High Court, Maitama on February 20, 2017 admitted 26 documents as exhibits in the trial of a former governor of Adamawa
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Edo tribunal: INEC closes defence, tenders ward results as evidence
The Independent National Electoral Commission has closed its defence in the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Pastor Osagie
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“My husband can’t impregnate me”, wife tells court: “let me try my luck elsewhere”
A housewife, Mrs Omolara Adeyemi, on Monday prayed an Idi Ogungun Customary Court, Agodi, Ibadan, to dissolve her 11-year-old marriage on the grounds
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Armsgate: EFCC Tenders More Exhibits Against Badeh
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on February 20, 2017 through its 14th witness tendered more exhibits against a former Chief of
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Supreme Court affirms Lagos govt acquisition of Ilasamaja/Oshodi land
The Supreme Court has affirmed the 1958 Lagos State Acquisition of Land along Ilasamaja/Oshodi Expressway now Isolo Industrial Estate and Matori Estate. The
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“Return my money”, Andrew Yakubu battles EFCC for his $9.7m
Mr. Andrew Yakubu, the former managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, whose ‘gift’ of $9.7million and £74,000 was hidden in a
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Appointment of SANs as Supreme Court justices would erode judiciary independence, Gomez warns
Octogenarian Lagos-based lawyer, Pa Tunji Gomez, has said nothing good can come out of the plan to appoint Senior Advocates of Nigeria as
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Osinbajo signs seven bills into laws
Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has assented to seven bills passed by the National Assembly. The bills which include Oath (Amendment) Act 2017,
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“Winners Chapel got N35m of NIMASA slush funds” – witness
A Federal High Court in Lagos friday heard how Winners Chapel, a church owned by Pastor David Oyedepo got N35million out of the
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Pastor charged to court for threatening members
A 56-year-old pastor, Jones Nwaeze, was this Friday arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrates’ court in Lagos for allegedly chasing worshipers with sticks and
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Police arraign man, teenager for raping 14-year-old girl
A man and a teenage boy this Friday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly abducting and raping a
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Ozekhome, SAN, urges court to defreeze his account
Chief Mike Ozekhome, a Lagos-based lawyer and Rights activist, has asked a Federal High Court in Lagos to vacate an interim order freezing
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Judge orders permanent forfeiture of Diezani’s $153m to FG
Justice Muslim Hassan of the Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the permanent forfeiture of a sum of $153,310,000, which was said
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Heartbreak: Woman admits committing adultery
An estranged husband, Alex Imukoro, on Thursday pleaded with an Agege Customary Court in Lagos to dissolve his marriage because of the adulterous
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Court awards lawyer N20m against Nigeria police
An Owerri High Court on Wednesday awarded N20 million as damage against the Nigeria Police for assaulting an Owerri-based lawyer, Chukwuemeka Amaghiro, in
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Solanke: Nigerian legal system is bleeding internally
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) , Mrs Folake Solanke, has described the recent linking of judges and senior lawyers with acts of
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Kenya: Appeal court frees jailed doctors
The Court of Appeal in Kenya this Wednesday ordered the release of officials of the national doctors’ union to continue negotiations with the
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Again, EFCC charges Atuche, Ojo with N125b fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has docked again the former Managing Director of BankPHB Bank Plc, now Keystone Bank Plc, Mr. Francis
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Malabu oil bloc scandal: Shell, ENI ask Nigeria to lift forfeiture on OPL 245
A Federal High court in Abuja will hear on 27 February a plea by Shell and ENI to lift a temporary forfeiture to
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Court orders forfeiture of $9.7m to FG by Yakubu
Mr Andrew Yakubu has forfeited the huge money found in his secret safe in Sabon Tasha, in Kaduna town. Justice Zainab B. Abubakar
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Court orders ex-governor Nyame to begin defence
The FCT High Court has dismissed a “no-case” submission of Mr. Jolly Nyame, former governor of Taraba state, who is being tried for
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How Ex-Air chief Dikko diverted NAF’s N9.7b – witness
Trial of Air Marshal Umar Dikko, continued this Monday before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja with
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Apo six: Judgment now March 9
The FCT High Court, presided over by Justice Ishaq Bello, on Monday adjourned till March 9, judgment in the alleged extra judicial killing
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Court to hear ex-First Lady’s suit, March 6
The Federal High Court, Lagos has fixed March 6, for further hearing in a suit filed by former first lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan,
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`Apo six: policemen know fate on Monday
The five policemen accused of extrajudicial killings of six Apo traders in 2005, will on Monday, know their fate as Justices Ishag Bello
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“My wife pulls my manhood’’ man tells court
An Ibadan based travel agent, Mr Oluwatimilehin Oyewole,this Friday begged a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve his four-year-old marriage, to save
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Supreme Court Justices: NBA shortlists Agbakoba,Idigbe, 7 others
The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has forwarded the names of nine eligible applicants to the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman, Judicial
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AMCON takeover: Arik Air Management heads to court
The management of Arik Air on Thursday said it would challenge the taking over of the airline by the Assets Management Company of
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ICYMI: ICPC seizes 62 houses from female officer
The Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, Mr. Ekpo Nta, says the commission has seized 62 houses from a female
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