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The Federal Government has opposed the conditions submitted by the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, for the resumption of his trial.
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The trial of Abuja property developer Cecil Osakwe, who is facing charges of alleged electricity theft, continued at the Federal High Court, Abuja. During the proceedings, the prosecutor called two witnesses who adopted their witness statements and identified exhibits, which were alleged to be tampered electricity meters. However, the defense counsel raised objections to the…
20 Feb
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, struck out the treasonable felony charges against #RevolutionNow conveners, Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare.
17 Feb
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice (AGF) to re-open investigation and prosecution of those who murdered the founder of Newswatch magazine, Dele Giwa, in 1986.
9 Feb
The five Rivers State men charged with terrorism offenses by the Inspector General of Police (IGP) have challenged the jurisdiction of Federal High Court Abuja to try them for alleged offenses committed in Rivers.
6 Nov
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, awarded N5 million damages against the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) for alleging that the corps’ discharged certificate held by Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu State was fake. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, held that the Director General of the NYSC and the corps, who were defendants…
18 Oct 2023
The Federal High Court, Abuja has shifted the trial of former Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah and China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) in an alleged N7.9 billion fraud suit to November 14. The full-blown trial initially slated for yesterday, was put off by the court, owing to lack of time to accommodate the case.…
31 Aug 2023
Activists, under the auspices of Concerned Nigerians group, have instituted a suit at the Federal High Court, Abuja, challenging the appointment of Hannatu Musawa as Minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy. Filed by rights lawyer, Samuel Ihensekhien Jnr, on behalf of Deji Adeyanju and Dr Patrick Osagie Eholor, the plaintiffs, in the suit numbered…
14 May 2023
The last may not have been heard of the crisis rocking the leadership of Seplat Energy Plc, as the company has filled an appeal countering interim court orders suspending its officers.
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The 23rd Senior African Athletics Championship scheduled for Douala, Cameroon in June, may offer Nigerian relay teams and some individual athletes the opportunity to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
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Nigerian budding footballers, who want to combine their sport career with education, now have the opportunity as English Championship side, Coventry City Football Club, has provided that chance for the skilful lads.
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Greenfield Leasing Services Limited’s Executive Vice Chairman, Jacob Erhabor, has won the maiden CEOs Golf Tournament sponsored by African Reinsurance Corporation at the golf section of Ikoyi Club 1938.
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Over 1,500 athletes representing 13 companies in the oil and gas sector will participate in the 19th Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry Games beginning in Abuja on April 21. The event ends on April 27.
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Failure of the last administration to put its money where its mouth is has stalled the rail rehabilitation work on the eastern corridor, three years after its flag-off.
Findings showed that the project, estimated to cost $3.2 billion, has become a hard sell to investors.
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Ahead of today’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the main opposition’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), governors elected on the party’s platform yesterday rose from a meeting and declared that they won’t discuss change of leadership for the party.
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An angry mob of travellers, yesterday, lynched personnel of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Kaita Local Council of Katsina State.
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River State chapter of Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) and Nollywood practitioners, yesterday, paid a solidarity visit to Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State, seeking support for the family of late Precious Chimaobi Ofurum, popularly known as Junior Pope, who is an indigene of the state.
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Less than two weeks after a peaceful election of its officials, a leadership crisis may have erupted in the AlaIgbo Development Foundation (ADF), as its founding National President, Emeritus Prof. Uzodinma Nwala, yesterday, announced the suspension of eleven officials of the organisation
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Stakeholders in the oil-rich but impoverished Niger Delta region have picked holes in the global call for an energy transition from fossil fuel to renewable energy, saying that the process and intentions of the West should be interrogated before African countries embrace it hook, line and sinker.