Justice Rahmon Oshodi
10 May 2024
A witness, Victor Onyejiuwa, has told the Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja how he was pressured to pay a bribe of $600,000 to for the award of a contract from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) under embattled former governor, Godwin Emefiele. Onyejiuwa who is a contractor and Managing Director of The Source Computers…
29 Apr 2024
Former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele on Monday challenged the Lagos high court to hear the suit filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) but it was deferred. Counsel to Emefiele, Olalekan Ojo, made the challenge, arguing that the court lacks the jurisdiction to entertain the…
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The coalition of opposition lawmakers has warned Rivers State’s sacked lawmakers to desist from issuing orders to the Governor of the state, Siminalayi Fubara, until their defection case is resolved. This directive comes a few days after the Supreme Court passed a judgment in favor of the Amaewhule-led faction and ordered them to resume legislative…
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Governor Nasir Idris of Kebbi has approved a reduction in official working hours for civil servants in the holy month of Ramadan. The approval is contained in a statement issued by Alhaji Awwal Manu-Dogondaji, the Commissioner for Establishment, Pension and Training in Birnin Kebbi on Tuesday. According to the statement, civil servants in the state…
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Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, on Tuesday, said that Lagos records an estimated 900,000 malaria cases annually, with febrile illnesses presumed to be malaria contributing to over 50 per cent of general outpatient visits in public health facilities. Speaking at the launch of the Malaria Pre-Elimination and Digitization Programme in Lagos State…
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Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and political activist, Comrade Timi Frank, has raised concerns over an alleged plot to tamper with the Supreme Court's judgment on the Rivers State political crisis. Frank, in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday, warned that some individuals loyal to a former Rivers…
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The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has fixed N50,000 as the minimum legal service charge for the incorporation of business and company names. The remuneration for this, as stipulated by the NBA, ranges from N50,000 to N500,000, depending on the expertise of the legal professional. For instance, legal practitioners with nine years of post-qualification experience or…
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The Managing Director of Financial Derivatives Company Limited, Bismarck Rewane, has predicted a downward decline in the cost of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol. Rewane said this after Dangote Refinery and the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) announced a crash in PMS price. In a statement, Dangote Refinery a reduction of…
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Nigerian comedian Isaac Aloma, popularly called Zicsaloma, has shown off his latest look following his rhinoplasty surgery in Turkey. The comedian, who had previously addressed the mixed reactions surrounding his decision to undergo the procedure, took to Instagram on Tuesday and made it clear that his old pictures are no longer in circulation. “No more…
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The Ijaw National Congress (INC) has warned that any orchestrated plan to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State would lead
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The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), and thirty groups have staged protests in Bori to demand justice for Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni Eight, executed in 1995 for their advocacy on environmental stewardship and human rights. The protesters marched through the streets of Bori, carrying placards with various inscriptions such as…
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The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced that Nigeria's power sector has generated 5,713.60MW, a new peak generation for the year 2025. In a statement, TCN said the peak was recorded on Tuesday, March 2, 2025, at 21:30 hours, adding that it was successfully transmitted. TCN said the new generation peak of 5,713.60 megawatts…