Lagos High Court
8 Dec
Justice Ismail Ijelu of a Lagos High Court, Ikeja, yesterday, sentenced a 70-year-old electoral offender, Wahab Hammed, to one year imprisonment for vote buying and bribery.
5 Dec
A Lagos High Court, Ikeja has adjourned hearing in a $47 million loan suit between an investment company, Nichole Integrated Investments Ltd, and oil Magnate, Alhaji Sayyu Dantata and his three companies, MRS Holdings Company Limited, MRS Oil Nigeria Plc, and Bestaf Trading Company Limited to December 6, 2023.
2 Dec
The Lagos State High Court at the Ikeja, Lagos has summoned the acting Director-General, National Commission against the Proliferation of Arms, Light Weapons and Pipeline Vandalism (NATCOM), Mr Adejare Nurudeen Adegbenro to appear before it following his failure to liquidate an alleged judgment debt. Adegbenro according to the summons, is the 3rd judgment debtor in…
22 Nov
Justice Hakeem Oshodi of a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, has warned the members of the public against dropping charms in his courtroom amid the trial of five men charged with the murder of one Ifeanyi Godfrey Etunmuse.
4 Oct 2023
Justice Sherifat Sonaike of a Lagos High Court sitting in Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), Lagos, yesterday, threatened to revoke a bail granted to an immigration officer, Mohammed Umar, for his absence in the ongoing trial of alleged assault on his colleague. The court had granted him bail sometime in April 2023 after he was arraigned…
29 Aug 2023
A Lagos High Court, has restored parcels of land acquired by the Lagos State Government to its owner, Chief Livinus Okwara, 12 years after the state government acquired the property and triggered a protracted legal battle.
15 Aug 2023
A Lagos High Court, has restored parcels of land acquired by the Lagos State Government to its owner, Chief Livinus Okwara, 12 years after the state government acquired the property and triggered a protracted legal battle. The claimant, who is a Lagos-based business magnate and Director, Rimax Computer Institute joined the Governor of Lagos, Attorney…
12 Jul 2023
Justice Oyindamola Ogala of a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, yesterday, sentenced a 30 year-old hotel staff, Ehizogie Jeffrey, to death by hanging for killing the manager and a United Kingdom (UK) returnee.
23 Jun 2023
A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, yesterday, sentenced an unemployed man, Lukman Ibrahim, to a year imprisonment for being in possession of fraudulent documents.
13 Jun 2023
Justice O. A. Okunuga of a Lagos High Court, Ikeja has fixed June 28, 2023 for hearing in the alleged $5m, N800m fraud trial involving Sennaike Opeoluwa.
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Dangote Petroleum Refinery has announced another significant reduction in the prices of diesel and aviation fuel to ₦940 and ₦980 per litre, respectively. This follows an earlier reduction to ₦1,000 per litre. The new pricing is designed to help mitigate the effects of economic hardship in Nigeria and comes just a week after the company,…
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A Dana Air aircraft with registration number 5N BKI, flying from Abuja to Lagos on Tuesday morning, veered off the runway during landing operations at the Murtala Mohammed airport in Lagos. A statement signed by Mr. Kingsley Ezenwa, Head of Corporate Communications of the airline, said all the 83 passengers and crew members onboard were…
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An aircraft operated by Dana Airline with registration number 5NBKI with about 83 passengers on board crashlanded at the Muritala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos in the early hours of today. The Airline on its official X handle said all passengers on board disembarked unhurt without injuries or scare as the crew handled the situation with…
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President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Emmanuel Osodeke, has backed the federal government's directive that admission to tertiary institutions in Nigeria should not be given to candidates who are less than 18 years. Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, gave the directive on Monday during a monitoring exercise of the ongoing 2024 Unified…
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The management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Adamawa, has commended Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri for introducing a N10,000 monthly allowance to corps members serving in the state. Malam Mohammed Lawal, the State NYSC Coordinator, gave the commendation during the opening ceremony of the 2024 batch A, stream 2, orientation course in Girei on…
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The Lagos Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), says it recorded 111 Road Traffic Crashes (RTC) in the first quarter of 2024. The Sector Commander, Babatunde Farinloye, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos that 535 people were involved in the road crashes out of which 17 died…
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