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awards two hundred thousand (#200,000) naira against the appellants this is victory for democracy – Ebonyi Information Commissioner judicial system remains the last hope of the common man – APC The Appeal Court sitting in Enugu, Friday affirmed the ruling of the Ebonyi State High Court, which declared that Governor David Nweze Umahi and his Deputy, Dr. Kelechi Igwe, did not offend any provision of the constitution or the Electoral Act by defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the State (Download Judgment Here). The Court held that there was no consequence under…

A Federal High Court in Lagos Thursday struck out a suit challenging the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s Cashless Policy. Justice Akintayo Aluko struck out the suit on the grounds of incompetence, lack of proof and absence of jurisdiction. The suit, filed by a plaintiff, Victor Onyegbado, claimed that the policy was unconstitutional, null and void and of no effect to the extent that it subjected him to disabilities and/or restrictions to which citizens of Nigeria of other communities are not made subject. He was opposed by the CBN through its team of counsel led by Prof. Fabian Ajogwu (SAN),…

The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) has threatened to sue the Federal Government over continued multiple entries granted to foreign airlines into various international airports in the country. The President of AON, Yunusa Abdulmunaf, made this known during its First Quarter Breakfast Business Meeting in Lagos on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the event was organised by the Aviation Round Table (ART) with the theme: ‘Economic Implications of Multiple Entry Points by Foreign Airlines Into Nigeria.” NAN reports that the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, had said that although the multiple entries granted to foreign airlines…

The President of Niger Republic, Mohamed Bazoum, has thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for the Kano-Katsina-Maradi railway. He said the project will integrate the economies of Nigeria and Niger. Mr Bazoum said this in Abuja Thursday during an official visit to his Nigerian counterpart. “On economic issues, we discussed the Kano-Katsina-Maradi railway project. And this project is an infrastructure that will integrate the economies, the economies of Nigeria and Niger,” he said. He spoke to journalists after his meeting with the Nigerian leader at the State House, Abuja. “So I’m here to thank President Buhari for his effort at ensuring that…

A Nigerian man has been sentenced to federal prison for federal fraud violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston of the Eastern District of Texas. Sobanke Idris Sunday Adereti, 24, pleaded guilty on Oct. 25, 2021, to passport fraud and attempted bank fraud, and was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison today by U.S. District Judge Jeremy D. Kernodle. According to court documents, in March 2021, Adereti presented a false passport and a falsely procured certified check when trying to open a bank account in Flower Mound, Texas. The check was purchased by a…

The World Bank Group on Wednesday announced the suspension of SoftTech IT Solutions and Services Ltd. (SoftTech) for 50 months over corrupt allegations in the National Social Safety Nets Project. The Washington-based institution also announced a 60-month debarment of Isah Kantigi, the company’s managing director. According to the bank, the debarment make both Nigeria-born Mr Kantigi and SoftTech, an information technology solutions company based in Nigeria, ineligible to participate in projects and operations financed by the bank. The bank said its decisions are parts of settlement agreements under which the company and Mr Kantigi acknowledged their responsibility for the underlying…

Being acceptance speech by Chief Wole Olanipekun OFR, SAN,LL.D., D.LITT.,FCIArb,FNIALS, as Chairman, Body of Benchers, at the meeting of the Body of Benchers on 31st of March, 2022 1.0 PROTOCOL • The immediate past Chairman, Body of Benchers, Honourable Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour, CON, JSC (Rtd.), Life Bencher • Former Chairmen of the Body of Benchers • Life Benchers • Distinguished Benchers 2.0 PROLOGUE 2.1 Today is another day the Lord has made, and we rejoice in it. My stepping in as the 50th Chairman of the Body of Benchers this day is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in…

A retired Lagos High Court judge, Justice Samuel Babajide Adebowale Candide-Johnson has filed a suit before a National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) in Lagos, demanding his pension, gratuity, and other entitlements from Lagos State government, a year after his retirement. Joined as defendants in the suit are the governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Attorney General, Moyosore Onigbanjo SAN, Lagos State Judicial Service Commission, and the National Judicial Council (NJC). Gavel International investigations however revealed that Candide-Johnson is not the only affected judge. All judges that retired in 2021 are affected. None of them have received their entitlements from the State.…

Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo on Wednesday dismissed a “no case submission” filed by the counsels to the Owner of Hilton Hotel, Abdulrahmon Adedoyin and seven others in the murder case of Timothy Adegoke, the NBA student of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife with affirmation that, the defendants facing trial in the alleged killing have case to answer. At resume hearing of the case ,the prosecution counsel, M.O Omosun prayed the court to dismiss submission of counsels to defendants on a no case submission as prema facie had been established based on all evidences presented before the court.…

Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has discharged and acquitted a former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr Andrew Yakubu. Yakubu was arraigned before Justice Ahmed Mohammed on March 16, 2017, on a six-count charge of fraud having admitted to owning over $9.8 million in cash found in a house that also belongs to him in Kaduna state. During the trial, the prosecution called six witnesses to prove its case against Yakubu, after which Defendant entered a no-case submission. Ruling on the application, the Court upheld the no-case submission on…