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The Court Of Appeal has slammed a N40 million fine on an ex-presidential candidate, lawyer Ambrose Owuru, for filing a suit to stop the inauguration of President-elect Bola Tinubu. The three-member panel of the court led by Jamil Tukur determined that by initiating a frivolous, vexatious, and annoying lawsuit to irritate the respondents, Owuru had engaged in a blatant abuse of the legal system. Owuru, the presidential candidate of the Hope Democratic Party (HDP) in the 2019 elections, filed a suit in April challenging the outcome of the 2019 elections. He claimed he won the poll. He requested that the…

The House of Representatives Majority Leader Alhassan Ado Doguwa has been cleared of murder charges, according to report coming from the police and the Kano State Ministry of Justice, Department of Public Prosecution, DPP. The reports said there is no substantive evidence found from the police case files to charge him with culpable homicide. Kano State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice Musa A. Lawan, indicated on Thursday while briefing journalists on the findings and legal recommendations of the government on the criminal charges filed against the lawmaker that available evidence contained in the police case diary indicated no sufficient evidence…

For the moments when you make a mistake, or simply change your mind, you can now edit your sent messages, according to WhatsApp new update. From correcting a simple misspelling to adding extra context to a message, WhatsApp is working on bringing users more control over their chats. Follow these easy steps to edit sent messages on WhatsApp: 1. Open your WhatsApp chat 2. Long-press on a sent message 3. Choose ‘Edit’ from the menu for up to fifteen minutes after. 4. Edited messages will display ‘edited’ alongside them, so those you’re messaging are aware of the correction without showing…

The Nasarawa State House of Assembly, has passed the state Superior Courts of Record Law Amendment Bill, increasing the number of High Courts Judges from 20 to 30, for speedy administration of justice. This followed the adoption of a motion by Alhaji Tanko Tunga, the Majority Leader of the House during plenary on Tuesday in Lafia, which was seconded by Mr Abel Bala, the Minority Leader. The House thereafter unanimously passed the bill. Speaking shortly after, Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi, the Speaker said that the bill if assented to by Gov. Abdullahi Sule would increase the number of High Courts Judges…

The United Kingdom announced on Tuesday that foreign students will not be allowed to bring their families – spouses, children and parents to the country. Home Secretary Suella Braverman said the restrictions will take place from January 2024. She also said the ban is only for foreign undergraduate and postgraduate students on non-research courses. 1. Rishi Sunak’s move to cut down migration British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has planned that one of the ways to revive the British economy is to cut down on migration. He, then, used this as a mechanism to cut down on immigrants moving to the…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday 23rd May, 2023 revoked the operating licences of 132 Microfinance Banks (MfBs), three finance companies, and four primary mortgage banks (PMBs). This was disclosed in the official gazette of the Federal Government, which was published on the website of the CBN. According to the gazette, the licences of the financial institutions were revoked because they ceased to carry on in Nigeria, the type of business for which their licences were issued for a continuous period of six months. READ AND DONWLOAD GAZETTE BELOW:

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday revoked the operating licences of 132 Microfinance Banks (MfBs), three finance companies and four primary mortgage banks (PMBs). This was disclosed in the official gazette of the Federal Government, which was published on the website of the CBN on Tuesday. According to the gazette, the licences of the financial institutions were revoked because they ceased to carry on in Nigeria, the type of business for which their licences were issued for a continuous period of six months. The official gazette for the last batch stated that the banks have “Either remained inactive, insolvent,…

An attempt by Police authorities to prefer criminal charges and arraign Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti without recourse to the Lagos State Ministry of Justice was rejected by a Yaba Chief Magistrate Court on Wednesday. Based on the court’s ruling of May 16, and 18, 2023, the police was expected to transfer Kuti’s casefile to the Directorate of Public Prosecutions(DPP) for advise. However, rather than following court’s directive, police lawyers on Wednesday came before the court with charges drawn by them as prosecutors, and were ready to arraign Kuti. This attempt was however resisted by Kuti’s lawyer, Femi Falana SAN who…

The unexpected happened last week, even from those who are expected to know. Without mincing words, Nigerians rose up in condemnation of the action of Afrobeat star, Seun Kuti, for assaulting a police officer in uniform, although the nature of his duty has not been ascertained till date. It has now transpired that the police officer was an official driver with the Nigeria Police Force, he was reportedly drunk and driving dangerously on the expressway in such a manner that constituted danger to Seun and other motorists, leading to the incident that led to Seun’s incarceration. As stated by my…

The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has elected to consolidate the three petitions filed by Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP); Peter Obi and the Labour Party (LP), and the Allied Peoples Movement (APM). The court, in a pre-hearing report issued and read on Tuesday by Justice Haruna Tsammani, the five-member panel of the court ordered the commencement of hearing in the petition by Obi and the LP on May 30. The court directed that the petitioners should conduct their case within three weeks, during which it should call its planned 50 witnesses, beginning from May 30 when…