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A section of Magistrate Court in Abakaliki, Ebonyi capital was gutted by fire suspected to have been caused by a spark from an electricity transformer. Mr Nnenna Onuoha, Chief Registrar, Ebonyi high Court told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday that the fire which occurred on Friday Night also burnt exhibits and the court One Chamber in particular. “We were alerted by our colleagues living at the Magistrate quarters. It took the intervention of security men, some staff members and state fire service to put the fire under control. “A lot of exhibits and the court chamber were…

The Lagos Zone of the Tax Appeal Tribunal has dismissed the case filed by Bolt Operations challenging the legality of the Federal Inland Revenue Service to appoint her as agent of collection of the Value Added Tax from the Food vendors and the Ride-hailers. The Panel led by Hon. (Prof.) A. B. Ahmed held that the action of the Federal Inland Revenue Service to have appointed Bolt Operations to act as Agent of the Federal Government of Nigeria in the collection of VAT on the goods and services supplied by the food vendors and Ride-hailers on the Platform of the…

Starting this year, the Russian government will begin teaching three major African languages in a few Moscow schools as part of efforts to strengthen links with the continent. This is coming in light of the growing international isolation Russia is experiencing as a result of the invasion of Ukraine. According to Alexei Maslow, director of the Institute of Asian and African Studies at Lomonosov Moscow State University, the languages will be taught in four yet-to-be-disclosed schools starting in September 2023. The languages include Swahili, which is widely spoken in Eastern Africa, Amharic, and Yoruba, which are spoken in Nigeria and…

Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, (NNPCL) Mele Kyari has assured that other players in the downstream sector of the oil industry will be given adequate leverage to join the oil giant in the importation of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) otherwise called petrol. Kyari gave the assurance on Thursday in Abuja after a closed-door meeting with the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress held at the party’s national secretariat. Certain players in the sector, the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, (IPMAN) the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria, (MOMAN) and the Depot and Petroleum…

The immediate past governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi is currently at the Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ilorin, Kwara State where he is been questioned over N100 billion fraud his administration perpetrated while he was governor of the agrarian state. Dr Fayemi arrived the Ilorin office of EFCC at exactly 9.47am on Thursday morning in a convoy of two Toyota Prado Jeeps accompanied by his lawyer and security details. He was immediately separated from them and taken into a room where where he was continually grilled by two EFCC officials. He was not…

Much ink has been spilled on the campaign for the independence of the judiciary. It is a cliché that, for the rule of law to prevail in any society, its judiciary must be independent and this further emphasizes the doctrine of separation of powers as concentration of all powers of governance in a single individual or institution will definitely lead to abuse. Human freedom will only exist at the whims of such an individual or institution. Power then corrupts and absolute power will surely corrupt absolutely. The Nigerian situation is calling for an urgent reform as the relationship between the…

The National Industrial Court has upheld the no work no pay rule by the Federal Government in the suit filed against the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). According to the court, the no work no pay rule enforced by the Federal Government against members of ASUU who went on strike last year is perfectly legal. In a judgement delivered by the President of the Court, Justice Benedict Kanyip, the court held that it is within the right of the Federal Government to withhold salaries of workers who embark on industrial action. The court however held that it is a…

An Osun State High Court has found the popular hotel owner, and proprietor, Oduduwa University, Ile-Ife, Dr Ramon Adedoyin guilty in the murder case of Timothy Adegoke, a former Masters degree student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, who was murdered at Hilton Hotel, between November 5 and 7, 2021. The Osun Chief Judge, Adepele Ojo, while delivering her judgement on the case, held that the circumstantial evidence available to the court, pointed to the killing of Adegoke while being a guest at the hotel owned by Adedoyin. According to her, Adedoyin’s decision not to enter the witness box did…

The meteoric rise of ChatGPT is shaking up multiple industries – including law, as one attorney recently found out. Roberto Mata sued Avianca airlines for injuries he says he sustained from a serving cart while on the airline in 2019, claiming negligence by an employee. Steven Schwartz, an attorney with Levidow, Levidow & Oberman and licensed in New York for over three decades, handled Mata’s representation. But at least six of the submitted cases by Schwartz as research for a brief “appear to be bogus judicial decisions with bogus quotes and bogus internal citations,” said Judge Kevin Castel of the…

A dormitory blaze that killed 19 children in Guyana was set by a teenage student who was upset that her cell phone had been taken away, officials say. The fire broke out at the Mahdia Secondary School in the South American country late on Sunday. A statement from the Guyana Fire and Rescue Service said the blaze was “maliciously set.” National Security Adviser Gerald Gouveia told the Associated Press that the suspect in the incident, a pupil at the school, was accused of setting the dorm on fire after being disciplined for having a liaison with an older man. “A…