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Prince Harry and Elton John were in a London court Monday as the lawyer for a group of British tabloids prepared to ask a judge to toss the lawsuit they brought with several other high-profile people who allege phone tapping and other invasions of privacy. Harry’s presence at the High Court in London is a sign of the importance he attaches to the case, one of several lawsuits the Duke of Sussex has brought against the media. The hearing is expected to last four days. The case alleges Associated Newspapers Ltd., which publishes titles including the Daily Mail, commissioned the…

Justice Hamza Muazu of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Wednesday issued an order temporarily restraining Mr Julius Abure from parading himself as the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP) pending the hearing of the substantive suit brought against him and three others. Justice Muazu issued the interim order while delivering ruling in an exparte application brought by some aggrieved members of the LP including the party’s Publicity Secretary, Dr Abayomi Arabambi, challenging the continued stay in office of the defendants over allegations of corruption. Besides Abure, the court also restrained the party’s National Secretary,…

The World Bank has said that the incoming administration in Nigeria will face weak economic growth and policy challenges this year. In its latest Africa’s Pulse report for April 2023, published on Wednesday, the bank predicted a 2.8 per cent economic growth for Nigeria in 2023. This new projection is lower than the 2.9 per cent earlier projected in the bank’s Global Economic Prospects report that was published in January this year. Part of the report read, “The growth recovery in Nigeria for 2023 (2.8 per cent) is still fragile as oil production remains subdued and the new administration faces…

Anita Ofili, the lady who was arrested on March 26 for allegedly stabbing her friend, Glory Okon, to death in her apartment at Greenville Estate, Ajah area of Lagos, has revealed that she waited for 10 years to have her pound of flesh. She further revealed that she committed the act because the deceased snatched her boyfriend about 10 years ago. Occupants of the building were alerted by a shout for help from Ofili’s one-room self-contain apartment at 1.20p.m., penultimate Sunday. They reportedly forced the door open, only to discover Ofili thrusting a kitchen knife into Okon’s neck. Unfortunately, the…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has written the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, London pleading clemency for Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice. Obasanjo, in a letter, addressed to the Chief Clerk of the court, urged it to consider the relationship between Nigeria and UK as well as the health of Ekweremadu, daughter to temper justice with tender mercy over the organ harvesting plot case. Obasanjo wrote in parts: “Mr Chief Clerk, I am very much aware of the current travails and conviction of Ike Ekweremadu and his wife in the United Kingdom resulting from their being charged with conspiring…

A court in Kano has given a man till Friday to kill his cockerel following a neighbour’s complaint that the constant crowing deprives him of sleep. Magistrate Halima Wali issued the order against Malam Yusuf on Tuesday, declaring the bird a nuisance to the neighbourhood. Yusuf told the court that he had bought the bird to celebrate Good Friday and asked to given given until the Christian holy day before killing it for a family feast. The judge granted the request but warned him to prevent the cockerel from roaming the area and disturbing residents. She also asked him to…

The Acting Auditor-General of the Federation (AuGF), Augustine Onwudili, has commended the President for signing the bill establishing the Chartered Institute of Forensics and Certified Fraud Investigators of Nigeria (CIFCFIN) into law. He said with this, Nigeria has taken a bold step towards eradicating corruption and financial crimes in the country. Onwudili, who stated this at the first-year general meeting of CIFCFIN in Abuja, declared: “Wherever there is fraud or wherever they are committing fraud all over the world, the first place they go to for auditing is the Auditor-General’s office and how can we as auditors unravel these frauds?…

Donald Trump was seen Tuesday leaving a New York court where he pleaded not guilty to 34 criminal counts stemming from hush-money paid to a porn star before the 2016 election. Trump was seen exiting the building and making his way to a waiting motorcade, just over two hours after arriving at the Manhattan court complex for the historic hearing. Meanwhile, the former US President on Tuesday pleaded not guilty inside a packed New York courtroom as he became the first American president to be arrested on criminal charges, which have already upended the 2024 White House campaign. With a…

Operatives of the Nigeria Police have arrested three lawyers in Port Harcourt while reportedly filing tribunal processes for the All Progressives Congress APC in Rivers State. The lawyers were said to be preparing petitions for the APC in Rivers State to officially file a legal proceeding against the conduct and results of the just concluded governorship election in the state. It was gathered that the three lawyers from the Tuduru Ede’s Chamber, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, were lodged in an hotel where they were working before police stormed them and picked them last night. Confirming the development, the Principal…

Distinguished colleagues, As we all know, the payment of Bar Practicing Fees as and when due ended yesterday 31st March, 2023. This however does not prevent anyone who failed to pay within time but still desires to make the payment to so do. We are aware that some of our colleagues did not receive the official BPF payment receipt due to either network challenges or technical glitches. Please note that the BPF receipt shall be made available to everyone who made payment. Therefore, if you are yet to receive your BPF receipt or you are a new wig and received…