December 12, 2015 - Legal Nigeria

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Court orders Nwankwo Kanu’s account to be frozen over unpaid N924m

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In a bid to recover a debt of N924,788,754.56, a Federal high court sitting in Lagos, western Nigeria, has ordered that all accounts belonging to former captain of the Super Eagles, Nwankwo Kanu and his company, The Hardley Apartments anywhere […]

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British court convicts couple for keeping Nigerian as slave for 24 years

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The Harrow Crown Court in northwest London, has convicted a British couple who were found guilty of keeping a Nigerian immigrant enslaved for more than two decades. Damaris Lakin, the Crown Prosecution Service, said on Wednesday in London that Emanuel […]

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Appeal Court Upholds Akpabio’s Election

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The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal challenging the election of Senator Godswill Akpabio as Senator representing Akwa Ibom North-West senatorial district. In the unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Moshood Oredola on Friday, the Appellate Court dismissed the appeal for […]

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Synagogue building collapse: Judge orders substituted service on contractors

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Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo of an Ikeja High Court yesterday ordered that the contractors who supervised the collapsed guest house within the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) should be served the court processes through substituted means. Particularly, Justice Lawal-Akapo ordered […]

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Appeal Court sacks all Rivers’ Senators

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The Court of Appeal in Abuja, yesterday voided the elections that produced two Senators From Rivers State – Osinakachukwu Idoezu (Rivers South-West Senatorial District) and John Olaka-Nwogo (Rivers South-East). The court, in a judgment, held among others, that the Independent […]