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Court adjourns agreement breach case for judgment

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By Godwin Dunia High Court A Lagos High Court in Badagry, has adjourned the case between a Lagos landlord, Alhaji Lasisi Ayomunoye and the United Bank of Africa (UBA), to January 17, 2018 for judgment.Ayomunoye, who is a property owner had taken […]

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Charge against Onikoyi, others struck out

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By Yetunde Ayobami Ojo A Lagos Magistrate Court sitting in Igbosere has absolved Prince Tajudeen Onikoyi alongside three others of allegation of breach of public peace.The charge was preferred against them by the state Commissioner of Police (CP). Other defendants in […]

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Security tight at Kenya court ahead of hearing on election challenges

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By NAN President Uhuru Kenyatta’s lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi (R) sits with Githu Muigai, the Attorney General of the Republic of Kenya (L), before the hearing seeking to nullify the October 26 repeat presidential election on grounds that the IEBC did not […]

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Online property portal acquires Jumia House

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By Victor Gbonegun One of Nigeria leading online property portal, ‘ToLet’ in conjunction with their existing investors; Frontier Digital Ventures has acquired Jumia House Nigeria, a competing property portal for an undisclosed sum of money.Expectedly, the website will now merge the […]

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Lagos High Court hears suit on Ikeja mortgaged property

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By Yetunde Ayobami Ojo Legal battle over the soul of the landed property situate at 5, Oduduwa Street, GRA Ikeja, Lagos between the Administrators of the Estate of the late Samuel Iyiola Omotoso, Ecobank Nigeria Plc and Registrar of Titles, Lagos […]

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Four in Zimbabwean court for booing Grace Mugabe

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By AFP Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe (R) is congratulated by First Lady Grace Mugabe after he unveiled a plaque at the country’s main international airport in Harare, Zimbabwe, renamed after him on November 9, 2017.<br />Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe attended a […]

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The scourge of domestic violence

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By Rasak Musbau PHOTO: YouTube In both rich and poor nations democracies and dictatorships, domestic violence is clearly making the headlines across the globe. In Nigeria, for instance, news media headlines include: Judge sentences man to death for killing wife, Husband […]

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N13bn Ikoyi Recovery: Whistleblower To Be Paid This Month – Adeosun

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Kemi AdeosunKazeem UgbodagaMinister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun has said that the whistleblower who led to the recovery of the N13 billion stacked in Ikoyi apartment will be paid this month.The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had claimed that the […]

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$25B NNPC Contract: Why probe is yet to take off one month after

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By Azimazi Momoh Jimoh and Adamu Abu, Abuja NNPC tower • Plot To Remove Kachikwu Thickens• Cabal In Presidency Pitch Tent With Baru• Group Decries Moves To Humiliate KachikwuThirty-eight days after the Senate resolved to investigate the alleged abuse of due […]

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Solanke Tells Lawyers To Uphold Ethical Standards

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Chief Mrs Folake Solanke SANWorried by unethical practices in the bar particularly among young lawyers, the first female Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mrs Folake Solanke, on Saturday called on lawyers to exhibit a high level of ethical standards to […]