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Cinfores Limited will hold a virtual training for NBA members on the updated LagosCoMIS platform on Wednesday, 29 July 2026, at 11:00 a.m.
A high-stakes criminal trial involving alleged forgery and the diversion of N460,750,000 took a dramatic turn this week at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, after the principal defendant failed to appear in court, citing a medical emergency abroad without […]
By Eric Ikhilae, Abuja The Supreme Court has affirmed the June 18 judgment of the Court of Appeal, Abuja, upholding the nomination of Governor Abiodun Oyebanji as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the June 20 governorship […]
Justice Ibrahim Ahmad Kala of a Federal High Court, Lagos, has fixed October 5, 2026, for the arraignment of Austin Albert, Managing Director/CEO of Loft and Keys Ltd, Loft & Keys LLC, Dubai, and his associate, Jinadu Musbau Olalekan, over […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday turned down the request to hear a fresh application filed by detained National President of Miyetti Allah Kauta Kore, Alhaji Bello Bodejo, to vary the conditions attached to the bail recently granted him. The […]
By Taiye Agbaje The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday has declined moves by Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters, to tender an uncertified document in support of his defence in the ongoing trial for alleged criminal defamation. Justice […]
By Innocent Anaba A property dispute involving Ojo Local Government Area, Lagos State, has taken a fresh turn following allegations that officials of the council demolished a property despite a subsisting judgment of a Lagos State High Court declaring the […]
By Steve Oko UMUAHIA — Lead counsel to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Mr Aloy Ejimakor, has threatened legal action over an alleged public call for the extrajudicial killing of his client. […]
By Jeff Agbodo, Abakaliki The Ebonyi State Executive Council (EXCO) has approved the transmission of bills to the Ebonyi State House of Assembly seeking to regulate house rents, fees charged by estate agents, and the sale of metal and electrical […]