A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Friday ordered the final forfeiture of 1.982, 022, 84 units of Bitcoin worth N40m, property of a suspected internet fraudster to the Federal Government. In addition, Justice Nicholas Oweibo ordered the final forfeiture of iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 7, and all …
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THE Federal Inland Revenue Service has arraigned two South Koreans, Son Chun Gili and Jung Wookshin, alongside two Nigerians and their company, before a Federal High Court, in Lagos, over the alleged attack, assault and detention of its officials. The Nigerians and the company charged alongside the two South Koreans …
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A Federal High Court sitting in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, on Tuesday, nullified all primaries conducted by the various factions of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state. The presiding judge, Justice O. O. Oguntoyibo, called for a rerun of the primaries within 14 days. The court declared that all …
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A Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out a suit instituted by the Federal Government of Nigeria, seeking to extradite a Nigerian citizen, Andrew Chidiebere Ibe to the United States of America (USA) for trial in wire fraud charges. The suit instituted by the Attorney General of the Federation …
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A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, dismissed a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party against the presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress and the Labour Party, Bola Tinubu and Peter Obi, respectively. Justice Donatus Okorowo, in a judgment, held that the suit was unknown to law and …
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Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos State, has remanded youth pastor, Ademola Jayeoba, and his father, Emmanuel Jayeoba, over illegal banking activities. Ademola, youth pastor at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, and his father, were arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission …
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The Federal High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, has awarded N100 million against the Nigeria Army, Police others. The amount is awarded as Compensatory and General Damages in favour of the lawyer to the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, over the alleged invasion of his home by …
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A Federal High Court in Lagos State has remanded a man identified as Agbolade Agbolahan in prison for allegedly hacking the Facebook account of the Oniru of Iru, Oba Abdulwasiu Omogbolahan, and defrauding a professor of the sum of N500,000. The remand was ordered by Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa after his arraignment …
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The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday fixed November 1 to commence hearing on a suit seeking to compel the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Usman Baba, to initiate a perjury case against the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The court, …
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A legal practitioner identified as Othniel Ikpibako has called on the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos for an injunction restraining the Peoples Democratic Party and All Progressives Congress from fielding or presenting any candidate from Northern Nigeria to contest the presidential elections in 2023. The lawyer also demanded that the …
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