I was shocked by the level of outrage and discontent that my case against Air Peace Airline has generated. It was not my intention to ignite such wide-spreading outcry against Air Peace or even against the entire Nigerian commercial aviation sector. But, the situation is now obvious to the world[Read More…]
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FCCPC sues Hull Blyth company, its CEO and 6 executives
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), has filed an eleven count charge against Hull Blyth Nigeria Limited and its CEO Christian Holm. and six others Six other executives were listed as defendants. They are Abass Olufemi Oluyinka, Philip Obobo, Levi Awum, Peter Kotze, Lain Lindsay and Paul Brettel The[Read More…]
Atiku to know citizenship eligibility as court fixes Feb 21 for judgement
As the preparation for 2023 presidential election gathers momentum, the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, slated February 21, 2022, to deliver judgement in a suit seeking to bar former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, from vying for presidency in 2023. The suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/177, is challenging Atiku’s eligibility[Read More…]
Conflicting Ex-Parte Orders and Abuse of Court Processes: The Judiciary in the Pocket of Politicians
In the last two months, several court orders and counter orders had been issued against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), particularly, as it related to the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State. On one occasion, the court had ordered the electoral umpire to recognise a particular aspirant as[Read More…]
Jigawa court sentences 65-year-old man to life imprisonment for sodomy
The Jigawa State High Court in Birnin Kudu Local Government Area sentenced a 65-year-old man, Sabiu Suleiman, to life imprisonment after finding him guilty of sodomy. The judge, Musa Ubale, on Monday convicted Mr Suleiman of sodomising a 15-year-old boy in Kiyawa town of Kiyawa Local Government Area of the[Read More…]
Airtel Nigeria Loses an Appeal of N4.88BN Debt Scandal
The debt scandal involving Airtel Network Nigeria Limited and a communication firm, Plus Limited has reverberated as the latter’s judgement at the Lagos High Court was upheld by the court of appeal, Lagos. Our correspondent gathered that the appellate court upheld the judgment of a Lagos High Court, Ikorodu, which[Read More…]
Access Bank To Pay Customer 5Million Naira as Court Declears PND Order Illegal
A Lagos high court has ordered Access Bank to pay the sum of N5 million to its customers, Blaid Construction Limited and Blaid Properties, for breach of bank-customer relationship. The court also declared that a post-no-debit alert action by the bank and continued denial of the customers’ rights to access[Read More…]
SON Secures Conviction of Two over SON Secures Conviction of Two over Engine Oil Adulteration in Lagos
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday convicted two men, Uche Johnson and Kingsley Meteke, for producing and distributing substandard engine oil and sentenced them to two-years imprisonment each. The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) brought them before the court on a four count charge of production, possession, dealing[Read More…]
Nigeria: COVID-19 – Four Abuja Stores Charged Over Price Gauge
Nigerian authorities have started prosecuting stores and companies allegedly taking advantage of the coronavirus situation to stash critical hygienic products and charge exorbitant prices for them. In Abuja, the Nigerian capital where the number of COVID-19 infections has risen to nearly a thousand, four popular outlets purportedly complicit in ‘price[Read More…]
DisCos Sue FG Over Interference in Corporate Activities
Nigeria’s eleven Distribution Companies (DisCos) have head to court to restrain the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Company (NERC) from interfering in their corporate activities unless the boards of the DisCos are duly consulted. The Guardian learnt that the distribution companies, including Abuja, Benin, Eko, Enugu, Ibadan, Ikeja, Jos, Kaduna, Kano as[Read More…]
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Danger of mobile phone in the kitchen
It’s dangerous using mobile phone in the kitchen
