A New York judge on Thursday ordered Donald Trump to pay $2 million for using his former charity to further his political and business interests, adding to the president’s legal woes. Justice Saliann Scarpulla of the New York Supreme Court told him to pay the damages to a group of …
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The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday failed to deliver its scheduled ruling on the bail application filed by former Chairman of the Police Pension Task Force, Abdulrasheed Maina. The accused is facing trial for allegedly diverting pensioners’ funds estimated at N3 billion. Justice Okon Abang said the court …
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A Kaduna High Court Monday granted the Islamic Movement of Nigeria’s leader Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife Zeenat permission to travel out of the country for medical attention. EFCC secures final forfeiture of N150m plaza traced to Kwara govt accountant El-Zakzaky’s lawyer Femi Falana had filed a suit seeking his …
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Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes has been fined £8,000 by England’s Football Association after accepting a charge of breaching betting rules. Scholes was charged by the FA in April for placing 140 bets on matches between August 2015 and January this year. The period covers when Scholes was a …
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The Consumer Protection Council has dissociated itself from an insinuated N17m judgment against Coca-Cola by the Supreme Court of Nigeria. The Director-General of CPC, Mr Babatunde Irukera, said this in a statement by Mr Abiodun Obimuyiwa, the Head of Public Affairs of the council, on Wednesday in Abuja. The Supreme …
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Nigerian police are considering charges against 42 men arrested in Lagos on account of their alleged homosexuality, the latest example of the country’s tough stance against the gay community. In 2014, former president Goodluck Jonathan signed the same-sex marriage prohibition bill, forbidding marriage, same-sex cohabitation and any “public show of …
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A Federal High Court in Lagos Thursday ordered seven banks to remit a total of $793,200,000 (about N249,659,700,000.00), allegedly hidden with them in breach of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) policy, to the Federal Government. A vacation judge, Justice Chuka Obiozor, made the interim order following an ex parte application by the …
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A center for transparency advocacy, the Independent Service Delivery Monitoring Group (ISDMG) has sounded a note of caution to those who are trying to drag Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmoud Yakub into the fate of the recall process initiated against Senator Dino Melaye. Melaye is facing …
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Reports says that Usher’s herpes case dated back to 2012 before his recent wife and after his ex-wife, Tameka Foster. By the way, the case has been settled with $1.1million. My question now is why is the case just rising up? Is it just blackmail? since nobody seems to know …
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The Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed July 13 for hearing in a N300m fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by suspected kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike a.k.a. Evans, against the Inspector-General of Police. Evans, through his lawyer, Olukoya Ogungbeje, filed the suit last week urging the court to order the …
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