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The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal filed by MTN Nigeria Communications Limited and upheld the ₦5.1 million compensation awarded to its former Procurement Manager, Mr. Theodore Nwabueze Ikpa, over an unreasonable post-employment restraint of trade clause. The appellate court, in a unanimous judgment delivered by a three-member panel led […]

…No Candidate Should Choose Between Her Faith And UTME. The Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan has declared that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board cannot compel female Muslim candidates to remove their hijabs as a condition for sitting the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. Justice Y. S. Adekunle held that any rule requiring the […]

The Akinole-Oshiun Family has rejected the Ogun-Oshun River Basin Development Authority’s claim to an 8,000-square-metre parcel of land along Lateef Jakande Road, Agidingbi, Ikeja, Lagos, insisting that the property had already been vested in the family by judgments of the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. The family stated its position in a […]

The Nigeria Police Force has directed all its commands, formations and affiliated units across the country to cooperate with a nationwide National Housing Fund data capture and verification exercise aimed at updating personnel records and facilitating the timely processing of refunds upon retirement. The directive was reportedly contained in a confidential police wireless message marked […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned Rhas Nigeria Limited and its director, Liwa Sarirddine, before the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja over the alleged issuance of a ₦10 million dishonoured cheque. The defendants were arraigned before Justice A.H. Musa on a one-count charge filed by the Abuja Zonal Directorate of the […]

The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has urged Nigeria and other African countries to deliberately process and add value to the continent’s vast mineral resources before exporting them. Okonjo-Iweala made the call on Wednesday in Abuja while speaking at the 7th African Emerging Markets Forum hosted by the Central Bank of […]

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have begun arresting foreign nationals with expired visas at airports across the United States, including spouses of US citizens, skilled foreign workers awaiting visa extensions, former exchange visitors and migrants with pending immigration applications. The enforcement actions were reported by The New York Times, which said it reviewed Department […]

The Securities and Exchange Commission has commenced the implementation of a fully electronic registration system for Capital Market Operators as part of efforts to improve regulatory efficiency, reduce processing time and strengthen oversight of Nigeria’s capital market. The new electronic registration platform, deployed through the Commission’s ePortal, allows designated regulatory services to be completed entirely […]

Prof. Ernest Ojukwu, SAN, has celebrated the emergence of Mrs Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, SAN, as the first elected female President of the Nigerian Bar Association, describing it in a Facebook post as “a monumental cause for celebration” and “a historic triumph that inspires millions of women in law across the continent,” while acknowledging the controversy that […]

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday reduced the ₦2 billion bail bond earlier imposed on the National President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo, to ₦1 billion in his ongoing money laundering trial. Justice Salim Ibrahim, sitting as the court’s vacation judge, varied the bail conditions following an application filed by Bodejo’s […]

Former Governor of Imo State, Chief Achike Udenwa, has filed a ₦5 billion defamation suit against lawyer, politician and Nollywood actor Kenneth Okonkwo over comments allegedly made during an interview on Channels Television. The action was instituted before the High Court of Imo State in the Owerri Judicial Division through Udenwa’s legal team, Chief Soronnadi […]

Newly employed local government workers in Cross River State on Wednesday staged a peaceful protest in Calabar, demanding the immediate payment of 11 months’ salary arrears and their inclusion on the state payroll after working for nearly a year without pay. Despite heavy rainfall, the protesters, drawn from several local government areas, marched through major […]