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Month: November 2022

NBA-SPIDEL threatens legal action against Nigerian hospitals over Barr Eke’s assassination
November 30, 2022
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Chairman, NBA-SPIDEL, Monday Onyekachi Ubani, Esq, Ph.D. By Advocatenewsng.com BY a recent statement signed by the chairman of the Section on Public Interest and Development Law, (SPIDEL) of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Monday Onyekachi Ubani, Ph.D, ‘the attention of NBA-SPIDEL was drawn to the story of a colleague, Mr Stephen Enyinnaya Eke of Nyanya-Karu NBA branch who was assassinated recently in Abuja in the presence of some of his family members’. According to SPIDEL chairman, Eke was said to…

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Court ties hands of 24 garnishee banks over N1.014b judgment debt by AMCON
November 28, 2022
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Judgment Creditor/Applicant, Chief Anthony Ajibola Aribisala, SAN. By Advocatenewsng.comIN the celebrated judgment of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in the case of Chief Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu v Governor of Lagos State (1986) 1 NWLR, (Part 18), 621 at 636-637, their lordships put the position of the law this way: “The rule is well settled both by the courts of England and of this country, that where a suit is brought to enjoin certain activities…. of which suit the defendant…

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CD carpets govt over disobedience of court orders
November 26, 2022
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By Samuel FasuaLeading rights group, Campaign for Democracy (CD) has expressed disappointment in Nigeria’s executive arm of government over the spate of disobedience to court orders.Speaking with newsmen in Akure, the Ondo state capital, CD Secretary-General, Pastor Ifeanyi Odili, particularly condemned a recent installation of a traditional ruler for Iree community purportedly on the orders of outgoing governor of Osun State, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, despite a court order stopping the process.An Osun High Court, sitting in Ikirun, recently restrained…

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Billionaire drug baron, Ugochukwu Nsofor gets N100m bail
November 26, 2022
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Ugochukwu Nsofor with two of his mansions at VGC, Lagos. By Advocatenewsng.com  A Lagos-based alleged billionaire drug baron, Kennedy Ugochukwu Nsofor, a.k.a Ugochukwu Nsofor Chukwukadibia arraigned before the court by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) over alleged possession and storage of 5,340 kilogrammes of Tramadol, a substance similar to Cocaine, Heroin and LSD was on Friday admitted to bail. The defendant  who is the Chairman of Autonation Motors Ltd was granted bail by the trial judge, Justice…

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Court awards N200m damages against EFCC, AGF, five others over ‘fraudulent misrepresentation’ of facts
November 8, 2022
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By Advocatenewsng.comA High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Abuja, presided over by Justice O. A. Adeniyi, on November 2, 2022, delivered a 94 page landmark judgment in favour of Benedict Peters, in the five-year old legal tussle between Benedict Peters and three companies on the one hand and the EFCC, the Attorney General of the Federation and 5 others, on the other hand. The court consequently awarded the sum of N200m damages jointly and severally against the…

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Alleged organ harvesting: UK Court adjourns Ekweremadu’s trial to Jan 31
November 8, 2022
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Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu. By Advocatenewsng.com THE Central Criminal Court in London, the United Kingdom, on Monday, adjourned the trial of Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, over alleged organ harvesting from May 2023 to January 31, 2023. The arguments will be heard on the 16th or 19th of December 2022 before the commencement of the trial in January. The lawmaker and his wife, Beatrice, were arrested on June 23, 2022, and charged with alleged conspiracy to traffic…

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Court orders interim forfeiture of Ekweremadu’s 40 properties
November 4, 2022
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Senator Ike Ekweremadu, former Deputy Senate President. By Advocatenewsng.com A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, ordered an interim forfeiture of 40 landed properties belonging to the embattled former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, who is currently in custody in the United Kingdom. Justice Inyang Ekwo made the order following an ex-parte motion filed and moved by Ibrahim Buba on behalf of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. While granting the order, the Judge ordered the EFCC to…

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Dana Air resumes regular flights Nov 9
November 4, 2022
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By Advocanewsng.com NIGERIAN Carrier, Dana Air has announced that it will resume flight operations on the 9th of November after a successful conclusion of the audit organised by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) The airline in a statement said ” We are pleased to announce that we will resume flights operations on November 9th, having successfully concluding an audit organised by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) According to the Accountable Manager/ Chief Operating Officer of Dana Air, …

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EFCC arrests Kogi Assembly candidate, fraud syndicates with N326m, $610,500 cash
November 2, 2022
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Bags of naira and dollar cash recovered from the fraud syndicates. By Advocatenewsng.com. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested some members of an alleged cyber-fraud syndicate with N326 million and $610,500 cash. The commission said in a statement on Tuesday that the syndicate included the Kogi State House of Assembly candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Ismaila Atumeyi. Mr Atumeyi was arrested along with an alleged serial fraudster, Joshua Dominic, in a sting operation,…

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