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By our correspondent A Federal High Court sitting  in Lagos on Friday held  that Honeywell Flour Mills Plc and its sister companies, Anchorage Leisures Limited and Siloam Global Limited are not in any way indebted to Ecobank Nigeria Limited contrary to the bank’s claim against the companies, that has dragged this far at the court of first instance. Justice Ayokunle Faji made the declaration while delivering judgement in a suit filed by Honeywell Group against Ecobank Limited. Following a…

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CBN Gov, Emefiele. By our correspondentFor alleged willful and intentional disobedience of an order of a Federal High Court, Lagos, a former employee of News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Sunny Odunwo, a lawyer, has asked Justice Cecilia Mojisola Olatoregun, to commit to prison, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Mr. Johnson Akinkumi, the bank’s Director of Legal Services, for their failure to obey order made absolute by the court over his pension and…

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By our correspondent National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), on Friday, last week, presented a lady, Okere Adaobi Mariam and a man, Hamzat Kayode before a Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos for arraignment over alleged attempt to export 6.24 kilogrammes and 1.16 killogrammes of cocaine respectively. Arraigning Okere before Justice Nicholas Oweibo, the prosecutor, Mr. Abu Ibrahim told the court that she was arrested on March 30, at NACHO Export Shed, Ikeja-Lagos, during the examination of export laden cargoes.Abu…

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A Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has revoked the bail granted to banker, Chester Onyeamachi Ukandu who is standing trial on a three-count charge bordering on forgery and impersonation.The court presided over by Justice Olusola Williams revoked Ukandu’s bail for breaching the conditions of bail granted him and acting in a manner capable of jeopardizing the course of justice in the case.Ukandu, a former Managing Director of Mainstreet Bank Registrar Limited alongside one Achi George were first…

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Justice Adejumo, President, NIC.By Gbenga Agbede, Ado EkitiThe president of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NIC), Justice Babatunde Adejumo , has declared that  no corrupt person can succeed if appointed into the bench of the court.Justice  Adejumo said those aspiring to be judges of industrial court  and expected to scale the hurdles of screening  must be incorruptible and hardworking individuals .He said the industrial court,   has been limited in the performance of its duties of settling  trade disputes…

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Hon. Akeem Bello. By A.O. Ibe Uwaleke A member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr. Akeem Bello has lost the bid to validate his return to the Assembly next month. The judge, Justice Ayotunde Faji, who presided over his matter at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, dismissed his originating summons on the ground that he filed it out of time. But Bello has indicated interest to appeal the judgment. According to Faji, Bello filed his summons…

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