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1 week ago | 
channelstv.com | Donatus Anichukwueze |Shola Soyele
Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, former President of the Nigerian Bar Association and counsel to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has asked the suspended Senator representing Kogi Central in the National Assembly, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, to clarify certain “contradictions” in her sexual harassment claims against his client.
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1 week ago | 
channelstv.com | Káyòdé Oyèró |Shola Soyele
The trial of Jude Okoye, the elder brother and former manager of Paul and Peter Okoye of the defunct music group, P-Square, for alleged money laundering of $1m, N1.3bn and £34,537.59 commenced on Monday at the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos. Before Justice Alexander Owoeye, the younger brother, Peter Okoye, took the witness stand to testify in the case against his older brother.
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1 week ago | 
channelstv.com | Káyòdé Oyèró |Shola Soyele
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has clarified that the ₦300m it received from the Rivers State Government was a gift and was not tied to any purported hosting right for its Annual General Conference.
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3 weeks ago | 
channelstv.com | Emmanuel Egobiambu |Shola Soyele
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has struck out a suit against the construction of the Lagos-Calabar Costal Road project, filed by some indigenes and other concerned property owners of Okun-Ajah Community in Eti-Osa Local Government Area of the state. Justice Akintayo Aluko ruled that the court lacked jurisdiction and promptly transferred the suit to the Lagos State High Court as the appropriate court to hear the case.
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1 month ago | 
channelstv.com | Káyòdé Oyèró |Shola Soyele
A businessman, Okorie Sunday, who was arrested on March 19, 2025, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, with $578,000 in cash suddenly collapsed in court during his trial on Wednesday morning. Okorie was brought to the Federal High Court, Lagos for his trial which commenced at 8.30am. He was called into the dock for the charge to be re-read to him but collapsed just as the court registrar was about to read the counts.
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1 month ago | 
channelstv.com | Káyòdé Oyèró |Shola Soyele
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has adjourned sine die (indefinitely), the proceedings in the case of an alleged $225.8m debt owed First Bank Nig. Ltd & FBN Quest Trustees Ltd by an oil and gas company firm, General Hydrocarbons Limited (GHL). Justice Deinde Dipeolu adjourned indefinitely to await the outcome of the appeal filed by the parties.
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1 month ago | 
channelstv.com | Káyòdé Oyèró |Shola Soyele
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned one Okorie Sunday who was arrested on March 19, 2025, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, with $578,000 in cash. The defendant was arraigned before Justice Deinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court, Lagos, on four counts bordering on alleged money laundering and counterfeiting scam.
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1 month ago | 
channelstv.com | Donatus Anichukwueze |Shola Soyele
Music Artiste, Naira Marley on Friday testified before a Magistrate Court sitting in Ikorodu, in the Coroner’s inquest seeking to unravel the cause of death of late Ilerioluwa Aloba popularly known as Mohbad.
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1 month ago | 
channelstv.com | Emmanuel Egobiambu |Shola Soyele
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) secured 4,111 convictions in 2024, the highest in any year since the establishment of the agency in 2002. The Commission also recovered a whooping N364 billion alongside several million in foreign currencies, luxury duplexes and apartments, vehicles, cryptocurrencies and other valuable assets from various convicts, institutions and their collaborators, making it the single largest asset recovery in its history.
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1 month ago | 
channelstv.com | Emmanuel Egobiambu |Shola Soyele
The Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja on Thursday granted bail in the sum of N50m to Jude Okoye, the elder brother and former manager of Paul and Peter Okoye of the defunct music group, P-Square, on charges of stealing $1m U.S. dollars and 34, 537 pounds. Justice Rahman Oshodi admitted the defendant to bail with two sureties in like sum. The judge said the sureties must be gainfully employed and show evidence of three years’ tax payment to the Lagos State Government.
