Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has threatened to drag his colleague, Abdulmumin Jibrin, to court if he, within seven days, fails to tender an unreserved apology to him and retract all allegations made against him. Dogara made this known in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs,…
Controversial Nigerian blogger, Linda Ikeji, has been dragged before a Lagos High Court for unauthorized and offensive use of picture of a Lagos-based Lawyer, Olumide Babalola. Babalola claimed the celebrity blogger used his photograph on her blog for crime-related stories. The lawyer further claimed this has subjected him to mental and psychological torture in violation…
Top telecoms firm in Nigeria, MTN, has been slammed with a N16 billion lawsuit by the Copyright Society of Nigeria, COSON. The company was taken to a Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos for alleged copyright infringement. The suit was filed by COSOM’s counsel, Justin Ige in a 43 paragraph Statement of Claim with the…
Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky, taken the Federal Government to a Federal High Court in Abuja, asking for N3 billion as compensation for his alleged unlawful detention. Counsel to Zakzaky, Festus Okoye, disclosed in a press conference on Wednesday in Kaduna that apart from the money, his client went…
Thursday, March 17, 2016, has been fixed by Justice Abdulazeez Anka of Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, for hearing proper to commence in the N500 million suit filed by Nigeria Union of Journalists, Lagos State Council, on behalf of one of its members, Otunba Yomi Olomofe, against the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service and eight…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been sued by embattled Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Rickey Tarfa for an alleged violation of his right to privacy. Tarfa claimed the EFCC accessed his call records on his phone with mobile number 08034600000 without his consent and made available to online news media, including Sahara…