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NAN reports that the Supreme Court on Friday ordered that the old N200, N500, N1,000 notes remain legal tender and would be in circulation till Dec. 31. Mr Emmanuel Iheanacho, Chairman, Integrated Oil and Gas Ltd., said the Supreme Court judgement came too soon after the just concluded Presidential and …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) said on Friday that it was ready to defend the mandate of its candidate, Bola Tinubu, at the court following a suit by the losers of the 2023 presidential election. Recall that the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi …

  The Supreme Court has ruled that the old N200, N500, N1,000 notes remain valid and should be in circulation till December 31, 2023.    In a ruling delivered today March 3, the apex court also nullified the Federal Government’s naira redesign policy, declaring it as an affront to the …

An Akwa Ibom State high court sitting in Uyo has jailed a 45-year-old civil servant, Uduakabasi Oku Edet, for raping his 14-year-old daughter.    Edet, an indigene of Ikot Ekpene village in Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area of the state, was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Wednesday, March …

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has rejected the results of the February 25, 2023 Presidential election, declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission.   On Wednesday, March 1, INEC declared Tinubu as the winner of the election.   In a statement released, the National Vice President of the organization, Damian Okeke-Ogene, …

An Ondo State Magistrate Court, sitting in Akure, Ondo State, has remanded a 16-year-old boy, Lekan Mustapha and his guardian, Zulum Yisa, for alleged kidnapping.   The teenager, during his arraignment on Tuesday, February 28,  told the court that they used biscuits and magical rings to abduct nine children and …

Louisville’s men’s basketball team is having an awful season and somehow things got worse Tuesday night. As the Cardinals were limping to yet another loss that dropped them to 4-26 on the season, even the halftime entertainment seemed to be sending them a message. The star of a Frisbee catching …

By Casey Harper (The Center Square) The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a legal challenge to President Joe Biden’s plan to cancel hundreds of billions of dollars in student loan debt. Biden announced in August of last year that his administration would “forgive” $10,000 in federal student loan …

Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Friday, February 24, granted an order of perpetual injunction restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from employing the services of the Chairman of Lagos State Parks Management Committee, Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, to distribute …

Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, February 22, 2023, granted an interim forfeiture of 14 properties in Lagos, Abuja and the United Arab Emirates linked to the Kogi State Government.   The Judge also ordered the preservation of the sum of N400,000,000.00 …