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The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has been affirmed by the court as having regulatory power over the telecom sector. The ruling, delivered on Friday by Justice F.N. Ogazi, solidifies the FCCPC’s role as the primary authority in preventing anti-competitive practices and protecting consumers under the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act (FCCPA) 2018.   “So, all these …

A Grade I Area Court in Lugbe, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has dissolved the four-year-old marriage between a man, Shuiba Abdullahi and his wife, Aisha Abdullahi, on the grounds of the latter’s “bad character.”   Shuiba in his petition stated that his wife disrespects him all the time.   According to him, he no longer finds peace in the …

A Federal Capital Territory Magistrate’s Court has granted bail to a former Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Kabiru Turaki, SAN, in the sum of N1 million following his arraignment on allegations of false marriage, adultery, and other related offences.   Turaki, who was arraigned on Thursday, February 6, pleaded not guilty when the First Information Report was read …

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court, accusing it of “illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally Israel”. Trump’s executive action regarding the ICC will add financial sanctions and travel restrictions against the organization’s officials in response to the arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, which it issued in May 2024 as a …

In a dramatic turn of events, a team of security agencies allegedly stormed the headquarters of Access Bank Plc on Wednesday morning to execute a Bench Warrant issued by the Lagos High Court for the arrest of the bank’s CEO and Managing Director, Bolaji Agbede, and other senior officials.   The arrest order came after the accused allegedly failed to …

The High Court sitting Uyo, Akwa Ibom has sentenced Professor Ignatius Uduk of the University of Uyo (UNIUYO) to three years imprisonment for electoral fraud during the 2019 general elections.   Uduk, a Professor of Human Kinetics, served as a Collation/Returning officer for Essien Udim State Constituency in March, 2019. He had been standing trial in a three-count charge of announcing …

Laura Scott Reporting fromKingston Crown Court EPA Chelsea and Australia star Samantha Kerr is considered to be one of the world’s best strikers Chelsea striker Samantha Kerr “felt ignored” by Met Police officers after telling them a taxi driver had left her fearing for her life, a jury has heard. The Australia international is charged with causing racially aggravated harassment …

A Kano State High Court on Monday, January 3, sentenced five men to d3ath by hanging for the m8rder of a 67-year-old woman, Dahare Abubakar, whom they accused of being a witch.   The convicts — Da’luta Ibrahim, Abdulaziz Yahaya, Faisal Yahaya, Ibrahim Abdu, and Ayuba Abdulrahman, were found guilty of culpable homicide in connection with the attack that occurred …

An Ogun State High Court sitting in Abeokuta, on Monday, February 3, convicted and sentenced three persons to d3ath by hanging for k!lling a couple and their son.    The couple, Kehinde Fatinoye, a former staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) his wife, Bukola Fatinoye and son, Oreoluwa, were gruesomely m8rdered on New Year’s Day in 2023.   …

Justice Salisu Umar of a Kogi State High Court sitting in Lokoja, the state capital, has sacked the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, Alhaji Ahmed Muhammed Tijani Anaje, from the royal stool.   Recall that Anaje was appointed as Ohinoyi of Ebira Land by the former governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, in January 2024.   However, in a ruling delivered …