EcoBank Nigeria, its parent companies and leadership are facing a legal suit in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on allegations of defamation, abusive proceedings and coercion in Nigeria. The $68 million legal claim in the UAE was filed against Jeremy Awori, CEO of Ecobank Transnational Inc (ETI); ETI Specialized Resolutions Company (ETISRC); Ecobank Nigeria (ENG);…
A police inspector, Lawal Ibrahim, from the Kwali Division, was found dead at the Palasa Guest Inn in Gwagwalada, Abuja, after allegedly engaging in a s*xual exercise with a woman he had met online. The incident occurred on Thursday morning, Jan. 16, hours after Ibrahim checked into the hotel with Maryam Abba, whom he had…
The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has filed a suit before the High Court of Enugu State against Bashir Ahmad, the former Special Assistant on Digital Communication to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, for terrorism defamation. Kanu, who filed the suit through his legal team led by his Special Counsel, Barrister…
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested an HIV-positive man, Peter Ugan, for allegedly raping a teenager with sickle cell disorder, Ngozi (surname withheld). Ugan, 34, from Ogoja in Cross River State, was taken into custody by detectives from the Mabushi Division after he was almost lynched by a mob. According to the…
Nigerians have vowed to drag the federal government to court over approval of a 50 per cent increase in calls, data, and other telecommunication tariffs. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, last week hinted that telecom tariffs would go up by either 30 or 50 per cent following a disagreement in a…
