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The Federal High Court in Lagos, on Monday, adjourned the hearing of the Lagos- Calabar Coastal Highway Project over environmental impact to January 14, 2025.

Following his not-guilty plea, Magistrate Kubeinje ordered the remand of the teenager in the correctional centre for boys at Oregun.

The Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators has urged the Nigerian government and the private sector to prioritise and patronise Nigerian arbitrators, stating that neglecting local expertise would affect the nation’s development in arbitration.

The President of the Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution Development and Conflict Management of Nigeria, Prof. Akin Ibidapo-Obe, has called for a revival of Africa’s traditional dispute resolution methods to address the continent’s growing conflict management needs.

The prosecutor, Inspector Leo Chidi, informed the court that the alleged offences occurred on November 12, 2024, at Narayi High Cost, Kaduna.

Justice Oyindamola Ogala, who delivered the judgment, convicted Okodo on three of the five counts filed against him by the Lagos State Government.

Two human rights organisations, the Centre Against Injustice and Domestic Violence; and the Advocate for Social Justice and Defence of Rule of Law, have called on the Attorney-General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, (SAN), to allow the courts to decide the ongoing criminal case involving two foreign oil firms, Trafigura Beheer BV, and Trafigura PTE Limited.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Thursday, arraigned, three men Saka Olubamishe, Omogoye Olusegun and Olumuyiwa Adesina, before the Ikeja Special Offences Court for allegedly obtaining N29,386, 500, under pretence of transferring dollar to Copart Auto Auction in America.

The family of a Nigerian businessman, Olatunji Abdul, imprisoned in South Africa, has called on the Nigerian government and the Chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, to intervene and save his life urgently.

The re-arraignment of the convicted billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, also known as Evans, before Justice Adenike Coker of a Lagos High Court, in Ikeja, was on Thursday stalled due to the absence of his counsel.