The Court presided by Hon. Justice M.A. Madugu maintained that it has the requisite vires to consolidate hearing of the Preliminary Objection with the substantive suit in view of its own convenience and consequently dismissed Odorige’s application.
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And the earlier they retract their demands, the more of their energy and resources they will save for themselves.
The Executive Chairman of Bond Investment and Holdings Limited, Chief Olabode Mustapha, has demanded payment of N1 billion within seven days from the immediate past Ogun State Commissioner for Finance, Adewale Oshinowo, for alleged libel.
Governor El-Rufai had in February sued Sani demanding N500 million for alleged defamatory statement contained in a publication.
The court, in the ruling delivered on Monday morning, found Nigerian Compass guilty of libel in the story entitled: HELP: Fayemi is deducting N1b from councils monthly