The delay by Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals to serve its amended originating summons on Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) and six other defendants on Monday, stalled the hearing of its suit seeking to stop issuance of oil import licenses to some oil marketing companies. Dangote Refinery had sued NMDPRA, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), AYM Shafa Limited, A. A. Rano Limited, T. Time Petroleum Limited, 2015 Petroleum Limited, and Matrix Petroleum Services Limited as 1st to 7th defendants respectively in the originating summons, marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1324/2024 dated September 6, 2024. The oil company, through its lawyer, Ogwu Onoja, SAN, prayed the court to nullify import licences issued by NMDPRA to the NNPCL and the five other companies to import refined petroleum products. The company (plaintiff) also
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The Minister of State for Defense, Bello Matawalle, has dragged two northern journalists, Shu’aibu Mungadi and Tijjani Ramalan to court for alleged defamation and malicious reportage. Other respondents in the suit marked K/M2102/2024 before Justice Musa Ahmad of Kano State High Court, Bichi Division, include the employers of the two Journalists, Vision Media Services Ltd, Vision FM, Farin Wata Television; and Liberty Radio and TV. He is also asking for N10 billion compensation as general damages from each of the six defendants in addition to 10 per cent post-judgment interest of the entire judgment sum until fully liquidated. In the motion on notice filed by Umar Said of Umar and Umar chambers and made available to newsmen, the Minister of State is praying for “an order of interlocutory injunction restraining