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Court Orders Banks To Freeze Accounts Of Ronchess Global Resources

The Federal High Court in Kaduna has ordered 21 banks in the country to freeze all accounts belonging to a company, Ronchess Global Resources Ltd. Justice Hauwa Buhari who granted the exparte order also ordered the ...

Reps pass bill to return Nigeria to parliamentary system

A bill seeking to return Nigeria to the parliamentary system of government passed second reading at the House of Representatives on Thursday. The bill seeks to establish the office of the Prime Minister as Head of ...

Reps consider bill to let woman confer citizenship on foreign husband

The House of Representatives is deliberating a bill aimed at granting citizenship to foreigners married to Nigerian women. Sponsored by Akin Alabi, an All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmaker representing Egbeda ...

The House of Representatives on Thursday passed through a second reading a Bill for an Act to provide for the Office of the Prime Minister as Head of Government and the Office of President as Head of State and to ...

Tariff hike: Court delivers judgment in MultiChoice, FCCPC’s legal dispute May 8

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, fixed May 8 for judgment in a suit filed by MultiChoice Nigeria Limited against the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC). MultiChoice is seeking ...

The House of Representatives on Thursday reversed its decision on the second reading of a bill which sought to strip the vice-president, governors and deputy governors of immunity. The lower legislative chamber made ...

Court refers OTL property dispute to ADR

Justice Adedayo Oyebanji of a Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) has referred to Multi Door Court House the suit filed by Ojukwu Transport Limited(OTL) over N12million owed it by West African ...

Oil firms in court  over alleged $10m debt

Halkin Exploration and Production Limited has been sued before a High Court of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, by Eunisell Limited for $10,240,679.98 million over alleged unpaid debt. The amount being alleged ...

Federal High Court unveils new unit to boost insolvency practice

The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho has created a new Insolvency Unit to boost insolvency practice. Chief Registrar, Sulaiman Hassan, disclosed this in a statement issued yesterday. Hassan ...

LASU authenticated my Masters certificate, Primate tells court

Archbishop of the African Church, Rev. Julius Osayande Abbe, has urged the Federal High Court to dismiss a suit by the Lay President, Olubukunola Okunowo. The plaintiff seeks to restrain Abbe from further acting as ...

Court to hear objections in 9Mobile shares ownership suit

The Federal High Court in Abuja will on Thursday hear the preliminary objections in the suit on the dispute over the ownership and control of Emerging Markets Telecommunication Service (EMTS), the holder and ...

Nigerian Police Fail To Produce TikToker ‘Tumma’ Gabriel In Court Over Alleged Insult On Lagos Gov, IGP Egbetokun, Case Adjourned

The Nigeria Police Force, on Monday, failed to present popular TikToker Timothy Gabriel, also known as ‘Tumma,’ in court for trial, forcing the judge to adjourn the case until April 29, 2025. Gabriel, ...

High Court Upholds Farmers’ Rights In Ondo Forest Reserve, Nullifies Eviction Order

The Ondo State High Court has granted an interlocutory injunction protecting farmers in the Oluwa Forest Reserve from forced eviction and the destruction of their farmlands.  The decision nullifies an earlier ...

Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, currently under suspension, has formally filed a petition before the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee, seeking the disbarment of Senator Nedamwen Bernards Imasuen from the ...

Inspector-General Egbetokun Asks Court To Revoke Bail Of Pastor Paul Enenche’s Kinsman, Abraham Daniel, Others For Alleged Defamation

Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun has asked the Magistrate’s Court of Federal Capital Territory in Abuja to revoke bail of Oboyinlo Enenche Peter, Pastor Paul Enenche’s ...

The criminal trial of former Dunamis International Gospel Centre Pastor Abraham Daniel and Peter Enenche, a relative of Dunamis Church’s Senior Pastor, Paul Enenche, has been adjourned due to the absence of the ...

The Edo State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Samson Osagie has said the state government is committed to strengthening the justice sector and ensuring that the Ministry of Justice serves not only as ...

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called for the integration of technological advancements into human rights protection, emphasising the need for ethical and regulatory frameworks to govern artificial ...

Eighteen inmates of the Ikoyi Correctional Facility regained their freedom in Lagos state via a remote hearing system following the conclusion of the second batch of remote court in Epe Magisterial District. The 18 ...

Ajogwu unveils corporate governance model

In a landmark event at the Lagos Business School (LBS), renowned corporate governance expert and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Prof Fabian Ajogwu, has unveiled the AFG model of corporate governance. The model is ...