Apex court hears appeal in $560m Zapata Workers’ Trust Fund Dispute

The Supreme Court will on February 5, 2029, hear an appeal filed by former employees of Zapata Marine Services Nigeria (ZMSN) Limited against Tidex Nigeria Limited over an alleged $56 million workers’ trust fund. ...

Court dismisses ASPMDA Trustees’ suit against Lagos govt, IGP

Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa of the Federal High Court, Lagos, has dismissed a suit filed by the Registered Trustees of the Auto Spare Parts and Machinery Dealers Association (ASPMDA) against the Attorney-General ...

Reopen Bello’s student portal, court orders UI

Justice Maha Evelyn of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, has ordered the University of Ibadan (UI) and its agents to reopen the master’s degree student portal of Mr Kayode Bello and include his name in the ...

A lawyer, Victor Azubike Awah, has been arraigned before a Lagos Special Offences Court, Ikeja, over an alleged N27 million fraud by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) The anti-graft commission ...

Justice Sunmonu Tunde Bashiru of the Lagos State High Court has fixed November 10, 2025, for hearing in a suit filed against DNJ Properties and Investment Limited over an alleged breach of contract. The claimant, Mr ...

The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has filed a new motion before the Federal High Court in Abuja, asking the court to strike out all charges against him and order his ...

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State has granted an interim injunction restraining the Nigeria Police Force and the Lagos State Commissioner of Police from harassing, intimidating, threatening with arrest, ...

Justice E. Gakko of the Federal High Court sitting in Birnin-Kebbi has convicted Mr Abubakar Bawa Makuku, Sole Administrator and Caretaker Chairman of Sakaba Local Government Area in Kebbi State, and Mr Ahmed ...

Court upturns forfeiture order against businessman

The Federal High Court, Abuja, has set aside an interim order of forfeiture made on August 27, 2024, against some properties linked to Alhaji Abubakar Ismaila Isa Funtua. The trial judge, Emeka Nwite, in the suit ...

Justice (Dr.) I.J. Essien of the National Industrial Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, has adjourned the N14.091 billion claim by 36 former employees of Chevron Nigeria Limited regarding denied retirement benefits and ...

CAC directs firm to change name due to trademark conflict with KPMG

The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has instructed a company operating under the name KPMG Advisory Services to change its name within six weeks owing to similarities with KPMG Nigeria, a professional services ...

The Sokoto State High Court has ordered the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to immediately release the withheld results of 47 students of Global Kids Academy, Sokoto. The order was contained in an order ...

The Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, the Osun State capital has ordered the Inspector General of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun to arrest the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof ...

Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers, has relieved commissioners and other public officers affected by the recent Supreme Court judgement of their appointments. Fubara announced the decision in Port Harcourt on ...

The Federal High Court in Osogbo, Osun State, has issued a directive for the arrest of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmoud Yakubu, citing contempt and disobedience ...

The Federal High Court sitting in Warri, Delta State, on Friday ordered the Nigeria Police Force and its Inspector-General, Kayode Egbetokun, to maintain the status quo in the controversial tinted glass permit case ...

NBA Lawyers with Disabilities Forum Announces Venue for 2025 Annual Conference

The Nigerian Bar Association Lawyers with Disabilities Forum (NBA-LWDF) has officially announced the venue for its much-anticipated 2025 Annual Conference. The event will take place from November 25 to 26, 2025, at ...

The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN, on Monday, September 29, 2025, delivered a powerful address at the Special Session of the Supreme Court to mark the commencement of the ...

e Nigerian Bar Association Human Rights Institute (NBA-HRI) has used this year’s Independence Day celebration to issue a sobering “audit of freedom,” declaring that Nigeria is weighed down by “a decade of ...

River Park: AGF takes over case against Ghanaian investors, lawyer

The office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice has taken over the prosecution of the criminal charges against Ghanaian investors and owners of JonahCapital Ltd over the River Park ...