The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday approved an interim order forfeiting landed and building properties linked to two former Directors of Finance and Accounts at the Rural Electrification Agency ...

To address voter apathy in the polity, the House of Representatives is considering legislation to compel Nigerians of voting age to vote for candidates of their choice on election day. The proposed legislation ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court has ordered the Federal Government of Nigeria to release a Nigerian businessman, Moses Abiodun, who has been in detention since 2009 without trial.The ...

The NANS President requests the court to issue an order enforcing his rights, citing alleged violations by the named respondents. Comrade Atiku Abubakar Isah, President of the National Association of Nigerian ...

A group of 17 Tiv individuals, representing indigenous Tiv communities spread across Awe and Obi Local Government Areas of Nasarawa State, have filed a suit at the Nasarawa State High Court in Lafia, challenging ...

The Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof Abdullahi Ribadu, and four other top officials have been dragged to court for contempt charges. The officials are accused of disobeying a ...

Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court, Lagos has scheduled July 18, 2025, for the hearing of a suit filed by Sterling Bank Limited and its affiliates challenging the authority of the House of ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has presented its first prosecution witness (PW1), Abdulmajeed Agboola, a staff member of Access Bank Plc, in the ongoing trial of four former employees of the ...

The Court of Appeal, Abuja has declared Abdullahi Adejoh Amanabo as the right person for the stool of Onu Ejule in Ofu local government area of Kogi state. By the declaration, the court set aside a judgment ...

In a landmark judgment affirming the public’s right to environmental accountability and transparency, the Federal High Court, Lagos, has granted the application of the Human and Environmental Development Agenda ...

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has resolved to start reprimanding the members who publicly oppose its president. This was one of the resolutions reached at the just concluded NBA National Executive Council (NEC) ...

The Federal High Court in Abuja has ruled on the legal battle between MultiChoice Nigeria, the operator of DStv and GOtv, and the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) over recent ...

Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, ordered the release of renowned businesswoman and socialite, Aisha Sulaiman Achimugu, on the administrative bail earlier granted her by the Economic and ...

The Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has adjourned the cyberstalking case against social media influencer Chizorom Harrison Ofoegbu, popularly known as Ijele Speaks II, to May 23, 2025. Despite the presence of ...

The Supreme Court has set aside the Federal High Court judgment in which over N22 trillion was awarded against Union Bank and other parties since 2014.The judgement arose from a suit filed by a company known as ...

The Nigerian Bar Association Women Forum (NBAWF) has called for decisive, merit-based reforms and the dismantling of patriarchal barriers to advance gender parity in Nigeria. The call was made at the end of the ...

A group of 17 Tiv individuals, representing indigenous Tiv communities spread across Awe and Obi Local Government Areas of Nasarawa State, have filed a suit at the Nasarawa State High Court in Lafia, challenging ...

The Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof Abdullahi Ribadu, and four other top officials have been dragged to court for contempt charges. The officials are accused of disobeying a ...

An Abeokuta High Court presided over by Justice E.O. Osinuga has slammed N500 million damages against Oba Adetoye Alatishe, the Gbengande of Ososa, in Ijebuland, Ogun State, for libel against a foremost ...

In a landmark ruling, Justice Deinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court in Lagos has mandated 54 banks to promptly return a staggering sum of N9,329,322,870 that was fraudulently siphoned from an unspecified old ...