A landlord, Dr Ifeanyi Chukwuma-Odii, has taken the Lagos State building and planning agencies to the State High Court for allegedly approving a permit for a six-storey building on Plot B-7, Banana Island, contrary ...

Passenger’s N45m suit against KLM starts de novo April 1

The Federal High Court has ordered a fresh hearing in a N45million suit filed by Alhaji Yekeen Idowu against KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, over an alleged breach of contract and willful misconduct during the ...

NBA raises committee on conflicting judgments

The Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) said it has set up an adjudicative review committee to look into conflicting judgments from Judges. It said the committee would try to identify where the courts got it wrong and ...

A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja, on Monday ordered the remand of a former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Usman Yusuf, at the Kuje Correctional Centre. Justice Chinyere ...

Justice A.O. Owoeye of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, has ordered the final forfeiture of over N1.17 billion, $392,818, and £35,070 recovered from Muiz Tijani Adeyinka, a former employee of First Bank of Nigeria ...

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, fixed March 18 for ruling on the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL)’s preliminary objection against a suit filed by the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and ...

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the permanent forfeiture of the sum of $835,081.46, traced to the dollar wallet of SDQ Facilitators Limited in Leatherback, also known as Rexel Nigeria Limited. ...

Import license: Court to rule on NNPC’s objection to Dangote refinery’s suit, March 18

The Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned ruling on the preliminary objection filed by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) against a suit filed by Dangote Refinery. The case, which challenges ...

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to pay a compensation fee of N1.12bn to Mike Madu’s family after he was killed by an INEC driver in Imo ...

Crypto fraud :Court orders forfeiture of $222,729 digital wallet assets

A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, has ordered the interim forfeiture of digital wallet assets valued at $222,729.86, allegedly linked to a syndicate of cryptocurrency investment and romance fraudsters. ...

The Federal High Court in Abuja has ruled that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) must compensate the family of Mike Madu with ₦1.12 billion following his tragic death in an accident involving an ...

Justice Alexander Owoeye of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has ordered the final forfeiture of N1,168,602,877.44 (one billion, one hundred and sixty-eight million, six hundred and two thousand, eight ...

Court orders interim forfeiture of $222,729 in digital wallet assets to FG

The Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has ordered the interim forfeiture of digital wallet assets worth $222,729.86 to the Federal Government of Nigeria. Justice A. Owoeye gave the ruling on Monday following an ex ...

N740m diesel fraud: Court orders arrest of fleeing Dangote worker

The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the arrest of a fleeing worker of the Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), Emmanuel Oku, who was allegedly involved in a diesel fraud of ₦740 million. Justice Deinde ...

Court orders forfeiture of Ikorodu property to FG

The Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi has ordered the final forfeiture of a property in Ikorodu, Lagos State, to the Federal Government. Justice A.O. Owoeye on Tuesday ordered the forfeiture of the u-shaped ...

Appeal Court orders rehearing of FoI case dismissed by judge for procedural reason

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has overturned a Federal High Court Judgement that dismissed a Freedom of Information (FOI) lawsuit against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on procedural grounds. In a unanimous ...

Iyabo Obasanjo, others in legal battle over Abuja property disputes

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday directed Senator Iyabo Obasanjo, eldest daughter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, to appear before the court to explain why she should not be restrained from ...

Two Kirikiri Inmates Serve Life Sentence Since 1999 Over Generator Repair As Take-It-Back Demands Case Review

Two men, Mr. Kolawole Oladeji, a former generator technician, and Mr Ogbonaa Igbojonwu, a former trader from Ilasa, Ogun State, have appealed to the Lagos State government to review their decades-old case and file a ...

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has not discharged six interim injunctions issued against General Hydrocarbons Limited (GHL) in relation to banking relationship with First Bank of Nigeria Plc, says ...

A Chief Magistrate Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Wuse Zone 6, Abuja, has vacated the court order that had remanded ex-presidential aide Reno Omokri. In an appeal filed at the FCT High Court, with Appeal ...