Court freezes all accounts, assets linked to Capital Trust Investment over alleged N6.2b debt
The Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos has restrained all commercial banks, from releasing, further releasing or dealing in any…
Litigation
SERAP sues 36 governors, Wike over failure to account for trillions of FAAC allocations
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against Nigeria’s 36 governors and the Minister of the Federal…
ICPC Lawyer’s Qualification: Why court can’t entertain UNICAL professor’s motion
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, dismissed a motion filed by Prof. Cyril Ndifon challenging the qualification of the…
Court stops Osun lawmaker from appearing in court to defend clients
A Federal High Court in Osogbo presided over by Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel, has struck out a suit filed by Mr…
Court stops planned marriage of 100 female orphans in Niger
A Federal high court sitting in Abuja has stopped the planned marriage of 100 female orphans in Niger State. The…
Court okays CBN’s regulation on collection of customers’ social media handles
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has held that a Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) regulation, which requires financial…
Court gives judgment June 27 on Abacha’s Abuja property
A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed June 27, this year, to deliver judgment in a suit by the…
Nigerian man bags life imprisonment for beating wife to death in the UK
A court in the United Kingdom (UK) has sentenced a Nigerian, Olubunmi Abodunde, to life imprisonment for killing his wife…
SERAP, BudgIT, 136 Nigerians sue Tinubu govt over cybersecurity levy
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), BudgIT and 136 concerned Nigerians have filed a lawsuit before a Federal high…
Leukemia Diagnosis: Why court ordered ExxonMobil to pay $725.5m to ex-mechanic
A Pennsylvania jury ordered ExxonMobil (XOM.N) to pay $725.5 million to a former mechanic who claimed toxic chemicals in the…