Forgery allegation: Court rejects Onyejeocha’s bid to join suit
As Rep Amobi Ogah scores legal win An Abuja Federal High Court, presided over by Justice M.G. Umar, on Monday, April 27, 2026, dismissed an application filed by former Minister…
$6.23m Fraud Trial: Emefiele pray court for foreclosure to EFCC’s case over witness delay
The immediate past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, on Monday asked a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, to foreclose the prosecution…
Statute-Barred: Court dismisses NAPO suit against Labour Minister, others
The President of the National Industrial Court, Justice Benedict Kanyip, has dismissed a suit filed by the Incorporated Trustees of the National Association of Plants Operators (NAPO) and two others…
BLord vs NPF and VDM: Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia recuses self, orders reassignment
Hon Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia of the Federal High Court in Abuja has withdrawn from the criminal case filed by the Nigeria Police Force against cryptocurrency entrepreneur Linus Williams, popularly known…
‘No law makes an individual liable for a company’s actions’
*Edo High Court overturns conviction of DHL Benin Branch head, orders refund of fine. *Rules Magistrate Court erred in holding employee personally responsible for missing parcel The Edo State High…
Detained Army Colonel sues FG, demands release, N500m damages for coup plot allegations
A serving officer of the Nigerian Army, Colonel Mohammed Alhassan Ma’aji, has dragged the Federal Government before the Federal High Court of Nigeria, Abuja, over what he described as his…
Court bars company directors from selling assets
A Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, has restrained the Directors of Retail Supermarkets (ShopRite) from selling the shares or assets of the company until the satisfaction of the judgment debt.…
Natasha rejects N1bn defamation case judgment, heads to Appeal Court
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has rejected the N1 billion defamation judgment delivered by the Kogi State High Court in Lokoja against her, declaring her intention to challenge the ruling at the…
Yahaya Bello gets May 6 to continue cross-examination of EFCC witness in alleged N80.2b fraud
Hon Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, adjourned sitting in the ongoing alleged money laundering trial of the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya…
Wiretapping: El-Rufai pleads not guilty, faces fresh charges
The Federal Government, on Thursday, expanded the criminal case against former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, introducing fresh allegations bordering on interference with critical national infrastructure and unauthorised access to…