DSS alleged defamation case against Sowore
The Department of State Services (DSS), on Tuesday, told the Federal High Court in Abuja that Omoyele Sowore was dragged to court because of the security implications of the post…
Court orders forfeiture of ₦1bn bombardier jet for unpaid customs duties
The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the final seizure, condemnation, and forfeiture of a Bombardier BD-700 Global 6000 private jet operated by Orlean Invest Africa Limited over its…
Court convicts stockbroker, firm for diversion of customer’s dividends, $80,000, N953m
Hon. Justice Modupe Nicole-Clay of a Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, has convicted a stockbroker, Victor Ogiemwonyi, and his company, Partnership Securities Limited, for stealing the sum of…
Court convicts consulting firm, imposes ₦5m fine in ₦30.6m fraud case
A Lagos Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja has convicted a company, AAC Consulting Limited, for stealing over ₦30.6 million belonging to contract staff of Chevron Nigeria Limited, ordering the…
Court drops criminal charges against Ghanaian investors as AGF discontinues case
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Gwarinpa has struck out the criminal charges brought against some Ghanaian investors and owners of JonahCapital Ltd in the River Park…
Court pend judgment in Numan–Jalingo road rights suit
The Federal High Court sitting in Jalingo, the capital of Taraba State, on Monday reserved judgment in a fundamental rights enforcement suit challenging the prolonged neglect and unsafe condition of…
Ondo courts reopen as judicial workers pend two-week strike
After about two weeks of an indefinite strike embarked upon by judicial officials in Ondo State, the coalition of magistrates, presidents of Grade A Customary Courts and legal research officers…
Court mulls deregistration of ADC, four other parties over alleged infractions
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja is set to consider the deregistration of the Africa Democratic Congress (ADC) and four other political parties over alleged constitutional and electoral infractions,…
Plateau court jails man 12 months for enticing, blackmailing married woman
An Area Court sitting in Jos, the Plateau State capital, on Thursday, sentenced a middle-aged man identified as Abdullahi Usman, to 12 months imprisonment after he was found guilty of…
FHC adjourns Sowore’s N1.2b suit against IGP, AGF, others to March 10
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has adjourned the N1.2 billion fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by human rights activist Omoyele Sowore against the Inspector General of Police (IGP),…