Tag: court
Ecobank begs court over contempt proceedings
West Africa’s leading bank, Ecobank, on Friday, 15 January failed in its bid to stop the contempt proceeding instituted against…
Court grants printer who forged NAFDAC documents bail
An Apapa Magistrates’ Court has granted bail to a printer, Bamidele Afolabi, who allegedly forged product registration documents belonging to…
Mixed reactions trail high bail conditions
Some legal practitioners in Abuja have expressed mixed feelings over the bail conditions issued to defendants by courts in the…
Court grants N15m bail to alleged cocaine importer
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Tuesday granted bail to an alleged Cocaine importer, Michael Okwuma, in the…
Stolen Funds: FG will not divulge names until cases are determined in court – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the names of those who returned looted public funds would not be divulged, pending…
Sex Starvation: Wife seeks divorce in court
A middle-aged woman, Latifat Adeleke, has asked a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan, to dissolve her marriage with Adetola Adeleke,…
Pay N4.5bn as compensation, court orders Stanbic IBTC
Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc to pay a former Group…
MTN to challenge NCC fine in court
One of Africa’s largest telecommunications companies says it will challenge a hefty fine issued by Nigerian authorities. In a statement,…
Court annuls de-registration of three political parties
The power granted the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in the Electoral Act 2010 to deregister political parties suffered defeat…
Akwa Ibom elders seek probe into election petitions judgments
The Akwa Ibom State Elders have called for probe into what they described as contradictory judgements in the election petitions.…
Court sacks Akwa Ibom Assembly Speaker
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja A Court of Appeal in Abuja division on Tuesday sacked Aniekan Uko, the Speaker of Akwa Ibom State…
Court orders Dokpesi remanded in Kuje prison pending perfection of bail
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered that media mogul, Chief Raymond Dokpesi should be remanded…
Confusion as EFCC whisks away ex-NIMASA boss, Akpobolokemi from court
Akin Kuponiyi There was confusion and commotion Monday as a detachment of Mobile Policemen accompanied by Economic and Financial Crimes…
Court orders Nigerian Navy to pay N200m over illegal detention of vessel
Akin Kuponiyi A Federal high court sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has ordered the Nigerian Navy and its chief of…
Nwankwo Kanu in trouble as court orders his accounts frozen over unpaid N924m loan
AKIN KUPONIYI In a bid to recover a debt of N924,788,754.56, a Federal high court sitting in Lagos, western Nigeria,…
Money laundering: Court orders Dokpesi remanded in EFCC custody
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Media mogul and founder of DAAR Communications, owner of popular Africa Independent Television and Raypower radio stations was…
Dokpesi to remain in EFCC custody
Justice Gabriel Kolawole has ordered that Raymond Dokpesi be remanded in EFCC custody pending the hearing of his bail application…
$4m fraud: Court admits suspects to bail
Justice U.N. Agomoh of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Monday, December 7, 2015 granted…
Will Kogi supplementary poll hold? Court decides today
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja A Federal court in Abuja will rule today on whether the Independent National Electoral Commission should go ahead…
Court adjourns KPMG suit against FRC till 7 Dec.
Akin kuponiyi Justice Ibrahim Buba presiding over a federal high court in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, Thursday adjourned till Monday,7 December,…
Court jails man for UK visa scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday, November 30, 2015 secured the conviction of one Abraham Adasah before Justice…
Court dismisses FG’s application on Dasuki
Ayorinde Oluokun A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the application of the Federal Government seeking to compel the…
Former VC drags Governor Wike, varsity to court over sack
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt All is not well with the affairs of Ignatius Ajuru University, Rumuolumini, Port Harcourt, southern Nigeria, as…
Jilted woman drags ex-lover to court over fraud
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 42-year-old man who dumped a 49-year-old lover and secretly went and married another woman has landed in…
Stella Oduah: Court fixes Dec.1 for hearing of suit
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday fixed December 1 for hearing of a suit filed by a former…
Court dissolves six-year marriage over fornication, pride
An Ile-Ife Customary Court on Thursday dissolved the six-year old marriage between Sunday Adelakun and his wife Rasidat over fornication…
Money Laundering: Court adjourns Sambo Dasuki’s case
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday adjourned the case of retired Col. Sambo Dasuki, till November 23. The…
Allow Sambo Dasuki travel for medical treatment, Court tells DSS
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday told the Department of State Services (DSS) to obey its earlier…
Man offers to sign undertaking to remain in marriage
Cyriacus Izuekwe There was a drama at Ejigbo customary court, Lagos State western Nigeria, on Wednesday, when a man pleaded…
Court adjourns KPMG suit against FRC till next week
Akin Kuponiyi Justice Ibrahim Buba presiding over a federal high court in Lagos south west Nigeria today adjourned till Thursday,…