Tag: court
Land Grab: Court orders El-Rufai’s aide to appear or face arrest
Femi Adi/Kaduna The Special Adviser to Kaduna Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai on political matters, Malam Uba Sani, was Tuesday ordered…
Court contends multiplicity of suits in Ecobank/Honeywell case
Justice Dagat is still trying to contend with the lack of disclosure leading to different pending matters instituted by Ecobank…
Buhari interfering with court system, Joseph Daudu suggests
Joseph Daudu, lead lawyer for embattled National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki has suggested President Muhammadu Buhari might be interfering with…
Couple begs court to dissolve boring marriage
Cyriacus Izuekwe There was drama at Ejigbo Customary court on Wednesday when a husband and his wife pleaded with the…
Justice Ademola orders FG to produce Dasuki in court
Justice Adeniyi Ademola of Federal High Court, Abuja ordered Federal Government to produce former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo…
Court grants Metuh N400m bail
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, who went to collect PDP spokesman Olisa Metuh, from Kuje Prisons, Abuja…
Synagogue: Court adjourns hearing in criminal trial to Jan 27
A Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja on Tuesday fixed January 27, 2016 for arguments in a criminal charge…
Things fall apart at PENGASSAN as aggrieved members head to court
There are strong indications that the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) may be in for…
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…