Tag: Federal High Court
Federal High Court set up Special Task Force for disposal of pre-election cases
By Taiye Agbaje The Federal High Court (FHC) of Nigeria has constituted a special task force of judges to swiftly…
Drama as NDLEA storms court with 45 bags of Indian hemp
he bags of Indian hemp brought to the court premises for inspection by by Justice Abimbola Olawumi Awogboro at the…
Breaking: Court stops INEC from ending voters registration
SERAP and 185 concerned Nigerians had early this month filed the lawsuit against INEC asking the court to “declare unconstitutional,…
Ekiti 2022: Court speaks on ‘disqualification’ of APC candidate
The statement was titled: “Re: Court Disqualifies APC Candidate, Biodun Oyebanji, from Ekiti Guber Election.”
Internet fraudster Uyioghosa gets two-year jail term in Benin
Justice S.M. Shuaibu of the Federal High Court sitting in Benin City on Wednesday convicted and sentenced Omo-Ogbebor Uyioghosa to…
Federal High Court honours Abdu-Kafarati today, announces vacation
Tsoho said the Federal High Court will proceed on its Christmas vacation from Monday 20 December, 2021 till Friday, 7…
Federal High Court announces vacation date
The Federal High Court will begin its 2021 annual vacation on 26 July, Chief Judge of the Court, Justice John…
Nigerian Architect Oluwole, Ayoola jailed for impersonation
Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo of the Federal High Court sitting in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Monday June 21, 2021, convicted the…
‘I am guilty’: Ojo busted with 250kg of cannabis confesses in court
A Federal High Court on Friday ordered that a 37-year-old man, Gbenga Ojo, who pleaded guilty to peddling 250g of…
Arsonists attack Abakaliki Federal High Court
Arsonists, armed with guns have attacked the Federal High Court in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi capital, setting part of the complex…
Union paralyses activities at Abuja Federal High Court
The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) on Tuesday in Abuja, locked out staff members, lawyers, litigants and the general…
Nigerian Federal High courts shut down for vacation next week
All divisions of Federal High Courts in Nigeria will shut down on Monday 29 March to embark on Easter recess.
N200m contract scam: Company’s MD Jonathan Alatoru jailed 10 years
Justice M. T. Mohammed of the Federal High Court, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has convicted and sentenced Jonathan Alatoru,…
Federal High Court begins Easter vacation March 29
Federal High Courts across the country will commence Easter vacation on Monday, March 29.
Five persons arraigned for being in possession of fake $200,000
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria has adjourned till April 10, 2021 for the trial of five…
Drama as Kano court nullifies Oshiomhole’s suspension
A Federal High Court in Kano on Thursday nullified the suspension of Adams Oshiomhole as the National Chairman of the…
Court finds Metuh guilty of N400m money laundering
The Federal High Court, Abuja on Tuesday found the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP's former Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh guilty of…
Fake bank notes: Nigerian woman, three others jailed 160 years
A Federal High Court sitting in Yola, Adamawa State, has sentenced four persons including a woman to 160 years imprisonment…
Contempt: Wema Bank’s MD, 6 other official must appear Tuesday – Court
There is no reprieve yet for the Wema Bank Plc and its seven officials cited for contempt, as a Federal…
FG bows to Nigerians: Orders probe of DSS Abuja court invasion
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, said the Federal Government has ordered a probe…
Maina looking pensive, sickly in court
Abdulrasheed Maina, Chairman, Pension Reform Task Team (PRTM), was, on Thursday, wheeled into Court 6, Federal High Court, Abuja, where…
N30m fraud: Criminal charge against FCMB, manager adjourned
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, has adjourned till 20th of November, 2019 for the continuation of…
Court grants Interim Forfeiture of N116m in Constituency Projects Scam
Justice A.R. Muhammad of Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, October 14, 2019 granted an order for interim forfeiture of…
Lagos Consumption Tax Law, Constitutional – Court
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Thursday declared the Lagos State Hotel Occupancy and Restaurant Consumption Tax Law…
Businessman gets N50m bail for laundering $420,000
A Lagos businessman, Yakub Mohammad was on Thursday arraigned before a Federal High Court in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria for allegedly…
EFCC secures final forfeiture of N291m, $287,500 to FG
A Federal High Court, in Abuja has ordered the final forfeiture of the sums of N291, 367, 914.35 and another…
Dokubo, others called for alleged diversion of stipends
A Federal High Court in Yenagoa on Thursday summoned Prof. Charles Dokubo, Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty over alleged diversion of stipends…
Nigerian housewife, three others linked with N20m scam
A Nigerian housewife and three men have been allegedly linked with a scam of N20 million.
Military invasion: Court orders CBN to pay Benue communities N8bn
The Federal High Court, on Monday, ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to immediately pay the sum of N8…
11 Oil thieves jailed in Port Harcourt
Justice A.T Mohammed of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, Rivers State has convicted and sentenced 11 fraudsters to different…