Tag: Federal High Court
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…
Court freezes companies accounts over allegation of N125m fraud
A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos State on Tuesday ordered that the bank accounts belonging to two companies,…
Court orders temporary forfeiture of Delta Senator’s properties, bank accounts
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered an interim forfeiture of properties belonging to the lawmaker representing Delta…
N15 billion debt: Court orders winding up petition against Kepco company advertised
Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, the Federal capital territory of Nigeria has ordered that a winding…
LEKOIL Requires Ministerial Consent for OPL 310 Interest – Court
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, and presided by Justice Sule Hassan has ruled that Lekoil’s acquisition of an…
INEC challenges court order on Bauchi election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it has challenged the order of a Federal High Court in Abuja, ordering…
Court nullifies Kano PDP governorship primary, orders fresh election
Barely five days to the governorship election, a Federal High Court in Kano on Monday nullified the governorship primary election…
NBA President re-arraigned, as court issues arrest warrant on 4 others
President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Paul Usoro on Friday, appeared before Justice Rilwan Aikawa, of the Federal High…
Justice: Federal High Court gets new rules
Justice Adamu Abdul-Kafarati, Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Abuja, says a brand new Alternative Dispute Resolution Rules (ADRR),…
$1.3bn Tax: MTN’s suit against FG to be heard Dec. 3
A Federal High Court, Lagos, will on Dec. 3 hear a suit by MTN Nigeria Communication Ltd against the Attorney…
Federal High Court commences annual vacation
The Federal High Court commenced its annual vacation on July 9, while the vacation would end on Sept.14.
Court sends ex-Kaduna governor Mukhtar Yero, 3 others to prison
A Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has remanded a former governor of Kaduna State, Mukhtar Yero, and three others…
$40m arms scam: Court asks Jonathan’s cousin to defend himself
The Federal High Court, Abuja, has ordered former President Goodluck Jonathan’s cousin, Robert Azibaola to defend himself in a fraud…
Election Sequence: National Assembly, others know fate April 25
The Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed April 25 to deliver judgment in a suit filed by the Accord Party…
Federal High Court dismisses suit seeking to remove Gov. Bello
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed a suit seeking to remove Kogi Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, from office.
N3.2bn fraud: Witnesses testify in former Governor’s trial
A prosecution witness on Tuesday told a Federal High Court in Lagos in the ongoing trial of former Governor of…
False Information: Court grants Senator Melaye bail
A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to Senator Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West Constituency, in the sum…
Court Orders Businessman To Forfeit $200,000 to Federal Govt
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Tuesday convicted Moghalu Maduakonam on one-count charge of money laundering…
CBN currency scam: Court overrules defendant on admissibility of evidence
The Federal High Court in Ibadan on Tuesday overruled a defendant, Kolawole Babalola, on the admissibility of the evidence tendered…
EFCC to file fresh charges against Nnamani
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday expunged proceedings in the trial of a former Governor of Enugu State,…
Court declares Sen. Ndume’s suspension illegal, reinstates him
The Federal High Court, Abuja, has declared the suspension of Sen.Ali Ndume by the Senate as illegal and ordered that…
Court orders company to pay N1.9b debt to AMCON
A Federal High Court, Lagos, on Wednesday, ordered a limited liability company, Ziklagsis Network Limited, to pay the admitted debt…
Fani-Kayode’s trial continues tomorrow
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos south west Nigeria today , dismissed an application filed before the court by…
Illegal arms: Court seeks medical reports of defendants
A Federal High Court Judge in Lagos south west Nigeria, Justice Ayokunle Faji has called for medical reports detailing the…