COURTROOM NEWS

Embattled former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, on Thursday told Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court in Abuja that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission was responsible for his travails at the London Court where he had been in detention…

The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Thursday, upturned a judgement of the Federal High Court, which disqualified all the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from participating in the 2023 general elections in the State. The Federal…

Justice Sylvanus Oriji of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja has declined to grant a motion seeking to stop the new cash withdrawal policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria. The application was brought before the court by 10…

The National Industrial Court of Nigeria, Lagos Division has ordered the Bank of Industry (BoI) to reinstate Mr. Sonny Ekedayen as the Assistant General Manager of the bank with immediate effect. Justice Rabiu Gwandu nullified the termination letter issued by the bank to…

The Court of Appeal in Ibadan has declared Abiodun Akinlade as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the Egbado South/Ipokia Federal Constituency in the 2023 House of Representatives elections. It also set aside the judgment of the Federal High Court which…

The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) and 11PLC have filed an application before the Supreme Court of Nigeria seeking to quash a recent judgment of the Appeal Court which nullified the sale of Lagos Continental Hotel to 11PLC. Another claimant/applicant in the…

Dangote Industries Limited has filed a suit at the Court of Appeal in Abuja to challenge a ruling of a High Court of Kogi State seeking to give priority to a filed suit by the state government in ownership dispute over Obajana…

The children of late Mrs Kudirat Abiola have dragged the Buhari administration to the ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja over the unlawful killing of their mother. Khafila Abiola, Moriam Abiola, and Hadi Abiola are suing for themselves and on behalf of the…

Justice Bola Okikiolu-Ighile of the Lagos High Court has dismissed the “frivolous and vexatious” suit filed by a retired Air Commodore, Ademola Onitiju, challenging the sale of a four-bedroom Duplex in Dolphin Estate, Lagos by the landlady of the property. Onitiju, who was…