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The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria to pay a German, Martin Gegenheimer, the sums of ₦63.7m and $10,000 for illegal arrest and detention by the Nigerian Immigration Service in 2020 during the COVID-19 period. The court…

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, gave the Federal Government seven days to file a charge against the detained President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order following the expiration of the earlier order granted the…

Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the National Population Commission (NPC) to release details of spending on the aborted 2023 Population Census to an Abuja-based lawyer, Opatola Victor within seven days. Justice Ekwo issued the order while…

An Abuja-based legal practitioner, Maxwell Opara, has dragged President Bola Tinubu before a Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged lopsided appointments in the public sector. The aggrieved lawyer is challenging the legality of the appointments of Chief Executive Officers and Board Chairpersons…

Justice Nurah Yusuf of a Kano Shari’a Court has ordered that the controversial female TikToker, Murja Kunya, be subjected to a psychiatric evaluation due to concerns over her behaviour during court hearing. Murja, who is facing charges of indecency and immorality brought against…

Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court Abuja has ordered the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice to re-open the investigation and prosecution of those who murdered the founder of Newswatch Magazine, Dele Giwa, in 1986. Delivering judgment, Justice…

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the Federal Government’s appeal to overturn the Court of Appeal’s decision which cleared former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godsday Orubebe, of false asset declaration. In 2015, Orubebe was arraigned for not disclosing his properties in the…

The Upper Sharia Court 1 sitting in GRA, Zaria, Kaduna State, has ordered Hon Sani Sha’aban, a former Kaduna State gubernatorial candidate under the All Progressives Congress (APC), to repay loans of $709,238 and N11.2 million to one Alhaji Umar Faruk Abdullahi. The…

The Supreme Court yesterday nullified the taking over of the Best Western Hotel, Lagos, by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON). A five-member panel of the apex court voided the action of the federal government’s agency, shortly after it dismissed AMCON’s appeal…

Lawyer to Nnamdi Kanu, detained leader of the Independent People of Biafra, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has dragged the President-General of Oraifite Improvement Union, in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State, Mr Vincent Dike, to a Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja claiming…