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The Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal has fined the prominent Pay-TV operator, Multichoice Nigeria, owners of DSTV, GOTV, ₦150 million for disputing the court’s jurisdiction, and ordered the company to provide Nigerians with a one-month free subscription to its subscribers. ADVERTISEMENT A three-man panel…

The Federal Government has instituted a legal action against the governors of the 36 states of the federation at the Supreme Court over alleged misconduct in the administration of Local Government Areas. ADVERTISEMENT The suit filed by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF)…

A Federal High Court in Kano on Thursday issued an ex-parte order preventing Governor Abba Yusuf from reinstating Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II.  The court also halted the implementation of a new law that abolished the four emirates of Bichi, Gaya, Karaye,…

FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, and the 36 state governors have been sued “over their failure to account for the spending of trillions of FAAC allocations collected by their states and the FCT since 1999.” ADVERTISEMENT The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) filed the…

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has held that a Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) regulation, which requires financial institutions to demand and collect the social media handles of their customers, as part of the standard Know-Your-Customer procedure, is not a…

The Federal Capital Territory High Court, sitting in Apo, Abuja, on Wednesday, dismissed a preliminary objection brought by a former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, challenging the powers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to prosecute him. ADVERTISEMENT Agunloye is…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), BudgIT and 136 concerned Nigerians have filed a lawsuit against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) “over its failure to withdraw the patently unlawful ‘Circular’ directing all banks and other financial institutions to deduct from customers’…

The Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, Delta State, has upheld the powers of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and that of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate and prosecute officials of the Delta…

The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress appears to be unending, as another group of party members have asked a court in Abuja, to sack the National Chairman of the party, Abdullahi Ganduje, for allegedly holding the position unlawfully. The APC North-Central Forum…

A governorship aspirant of the Labour Party (LP) in Edo State, Barr. Kenneth Imansuangbon, has asked the court to disqualify the governorship candidate of the party, Olumide Akpata, from the September 21 governorship election in the State. In a Suit No. FHC B/CS/26/2024…