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The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the Nigeria Customs Service to pay the sum of N500m to the Registered Trustees of Auto Dealers for unlawful invasion and sealing of their carmarts since September 30, 2019. The auto dealers, through their…

Disturbed by the conversion of Agodi Gardens into residential estate by the ‘Seyi Makinde administration, an Ibadan-based lawyer, Adeniyi Muhammed Uthman, has dragged the state government to court. With the state government, attorney general and commissioners for justice; lands, housing and urban development…

High Court of Justice in the Federal Capital Territory  (FCT) has issued an order directing Senator Samuel Anyanwu to refrain from presenting himself as the national secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The ruling, delivered by Justice M. M. Adamu, came in…

In a bid to halt Kano State Government’s move to construct two flyovers within the metropolis, chairmen of the 44 Local Government Areas in the state have taken legal action against the state government. The Chairmen filed a suit before the Federal High…

The legal dimension to the political crisis in Rivers state is further taking root, as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Thursday insisted the 26 House of Assembly lawmakers who dumped the party for the All Progressives Congress (APC) must vacate their seats. PDP National…

Justice Donatus Okorowo of a Federal High Court, Abuja, has extended his interim order stopping the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from declaring as vacant the seats of 26 members of the Rivers State House of…

The Presiding Judge, Akure Judicial Division of the National Industrial Court, Hon. Justice Kiyersohot Damulak has declared the forceful resignation of United Bank for Africa, Customer Service Manager, Akure Branch, Mr. Timothy Adu's appointment on 17th July 2020 as instructed and directed…

A Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos, the state capital, has ordered the seizure of a property belonging to the Jos branch of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The seizure notice, signed by the registrar, specified the property seized as an…

The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed the election of Peter Mbah as the governor of Enugu State. The apex court resolved all the issues in favour of the first respondent (Governor Peter Mbah). A five-member panel led by Justice Mohammed Garba held that the…

Six leaders from Rivers State have dragged President Bola Tinubu to the Federal High Court in Abuja for allegedly compelling Governor Siminilaya Fubara to enter into what they called an unconstitutional agreement. They insist that the said agreement which was signed on December…