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The case filed by Oluwa Forest farmers in Ondo State against the state government and SAO Agro-Allied Services LTD over their forceful eviction on Monday at High Court, Ore, experienced a pivotal development as the processes filed by the state Attorney-General were…

The Federal High Court in Abuja has slammed a fine of N10 million on actress Halima Abubakar for defaming the General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministry Worldwide, Apostle Johnson Suleman. The judgement delivered by Justice Enobie Obanor, in case no: FCT/HC/ CV/ 3413/2022,…

An Ogun State High Court sitting in Abeokuta has granted an order restraining a property firm, Property Cafe Ltd, from selling or allocating a disputed five plots of land located at Pen Estate Phase 1, Asese-maba, Obafemi-Owode, Ogun State. The court presided over…

Mr Alex Okoh, the former Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), has been acquitted of contempt charges in a legal dispute between BPE and BFIG, over the ownership and operation of Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON), in Ikot Abasi,…

A Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus, from participating in the party’s meetings pending the determination of a motion on notice. Also, the National Chairman, Secretary of the Party, National Executive Council,…

Justice A.O Adebusoye of the Ondo State High Court has granted leave to a lawyer, Femi Emmanuel Emodamori, to file two suits seeking for orders of mandamus to compel the Ondo State Government to implement financial autonomy to both State Judiciary and…

The  Abuja Court of Appeal has been asked to dismiss an appeal filed by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) challenging the judgment of the Federal High Court that nullified some sections of the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) 2020 on incorporated…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Mr Godswill Akpabio over “the failure to refer the alleged N3.7 trillion budget padding to appropriate anti-corruption agencies for investigation and prosecution, and to recall Senator Abdul…

Governor Usman Ododo of Kogi State and his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, will, on April 15, open their defence at the state’s governorship election tribunal sitting in Abuja, against the petition filed by the Social Democratic Party, SDP, and its candidate,…