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Court Declares NBA, LPDC Investigative Reports on Lawyer As Nullity

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Apo has declared the report of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) Investigative Panel, Committee which led to an originating application against a legal practitioner, Chibuzo Chukwueroka Ezike before the Legal Practitioner Disciplinary…

24/08/2023

Court Strikes Out Emefiele Brothers’ Suits Against DSS, AGF

A Federal Capital Territory High court has struck out two separate fundamental rights enforcement suits by two siblings of the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, against the Attorney General of the Federation and the Department of State…

23/08/2023

Tribunal Dismisses LP’s Suit Against Dep Speaker, Kalu

The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Umuahia, yesterday upheld the election of the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Chief Benjamin Kalu by dismissing a petition challenging his victory in the February 25 poll as lacking in merit. Chief Frank…

23/08/2023

Court Grants N500m Bail to Lagos Businessman Accused of Offering N50m Bribe to Policemen

Justice Hamza Muazu of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Maitama has ruled to grant bail in the amount of N500 million to Akintoye Akindele, a Lagos-based businessman. Akindele faced allegations of tendering a N50 million bribe to officers…

23/08/2023

Court Dismisses Emefiele’s Ally Human Rights Suit Against DSS

A Federal Capital Territory High Court on Friday dismissed a fundamental human rights suit filed by a staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sa’adatu Yaro, against the Department of State Services. The suit sought an order releasing her six exotic cars seized…

19/08/2023

Breach of Contract: Subscriber Drags RevolutionPlus to Court

RevolutionPlus Property Development Company Limited has been dragged before a Magistrate’s Court in Lagos State by a subscriber, Ebele Ikpeoyi, over alleged breach of contract and failure to deliver a property allegedly paid for between 2020 and 2022. In the suit filed through…

19/08/2023

Kogi Poll: Appeal Court Dismisses Smart Adeyemi’s Case Challenging Ododo’s Candidacy

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday dismissed an appeal brought before it by Senator Smart Adeyemi, seeking to nullify the primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State which produced Usman Ododo as the party’s flagbearer in…

18/08/2023

Court Adjourns ABC Ojiakor’s Bankruptcy Suit To 26 September

Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos Thursday adjourned till September 26, to hear all pending applications in a bankruptcy suit filed by Access Bank Plc against businessman, Dr. Ambrosie Orjiakor. Access Bank Plc had filed the suit numbered…

18/08/2023

Nasarawa Election Tribunal Uncovers Irregularities as Critical Documents Go Missing

In a significant development at the Nasarawa State Governorship Election Tribunal, today’s proceedings saw the lead counsel of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Ombugadu J S OKUTEPA (SAN), present crucial evidence. The tribunal delved into the heart of the case by calling…

18/08/2023

Lawyer Challenges Data Protection Act

An Abuja-based lawyer, Solomon Okedara, has filed a suit on the enforcement of the Data Protection Act 2023 against the Attorney General of the Federation and the National Assembly at a Federal High Court in Abuja. Okedara, in a fundamental right to privacy…

17/08/2023

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