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The Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON) on Wednesday arraigned two traders, Ike Afam and Onyechi Steve, before the Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly conspiring and counterfeiting X-pression hair attachments. The two men were arraigned before Justice Friday Ogazi on allegations of…

The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), has asked the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to stop an alleged illegal national convention planned by Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso’s faction of the party. In a suit; FHC/ABJ/CS /327/2024 and obtained by our correspondent on Sunday,…

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has refused to restrain the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from disbursing all accrued deposits paid into the CBN NIPOST stamp duty collection account by all Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) or commercial banks. Justice Inyang Ekwo…

Nigerian music sensation, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has reached an agreement to settle out of court over the breach of contract lawsuit filed against him by the Amaju Pinnick-led Brownhill Investment Company Limited. In October 2023, a former president of the…

Controversial Tiktoker Murja Ibrahim Kunya, has approached the Federal High Court in Kano to grant her bail. The move comes after an Upper Shariah Court remanded and ordered that a mental evaluation be carried on her. Previously, Justice Nasiru Saminu had denied Kunya’s bail…

The Court of Appeal in Sokoto has ordered the police authorities to pay a cumulative sum of N80 million to the Shi’ites, followers of Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky, for attacking them while on religious procession on August 19, 2021, in the state. In a…

James Omotosho, the presiding judge of the Federal High Court in Abuja, has for the second time, declined to grant the application by Philip Shaibu, Deputy Governor of Edo State, seeking to restrain Governor Godwin Obaseki and others from impeaching him. The court…

Justice Olubukola Aigbokhaevbo of the Lagos State High Court has held that there is no dispute before the court concerning the management of Pearl Gardens Estate by CMB Building Maintenance and Investments Limited. Justice Aigbokhaevbo, who made the declaration while ruling in a…

Justice James Kolawole Omotoso of the Federal High Court in Abuja, has dismissed a suit filed by a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church of Nigeria, Ugochukwu Uchenwa, seeking the prohibition of the conduct of elections and examinations on Saturdays in…