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The Federal High Court in Abuja has directed the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President to address the competence of the NBA Section on Public Interest and Development Law (SPIDEL) in a lawsuit alleging violations of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Act…

The Federal Capital Territory High Court has dismissed a lawsuit brought against the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) by one of its former general secretary, Hon Nimi Walson-Jack. The court’s decision offers crucial insights into the legal boundaries surrounding membership privileges and the…

Justice James Omotoso of the Federal High Court in Abuja has refused to grant an ex-parte motion filed by the deputy governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, seeking an interim order to stop the impeachment process by the state’s House of Assembly. In…

Some journalists were held hostage in the premises of the Federal High Court in Osogbo, Osun State, on Tuesday, as the court heard applications for and against the bail of a member of Osun Park Management System, Olalekan Oyeyemi. Oyeyemi, popularly known as…

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Monday declined an application seeking to amend the pleadings and claims by Anchorage Leisure Ltd and its sister companies against Ecobank Nigeria Ltd. Justice Yelim Bogoro upheld the argument of Ecobank’s counsel Kunle Ogunba (SAN)…

The Presiding Pastor of the House on the Rock in Abuja, Uche Aigbe, arraigned before an FCT Magistrates Court for bearing an AK-47 rifle, has approached a Federal Capital Territory High Court to seek judicial review of his trial. Aigbe, during a Sunday…

The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has dismissed an appeal brought before it by Jude Chidiebere, the former husband of Nigeria’s envoy to Argentina, Chikerenwa Cordelia Anyatonwu, over joint ownership of property in Abuja. Justice Okon Abang in a judgement delivered on Monday,…

The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has dismissed an appeal brought before it by Mr. Felix Okonkwo, one of the lawyers to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Okonkwo filed the appeal to challenge alleged unlawful…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured a court order compelling Binance Holdings Limited to provide comprehensive data on Nigerian traders using its platform. Justice Emeka Nwite granted the interim order following a motion presented by EFCC’s lawyer, Ekele Iheanacho. According to…

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, threw out a suit challenging the appointment of 12 judges for the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment on Friday, held that the plaintiff, Azubuike Oko, who claimed…