COURTROOM NEWS

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Friday declined to compel the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, to reveal the assets that were declared by former presidents, vice presidents, and principal officers of the National Assembly. The appellate court, in a unanimous…

Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has adjourned till June 2, 2024, for further hearing in a dispute over the leadership of the Lagos Country Club. The judge’s decision followed an application for adjournment by defence counsel Dr.…

Bayelsa State High Court sitting in Ogbia, Yenagoa, has ruled that Otuabagi community, not Oloibiri, is the host community to the oil well that first produced crude oil in commercial quantities in the country in 1956. The court also ordered “Oloibiri community to…

The Supreme Court has upheld the decision of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja, allowing the Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate in the November 2023 Kogi election to inspect election materials. The Court of Appeal’s order to set aside the inspection order…

The crisis in the Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)  got messier as the state Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu finally dragged the party’s candidate, Dr. Asue Ighodalo, PDP and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) before a Federal High…

Enugu State High court has ordered Mr. Jerry Patrick Onuokaibe to stop parading himself as the monarch of Mburubu Community in Nkanu East Local Government Area. The order followed a motion of ex parte brought before Justice J..I.C Okibe by the 6 plaintiffs’…

Justice Yelim Bogoro of the Federal High Court in Lagos has dismissed an application filed by MTN Nigeria Communications Plc challenging the locus standi (legal rights) of HEDA Resources Centre to sue it and ATC Nigeria Wireless Infrastructure Limited over allegations of…

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, granted leave to the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, Prof. Cyril Ndifon, and his lawyer, Sunny Anyanwu, to appeal the dismissal of their no-case submission. The professor is currently standing trial…

The National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja, has settled the leadership crisis of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), affirming Alhaji Tajudeen Ibikunle Baruwa, as the validly elected President of the Union for the second term. The court sacked the Alhaji…

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the final forfeiture of 36 exotic cars, allegedly stolen from Canada to Nigeria. Justice Deinde Dipeolu made the final forfeiture order, while granting an application filed and argued by the Economic and Financial Crimes…