COURTROOM NEWS

Wakili Kabiru-Muhammad, Nasarawa West Senatorial candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, in the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections has dragged INEC to the election tribunal over omission of the party’s logo. Speaking to newsmen shortly after filing his petition…

Hon. Justice Nelson Ogbuanya of the Portharcourt Judicial Division of the National Industrial Court has declared that Mr. Sotonye Boyle is not qualified for another withdrawal of 25% lump sum from his RSA having withdrawn such sum earlier during his early disengagement…

The Supreme Court has affirmed Mister Rufai Hanga as Senator Elect for Kano Central Senatorial District under the platform of the New Nigeria People’s Party. The Apex Court also removed former Governor of Kano State, Ibrahim shekarau as the candidate of the NNPP…

The Presiding Judge, Akure Judicial Division of the National Industrial Court, Hon. Justice Kiyersohot Damulak has dismissed the allegation of wrongful employment termination filed by Dr. David Atanda against Kwara State University for lacking merit. However, the Court ordered the defendant to calculate…

Justice Modupe Oso-Adebiyi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Gudu, Abuja, has ordered sureties to James Nolan to produce him before the court in September 2023, or risk forfeiting their bonds to the Federal Government. Nolan, an Irish and a Director in…

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has frozen the accounts of Africa Plus Partners Nigeria Limited and Bastanchury Power Solutions Nigeria Limited in 22 Nigerian banks. Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court, Lagos placed “a no-debit order” on the accounts…

The Coroner inquiring into the cause of death of Lagos-based pastry chef, Peju Ugboma, has indicted the doctors at a private hospital, Premier Specialist Medical Centre, for negligence. The coroner, Magistrate Mukaila Fadeyi, said that the “only logical conclusion that one can reach…

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Department of State Service to immediately and unconditionally release a businessman, Mr. Emeka Ngornadi, who was arrested and detained by the agency since April, 2021. This is contained in a judgement delivered by Honourable…

Justice Chukwuejekwu Aneke sitting at a Federal High Court in Lagos, Thursday restrained the Chief Executive Officer of Seplat Energy Plc, Roger Brown from parading himself as the firm’s CEO, pending the determination of a motion for interlocutory injunction. The case was instituted…