COURTROOM NEWS

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has held that the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) acted beyond its powers by seeking to regulate the practice of advertising in Nigeria. Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa held that the NBC lacks the power to prohibit exclusivity on…

A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the application by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) for the extradition of Lagos businessman, Adesina Surajudeen Lasisi to the United States (US). Lasisi is wanted in the US in relation to his alleged…

The Federal High Court, Abuja, has adjourned the alleged pension fraud trial involving former Head of Service of the Federation, Stephen Oronsaye until Oct. 5. At the resumed hearing in the case on Thursday, Oronsaye was cross-examined by the prosecution counsel, Mr Oluwaleke…

A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission from recognising or accepting ad hoc delegates provided by the Governor Godwin Obaseki’s faction of the Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State. The court declared the ad hoc delegates…

An upper Shari’a High Court sitting at Kofar Kudu presided over by Justice Ibrahim Sarki Yola has adjourned the hearing of the case of Abduljabbar Kabara over the absence of the case’s presiding judge who is faced with health challenges. Spokesman to Shari’a…

A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, adjourned till June 1 a case challenging the forthcoming presidential primary of the Peoples Democratic Party scheduled for May 28. One of the presidential aspirants of the PDP, Ndukwe Chukwudi, had on April 28, asked…

The Receptionist at Hilton Hotel, Ile-Ife, where a Master’s student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Timothy Adegoke allegedly died before he was dumped in the bush, Magdalene Chiefuna, on Wednesday told the court in Osogbo, Osun State, that she took the oath…

Except there is a last-minute change, Justice Ambrose Allagoa of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos State, will on July 11, 2022 rule on the no-case submission made by the former chief executive officer of Eunisell Limited, Kenneth Amadi. He is facing…

A Court of Appeal, Abuja, has on Wednesday ordered stay of proceedings relating to the contempt motion against five Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) involved in the 418 million dollars judgment debt suit. The affected SANs are Sunday Ameh, Jibrin Okutepa, Dr Garba…

The Federal High Court Abuja has adjourned further proceedings in the case against the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu from Thursday, May 26 to June 28, 2022. This means that the planned sit-at-home for Thursday will no…