COURTROOM NEWS

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…

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)…