The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognising the outcome of the forthcoming peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s national convention. Justice James Omotosho, in a judgment, held that the PDP failed to comply with relevant conditions and laws for theContinue Reading
Two firms; PSC Industries Limited and OGB-Tech Nigeria Limited, have alleged that the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) has ignored of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF)’s directive asking it to settle a judgment debt being owned. The firms, in a fresh court filling, claimed that eight months after theContinue Reading
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed a no-case submission application filed by suspended DCP Abba Kyari and his two brothers in a charge filed against them by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Justice James Omotosho, in a ruling, held that a prima facie caseContinue Reading
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, adjourned the arraignment of Sen. Andy Uba and his co-defendants in the alleged N400 million fraud case until Nov. 6. The matter, which was earlier fixed for Uba and Benjamin Etu to take their plea, could not proceed due to theContinue Reading
An Abuja High Court has adjourned the hearing of a motion seeking punitive sanction against parties who allegedly violated a subsisting court order in the Abuja market dispute suit until Nov. 13. The court fixed the date following the inability of the presiding judge, Justice Yusuf Halilu, toContinue Reading
Malabu Oil & Gas Limited has sought the leave of the Supreme Court to appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja, delivered in favour of Nigerian Agip Exploration Ltd. The company, in a motion on notice marked:: SC/ML/356/2025 and filed by its lawyer, ReubenContinue Reading
By Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed Dec. I for hearing in a suit seeking to stop the Federal Government from implementing the proposed expatriates’ taxation regime. The case, which was earlier scheduled for hearing by the new judge, could not proceed dueContinue Reading
A lawyer, Chuckwuma-Machukwu Ume, SAN, has prayed the Central Bank of Nigeria to sanction Polaris Bank for allegedly withholding a loan facility of N868 million belonging to a customer, Kenchez Nigeria Limited. Ume, a former Attorney-General of Imo, made the application in a petition written to the CBN governorContinue Reading
A lawyer, Johnmary Jideobi, on Monday, prayed the Federal High Court in Abuja to bar ex-President Goodluck Jonathan from contesting 2027 presidential election. Citing constitutional grounds, Jideobi urged the court to issue an order of perpetual injunction, restraining Jonathan from presenting himself to any political party in the countryContinue Reading
