A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, fixed Feb. 19 for hearing in a suit filed by Global Gas and Refining Limited against Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) after an attempt to settle amicably failed. Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date after counsel to GlobalContinue Reading
Mr Yisa Usman, the sacked deputy director in Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has said that he was determined to expose corruption in the board irrespective of the threat and intimidation against him. Usman told Justice Osatohanmwen Obaseki-Osaghae of the National Industrial Court, Abuja, while being crossContinue Reading
Mr Tunde Omosebi, a former presidential aspirant on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 elections, has sued the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and others for 990 trillion pounds in damages for allegedly violating his fundamental rights. Omosebi, in the suit filed before Justice JamesContinue Reading
A Lawyer, Emmanuel Ekpenyong Esq.FCIArb., has prayed the Supreme Court to set the appeal against the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, seeking an order compelling the AGF to promulgate the order to bring Part 1 of the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act, CAP. F35, LawsContinue Reading
Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court in Abuja has returned the case file of a suit filed by 18 suspended Edo local government chairmen against Gov. Monday Okpebholo and others for reassignment. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the suit was filed by theContinue Reading
Hearing in a suit seeking to stop the Federal Government from implementing the proposed expatriates taxation regime, on Thursday, suffered setback at a Federal High Court in Abuja. The suit, which was the only case on the cause list, could not proceed because the court did not sit. JusticeContinue Reading
The British national, Mr James Nolan, who jumped bail in the ongoing trial linked to alleged 9.6 billion dollars Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) Ltd scandal, on Thursday, said he does not intend to call any witness. Nolan told Justice Obiora Egwuatu of a Federal High Court inContinue Reading
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, admitted former acting Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Anamekwe Nnabuoku, to a N500 million bail with two sureties in the like sum over allegations bordering on N1.96 billion fraud. Justice James Omotosho, in a ruling on Nnabuoku’s bail application moved byContinue Reading
Flowerbudnews A coalition of civil society organisations has urged the Supreme Court to review its judgment in a multi-million dollars contractual dispute between an indigenous company, Owigs and Obigs Nig. Ltd and Zenith Bank Plc. The groups; Empowerment for Unemployed Youths Initiative, Independent Public Service Accountability Watch, among others, madeContinue Reading
