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The Chief Judge (CJ) of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, has given an order for the reopening of the Benin-City judicial division of the court for proceedings. This decision was made known to the public in a…
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja dismissed an application by the Federal Government filed for permission to extradite the detained Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, to the United States of America,…
The Federal High Court Abuja has fixed September 7, for the hearing of a legal suit seeking the disqualification of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), from contesting the…
The money laundering trial of a former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, on Monday, stalled before a Federal High Court Lagos as the trial court did not sit. The trial, which was fixed for continuation on Monday,…
A Federal High Court in Kano, presided over by Justice Abdullahi Liman, on Friday restrained the Kano State Government from borrowing N10 billion for the installation of Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras. A…
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed a fresh application the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, filed to be released on bail, pending the determination of…
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, ordered the immediate release of the international passport of a former Governor of Rivers State, Dr. Peter Odili, which was seized by the Nigeria Immigration Service,…
A Federal High Court in Lagos has granted an order of interim forfeiture of 11 high-end designer items confiscated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from Ismaila Mustapha, alias Mompha. The items –…
A prince in the royal lineage of Owo town, Ondo State, Toluwalade John Olateru-Olagbegi, has been charged to court by Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission before Justice Uche Agomoh of…
Faisal Maina, son of former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Taskforce Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, has been sentenced to 14 years imprisonment. The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, convicted and…
Following a recent order by the federal high court in Port Harcourt issuing an order restraining the FIRS from collecting VAT and personal income tax (PIT) in Rivers state, the Appeal Court sitting in Abuja has ordered…
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted the bail application brought before it by the 12 detained aides of Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho. Justice Obiora Egwuatu ordered all the detained…
A federal high court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos State on Monday adjourned the ongoing fraud trial of Naira Marley till Tuesday, the 5th of October 2021. Justice Nicholas Oweibo passed this adjournment on Monday, the 12th…
Former Nigerian Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun has reacted to the Federal High Court ruling in her favour over the NYSC certificate forgery case that ousted her from the Presidential cabinet. In her statement,…
Nigeria’s former finance minister Kemi Adeosun, who was caught in a certificate forgery scandal, got what appears to be a reprieve from a court on Wednesday. The Federal High Court in Abuja ruled that Mrs Adeosun did…
There is tight security presence by the combined team of the police and the operatives of State Security Service (SSS) as the Federal Government brings the self-acclaimed leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Port Harcourt's zonal office, on Thursday, July 23, 2020, secured the conviction and sentence of Oghenovo Emmanuel and Abdullahi Hassan Bika to five years imprisonment…
Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki has expressed gratitude for the return of his seized properties. His full statement reads: 1. Today, as always, I thank Almighty Allah as I welcome the judgment of the Federal High…
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday dismissed the entire 40 counts bordering on alleged N34bn fraud filed by the Federal Government against Global West Vessel Specialist Limited, a company linked to a former…
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos state has asked the federal high court to dissolve the Buni-led caretaker committee. In the suit marked FHC/L/CS/789/2020, Arigbaruwo is faulting the NEC meeting of…
