As the noose on obligors of Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) tightens in line with its latest enforcement strategy, Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court, Asaba at the weekend reechoed the fact that the task to strengthen…
*How Lagos hotelier’s son, friend drugged, gang-raped me – Victim (Punch)* Pay more attention to children’s education, HDI urges LASG (Vanguard)
How Lagos hotelier’s son, friend drugged, gang-raped me – Victim (Punch) A 24-year-old rape victim on Wednesday narrated to a Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja how she was allegedly drugged and gang-raped by the son of a Lagos…
Smooth Productions sues Heritage Bank over N185m dispute
Smooth Promotions, a Lagos-based media company whose properties include Hip Hop World, a music entertainment magazine; the hit entertainment channel Hip TV and the most prestigious music awards in Nigeria, The Headies, has filed a suit at the Federal High…
NLNG vs NIMASA case for retrial at high court
The Court of Appeal in Lagos on Friday, March 29, 2019 in a judgement delivered by Hon. Justice Garuba Lawal, directed that the case between Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), be remitted…
Otedola: Despite blowing the whistle on subsidy scam, Lawan wanted a bribe (Vanguard)
The Chairman of Forte Oil, Mr Femi Otedola, has testified in court how he blew the whistle on subsidy scam during the immediate past administration. Otedola told the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja how he told former President Goodluck…
MTN vs CBN case adjourned to December 4
The court hearing between the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and MTN over the alleged repatriation of funds amounting to $8.1 billion has ended in an adjournment. Sitting at the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Justice Saliu Saidu, after hearing…
Court grants Shittu’s prayer to serve NYSC processes (Nation)
The Federal High Court in Ibadan, on Thursday, granted the application of the Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, to serve originating summons on the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that Shittu had…
Buhari’s travel ban on 50 VIPs sparks legal battle (Nation)
From party offices and the media, the battle to reverse Executive Order 6 under which 50 prominent Nigerians have been banned from travelling has moved to the Court of Appeal. Two lawyers yesterday filed an appeal seeking to set aside…
Exam malpractices: Fed Govt charges Sen Adeleke, four others (Nation)
The Federal Government has charged Senator Ademola Adeleke (Osun West) and four others before the Federal High Court, Abuja with alleged examination malpractices. Adeleke and others were accused, in a four-count charge filed in the name of the Inspector General…
FG to pay N10m damages to journalist Jones Abiri for illegal detention (Premium Times)
The Abuja division of the Federal High Court has described the two years detention of journalist Jones Abiri as outright conviction and ordered the government to pay N10 million in damages to Abiri. Abiri was arrested in August 2016 and…