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March 19, 2022 No Responses

Court Orders DNA Test To Determine Paternity Of Children

A Grade A Customary Court sitting at Mapo in Ibadan, Oyo State has ordered for DNA tests on the three children of a divorce-seeking couple, Alhaji Lukman Shittu, and embittered wife, Fisayo Shittu. The court gave the order so as to unravel...

February 8, 2022 No Responses

S/Court Fixes May 6 For Judgment In Imo, Rivers Legal Tussle Over Oil Wells

The Supreme Court on Monday fixed May 6 for judgment in a legal tussle between Rivers and Imo over the ownership of 17 oil wells in their territories. Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, who led a six-man panel of justices, fixed the date...

January 17, 2022 No Responses

Supreme Court Reverses N2.4b Ruling Against GTBank

The Supreme Court has reversed its earlier decision which dismissed an appeal filed by Guaranty Trust Bank against a N2.4bn judgment given in favour of Innoson Motors Nigeria Limited by the Court of Appeal in Ibadan, Oyo State. A judgment...

January 11, 2022 No Responses

Unlawful Arrest: Court Awards N100m Compensation In Favour Of Oyo Businessman

An Oyo State High Court sitting in Oyo Town on Monday awarded N100 million as compensation in favour of an Oyo based businessman, Mr Azeez Akintunde, over his unlawful arrest. Justice Elijah Taiwo delivered the judgment in a suit filed...

January 6, 2022 No Responses

Journalist Drags IGP, Dangote Refinery, Six Others To Court, Demands N100m Compensation

The Editor-in-Chief of Money Management Series (MMS) Plus Newspaper, Mr. Kingsley Anaroke has instituted a civil case against the Inspector General of Police, the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 2, Onikan Lagos, Lagos State Police Commissioner a...

December 29, 2021 No Responses

Court Blocks Shell’s Oil Exploration

A South African court has halted oil giant Shell’s seismic testing for oil and gas along the country’s eastern coastline, pending a final ruling. The decision has been hailed by environmentalists who fear that the sound blasting will harm mar...

November 16, 2021 No Responses

Nigerian Bottling Company Asks Court To Strike Out Rite Foods Suit

A Federal High Court in Lagos will on December 1, 2021 rule on an application seeking to strike out a contempt charge against the Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC). Justice Ambrose Allagoa gave the date after hearing arguments by counsel to...

November 2, 2021 No Responses

Court Orders FG To Pay Delta $1.638b derivative arrears

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, ordered the Federal Government to pay 1.638 billion dollars to Delta Government being 13 per cent derivative sum due as arrears of revenue payable to the oil-rich state. Justice Donatus Okorowo, while delivering...

September 17, 2021 No Responses

Author Appeals N1.5b Copyright Infringement Suit Against Nigerian Breweries

Mr Paul Allen Oche, an author, has filed an appeal against the ruling of the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, over alleged N1.5billion copyright infringement claims against the Nigerian Breweries. The ruling was delivered by Justice Binta Nyako in.....

August 30, 2021 No Responses

CJN Summons Six Chief Judges Over Conflicting Court Orders

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, has summoned six-state Chief Judges in relation to the spate of conflicting orders emanating from their courts. The CJN summoned them over the issuance of conflicting orders on the Peoples’ ...

July 24, 2021 No Responses

Ten Pirates Bag 48 Years Imprisonment In Nigeria

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Friday sentenced ten (10) pirates to a total of 48 years each in prison under the Suppression of Piracy and Other Maritime Offences, SPOMO ACT, for hijacking a Chinese fishing ves...

July 13, 2021 No Responses

Innoson Urges Court To Set Aside Order On GTB’s Plan To Transform To Holding Company

AN Enugu-based manufacturing and trading company, Innoson Nigeria Limited, is seeking the order of a Federal High Court, Lagos Judicial Division, to, among others, set aside its ex parte order approving GTB’s intention&nbsp...

June 18, 2021 No Responses

Supreme Court Stops Lawsuit Against Nestle, Others

The US Supreme Court has ruled food giants Nestlé USA and Cargill can’t be sued for child slavery on African farms from where they buy their cocoa. According to BBC, Six African men alleged that they were trafficked from Mali...

March 18, 2021 No Responses

Italian Court Acquits Eni, Shell In Nigeria Corruption Case

An Italian court has cleared two global oil giants, Eni and Shell, over allegations of corruption in Nigeria. The long-running case centred around the $1.3bn (£936m) purchase of an offshore oil block in 2011. Prosecutors had alleged that the majority...