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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 and five others over alleged violation of...

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...

March 6, 2021 No Responses

Court Reserves Judgment In Suit Against Airtel, Glo Over Caller Tunes

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday reserved judgement until May 26, in a suit filed by an artiste, Mr Bright Okiki, against some telecommunication companies over alleged copyright infringement. Justice Nicholas Oweibo reserved judgement in the suit ...

February 26, 2021 No Responses

SEC Wins As Court Strikes Out Oando Directors‘ Suit

The Federal High Court sitting at Abuja, in a judgement delivered on Thursday, February 25, 2021, by Hon. Justice F.O.G. Ogunbanjo, struck out three (3) cases filed by Oando Plc and some of its directors against the Securities and Exchange Comm...

February 6, 2021 No Responses

Court Orders C/River To Repay $6.4m To ECOWAS Bank

The ECOWAS Court of Justice has ordered the government of Cross River State to repay the sum of US$6,455,846 to the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID). In its ruling on Friday, the court also ordered the Nigerian State...

January 20, 2021 No Responses

Court Remands Dismissed FRSC Personnel Over Alleged N673,000 Fraud

An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court, on Tuesday ordered the remand of a dismissed personnel of the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), Tokunbo Ajisafe, accused of defrauding one Raji Jimoh of N673,000.The defendant, who was arraigned on a three-count charge of crimina...