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May 10, 2025 No Responses

Court Orders Final Forfeiture of N1.2b Stolen From Sterling Bank

Justice D.I.Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, has ordered the final forfeiture of the sum of N1,292,798,746.81 (One Billion , Two Hundred and Ninety-two Million, Seven Hundred and Ninety-eight Thousand , Seven Hundred and Forty-six Naira...

April 25, 2025 No Responses

Court Orders Final Forfeiture Of Apapa Property To FG

Justice Dehinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, April 25, 2025, ordered the final forfeiture of a property to the Federal Government of Nigeria.The property is located at 26, Tolu Road, Olodi Apapa, Ajeromi-Ifelodun...

January 30, 2025 No Responses

Court Defers Arraignment Of Former NHIS Boss

Justice Chinyere E. Nwecheonwu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Kuchiako, Kuje, on Thursday, January 30, 2025 rescheduled to February 3, 2025 the arraignment of Professor Usman Yusuf, former Executive Secretary of National Health Insurance Scheme, ...

September 20, 2022 No Responses

Man Seeks Dissolution Of Daughter’s Marriage

A 74-year-old man, Alhaji Abdulrahman Kwamande, on Tuesday prayed a Makurdi Court to dissolve the marriage between his daughter Halima and Aminu Sulaiman. In his application, Kwamande averred that he was the biological father of Halima and consequently ...

August 16, 2022 No Responses

My Husband Is Too Lazy, Woman Tells Court

A businesswoman, Tawakalitu Sanusi, has asked a Mapo Grade A Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve her 15 year-old marriage to estranged husband, Olaide whom she described as ‘’too lazy.’’ Sanusi said she is further frustrated by her husband’s...

August 28, 2020 No Responses

GTBank Staff In Court Over Alleged N3.8m Theft

A 34-year-old banker, Temidayo Fabumoye, on Friday appeared before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, charged with stealing N3.8 million from his employer. Fabumoye, whose residential address was not given, pleaded not guilty to the charge of theft p...

July 24, 2020 No Responses

Court Adjourns National Theatre Concession Suit

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday adjourned until Oct. 29, continuation of hearing in a suit by a company, Topwideapeas Ltd., challenging nullification of its concession over the National Arts Theatre Complex. The plaintiff described itself as...

July 13, 2020 No Responses

Court Dismisses N5b Libel Suit Against Thisday

An FCT High Court, in Kubwa on Monday, dismissed a N5 billion libel suit filed by a Chartered Accountant, Nixon Alanza, against Thisday Newspaper Limited and Diamond Bank PLC . Delivering judgment, Justice Bello Kawu , held that the plaintiff...