The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, on Friday, overruled the verdict of the Federal High Court, Kano Division, over the appointment of the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II. In the Kano State Government’s appeal on the chieftaincy issue, the appellate court overturned the lower court’s decision, which had questioned Sanusi’s appointment as the 16th Emir of Kano. In a …

Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered three Indians to pay N98.2 million and $325,000 to 87-year-old businessman, Isaac Oluwole Oginni, for breaching his right to a fair hearing and violating Section 262 of the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA), Justice Ayokunle Faji declared Oginni remains a director of his three companies – Bolawole Enterprises Nigeria, Lesag Nigeria and …

The National Judicial Council (NJC) on Friday recommended 23 nominees for appointment as judges of the Federal High Court of Nigeria. Those who made the list include , According to a statement from council spokesman, Soyi Oje on Friday night, Mr. Kayode Ariwoola Jnr, son of Chief Justice Kayode Ariwoola, is in the list. The recommendation for the appointments was …

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted bail to suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari on charges bordering on money laundering. Apart from money laundering charges, Kyari is also facing a primary charge of cocaine trafficking, for which he has been denied bail. One of his lawyers, Hamza N. Dantani, shared the news of the court granting …

The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Abuja has reserved its ruling in the bail application of the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, to 13th July. Justice Hamza Muazu gave the order after hearing the arguments of all parties in the matter. Emefiele, through his counsel, is challenging his detention …

A Federal High Court has fixed 23rd October for the hearing in a suit filed by former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke. Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date on Wednesday after Alison-Madueke’s counsel, Mr. Benson Igbanoi; and that of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), M.D. Baraya regularised their processes in the suit. The ex-minister, who served …

The House of Representatives has passed two bills seeking to increase the number of judicial officers in the Court of Appeal and the Federal High Court as well as legalise virtual appearances and proceedings in the courts. The House raised the number of Justices in the appellate court from 90 to 100, while the number of judges at the FHC …

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has dismissed as baseless reports that the suspended Inspector General of Police’s Intelligence Response Team (IGP-IRT) commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari has been attacked by fellow inmates at the Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja. At the resuming hearing of his trial for alleged drug trafficking at a Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, …

A Federal High Court has ruled against the suit by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that Cross River Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade and his deputy, Dr Ivara Esu be removed from their positions for defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ayade and his deputy, who were elected on the platform of the PDP, jumped ship to the APC last …

A Federal High Court in Calabar has dismissed the terrorism, treasonable felony, and cybercrime charges against an online newspaper publisher, Agba Jalingo. Reprieve for the publisher of CrossRiverWatch came over two-and-a-half years after he was arrested in August 2019. In Calabar on Monday, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu followed the cue of the Cross River State Government, which withdrew the charges against …