Nigeria’s claim to sovereign immunity cannot stand in a commercial venture, a US appeal court has ruled. The court rejected Nigeria’s sovereign immunity defence to the enforcement of a $70 million investment treaty award won by Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Ltd., a Chinese investor, in a free trade zone. Nigeria had “gruesomely” violated both fundamental and commercial rights of …

A United States District Court in the Northern District of Illinois has granted the request made by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, for the release of President Bola Tinubu’s academic records by Chicago State University. In a ruling delivered by US Magistrate, Judge Jeffrey Gilbert on Tuesday, the court ordered Chicago State Varsity to provide …

A Nigerian, Okechukwu Iwuji – alongside two others – has been convicted and jailed for advance fee and money laundering scheme involving over $2 million. The United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, Shawn Anderson announced that 38-year-old Iwuji and the other convicts fraudulently obtained approximately $2.6 million by inducing Guam-based investors to pay bogus …

Hushpuppi, a notorious Instagram influencer, has been jailed for more than 11 years in the United States for his role in an international fraud syndicate. Real name Ramon Abbas, the Nigerian was also ordered to pay $1,732,841 (£1,516,182) in restitution to two victims. The influencer rose to fame flaunting his wealthy lifestyle on his page, which boasted 2.8 million followers. …