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- 28 Nov 2024
Federal High Court Strikes Down NBC’s 2.5% Gross Income Levy on MultiChoice
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court Abuja has struck down Section 2 (10) (b) of the National Broadcasting Code, 6th Edition, which required broadcasters to pay 2.5% of their “Gross…
- 19 Mar 2013
Abuja Court Voids Fuel Deregulation
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, the nation’s capita city has ruled that the Nigerian government lacked the jursisdistic powers to enact a libralise the petroleum downstream sector. Justice…
- 5 Jan 2025
21 Bank Accounts Frozen by Abuja Court Over Alleged Money Laundering
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the interim freezing of 21 bank accounts across multiple commercial banks over allegations of money laundering. Presiding judge Emeka Nwite also directed the…
- 21 May 2023
Failed Abuja CCTV Project: Court Orders FG to Account for $460m Chinese Loan
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the President Muhammadu Buhari’s Administration to “account for the spending of $460 million Chinese loan to fund the failed Abuja Closed-Circuit Television…
- 15 Oct 2020
Respite for CBN as Court Vacates N24Bn Order Against it
Federal High Court in Abuja has set aside an order against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in respect of a judgment sum of N24.1 billion. Mr. Godwin Emefiele, CBN governor Justice Evelyn Maha, in a…
- 14 Aug 2020
SPDC Appeals Asset Sale Judgment
SPDC is very disappointed that the Rivers State High Court affirmed the enforcement of the purported sale of interests in SPDC’s JV’s assets in Kidney Island and specified interests in OML 11 to the…
- 25 May 2026
Court Orders FG to Reveal Identity of Local Contractors in $460m Abuja CCTV Project
Federal High Court has ordered the Ministry of Finance to disclose the total amount paid under the $460 million Abuja CCTV loan, the identities of local and Chinese contractors who received the…
- 9 Jul 2026
Court Adjourns Alleged Binance Tax Evasion Case over Settlement Talks
Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned the Federal Government’s alleged tax evasion case against Binance Holdings Ltd. cryptocurrency exchange, until September 24, 2026, to allow both parties more…
- 19 Feb 2025
FG Files Fresh $81.5Bn Suits against Binance for Economic Losses
Federal government has asked an Abuja Federal High Court to compel Binance to pay N79.51 billion and N231 million, which is equivalent to $81.5 billion, as penalty for alleged economic losses caused…
- 7 Aug 2025
Zenith Bank Slammed with ₦85m Fine for Freezing Account on Invalid Court Order
A High Court in Abuja has awarded a fine of N85 million against Zenith Bank Plc for freezing a customer’s bank account by relying on an invalid court order. Justice S. U. Bature, in a judgment, also…
- 21 Apr 2026
Court Affirms FCCPC Authority over Consumer Protection
Federal High Court in Abuja has upheld Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission’s (FCCPC) authority to investigate consumer complaints and enforce regulatory oversight in Nigeria. Tunji…
- 8 May 2025
MultiChoice vs FCCPC: Only President has Power to Fix Prices- Court
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday ruled over a dispute between the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) and MultiChoice Nigeria over the recent hike in…
- 2 Apr 2026
Appeal Court Upholds Ban on NBC's Power to Fine Broadcast Stations
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has dismissed an appeal filed by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), seeking to overturn a Federal High Court judgement that restrained it from imposing…
- 13 Feb 2024
Alleged $6.2m Fraud: FG Enlists INTERPOL to Arrest 3 Suspects Linked to Emefiele
Federal government has requested the Interpol National Central Bureau to place a Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) staff and two others on its Red Notice. Monday’s request is connected to an alleged…
- 24 May 2021
First Bank in Trouble over Alleged Breach of Contract
First Bank Plc is to be sued for disobedience and breach of contract if it failed to obey the Federal High Court’s 48 hours ultimatum served to to it. In a letter to the bank by A.A. Ibrahim SAN,…
- 4 Dec 2018
Pinnacle Kicks as ICPC Freezes Account over Alleged N2.5Bn Fraud, Court Rules December 14
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has fixed December 14, for ruling in a motion on notice challenging the freezing of an account belonging to Pinnacle Communications Ltd by the Independent…
- 13 Jun 2019
NBC, DAAR Communications Get Leave to Settle Out of Court
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court Abuja, on Thursday granted DAAR Communications and the National Broadcasting Commission(NBC), leave to settle their dispute out of court. DAAR…
- 19 Feb 2019
Court Orders EFCC to Release of Ayeni, Ex-Skye Bank Chairman
Justice Yusuf Halilu of an Abuja High Court on Tuesday ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to immediately release detained Tunde Ayeni, former chairman of Skye bank, from its…
- 17 Jan 2018
Court Adjourns Hearing of BVN Suit to March 1
The Federal Government on Tuesday requested for an adjournment over suit challenging its forfeiture order it secured from a Federal High Court in Abuja, to take over of monies not linked to Bank…
- 18 Jun 2026
Court Deals Fresh Blow to NBC, Throws Out Appeal over Broadcast Fines
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed an appeal filed by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) challenging a Federal High Court judgment that restrained the commission from imposing fines…
- 3 Aug 2026
NBC Files Fresh Appeal against Judgment Barring it from Imposing Fines on Broadcast Stations
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has filed an application seeking the permission of the court of appeal to file a fresh appeal against the judgement of the federal high court in Abuja barring…
- 28 Apr 2026
Court Strikes Out Suit against NCC over 50 Percent Tariff Hike
Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has struck out a high-profile lawsuit that sought to nullify the 50 percent telecommunications tariff hike approved by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)…
- 14 Apr 2017
Court Stops NIPOST from Collecting N50 Stamp Duty
The Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday, stopped the Nigerian Postal Services (NIPOST), from further collecting N50 on stamp duty. The court held that such revenue drive by NIPOST does not enjoy…
- 12 Mar 2025
Court Stops FG from Sanctioning MultiChoice over DStv, GOtv Tariff Hike
Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, restrained the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) from taking “any administrative steps” against MultiChoice Nigeria Limited…
- 1 Jul 2013
Court Sacks Service Chiefs, Says their Appointments Illegal
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday nullified the appointments of the nation’s security chiefs on the grounds that their appointments by President Goodluck Jonathan were without the…
- 8 Nov 2020
#EndSARS: SERAP, Others Asks Court to Reject ‘Suit on Twitter Shut Down’
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 365 concerned Nigerians have filed an application before the Federal High Court, Abuja, asking the court to “reject a suit seeking to shut…
- 31 Oct 2022
PIN Asks Court to Define NITDA' Mandate
Paradigm Initiative (PIN), has asked Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to determine whether NITDA has the powers to propose or formulate any regulation, which in any way purports to dictate the…
- 8 May 2019
Firm Fights Heritage Bank over Attempts to Takeover of HIP TV
Smooth Promotions Limited, owner of music channel, HIP TV, and organiser of the Headies Awards, has approached the Court of Appeal after the Federal High Court, Abuja, granted a motion ex parte filed…
- 19 Jul 2024
Court Strikes Out FG’s N30b Illegal Ads Suit Against Meta
Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed the N30 billion alleged illegal advertisement lawsuit instituted against Meta Platforms Incorporated (owners of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp…
- 12 Mar 2019
Alleged N2.5Bn Fraud: Court Orders NBC Boss to Appear ‘Even on Stretcher’
Federal High Court, Abuja, has ordered Mr Abdullahi Mustapha (SAN), to produce Kawu Modibbo, director-general of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), in court on the next adjourned date of…