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- 17 Mar 2025
AMCON vs. Arik Air: Lagos Court Adjourns High-Stakes Fraud Trial to March 19, 2025
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos Special Offences Court has scheduled March 19, 2025, for the continuation of the trial involving Ahmed Kuru, the former Managing Director of the Asset Management…
- 15 Jul 2025
Unlicensed Investment Firms Fall Hard in Lagos Court
Justice D.I. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has convicted two companies, FARM360 Limited and MCBHADMOS Trans-Atlantic Trade Limited, for illegal capital market operations. The…
- 5 Oct 2012
Lagos Court Dismisses Airtel's Application against Econet
Econet Wireless is set for a $3 billion windfall after the High Court in Lagos, dismissed an application by Indian firm Bharti Airtel to overturn an earlier ruling by an international arbitration…
- 21 Mar 2024
Errol Ambler-Smith, ATC Nigeria’s CEO Cleared by the Federal High Court of Contempt Allegations
On November 21, 2023, HEDA Resource Centre in Nigeria, without putting the parties on notice and in their absence, obtained an interim order from the Federal High Court in Lagos preventing ATC…
- 15 Jan 2018
Federal High Court Sacks Etisalat Board
Justice Ibrahim Buba sitting at the Federal High Court, Lagos has nullified the appointment of an interim board for Emerging Markets Telecommunications Service (EMTS), the fourth largest…
- 1 Feb 2021
COVID-19: Lagos Lawyer Asks Court to Stop NIN Registration
A Federal High Court Lagos on Monday, fixed Feb.15 to hear a suit challenging the ongoing process of linking the National Identification Number (NIN) with Mobile lines. Justice Mohammed Liman fixed…
- 30 Jan 2025
Federal High Court Affirms $87.9m Fines, Interest Imposed on MTN By FIRS
Justice Ayokunle Faji of the Federal High Court in Lagos has upheld the penalties and interest amounting to $87.9 million imposed on MTN Nigeria Communication Plc by the Federal Inland Revenue…
- 9 Feb 2025
Court Affirms FCCPC’s Authority in Regulating Telecoms Sector
Federal High Court in Lagos has declared that the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has secured a landmark legal victory after the Federal High Court in Lagos reaffirmed…
- 4 Sept 2020
Lagos Defies Court Order, Slams 5% Tax on Netflix, Iroko TV, Others
Lagos State Film and Video Censors Board (LSFVB), the LSFVCB has written letters to several platforms, including Netflix and Iroko TV demanding the payment of five per cent tax. This is despite a…
- 10 Sept 2018
MTN seeks Relief from Federal High Court against CBN & AGF
MTN Nigeria on Monday filed for an injunction against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, following the government’s recent…
- 1 Jan 2015
Court Strikes Out N47.1Bn Theft Charge against Akingbola
Court of appeal in Lagos on Wednesday struck out a N47.1 billion theft charge against Erastus Akingbola, former managing director of Intercontinental Bank Plc. Akingbola was charged by the Economic…
- 19 Jul 2017
Taking Fanta, Sprite with Vitamin C is Poisonous, Court Insists
A Lagos high court has insisted that its order that the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) must mandate the Nigeria Bottling Company (NBC) to include on all bottles of…
- 5 Jan 2021
Okey Nwosu, Ex-FinBank MD 3 Others Jailed for N10.9Bn Fraud
Okey Nwosu, a former managing director, Finbank Plc, was yesterday sentenced to three years imprisonment over N10.9billion fraud. Okey Nwosu, Ex-FinBank MD He was jailed, along with three other…
- 12 Aug 2018
Ogoni Chiefs Approach Court to Wind up Bank over N17Bn Judgement Debt
Five chiefs of Ejama-Ebubu community in Eleme Local Government Area, Rivers State have filed a fresh application at the Federal High Court in Lagos, asking the court to wind up First Bank Plc. …
- 20 Apr 2016
NJC Sacks 2 Judges over Alleged Judicial Misconduct, Falsification
National Judicial Council (NJC) has sacked Justice O. Gbaja-Biamila of the Lagos State High Court and Justice Idris M. J. Evuti of the Niger State High Court, found guilty of professional misconduct.…
- 11 Mar 2016
Appeal Court Upholds Ibinabo's 5-Year Jail Term
Court of Appeal in Lagos on Friday, dismissed an appeal by Ibinabo Fiberesima, Nollywood actress challenging a jail term slammed on her by a Lagos High Court for the death of one Dr. Giwa Suraj. The…
- 29 Aug 2017
Police to Arraign Evans, Billionaire Kidnapper Today in Lagos
Chukwudumeje Ohamadike aka Evans, notorious kidnapper who was nabbed by the police three months ago, would be charged to court today barring unforeseen circumstances. The suspect who has spent over…
- 15 Mar 2019
Court Faults Bharti Airtel Purchase of Airtel Nigeria Shares from Ecobank
Federal High Court in Lagos has ruled that Bharti Airtel’s purchase of Airtel Nigeria shares from Ecobank in 2018 was contemptuous and amounted to a flagrant disobedience of a court order. The…
- 8 Feb 2017
Ozekhome Kicks as Court Freezes His Account over Money Laundering
Justice AbdulAziz Anka of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered the temporary forfeiture of N75 million the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it discovered in the…
- 12 Dec 2012
NCC Arraigns MCSN, 7 others for Performing Society Duties
Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has arraigned the Musical Copyright Society of Nigeria (MCSN) and seven of its officials at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, for performing the functions of a…
- 5 Nov 2019
Court Asks Army to Stop OPI
Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria on Tuesday ordered the Nigerian Army and its Chief of Army Staff (COAS) to suspend the ongoing Operation Positive Identification (OPI).…
- 11 Apr 2019
Firm Drags Heritage Bank to Court Over N185m Transaction Dispute
Smooth Promotions, a Lagos-based media company has filed a suit at the Federal High Court, in Lagos against Heritage Bank, alleging that the bank has breached all acceptable professional conduct with…
- 23 Jun 2025
EFCC Drags Cititrust to Court over Unreported ₦200mTransfers
Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed July 1, 2025, for the commencement of trial in a money laundering case involving Cititrust Holdings PLC and three of its subsidiaries. The subsidiaries are…
- 2 Jul 2019
Court Fixes Oct. 6 for Mention in Suit Seeking Winding up of Payporte
Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday fixed October 16 for further mention in a suit seeking the winding up of Payporte Global System Limited, sponsors of the Big Brother Naija Show. The…
- 2 Jul 2021
Okeke, Nigerian Asks Court to Wind up CNN Africa in Nigeria
Kenechukwu Okeke, a Nigerian dragged CNN Africa to the Federal High Court in Lagos, praying the court to shut down the operations of the multinational news-based television channel in Nigeria.…
- 15 Apr 2019
Access Bank, Don Etiebet Fight over N2.4Bn Debt
Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday refused to grant an application by Chief Don Etiebet, former Petroleum Minister’s company, seeking to stop Access Bank Plc from taking over his property known as…
- 21 Apr 2026
Police Arraign First Bank Manager over Alleged Forex Fraud
Police prosecutors from the Lagos State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) have arraigned Nnedimma Arah, a senior manager at First Bank Limited, before the Federal High Court, Lagos, over…
- 28 May 2015
Court Okays DStv’s 20 % Hike
A Federal High Court, Lagos, on Thursday said that Digital Satellite Television (DStv), operated by MultiChoice Nigeria Ltd, had the right to increase its subscription rate as it did last…
- 27 Feb 2019
Supreme Court Orders Stanbic IBTC Bank to Pay Customer N2.5Bn Damages
Supreme Court of Nigeria has affirmed the judgement of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria that ordered Stanbic IBTC bank Plc to pay one of its customers, Mr Patrick Akinkuotu…
- 14 Mar 2021
Alta Semper Suffers another Blow as Court Rules on Contempt against PE Firm
Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo sitting at a Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday ruled that the court will proceed with contempt proceedings against Alta Semper Capital, Chidi Okoro and their other…