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- 26 Jun 2019
Court Okays AIT/NBC Settlement over Licence Suspension
Federal High Court in Abuja presided over by Justice Inyang Ekwo on Wednesday adopted as its judgment, the terms of settlement reached between the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and Daar…
- 30 Nov 2020
Court Okays Suit Compelling Emefiele to Account for COVID-19 Donations
Justice Inyang Ekwo of Federal High Court in Abuja has granted leave to Heda Resource Centre – a group to apply for judicial review and order of mandamus to compel the Governor of Central Bank of…
- 6 Aug 2024
Trial of Echefu, TStv MD, ED for Tax Evasion, Money Laundering Begins November 26
Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed November 26 for the trial of Dr. Bright Ikechukwu Echefu and Dr. Felix Nnamdi Ignoanuga, said to be executives of the Telecom…
- 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…
- 12 Feb 2020
Court Fixes May 4 for NUC, Airtel Alleged Copyright Suit
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, will on May 4, 2020, decide whether both the National Universities Commission (NUC) and a Telecom firm, ZAIN Nigeria Ltd (now…
- 11 Oct 2024
Court Orders CBN to Pay Kasmal N579Bn for Role in Stamp Duty
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to pay Kasmal International Services N579,130,698,440 with 10 per cent interest per annum for its…
- 28 Mar 2024
Detained Binance executive drags EFCC, NSA to court
Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan has has dragged the National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu and the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to court alleging violations of his fundamental…
- 2 Oct 2024
Court Dismisses Echefu, TSTV CEO’s Bid to Stop Trial of Alleged N2Bn Fraud
A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit by Dr Bright Echefu, managing director/chief executive officer, Telcom Satellite Television Service (TSTV), with which he had sought to stop the…
- 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…
- 6 Jul 2022
Organ Harvest Saga: Court Orders NIMC to Supply David Ukpo’s Biodata to AGF
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), has been ordered by a Federal High Court, on Wednesday, to supply the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) with the certified true copy (CTC)…
- 6 May 2020
Court Orders NUC, Airtel to Pay N703m to Firm for Copyright Infringement
A Fededal High Court in Abuja has ordered the National Universities Commission (NUC) and Zain Nigeria Ltd (now Airtel) to pay N703 million to TV Xtra Production, a media company, as damages for…
- 14 May 2024
Copyright infringement: NCC Accuses MTN CEO Of Evading Service of Court Process
Karl Toriola, chief executive officer of MTN Nigeria has been accused of evading service in a copyright infringement case. The legal team of the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) led by Barrister…
- 28 Jul 2024
TSTV Seeks Court Protection to Prevent Irreparable Business Losses in Nigeria
The legal team of Telecom Satellites Limited (TStv) has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to grant its “restraining” requests to prevent the business from suffering irreparable losses in Nigeria,…
- 8 Sept 2020
EFCC Arraigns Etete’s Malabu Oil for Allegedly Cornering FG’s $401.5m Property
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, re-arraigned Malabu Oil and Gas Limited on a fresh charge of money laundering. Malabu and Aliyu Abubakar, a businessman, were re-arraigned…
- 6 Jun 2024
EFCC Arraigns TSTV, Executives over Alleged Tax Evasion, 419
Federal government has dragged two top executives of Telecom Satellites Limited (TSTV), to court over alleged tax evasion, money laundering and advanced fee fraud offences. The accused are Dr Bright…
- 25 Jun 2024
Alleged Blackmail of Zinox Chairman and Access Bank by Benjamin Joseph: The Full Story
By Adamu Sanni, Public Affairs Analyst An undue reprieve came the way of Mr. Benjamin Joseph, an indigene of Enugu State and Managing Director of Ibadan-based Citadel Oracle Concepts Limited, on…
- 27 Apr 2016
Ex lawmaker Bags 154 Years for Corruption
Gabriel Daudu, from central Kogi State, has been sentenced a to 154 years in jail for corruption and money laundering. He was found guilty of 77 charges, according to Economic and Financial Crimes…
- 2 Mar 2022
N2Bn Fraud Suit: SEC Alleges Famzhi Interbiz not Registered, Licensed
Ahmed Nakwada, senior manager with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has told a Federal High Court that Famzhi Interbiz Limited was not registered nor licensed to carry out capital market…
- 1 Dec 2021
Cybercrime: Appeal Court President Seeks Blockage of Data Leakages
Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, president, Court of Appeal, has called for effective blockage of leakage in the data collection system in the country to be able to effectively tackle the menace of…