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- 21 Oct 2020
Telecom Boss Sues Police over Alleged Unlawful Arrest, Detention
Mr. Adegoke Ayoola, a telecommunication guru, has sued the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) for alleged unlawful arrest and detention in respect of civil and commercial transactions at the federal…
- 15 May 2018
MTN Pays N500,000 to Customer Over Illegal Call Credit Deduction
Telecommunications giant, MTN, yesterday paid N500,000 to one of its customers, Oluwole Aluko, in compliance with a Federal High Court judgment. Mr Aluko, a legal practitioner, had in 2016 sued MTN,…
- 15 Dec 2020
Lawyer Drags CBN to Court over PoS Charges
Mr. Evans Ufeli, executive director, Cadrell Advocacy Centre, has sued the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), before a Federal High Court in Lagos over the legality POS charges imposed on customers.…
- 24 Oct 2021
Nigeria-USA Chamber of Commerce (NUSACC) Hosts its 1ST International Virtual Trade & Investment Summit
The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) says that an estimated 931 million tons of food, or 17 percent of total food available to consumers in 2019, went into waste, that is, at the retail and…
- 11 Jun 2014
Court Okays EFCC Probe of N76Bn CCTV Project
A Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday granted an ex-parteapplication seeking an order of mandamus to compel the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to probe the controversial…
- 30 May 2022
Comedian Sabinus Slams N1Bn Suit Against Friesland Foods, UAC for Alleged Copyright Infringement
Chukwuemeka Ejekwu, otherwise known as Oga Sabinus, or Mr Funny, has threatened to sue the beverage company, Peak Milk, over what he has described as unauthorised usage of his trademark. Chukwuemeka…
- 4 Sept 2024
Telecoms Workers Threaten Strike over Anti-Labour Practices
Telecommunication workers under the aegis of Private Telecommunications and Communications Senior Staff Association (PTECSSAN) have issued a seven-day indefinite strike notice, effective September 9,…
- 30 Mar 2009
Multimesh Demands N66m from NCC
Multimesh Communication Limited is demanding for N66million as compensation from the Nigeria Copyrights Commission (NCC) for alleged vandalization and closure of its cable station in Calabar, Cross…
- 9 May 2014
Man Accuses Copyright Commission of Demanding Bribe
A witness on Thursday told a Federal High Court, sitting in Enugu State, that the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) sued him after he had refused to part with N30,000 bribe. The witness, Mr.…
- 13 Apr 2019
Heritage Bank Takes Over Hip TV to Reclaim N185m Debt
Indications have emerged that Heritage Bank yesterday on an order of Federal High Court Ikoyi Division seized the property of Smooth Promotions Limited, owner of Hip TV, owned by Ayo Animashaun,…
- 17 Nov 2009
NNPC Says it is Committed to Community Development
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) yesterday reassured that it would continue to promote vigorously the 7-point Agenda of the Yar'Adua administration in the spirit of the 2015 Millennium…
- 11 Apr 2025
OpenAI Sues Elon Musk Claiming Bad-Faith Tactics
OpenAI is suing Elon Musk over claims he has tried nonstop to slow down its business for his own benefit. Elon Musk The company accuses the Tesla boss of using “bad-faith tactics” against OpenAI to…
- 9 Feb 2019
FG Urges Court to Dismiss MTN’s N3Bn Suit
Federal government has filed a preliminary objection to a suit by MTN Nigeria Communication Ltd and has urged the Federal High Court in Lagos to dismiss the case for lack of jurisdiction. MTN…
- 2 Apr 2025
Shell, Renaissance Face Legal Action over SPDC Licence Transfer
A suit seeking to stop Shell Petroleum Development Company Limited’s deal transferring its mining licence to Renaissance African Energy Company Limited has been filed at the Federal High Court in…
- 6 May 2022
CCP Adjourns Suit Challenging DStv, Gotv Tarrif Hike
Competition and Consumer Protection (CCP) tribunal in Abuja, has adjourned a case challenging the price increase by MultiChoice Nigeria Limited, owner of DStv and Gotv in Nigeria. Festus Onifade,…
- 7 Mar 2024
ChatGPT Fires Back at Musk Criticism
OpenAI, makers of ChatGPT, has fired back at Elon Musk’s lawsuit, revealing he wanted ‘full control’ of company. Elon Musk’ Musk is suing the company he helped found, alleging it has abandoned its…
- 13 Mar 2022
SERAP Sues Buhari Over Failure to Stop Unlawful Data Access
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued President Muhammadu Buhari over the failure to review and rescind his reported approval for security agencies to access people’s…
- 12 Mar 2025
9Mobile Dispute: Hayatu, Seltrix Respond to Funtua’s Trusteeship Claims
Hayatu Hadejia and Seltrix Limited have responded to the lawsuit filed against them by Abubakar Funtua, son of the late business mogul Isa Funtua, over the ownership of 9Mobile, telecom firm. As per…
- 27 Oct 2016
Patience, Ex-First Lady Seeks N200m from EFCC over Seized Loot
A Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed December 7, 2016 to hear the N200 million fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by wife of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, against the Economic…
- 9 Aug 2016
FG Sues Turkish Airlines for Maltreating Nigerians
The federal government has sued Turkish Airlines before a Federal High Court in Abuja over an alleged criminal violation of the rights of some Nigerian passengers. The government also indicted…
- 13 Dec 2020
Ekeh, Zinox Boss, Warns Entrepreneurs on Executive Blackmail
Leo Stan Ekeh, serial digital entrepreneur and chairman, Zinox Group, has advised budding Nigerian entrepreneurs to be wary of the rising threat of executive blackmail, noting that in the 21st…
- 28 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…
- 29 Jan 2018
Paradigm Initiative Challenges Nigerian Government's Surveillance of Social Media
By peter oluka A digital rights group, Paradigm Initiative, has vowed to challenge the Nigerian Government’s latest attempt to curtail free speech online. The organisation made this known in a…
- 28 Feb 2020
Court Awards N5m to Man Who Sued MTN for Illegal Deductions
FCT High court in Abuja, has ordered MTN Nigeria to pay Ezuku Emmanuel Anenih, a lawyer, the sum of N5 million for illegal deductions for unsolicited caller tunes. The lawyer had on October 2014 sued…
- 16 Oct 2018
Shittu, Minister of Comm. Drags FG to Court over NYSC
Adebayo Shittu, minister of Communications, has sued the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), alleging that the body failed to serve him with a call-up letter in 1979 to enable him to observe the…
- 5 Feb 2024
Businessman Files N5trn Suit Against Works Minister, Others Over Alleged Copyright Breach
A businessman, Mr Kenneth Ibe-Kalu, has filed a N5 trillion suit against the Minister of Works and Housing over alleged copyright infringement, according to NAN report. Ibe-Kalu, in the suit marked:…
- 20 Jun 2021
SERAP Sues FG over Ban on Twitter Use by Broadcast Stations
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued Muhammadu Buhari and Lai Mohammed, his minister of information and culture, for alleged patently unlawful directive to all TV and…
- 10 Jan 2018
Google Sued By Two Former Employees for Discrimination Against Men
Google has been sued for allegedly discriminating against conservative white men in a class action lawsuit filed by two former engineers. The duo say they want to represent all staff discriminated…
- 15 Oct 2019
Interstella Demands $285m Judgment Sum from CBN
Interstella Communications Ltd., a communications firm, has told the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to obey a Supreme Court order by paying them $285 million judgment sum for alleged breach of…
- 25 Jul 2022
Tariff Hike: Tribunal Fixes September 6 for Judgment in Suit against MultiChoice
A Competition and Consumer Protection (CCPC) Tribunal sitting in Abuja has fixed Sept. 6 for judgment in a suit filed against MultiChoice, the operator of Govt and DStv, over the recent price hike on…