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- 22 Jul 2026
Court Dismisses Pan African Towers' Bid to Halt Ex-CEO's Suit, Awards ₦500,000 Costs
National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN), sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, has dismissed a Notice of Preliminary Objection filed by Pan African Towers Ltd. (PAT) in an employment dispute instituted by its…
- 19 May 2025
Nigerian Judges Pledge to Uphold Global Digital Rights Standards in Ikot Ekpene Declaration
Judges of the Federal High Court and National Industrial Court in Nigeria have committed to upholding global digital rights standards by endorsing the Ikot Ekpene Declaration. The move, aimed at…
- 30 Sept 2017
Court Orders MTN to Pay Ex-Nigerian Staff N4.8Bn
National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN), Akure Division, has ordered MTN Nigeria Communications Limited and MTN International, Mauritius, to pay its former Network Group Operations Manager, Mr…
- 24 Nov 2020
Court Orders Fidelity Bank to Pay Creditors N1.4Bn
National Industrial Court of Nigeria has ordered Fidelity Bank and the Benue State Government to pay the sum of N1.4 billion to one Aondohemba Agba Injo and 210 others over unpaid claims of the…
- 6 Jan 2025
Ex CBN Staff Sue Apex Bank, Demand Reinstatement, N30Bn Damages
Over 30 disengaged staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have taken the apex bank to the National Industrial Court of Nigeria in Abuja. They alleged gross misconduct and violation of their…
- 23 Feb 2026
Court Fines Lafarge Africa N2m for Using Ex-Employee’s Name, Details Online after Dismissal
National Industrial Court of Nigeria in Lagos has ordered Lafarge Africa Plc to pay N2 million in damages to a former employee after finding that the company unlawfully retained and continued using…
- 14 Aug 2022
Court Orders First Bank to Pay Ex-Staff N23.3m for Wrongful Dismissal
An Abuja division of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) has ordered First Bank Plc, to pay a total sum of N23,307,134.57 million, to one of its former staff, for wrongful and unlawful…
- 26 May 2016
NICN Adjourns N2.1bBN suit against MTN Till June 29
National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) sitting in Lagos, Wednesday adjourned till June 29, a $13.14 million (about N2.1 billion) suit by Paul Odunewu, an ex-Network Group Operations Manager in…
- 5 Aug 2024
Court Halts Sale of Nigeria Airlines to Ethiopian Airlines
A federal high court sitting in Lagos has nullified the sale of 49 percent equity stake in Nigeria Air to Ethiopian Airlines. In the ruling on Monday, August 5, Judge Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa, said the…
- 9 Jun 2015
NITDA Courts NigComSat for National InfoTech System
Mr. Peter Jack, director-deneral of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has moved to establish new collaborative approach to ensure an improved national InfoTech-driven…
- 23 May 2022
Court Orders CBN, NDIC to Pay Bank Workers N5.7Bn
National Industrial Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) to pay over N5.7bn terminal benefits to over 1,000 bank…
- 18 Mar 2025
£15bn Petro Union Fraud: AGF Defends Nigeria's Wealth at Supreme Court
In a significant move to safeguard Nigeria from potential fraud, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has led a team of senior lawyers to…
- 31 Oct 2019
Former Employees, Union Bank in Court over Claims of Unpaid N16Bn Pension
Some former employees of the Union Bank of Nigeria Plc on Thursday dragged the bank before the National Industrial Court, Ibadan, over unpaid N16.2bn balance of pension entitlements. The case…
- 24 Mar 2022
App-based Drivers Drag Uber, Bolt to Court over Working Condition
National Union of Professional App-based Transport Workers (NUPABTW) has dragged two e-hailing companies to court over poor working condition in Nigeria. Ibrahim Ayoade, president of NUPABTW, told…
- 31 Dec 2020
NAICOM Suspends Insurance Industry Recapitalisation
The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) has suspended the ongoing Insurance industry’s recapitalisation following a court order on the initiative. NAICOM’s spokesman Rasaaq Salami, reacting to the…
- 24 Aug 2012
Coson Slams N3Bn Suit Against Hilton for IP Infringement
Transcorp Hilton Abuja, one of Nigeria’s biggest hotels, has been dragged to court by Copyright Society of Nigeria (Coson), for allegedly infringing the intellectual property rights of its members.…
- 21 Apr 2024
AMCON Moves Against Firm’s MD, Directors over N42b Debt
Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, has initiated bankruptcy proceedings against the Chairman of Milan Industries Limited, Milan Nigeria Ltd and Milan Beverages Ltd, Rajesh Valecha and…
- 8 Dec 2016
Pantami, NITDA DG on Policy Thrust for It Development in Nigeria
With the notion that the Nigerian IT industry is one of the fastest growing in the world, it is, however, obvious that it will require adequate policies and guidelines to sustain the growth. I…
- 21 May 2014
Sanusi Remains Suspended as CBN Chief- Court
Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, suspended governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday, lost his bid to return to office as the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja declined to set aside his…
- 3 Oct 2014
NIMC to Axe 1,000 Workers- ASCSN
Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has accused National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) of planning to sack about 1,000 workers using rationalization as excuse.…
- 21 May 2026
Severance Dispute: Ex-Pan African Towers CEO Accuses Firm of Delay Tactics in Court Battle
Fresh concerns have emerged in the ongoing legal dispute between former Pan African Towers CEO, Azeez Amida, and Pan African Towers Limited, following claims that the company is relying on procedural…
- 12 Mar 2025
Lagos Lawyer Sues MTN, Seeks Dissolution of Board
Osa Director, Lagos-based lawyer and veteran journalist, has asked a federal high court to dissolve the board of MTN Nigeria, accusing the telecom giant of industry capture, undue dominance and…
- 31 Jan 2025
NATCOMS Says 50 Percent Tariff Hike Excessive, Votes for 10
Telecom subscribers under the aegis of National Association of Telecom Subscribers in Nigeria (NATCOMS) said it may head to court to challenge the 50 percent tariff hike approved for the telecom…
- 4 May 2015
NBC to Tackle Anti-Competitive Practices in Nigerian Broadcasting Industry
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) appears ready to tackle headlong the long standing issue of competition within the Nigerian TV market. The Commission recently invited an international team of…
- 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…
- 16 Jan 2013
Credit, Others Delay SGBN, Savannah Banks' Opening
Societe Generale Bank of Nigeria (SGBN) and Savannah Bank of Nigeria are yet to open shops because of their inability to meet the credit terms of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The Nation…
- 20 Feb 2022
CJN Seeks Training of Judges in Cybercrime from US officials
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, has urged the United States of America, USA, to assist in training judges in the country on how to handle cybercrime related cases. The…
- 5 Mar 2014
NATCOMS Sues NCC, Asks Court to Halt N647.5m Fines
National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers (NATCOMS), on Tuesday approached a Federal High Court in Lagos, seeking an order of interlocutory injunction restraining the Nigerian…
- 2 Feb 2018
COSON Kicks against N5.9bn Awarded to MCSN for Copyright Infringement
Barely a week after the Federal High Court in Lagos, awarded N5.9 billion “special damages” against Multichoice Nigeria in an eight-year-old copyright infringement legal battle between the South…
- 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…