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- 28 Jan 2020
Man Drags Buhari’s Daughter, DSS to Court over MTN SIM Card
Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of a Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, Delta State, has fixed February 12, 2020, for the hearing of a suit filed by Anthony Okolie, a trader, against the Department of State…
- 7 Dec 2018
Court Warns ICPC Against Misrepresenting Court Proceedings
Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, federal high court judge has warned the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) against misrepresenting proceedings of the court saying he took strong exceptions to a…
- 14 Dec 2018
Court Unfreezes Pinnacle Account, Counsels Anti-Graft Agencies
Nnamdi Dimgba, Federal High Court Judge has ordered Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) to unfreeze the account of Pinnacle Communications Limited and counselled anti-corruption agencies…
- 12 Sept 2018
Again, Court Rules Against Multichoice Over Tariff Hike
A judge, Nnamdi Dimgba, in Abuja has rejected an appeal by Multichoice Nigeria against an interim order prohibiting any increase in its DStv or GOtv subscription rates. Multichoice Nigeria had on…
- 23 Jun 2017
GEJ’s Cousin, Others Accused of Diverting $40m meant for Communication Kits
Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja has adjourned to July 7, 2017 the trial of a cousin to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Azibaola Robert; his wife, Stella…
- 7 Mar 2019
Ayeni, Ex-Skye Bank Chair, Others in Court over Alleged N25Bn Fraud
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Tunde Ayeni, former chairman, Board of Directors, Skye Bank Plc, before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of a Federal High Court, (FHC) Abuja on a…
- 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…
- 19 Feb 2016
Court fixes March 3 for Ruling on MTN's Copyright Infringement Case
Federal High Court Abuja has fixed March 3 to decide whether or not it will try MTN Nigeria and Ferdi Moolman, chief executive officer (CEO) of MTN, for alleged copyright infringement. Justice Nnamdi…
- 7 Jul 2020
DSS Appeals Judgement on Buhari ‘s Daughter SIM Card Case
Department of State Services (DSS) has filed an appeal against a N10m judgment in the case involving the purchase of a SIM card previously owned by Hanan Buhari, President’s daughter. Justice Nnamdi…
- 26 Aug 2018
MultiChoice Appeals Judgement, Maintains New Tariff
MultiChoice, the parent company of DSTV and GoTV, has described the Federal High Court, Abuja ruling restraining it from implementing its new subscription rates as an affront to free market economy.…
- 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…
- 17 Dec 2018
EFCC Docks Ex-Skye Bank’s Chair, MD over Alleged N4.75Bn, $5m Fraud
Tunde Ayeni and Timothy Oguntayo, former chairman and managing director respectively of Skye Bank Plc (now Polaris Bank) – – have been arraigned in relation to alleged money laundering offences…
- 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…
- 5 Mar 2019
How Ayeni, Ex-Skye Bank Boss Withdrew N17.4Bn Cash in 1 Year – EFCC
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that Mr Tunde Ayeni, former chairman of the defunct Skye Bank Plc (now Polaris Bank), took N17.4bn raw cash from the suspense account of the…
- 31 Jan 2020
Court Rejects Zenith Bank’s Objection, Imposes N100, 000 Charge in N1Bn Pinnacle/ICPC Suit
Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday dismissed a preliminary objection by Zenith bank challenging a suit filed by Pinnacle Communications Ltd (PCL) against the Independent…
- 13 Dec 2020
Court Declares Banks’ Stamp Duty Charges Illegal
A Federal High Court in Asaba has declared as unlawful, illegal, null and void the deduction of the sum of N50 as Stamp Duty charges from the accounts of commercial bank customers in the country. The…
- 4 Oct 2021
Court Faults CBN on Discriminatory Bank Charges
A federal high court sitting in Awka, Anambra state has faulted the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for imposing discriminatory bank charges on some categories of cash depositors from N500,000.00 and…
- 16 May 2024
Court Backs CBN, Directs Banks to Collect Customer’s Social Media Handles
Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has held that a Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) regulation, which requires financial institutions to demand and collect the social media handles of their customers,…
- 17 May 2024
Court Backs Banks to Collect Customers’ Social Media Handles
A federal high court in Lagos has struck out a case against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over its directive requiring banks to collect and verify social media handles as part of their…
- 3 Mar 2016
MTN Loses Bid to Stop Copyright Infringement Trial
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday held that MTN Nigeria and Ferdi Moolman, its Chief Executive Officer, must face trial over alleged copyright infringements, notwithstanding settlement with a…
- 20 Jun 2017
CSO Raises Alarm, Sues FG for Spying on Nigerians with Satellites
A Civic Society Organization (CSO) has dragged the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology to court seeking judicial review of the Ministry’s alleged refusal to attend to Freedom of Information…
- 29 Jun 2017
FoI: PIN Gets Leave in Case against FG over Spying Satellites
Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted Paradigm Initiative, the leave to apply for judicial relief and compelled the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology to show cause on its refusal…
- 22 Oct 2017
Court Asks FG to Take over Bank Accounts without BVN
Bank account owners who are yet to have a Bank Verification Number (BVN) run the risk of forfeiting their money to the federal government within the next two weeks unless they can justify their…
- 25 Oct 2017
BVN: Banks May Beg Court to Stop FG
Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) operating in Nigeria may have to run to court to challenge an order granted by a court in Abuja to the Federal Government to takeover all funds in accounts without Bank…
- 15 Nov 2017
Court Modifies Orders Freezing Accounts without BVN
A Federal High Court in Abuja Wednesday modified the order it made on October 17 this year for interim freezing of bank accounts who owners have not registered for the Bank Verification Number (BVN)…
- 20 Aug 2018
Court Stops Multichoice from Hiking Subscription Fees
A Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday restrained Multichoice Nigeria Limited from going ahead with its recent decision to increase the subscription tariffs for DSTV, its satellite cable television…
- 24 Aug 2018
CPC Sets Up Channel to Address Subscription Issues over DSTV/GOtv Court Order
Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has set up a special channel for receiving complaints following complaints that consumers are unsuccessful in renewing subscription in compliance with the order of…