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- 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…
- 2 Jun 2026
Supreme Court Endorses Unity, Providus Bank Merger
Supreme Court of Nigeria delivered a landmark ruling on the merger between Unity Bank Plc and Providus Bank Limited. By dismissing the final appeal challenging the consolidation, the apex court has…
- 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…
- 18 Aug 2021
Viral SANs-Designate List is Fake, Unofficial – Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has described as fake and official, a list being circulated online as names of lawyers penned for the award of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) rank for 2021. In a statement…
- 27 Apr 2025
Supreme Court Sets Aside N22 Trillion Judgement against Union Bank
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has set aside a Federal High Court judgement in which over N22 trillion was awarded against Union Bank and other parties since 2014. The judgement arose from a suit…
- 3 Feb 2026
Senate confirms Oyewole as Supreme Court justice
Senate has confirmed Hon. Justice Joseph Olubunmi Kayode Oyewole, JCA, as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. Hon. Justice Joseph Olubunmi Kayode Oyewole, JCA The confirmation was concluded on…
- 16 Jan 2022
N2.4Bn Judgment Debt: Supreme Court Restores GTB’s Appeal against Innoson Motors
The Supreme Court has set aside its earlier ruling which dismissed Guaranty Trust Bank’s (GTB) appeal against a N2.4 billion judgment in favour of Innoson Motors Nigeria Limited. The apex court set…
- 21 Jul 2019
Supreme Court Refuses to Set Aside N2.5Bn Judgement against Stanbic IBTC
Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc has failed in its attempt to have the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Abuja set aside the N2.5 billion judgment delivered against the bank. The five-man panel of Justices of…
- 14 Dec 2025
Supreme Court Clears Fidelity Bank in ₦225bn Sagecom Saga
Supreme Court on Friday delivered a landmark judgment in favour of Fidelity Bank Plc in its long-running legal dispute with Sagecom Concepts Limited, bringing closure to a case that has spanned more…
- 22 Dec 2021
Petro Union $15Bn Fraud Case: Supreme Court Okays Union Bank’s Appeal Bid
The Supreme Court has granted the application by Union Bank Plc to appeal the Court of Appeal judgement against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Union Bank, Minister of Finance and the…
- 19 May 2025
Fidelity Bank Seeks Supreme Court Judgement Interpretation, Condemns Malicious Publication
Fidelity Bank has applied for the interpretation of a Supreme Court judgement on a legacy transaction between the defunct FSB International Bank and Sagecom Concepts Limited. FSB International Bank…
- 5 Aug 2018
Battle over CyberCrimes Goes to Supreme Court
The legal battle over the constitutionality of sections of the Cybercrimes Act 2015 has now moved to the Supreme Court. Three civil society organisations, namely Media Rights Agenda, Paradigm…
- 1 Aug 2018
Legal Battle over CyberCrimes Act Moves to the Supreme Court
The legal battle over the constitutionality of sections of the Cybercrimes Act 2015 has now moved to the Supreme Court. Three civil society organisations, namely Media Rights Agenda, Paradigm…
- 11 May 2023
UK Court Rules against Nigeria in $5Bn Bonga Oil Spill Case
British Supreme Court has cleared Shell, petroleum giants, after a 12-year battle with the Nigerian govt over the Bonga field oil spill. The judgment is a fallout of years of litigation between the…
- 22 Feb 2023
Supreme Court Adjourns Naira Redesign Policy Case to March 3
The Supreme Court on Wednesday fixed March 3 for judgment in the suits filled by some State Governors against the Federal Government over the cashless policy by the CBN in old Naira note withdrawal.…
- 8 Feb 2023
Supreme Court Stops CBN, Buhari from Withdrawal of Old Naira Notes
Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily stopped the withdrawal of old Naira Notes from Feb. A seven-member panel led by Justice John Okoro, halted the move in a ruling in an exparte application…
- 14 Mar 2021
Supreme Court Orders EFCC to Return N9Bn to Former First Bank Director
The supreme court has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to return the N9 billion it seized from Dauda Lawal, former executive director of First Bank. In a unanimous judgment…
- 29 Nov 2023
Supreme Court Says Old and new Naira notes Remain Legal Tender until Further Notice
Supreme Court has ruled that both the old and the redesigned Naira banknotes remain valid legal tenders in the country beyond December 31. The apex court, in a ruling by a seven-man panel led by…
- 23 Nov 2023
UK High Court Approves Nigeria Class Action against Shell
The UK High Court has ruled that Nigerian fishermen can pursue landmark human rights claims against Shell PLC relating to the alleged breach of the right to a clean environment under Nigerian…
- 25 Jun 2026
Providus, Unity Bank Begin Integration Phase after Supreme Court Nod
The merger between Providus Bank and Unity Bank has entered the integration phase following the completion of all legal and regulatory requirements, setting the stage for the emergence of…
- 14 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…
- 1 Jul 2022
Shell Suspends Sale of Onshore Oil Assets in Nigeria
Shell said, it had put on hold plans to sell its onshore oil assets in Nigeria, complying with a Supreme Court ruling that said it had to wait for the outcome of an appeal over a 2019 oil spill.…
- 29 May 2019
Wikimedia Nigeria Names Board of Trustees
The Wikimedia Nigeria Foundation has approved the appointment of Barrister Fatai Erewunmi, Dr. Elekofeinti Olushola (Ph.D), Engr. Olujide Adenekan, Tosin Ogunwa and Runcie Chidebe as members of the…
- 23 Jan 2022
ALSCON Crisis: Appeal Court Affirms Order to Jail DG of BPE
The Appeal Court in Abuja on Friday in a unanimous ruling gave the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), and Alex Okoh, its director-general, 30 days to comply with and enforce the July 6, 2012 order…
- 19 Feb 2023
SERAP Drags President Buhari to Court over Old N500, N1,000 Notes Ban
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari over “the unlawful directive banning the use of old N500 and N1,000 banknotes, which…
- 19 Jul 2023
Ecobank Nigeria to Appeal Honeywell’s Purported N72 billion Court Judgement
Ecobank Nigeria Limited says it will appeal a judgement by the Federal High Court in Lagos, presided over by Hon. Justice Liman, which delivered a judgment in favour of Honeywell Flour against the…
- 22 Sept 2024
Williams, Nigerian gets US Court Nod to Seize $21m from FG’s Account with JP Morgan
United States District Court Southern District of New York, has given one Louis Emovbira Williams, a Nigerian businessman, the authorisation to withdraw $21 million from Nigeria’s bank account with…
- 22 Jul 2018
Why ExxonMobil Sacked Spy Police Officers - Management
The Management of ExxonMobil has given reasons why spy police officers on the company’s employ were terminated shortly after being absorbed in compliance with the recent Supreme Court order. …
- 25 May 2025
SERAP Drags CBN to Court over Alleged Failure to Disclose LG Allocations
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) “over the failure to disclose the details of any direct payments to the 774…
- 12 Feb 2021
UK Court Permits Nigerians to Sue Shell for Pollution Claims
A supreme court in the United Kingdom has ruled that the people of the Niger Delta region of Nigeria can make pollution claims against Anglo-Dutch energy giant, Royal Dutch Shell, in English courts.…