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The Court of Appeal in Abuja has set aside a Federal Capital Territory High Court judgment that had held Fidelity Bank Plc liable in a fundamental rights suit brought by a customer over his arrest and detention. A three-member panel led by Justice Adebukola Banjoko delivered the judgment on 14 September 2026, allowing the…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Tuesday restored the registration of the African Democratic Congress and four other political parties, vacating a Federal High Court judgment that had directed the Independent National Electoral Commission to strike them off the register with preparations for the 2027 general elections already under way. A three member…
Attention returns to the National Assembly on Monday as the House of Representatives ad hoc committee probing the disputed Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council prepares to question the Accountant General of the Federation, Mr Shamseldeen Ogunjimi, over how an organisation the Federal Government insists never lawfully existed found its way into the national budget…
More than three decades after a woman last led the Nigerian Bar Association, the country’s largest professional body of lawyers has again placed its highest office in a woman’s hands, though the victory arrived through one of the most turbulent elections in the association’s recent history, shadowed by a cyberattack, collapsed voting links and…
Seven prime properties spread across Lagos and Delta State, along with 2.045 million dollars in cash and two share certificates linked to former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, have been permanently forfeited to the Federal Government after the Supreme Court on Friday, July 17, 2026, brought a two year legal contest to…
Barely a year before Nigerians return to the polls, the sharpest contests of the 2027 election cycle are playing out not on campaign podiums but inside courtrooms, where a widening chain of suits now hangs over the survival of some opposition platforms and the candidacies they carry. The pattern hardened on Monday, July 13, 2026,…
Lawyers with appeals and motions billed for hearing before Nigeria’s apex court between September and December this year now have a firm instruction: get every document onto the internet, or risk falling foul of the court’s new digital rules. The Supreme Court has directed all counsel handling such matters to upload their processes through…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has re-arraigned a former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the defunct Skye Bank Plc, now Polaris Bank Limited, Tunde Ayeni, before the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Apo, Abuja, over an alleged N15.6 billion fraud. A statement by the EFCC’s spokesman, Dele Oyewale, said Ayeni…
Content creator Jubril Oladapo Gbadamosi, known to millions as Officer Woos, has firmly rejected viral claims that he announced the death of his close colleague Broda Shaggi, describing the publications as fabricated and warning that those behind them risk legal action. The dispute began days ago when an X user, sharing a photograph of…
Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has sued former Governor Bukola Saraki at the Kwara State High Court over a social media post alleged to constitute criminal defamation and cyberbullying. The case centres on a statement published by Saraki on April 17, 2026, which questioned the governor’s educational qualifications. Lawyers for Saraki, led by Jimoh…