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Hydroshoppe, director seek to transfer bribery case to High Court

KUALA LUMPUR,  April 14 — Hydroshoppe Sdn Bhd and its director are seeking to transfer to the High Court...

High Court Refuses Relief; Fraud Allegations in Partnership Dispute Proceed

High Court Refuses Relief; Fraud Allegations in Partnership Dispute Proceed The petitioner approached the High Court seeking the quashing of criminal proceedings arising from a pol...

High Court Upholds Attachment Under PMLA; No Final Guilt Determination

High Court Upholds Attachment Under PMLA; No Final Guilt Determination This appeal highlights a recurring tension in high-stakes money laundering cases: whether the government can...

High Court Upholds Attachment Under PMLA; No Final Guilt Determination

High Court Upholds Attachment Under PMLA; No Final Guilt Determination The appellants, Tushar Sahu, Pankaj Kumar Sahu and Poonam Sahu, challenged the order of the Adjudicating Auth...

Fundamental Objective of Doctrine of Res Judicata

In the Supreme Court of Nigeria Holden at Abuja On Friday, the 4th day of July, 2025 Before Their Lordships Uwani Musa Abba Aji Ibrahim Mohammed Musa Saulawa Emmanuel Akomaye

Court Rejects Bid to Gag ICPC, Cites Abuse of Process

An FCT High Court sitting in Kurudu, Abuja, has thrown out a suit seeking to stop the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) from carrying out a...

Court admits prior judgement as evidence in N110.4bn fraud trial of Yahaya Bello

After the ruling admitting the judgement as an exhibit, the prosecution pushed for the deferment of the hearing of the defence's challenge to the jurisdiction of the court to sit o...

Nigerian Court Jails Magistrate for Bribery

A High Court in Gombe State, Northern Nigeria has Jailed a Magistrate for Bribery. Justice H.H. Kereng of the Gombe High Court sitting in Gombe, […] The post Nigerian Court Jails M...

Hydroshoppe and director allowed to stand trial in High Court

KUALA LUMPUR, May 26 — Hydroshoppe Sdn Bhd and its director will stand trial in the High Court over allegations th...

High Court dismisses Karti Chidambaram’s writ for speedy disposal of plea to de-freeze salary account

Justices S.M. Subramaniam and K. Surender refuse to issue any such direction to the National Company Law Tribunal

Court Issues Arrest Warrant for Sadiya Umar Farouq, Ex-Perm Sec Over Alleged Fraud

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Abuja has issued a warrant of arrest against former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Developm...

Treason Case: Court Moves to Verify Defendants’ Statements in Alleged Coup Plot

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday ordered a joint trial-within-trial to determine whether statements allegedly made by defendants in the ongoing coup plot case were obtaine...

High Court throws out DPP application over appeal delay

The application was filed under Section 379(1)(b) and (2) of the Criminal Procedure Act (CPA), requesting the court to extend time to lodge an appeal challenging the acquittal.

High Court Refuses to Stop Parliament from Processing Over 70 Bills in a Week.

PARLIAMENT will continue to table and process over 70 Bills this weekend after the Lusaka High Court dismissed a lawsuit by LCK Foundation and Chapter One Foundation seeking to blo...

HC dismisses bank’s plea against DRAT order

Court Declines Bid to Bar Kingibe from ADC Identity

The Federal High Court in Abuja has turned down a request seeking to stop Senator Ireti Kingibe from presenting herself as a member of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). We gat...

GST Suspension & Bank Attachment: HC Dismisses Writ Citing availability of Statutory Appellate Remedy

GST Suspension & Bank Attachment: HC Dismisses Writ Citing availability of Statutory Appellate Remedy The High Court has dismissed a writ petition filed by Aida Bitumex and its...

High Court Penalises Bank for Unlawful Freezing of Account

High Court Penalises Bank for Unlawful Freezing of Account The petitioner, being the sole proprietor involved in business in respect of machinery, had opened a current account with...

FCT court dismisses suit against Parallex Bank

A Federal Capital Territory High Court has dismissed the suit filed by, FHT Mega Express Limited, the logistics firm, against Parallex Bank Limited over a N4.5 billion debt. The lo...

Court Declines to Stop Senator Ireti Kingibe from ADC Activities

Alex Enumah in Abuja Justice Peter Lifu of a Federal High Court, Abuja, yesterday,turned down request to temporarily stop the Senator representing the Federal Capital Territory (FC...

El-Rufai Challenges Judge’s Role, Demands Case Transfer

Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has formally petitioned the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, requesting the reassignment of Justice R.M. Aikawa from pre...

High Court orders full trial for case seeking to block Parliament’s Constitutional Amendment Bill process

The High Court has ordered that a constitutional challenge by pro-democracy activist Allan Chipoyi and former legislator Amos Chibaya, seeking to block Parliament from proceeding w...

Court bars INEC from recognising ADC congresses

The Federal High Court in Abuja has ruled against a faction of the African Democratic Congress led by

Court to give judgement in forfeiture suit against 57 properties linked to Malami

The EFCC sought an order of final forfeiture of the properties to the federal government. The post Court to give judgement in forfeiture suit against 57 properties linked to Malami...