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A Federal High Court in Abuja has revoked its earlier order for the interim forfeiture of any balance in a bank account without a Bank Verification Number (BVN). Justice Nnamdi Dimgba on Wednesday said the parties agreed that the order made on October 17 has some consequences against parties...

A Federal High Court Sitting in Lagos has dismissed an application by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke urging it to compel the Attorney General of the Federation, Mr Abubakar Malami, to bring her back to Nigeria. Diezani had brought the application before the...

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday ordered Kaduna State Governor, El-rufai to pay the sum of N40m to the President of Chocolate City Group, Audu Maikori, as compensation for his unlawful arrest. The court also awarded N10m exemplary damages, with 10% interest in favour of Audu Maikori...

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday mandated its bailiff to serve former President Goodluck Jonathan with summons within five days. Justice Abang Okon held that the order will enable Jonathan to appear in court to testify in the trial of former National Publicity Secretary of the...

Eyewitness reports states that the security detail of former First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Patience Jonathan, allegedly assaulted a Deputy Director of the FCT Department of Development Control at a building site currently under construction in Kado, Abuja. Reports claim that...

The Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday ordered the permanent forfeiture of 56 houses linked to a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke. The houses, located in Lagos and Port Harcourt, were said to have been acquired by the ex-minister between 2011 and 2013...

The acting Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Abdul Kafarati, has redeployed 10 judges of the Federal High Court to different divisions of the court across the country. The affected judges, according to a circular by the court, are to leave the divisions where they currently sit and...

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Friday, asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to set aside the ex-parte order that proscribed and declared it a terrorist organisation. The group, in a motion it filed pursuant to Section 6(6) (1) of the 1999 constitution, as amended, maintained that...

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday granted the request seeking to serve court processes on Nnamdi Kanu and the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) through substituted service. The court, however, ordered that other respondents in the matter, namely: the Inspector-General of Police, the...

The Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos State, on Monday morning, ordered the permanent forfeiture of alleged money linked to a former Minister on Petroleum Resources under President Goodluck Jonathan, Diezani Alison-Madueke, N7, 646 , 7 00, 000. 00 to Federal Government. Justice Abdulaziz...

A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the interim forfeiture of 56 houses allegedly bought for $16,441,906 (N2.6billion) by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke See photos: Related: Court Orders Interim Forfeiture Of $16m Assets Linked To Diezani Photo...

Seven commercial banks in the country have been ordered by a Federal High Court in Lagos to temporarily remit a total of $793, 200, 000 allegedly hidden with them in contravention of the Federal Government’s Treasury Single Account, TSA, policy. The presiding judge, Justice Chuka Obiozor...

Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday, further adjourned till July 14, to deliver judgment in a fundamental rights suit filed by Government Ekpemulopo, alias Tompolo. Tompolo, who had been declared wanted since Feb. 12, 2016 by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), is seeking...

A Federal High Court has ordered final forfeiture of the $43.4m, N23.2m and £27,800 found In A Lagos Apartment to the federal government. Justice Hassan of the Federal High Court gave the ruling on Tuesday .

Federal High Court in Abuja has barred reporters from covering the trial of the self-acclaimed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. There is huge presence of security personnel at the trial of the pro-Biafra leader taking place at the Federal High Court, with the...

A Federal High Court in Abuja was unable to proceed with the trial of a former Minister of Aviation, Mr. Femi Fani- Kayode, as scheduled on Wednesday because of the ex-minister’s ill health. The defence lawyer, who did not mention the nature of Fani-Kayode’s ailment, also showed the judge a...

The Federal High Court, Abuja, has ordered the unconditional release of Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, leader of Shiite sect in Nigeria, and his wife, Malama Zeatudden, from detention, within 45 days. The court also ordered the Federal Government to provide a new accommodation for El-Zakzaky in Zaria or...

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday struck out a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, seeking immediate release from the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Justice Muslim Hassan of said the suit had become academic in view of...

Justice Sylvester Ngwuta of the Supreme Court was on Monday arraigned before the Federal High Court in Abuja over fraud and judicial misconduct. He appeared before Justice John Tsoho. He pleads not guilty and applies for bail

A Federal High Court has granted former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, a N50 million bail and a surety in like some, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) is reporting. Fani-Kayode was arrested by the Economic and financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) some weeks ago. He was arraigned before an...