An Abuja High Court (vacation court sitting in Abuja) has today started hearing on a suit seeking to suspend the implementation of the new tax law, planned to take off on January 1, 2026. Recall that the tax reform act was earlier passed by the National Assembly and assented to by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, […]
•PDP National Chairman Tanimu Turaki The Kabiru Turaki-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked Justice Joyce Abdulmalik to recuse herself from the suit filed against the leadership of the party. A faction of the party in the camp of the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, led by its acting National Chairman, Alhaji Mohammed Abdulrahman, had filed ...
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has struck out a suit filed by the Attorney General of Osun State, Oluwole Jimi-Bada, against the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, in relation to the dispute over the withheld allocations due to local governments in the state. In a split decision of six justices to one, […]
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed October 31 for judgement in a suit seeking to stop the 2025 National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on the grounds of alleged violations of the party’s rules. Justice Omotosho fixed the date after taking arguments for and against the suit […]
Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, will today, Wednesday, June 11, hear the substantive suit challenging the proposed sale of Lafarge Africa Plc. to Chinese firm, Huaxin Cement Limited. ‎The hearing was fixed following the dismissal of a motion filed by Lafarge Africa and its parent company, Holcim Group, challenging the court’s jurisdiction to...
The Supreme Court has struck out a suit by the 36 states’ governments and the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) challenging the federal government’s application of recovered looted funds. In a judgment today, a seven-member panel of the Supreme Court was unanimous in holding that the suit was wrongly instituted before the apex court, reports The ...
The management of Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, yesterday, expressed outrage over claims by a parent, Mrs Fijabi Omotayo, that her son, Oladipupo Siwajuola, went missing on the school’s campus. In a statement signed by the university’s Director of Communication and Public Relations, Dr Joshua Suleiman, the institution condemned...
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has struck out a suit against the construction of the Lagos-Calabar Costal Road project, filed by some indigenes and other concerned property owners of Okun-Ajah Community in Eti-Osa Local Government Area of the state. Justice Akintayo Aluko ruled that the court lacked jurisdiction and promptly transferr...
The Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has ordered that all members of the Lagos House of Assembly be joined as parties in the suit filed by Hon. Mudashiru Obasa. Justice Yetunde Pinheiro has also adjourned till March 7 to hear all pending applications in the matter, reports Channels TV. Obasa had approached the court […]
•Bianca Ojukwu The Lagos State High Court will hear the withdrawal of a joinder application filed by Afamefuna and Nwachukwu, sons of Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, on March 10, 2025. The application, dated December 16, 2024, seeks to retract their earlier request to be joined as parties in a 2011 property suit involving Ojukwu Transport Limited, rep...

