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Supreme Court Reverses N2.4b Ruling Against GTBank
The Supreme Court has reversed its earlier decision which dismissed an appeal filed by Guaranty Trust Bank against a judgment given in favour of Innoson Motors Nigeria Limited by…
AMCON vs Jimoh Ibrahim: Court Clears Air, Adjourns case till Next Month
Irrespective of the false narrative spreading on social media, Hon. Justice A. R. Mohammed of Federal High Court Abuja Division on Monday ordered the Asset Management…
Sunday Igboho sues DSS, claims N500m damages over attack on house
LEGAL counsel to Yoruba activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, Chief Yomi Alliyu SAN, Sunday, sued the Department of State Service, DSS, for attacking and damaging his…
ECOWAS Court Orders FG Not To prosecute Twitter users
The ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja in on Tuesday stopped the federal government and its agents from unlawfully imposing sanctions or doing anything whatsoever to harass, intimidate, arrest or…
N69.4bn debt: Jimoh Ibrahim loses bid to vacate order on seized property
Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the Federal High Court, Lagos on Tuesday declined to vacate an application by a businessman, Mr. Jimoh Ibrahim, seeking to reclaim his properties…
Appeal court nullifies Olisa Metuh’s imprisonment, orders fresh tria
The court of appeal sitting in Abuja has nullified the seven-year jail sentence handed down to Olisa Metuh, former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party. In its ruling on Thursday,…
#ENDSARS: CBN gets go-ahead to freeze 20 accounts
A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted request of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to freeze accounts of some 19 individuals and a firm linked with the #EndSARS…
AIICO Insurance Posts ₦31.9bn GWP in 2020 Q2
By Ngozi Onyeakusi -- AIICO Insurance Plc has posted Gross Written Premiums to the tune of ₦, for its second quarter ended 30th June, 2020. This showed a 26% growth…
Supreme Court adjourns hearing in Ihedioha’s case to March 2
Ihedioha By Ngozi Onyeakusi -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned till March 2, 2020 hearing in the appeal filed by Mr. Emeka Ihedioha seeking his reinstatement as governor of…
Supreme court affirms Ortom’s election, dismisses Jime’s appeal
The Supreme Court Tuesday affirmed the election of Samuel Ortom as governor of Benue, dismissing an appeal by Emmanuel Jime, candidate of the APC in the last governorship election challenging…