The Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has dismissed an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) seeking permission to challenge at the Supreme Court an…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s challenge to a judgment declaring the detention of former Nigerian Bar Association Vice-President Monday Onyekachi Ubani,…
The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has dismissed an appeal by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and upheld a ₦12 million compensation awarded to Dr. Monday Ubani, SAN,…
The Court of Appeal is working towards going live on the Nigerian Case Management System in November, according to Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun. The anticipated rollout would…
The Court of Appeal has placed major constitutional limits on the Corporate Affairs Commission’s powers over incorporated trustees, affirming the nullification of eight provisions of CAMA 2020 affecting churches, charities,…
The Muslim Lawyers’ Association of Nigeria has raised concern over what it describes as a shrinking pool of appellate justices with specialised knowledge of Islamic personal law, warning that difficulties…
The family of Nnamdi Kanu has called for the immediate listing of his appeal against conviction, raising questions over the terrorism legislation relied upon at trial and asking the appellate…
The Court of Appeal has drawn an important line between reporting suspected wrongdoing to law-enforcement authorities and becoming legally responsible for what investigators subsequently do. Fidelity Bank has been cleared…
The battle over who occupies the traditional stool of Okpella has shifted firmly to the appellate court. An interim stay has temporarily halted enforcement of the High Court decision that…
Security inside and around an election tribunal has become part of the legal battle over Ekiti's June governorship election. After an alleged assault on SDP counsel prompted a request to…
