
Appeals From The National Industrial Court: How The Supreme Court Saved A “Copy And Paste” Legislative Fiasco
The principles of natural justice and the constitutional right of appeal[3] are the basis of any legal system in the world today.
The principles of natural justice and the constitutional right of appeal[3] are the basis of any legal system in the world today.
The Court of Appeal has dismissed a request brought by suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, for a stay of proceedings in his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal.
The Court of Appeal has ordered the Code of Conduct Tribunal to suspend the trial of Nigeria’s Chief Justice, Walter Onnoghen, till the determination of appeals at the appellate court
On 29 November 2018, the Federal High Court (the Court) delivered a Judgment on the imposition of turnover assessment in a case between Theodak Nigeria Limited (Theodak) v Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Based on the Judgment, the FIRS acted ultra vires the powers granted to it under the Companies Income Tax (CIT) Act, by imposing turnover assessment on Theodak based on the value of its property.
Federal High Court sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, has ordered Bode Ayorinde, the lawmaker representing Owo/Ose Federal Constituency in Ondo State, to desist from parading himself as a candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the February 2019 general election.
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) in Abuja on Monday restated its earlier order restraining the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and some others from forcing the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen to vacate office in view of the allegation of non-disclosure of assets made against him.
A Federal high court sitting in Lagos Nigeria has entered judgement in favour of Sterling Bank Plc jointly and severally against the former Aviation minister, Senator Stella Oduah and her company, Sea Petroleum and Gas Limited in the sum of $16,412,819.06 and N100,493,225.59 respectively.
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday ordered a former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu (retd.), to permanently forfeit to the Federal Government a sum of N2.2bn found by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in his possession.
Africa’s leading communications network provider, MTN Group has reached an out-of-court settlement with the government over allegations that the company had repatriated $8.1 billion out of the country. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had demanded that MTN return the full amount “to the coffers of the CBN.”
An EU rule forcing search engines to comply with requests to remove links should be limited to Europe, the senior legal advisor to the bloc’s top court said Thursday in a boost for Web giant Google