A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Bwari, Abuja has consolidated two suits filed by Mr. Uche Nwosu and Senator Hope Uzodinma in the dispute arising from the Imo State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship election primary.
Suspended Judge of National Industrial Court , Justice J.T Agbadu-Fishim, has detailed his own account over the petition brought against him by the EFCC, stating that the gifts were made to him when he needed help and the donors should not be condemned for their charity.
In the first section of this work, the author explains the meaning of an action vis-à-vis a cause of action and how the Court determines a reasonable cause of action which includes amongst others the documents which the Court looks at to determine whether a Plaintiff has a reasonable cause of action and the consequences of commencing an action without reasonable cause of action.
The High Court of Kaduna State has restrained the ruling party, APC, from conducting the primary to select the party’s candidate for the Kaduna Central Senatorial District.
The managing director of Shell Petroleum Development Company, Mr
Paul Hansmeier, one of the lead attorneys behind the controversial law firm Prenda, has pleaded guilty to mail, wire fraud, and money laundering. The Pirate Bay provided important evidence in the case, where Hansmeier and his colleague were found creating and uploading porn movies to file-sharing sites to extract settlements from alleged pirates.
The District Circuit Court in Washington DC has dismissed Nigeria’s request for it to set aside its $8.9billion arbitration award against Nigeria over alleged breach of contract. The court presided over by Justice Christopher Cooper said the request was denied not only on ground that it was belated, but also that it sought the dismissal of the petition for the enforcement of the award. A government legal team led by the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, left Nigeria on Wednesday morning to Washington DC to attempt to get the court to set aside the award against Nigeria.
The Special Courts designated in November 2017 to try corruption and financial crimes cases in the country have delivered 324 judgements, struck out 12 cases and reserved 62 cases for judgement in the last six months.
A Lagos Federal High Court, Friday, ordered that the Managing Director of Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), Mr. Fidet Okhiria, be remanded in prison custody for three months over the contempt of court.
The main subject of the dispute were two properties acquired by MFM in 2001 and 2004, both are located at 5503 and 5506 Church Road, Bowie. Equally in contention was the money used in building the MFMM church in Bowie.
Professor Ernest Ojukwu is Our Lawyer of the Week
