BY CHIDI ODINKALU In a week in which the Nigerian judiciary at all levels has been the focus of considerable civic and party-political energy, it may seem odd to expend bandwidth on the travails of an investor or businessman, but Ernest Azudialu-Obiejesi is no ordinary businessman. The story of the ongoing ordeal in the Nigerian...
The Lagos division of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, has ruled against United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc in a protracted employment dispute, declaring the exit of a former branch manager, Mrs. Emelda Azuka Okereke, as wrongful and amounting to constructive dismissal. Justice Sanda Audu Yelwa who presided over the court in a judgment...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revised its official database, restoring Senator David Mark as National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and reinstating other principal figures within the party’s National Working Committee. A review of the commission’s website confirmed the updated leadership structure of the ADC, listing Mark as chairman and former...
A prosecution witness, Chinedu Eneanya, last Monday told Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama, that a staggering $6.23 billion was allegedly diverted from the coffers of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) by former Governor Godwin Emefiele. According to Eneanya, Emefiele moved the sum under the guise of funding foreign...
Jury selection is to begin in a high-profile legal battle between billionaire Elon Musk and artificial intelligence startup OpenAI, which he accuses of betraying its non-profit mission. The clash in a courtroom across the bay from San Francisco pits the world’s richest man against a startup that Musk once backed and now competes against in...
Justice Akintayo Aluko of Federal High Court, Lagos, has fixed June 9, 2026, for the arraignment of actress Doris Ogala on allegations of cyberstalking and bullying of Pastor Chris Okafor. Justice Aluko fixed the date following Ogala’s failure to appear before the court yesterday to take her plea of a four count-charge slammed on her...
The scheduled arrraignment of arraignment of an India-born Nigeria businessman, Sunil Vaswani and his company, Stallion MG Automobiles Limited, before a Federal High Court, Lagos for allegedly laundering the sum of N2 billion has suffered a set back due to the absence of the defendants. Vaswani – who is said to be at large by...
The Federal High Court has set Friday as the deadline for manual filing by litigants. In a press statement seen by CITY LAWYER and signed by the court’s Acting Chief Registrar, Yahaya Yakubu Shafa, the court stated that “the electronic filing (e-filing) platform shall become operational in the Lagos Judicial Division with effect from 27th...
Following the directive of the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN, to the NBA Human Rights Institute to immediately monitor and follow up on the remand of Mrs. Lovinah Ugbana Benjamin, the Institute took prompt steps to engage relevant judicial and administrative authorities as well as the NBA Porthacourt branch toward...
A High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, on Friday, presided over by Justice Jude Obiora, sentenced a native doctor, Chidozie Nwangwu, popularly known as “Akwa Okuko Tiwaraki”, to 11 months’ imprisonment for his involvement in ritual practices known as “oke ite” and related offences. Nwangwu was arraigned alongside two other native doctors, Eke Hit...