Court Stories

“A Lagos High Court, Igbosere has adjourned the suit filed by the Incorporated Trustees of Word of Life Bible Church against the Lagos State government over non-issuance of building permit to October 11. In a suit marked LD/3040/14 before Justice Christopher Balogun, the church is asking the court to order the state government to issue it with building permit for ...

“A construction firm, NACENN Nigeria Limited has asked the Enugu State High Court to dismiss the over N267m suit brought against it by the former Vice Chancellor of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU), Awka, Prof Ilochi Okafor (SAN). Managing Director of the company, Engr. Ezekiel Ezulike, while testifying in the suit before Justice H.D Eya, stated that Okafor was not ...

“Justice O. O. Tokode of the Federal High Court in Benin, has ordered the Inspector-General of Police to take possession of the immovable property situated at No. 1 Adesuwa Grammar School Road, GRA, Benin City. Justice Tokode gave the order pursuant to a motion ex-parte dated and filed on the 28th day of June, 2017, with charge No. FHC/B/41C/2017, against ...

PM News reports that suspected thieves have broken into the residence of retired ace footballer, Chief Olusegun Odegbami and carted away his properties worth about N15 million. The incident, according to the police, occurred at his residence located at Saro Close, Victoria Island, Lagos at midnight while he was asleep. Items stolen, the police said, included one iphone 7 plus ...

“The Lagos State government yesterday arraigned the Managing Director of Lekki Gardens Estate Limited, Mr. Richard Nyong, before a Lagos High Court in Igbosere over alleged complicity in the events leading to the collapse of a building in Lekki area of the state on March 10, 2016.”- The Guardian Nyong was arraigned alongside others before Justice Sybil Nwaka over alleged ...

“A high chief in the palace of the Oba of Benin, Chief John Osamede Adun, has been docked before an Egor Magistrate Court for alleged forgery and destruction of building worth N22m.”- The Nation Chief Adun who is popularly known as ‘Bob Izua’ was arraigned alongside two others on six count charges bothering on forgery of documents, procuring execution of ...

“The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) disclosed on Tuesday how it found a house in Abuja bought at N240million Abuja house and furnished with N134million for his son, Alex Badeh junior.”- The Nation An operative of the EFCC, Abubakar Madaki, told a Federal High Court in Abuja Tuesday that he was the head of a task force that investigated a ...

The Guardian reports that Justice T.A.O Oyekan-Abdullahi has ordered Property Mart Real Estate Investment Limited to stop further construction work on its Grenadine Homes project located at Sangotedo, Lagos. Justice Oyekan-Abdullahi gave the restraining order following a motion on notice filed by Complete Leisure Estate Nigeria Ltd alleging that Property Mart Ltd had trespassed on its parcel of land where ...

“The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) yesterday on an order of a Federal High Court seized multi-billion naira properties in Lagos, Ogun and United Kingdom from three property firms and eight others following an alleged N4,680,343,681.47 bank debt.”- All Africa The assets, including land, houses, cars and generating plants, were seized in execution of an order granted by Justice ...

Vanguard reports that the children of a Lagos socialite, late Chief Olatunji Ajisomo Alabi, a.k.a, Lord Rumens, have filed a suit against the Bank of Industry Investment and Trust Company Ltd before a Lagos State High Court, over alleged mismanagement of their father’s N5.6billion estate.  The children who are Babatunde, Oladipo, Subuola, Awojuola, Rukayat, Olukemi and Adeola Alabi, had on ...