Olukayode Ariwoola junior, son of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, was among 22 lawyers recommended by the National Judicial Council (NJC) for appointment as a Judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria. The recommendation was sequel to their success at the screening and interview panel of the Council. The NJC ...

A federal high court sitting in Gusau, Zamfara has declared that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) does not have the powers to invite serving and past officials of the state government for the purpose of explaining how the state’s funds are utilized. The presiding judge, Aminu Bappa Aliyu while delivering his ruling on ...

The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, says the court will commence its 2023 annual vacation on July 24. Tsoho stated this on Friday, in a statement made available by Dr. Catherine Oby-Christopher, the FHC’s Assistant Director of Information, in Abuja. The CJ said that the vacation, which would begin on ...

A Federal High Court in Abuja has barred the National Broadcasting Commission from imposing fines on Nigerian broadcasters. The court held that NBC is not a court of law and as such, has no power to impose sanctions as punishment on broadcast stations. In a ruling on Wednesday, the presiding judge, Justice James Omotosho, gave ...

    The Federal High Court today marks 50 years of justice delivery in the Nigerian judicial system. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the FHC, which was established on April 13, 1973, was formerly known as the Federal Revenue Court. It was established by the Federal Revenue Act 1973 (1973 No.13) and began ...

  A Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, has denied journalist Agba Jalingo the chance to apply for bail in a defamatory trial filed against him by the Federal Capital Territory Police Command. Jalingo was accused of defaming Elizabeth Ayade, the wife of Frank Ayade, who is a brother of Cross River State Governor, Ben ...

Two judges of the Federal High Court recently recalled from compulsory retirement, a sanction imposed on them for alleged acts of misconduct years back, are set to begin sitting at the court’s headquarters in Abuja. The judges – Gladys Olotu and Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia – were recalled after obtaining separate court judgments that overturned the National ...

The Federal High Court will, on March 31, commence its Easter vacation. The Chief Judge, Justice Tsoho, disclosed this in a statement signed by the FHC’s Assistant Director of Information, Dr Catherine Oby-Christopher, saying the vacation would last till April 17. “This is pursuant to the provisions of Order 46, Rule 4 (b) of the ...

Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia has been reinstated as a judge of the Federal High Court by the National Judicial Council (NJC). The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had arraigned Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia in 2016, on allegations of money laundering and breach of public trust. The courts however quashed and dismissed all the charges against her. The ...

A legal practitioner, Temilolu Adamolekun, has asked Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court in Lagos to disqualify himself from continuing hearing on an alleged N13 billion debt recovery suit. In his application, Adamolekun prayed the judge to hands off the matter, adding that he no longer has confidence in the court, presided over ...

The legal moves to commence a perjury case against the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, have received the blessings of the Abuja division of the Federal High Court. Justice Inyang Ekwo has granted the request of a civil society group, the Incorporated Trustees of Center for Reform and ...

The Federal High Court in Nigeria has approved a new practice direction to guide the hearing and determination of pre-election suits. The direction, which was handed out in preparation for the 2023 forthcoming general elections, comes on the heels of the broad policy on the handling of election-related matters issued by the National Judicial Council, ...

The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria, Justice John Tsoho, says the court will commence its annual vacation for the year, on the 25th of next month. This, he said, was pursuant to the provisions of Order 46, Rule 4 (b) of the Federal High Court (Civil Procedures) Rules, 2019 (as amended). ...

The National Assembly, on Monday in Abuja, asked the National Industrial Court, NIC, to allow an out-of-court settlement in a suit instituted against it and three others, challenging the poor payment of judges in the country. The NASS, through its counsel, Mr. Charles Yoila, told Justice Osatohanmwen Obaseki-Osagie that the Assembly is interested in an ...

The Benue State High Court in Makurdi, on Thursday, acquitted Andrew Ogbuja, a lecturer at the Benue State Polytechnic, Ugbokolo, of raping and causing the death of Ochanya Ogbanje, a 13-year-old schoolgirl in 2018. The decision contradicts another Thursday’s verdict of the Federal High Court in Makurdi, in a separate case, which convicted Mr Ogbuja’s ...

A federal high court in Abuja has ordered that a contempt charge motion against five senior advocates of Nigeria (SANs) involved in the €370.68 million judgement debt suit, be served on them through courier services. Inyang Ekwo, the judge, issued the order for substituted service on Wednesday, following an ex-parte motion by Emeka Okoro, counsel ...