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There was drama at the Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday when businessman and social media influencer, Afolabi Michael Kazeem, popularly known as KC Luxury, was brought to court in an ambulance while receiving oxygen, amid concerns over his deteriorating health.

The Federal Government has secured 653 convictions in the ongoing mass trial of terrorism suspects before the Federal High Court, with 1,060 suspects brought forward for the latest phase of the exercise.

A Kenyan court has convicted controversial preacher Paul Nthenge Mackenzie and 28 other defendants over the deaths of 191 people, including 190 children, in the Shakahola massacre in Kilifi County.

United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has secured a major legal victory in its ₦156 billion debt recovery battle against the Vaswani brothers and Stallion Group, after the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, upheld the bank’s position and granted the reliefs sought in the proceedings.

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over its “failure to account for US$6.23 million in allegedly diverted or unaccounted-for election funds and over ₦1.63 trillion in other public funds.”

A Director in the Federal Ministry of Finance, Dr Ali Mohammed, on Wednesday, told the FCT High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, that former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, was not a signatory to the Federal Government’s Consolidated Revenue Account from which ₦124.86 billion was withdrawn.

The Federal High Court in Abuja has nullified the three-year suspension imposed on Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Joe-Kyari Gadzama, by the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC).

The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed October 13, 2026, for the hearing of an application by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and the African Democratic Congress (ADC) seeking to amend their suit challenging President Bola Tinubu’s eligibility to contest the 2027 presidential election.

The Federal Government has urged the Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss the ₦1 billion fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, over the search of his Abuja residence by operatives of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission.

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the release of the international passport of former Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, to enable him travel abroad for medical treatment.