Nigeria: Supreme Court Overrules Court of Appeal On Receiver's Powers in Nestoil, Neconde Legal Tussle

[This Day] The Supreme Court decision of Friday, 10 April, 2026, that set aside the Ruling of the Court of Appeal which disallowed the appearance of Senior Advocates of Nigeria, Wole Olanipekun and Muiz Banire, as counsel for Neconde Energy Limited and Nestoil Limited, respectively in the action instituted by FBN Quest Merchant Bank Limited and FBN Trustees Limited has continued to reverberate across the legal and business community as landmark and decisive. In a unanimous judgment of the court read by Mohammed Baba Source