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CONTINENTAL TRANSFERT TECHNIQUE LIMITED v. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE FEDRATION, MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR

  1. August 07, 2019

    Nigerian Bank's US Account Is Safe In $276M Award Row

    An identity card company can't recover part of a $276.1 million arbitral award against Nigeria from a U.S.-based JPMorgan account held by the country's central bank, a D.C. federal judge concluded Tuesday, saying the money is immune from seizure.

  2. September 13, 2018

    Nigeria's Assets Safe In Bank In $276M Dispute, Court Told

    The Central Bank of Nigeria is challenging an identity card company's attempt to recover part of a $276 million arbitration award owed by Nigeria from a JPMorgan bank account, saying in D.C. federal court the account is shielded from seizure under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.

  3. February 17, 2017

    Nigeria's Counsel Allowed To Withdraw In $276M Award Case

    A D.C. federal judge allowed law firms Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC and the Law Offices of K.C. Okoli PC to withdraw as counsel for the government of Nigeria on Friday after the firm claimed representation in the West African nation's fight against a $276 million arbitration award had been "rendered impossible."

  4. January 31, 2017

    Nigeria Can't Fight Asset Seizure In $276M Award Case

    A District of Columbia federal judge banned Nigeria’s government from invoking a broad sweep of evidence to fight a pending effort to enforce a $276 million arbitral-award-turned-judgment against the country on Monday, after Nigeria missed a deadline to share information about its U.S. assets.

  5. November 29, 2016

    Nigeria Ordered To Talk Or Face Sanctions In $276M Dispute

    After years of refusing to pay a $276 million arbitral award-turned-judgment, Nigeria's government got another 60 days from a D.C. federal judge on Tuesday to spill the beans on its assets in the U.S. and was warned that it would be blocked from producing evidence later on if it didn't comply.

  6. November 21, 2016

    Nigeria Fights 'Blank Check' Sanctions In $276M Arbitral Row

    Nigeria on Friday pushed back against a demand by Continental Transfert Technique that representatives of the African nation appear for testimony or face sanctions in a suit looking to enforce an 8-year-old, $276 million arbitration award against the country, arguing the move is an attempt to gain total access to its assets.

  7. October 13, 2016

    Judge Loath To Cut Nigeria's Attys From Arbitration Row

    A D.C. federal judge expressed reluctance to let defense counsel for Nigeria withdraw from a lawsuit seeking to enforce an eight-year-old $276 million arbitration award against the African nation, suggesting during a Thursday hearing that Nigeria has used “manipulative” tactics to avoid paying the amount.

  8. September 26, 2016

    ID Card Co. Seeks To Thwart Third Quit Try By Nigeria's Attys

    A government contractor that won a $276 million arbitration award against Nigeria eight years ago over a failed project to issue computer-readable ID cards asked a D.C. federal judge Monday to toss a third request by the country's lawyers to quit the case, saying their latest argument offers "nothing new."

  9. August 17, 2016

    Nigeria Attys Still Can't Withdraw From $276M Award Dispute

    A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday refused to reconsider whether to allow counsel for Nigeria to withdraw from enforcement proceedings relating to a confirmed $276 million arbitral award, which had been issued to an identity card company in 2008 after arbitrators found that the African nation had breached their contract.

  10. August 04, 2016

    Nigeria Attys In $276M Award Dispute Can't Quit, Judge Told

    An identity card company that won a $276 million arbitral award against Nigeria's government urged a D.C. federal judge on Thursday not to let the country's lawyers pull out of the case after eight years of litigation and collection efforts.

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