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The Anambra State Government sued to challenge whether the EFCC, as a federal agency, had constitutional power to investigate the appropriation, disbursement, and administration of state government funds.

The Federal High Court in Awka dismissed the suit as factually and forensically lacking in merit, ruling that the EFCC has constitutional power to investigate economic and financial crimes involving both federal and state governments.

A group of Onitsha Main Market traders, led by Izuchukwu Paul Madubuko, sought an injunction to prevent the demolition of shops in the market's Human Fence Zone 1 Line area.

Justice J. I. Nweze granted the traders' injunction, directing all parties to maintain the status quo pending a hearing fixed for 16 March. The Anambra State Government, through the Onitsha North local government area, nonetheless mobilised bulldozers and demolished the shops on 1 March 2026, drawing accusations from civil society groups that it had defied a subsisting court order.

Decades of litigation over the legal recognition, creation, and administration of autonomous communities in Anambra State, which had repeatedly produced competing claims to traditional leadership positions.

The Supreme Court delivered a judgment settling the underlying disputes, which Governor Soludo said effectively ended roughly 40 years of conflict over autonomous community status in the state.

The Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) sued ANSIPPA, a state government agency, for failing to comply with the Employees' Compensation Act.

The National Industrial Court's Awka Judicial Division ruled that ANSIPPA qualifies as an employer under the Act and ordered it to make monthly contributions to the Employees' Compensation Fund, maintain accurate payroll records, and comply with all workplace-injury protection provisions going forward.