The court also issued a perpetual injunction restraining ARCON from enforcing the notice against Facebook Nigeria.
A Federal High Court in Lagos has nullified the N60 billion sanction imposed by the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON) against Facebook Nigeria Operations Limited (FNOL), holding that the regulator acted outside its legal powers and breached the company's constitutional right to a fair hearing.
In a judgment delivered on June 18, 2026, in Suit No. FHC/L/CS/2205/2024, Justice Yellim Bogoro declared ARCON's Notice of Violation/Demand for Compliance, dated October 21, 2024, unconstitutional, unlawful, null and void.
The court also issued a perpetual injunction restraining ARCON from enforcing the notice against Facebook Nigeria.
The dispute stemmed from ARCON's allegation that FNOL repeatedly published advertisements targeted at the Nigerian market on Facebook and Instagram without obtaining prior approval from the Advertising Standards Panel, contrary to Sections 34(3) and 54 of the ARCON Act and the Nigerian Code of Advertising.
