National Rescue Movement (NRM) has threatened to apply for a bench warrant of arrest against Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), over his absence in court. NRM’s lawyer, Oladimeji Ekengba, made this statement before Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja....
Judiciary
Lead counsel for Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Chief Kanu Agabi, told the Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday that his client’s threats of violence were empty boasts, not actionable offenses. Addressing Justice James Omotosho while adopting the defense’s no-case submission, Agabi...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has secured the conviction and sentencing of 15 Chinese, for cyber-terrorism and internet fraud before two Federal High Court Judges sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos; Justice Ayokunle Faji and Justice Dehinde Dipeolu. The suspects...
By JOY ADARA , Abuja- Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) witness, Suleiman Ciroma, has revealed to the Federal High Court in Abuja how $12 million was illicitly swapped through SunTrust Bank in a mere 10 days. Testifying before Justice Emeka Nwite, Ciroma detailed the rapid transactions orchestrated by...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Justice Maryanne Anineh of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Thursday, July 17, 2025, struck out an application by the former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, for the release of his passport to enable him travel to the United Kingdom...
Court of Appeal in Abuja on Wednesday overturned a Federal High Court (FHC) ruling that had ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to pay Kasmal International Services N579 billion for its role in stamp duty collection. Delivering the majority judgment in a 2:1 decision, Justice Adebukola Banjoko sided...
A Federal High Court in Lagos has discharged and acquitted former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, of money laundering charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke ruled that the prosecution failed to establish a prima facie case against Fayose, warranting his...
Managing Director of Benin-Owena River Basin Development Authority (BORBDA), Dr. Femi Adekanmbi, has dismissed the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Ondo State as “dead on arrival.” According to Adekanmbi, the ADC lacks credibility and viable policy alternatives to President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Adekanmbi questioned the opposition’s campaign strategy, given...
Benin High Court has remanded a 38-year-old pastor, Simeon Okehielem, in a correctional facility over allegations of raping a married woman. Okehielem, founder of Ebube Wonders Synagogue Prayers Ministry, faces a two-count charge of rape and felony intent. According to the prosecution, the incident occurred in February 2022 in...
A former Governor of Adamawa State, retired Rear Adm. Muritala Nyako, is considering an out-of-court settlement in a N29 billion alleged fraud case brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). During a court hearing on Friday, the prosecuting counsel, Mr. Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, informed the...
Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a N500 million suit filed by some vulnerable FCT residents, including scavengers, beggars, and petty traders, against Minister Nyesom Wike and others. Justice James Omotosho held that the suit lacked merit and that there was no credible evidence to prove that the...
Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed September 29 for the hearing of a suit filed by Dangote Petroleum Refinery against Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and others over an oil import license dispute. The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has expressed interest in the case,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the September 2024 governorship election in Edo State, Mr. Asue Ighodalo, has expressed deep disappointment and betrayal over the Supreme Court’s judgment upholding the election of Governor Monday Okpebholo. In a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja, Ighodalo said,...
Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal filed by Mr. Asue Ighodalo and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) against the election of Senator Monday Okpebholo as the Governor of Edo State. In a judgment delivered by Justice Garba Lawal, the apex court held that the appeal lacked merit. Ighodalo’s lawyer,...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja- Federal High Court in Abuja has granted an application by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to temporarily take over the lands approved for the Goodluck Jonathan Legacy Model Housing Estate. The ICPC had filed a motion ex-parte seeking an order...
Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Senate to recall Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, back to her legislative duties, describing her six-month suspension as “excessive.” Justice Binta Nyako also awarded a fine of N5 million against Akpoti-Uduaghan for contempt of court. The court found...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- An Ikeja High Court has dismissed an application filed by Joseph Aloba, father of the late singer Mohbad, seeking to quash the legal advice that exonerated music label owner Naira Marley and promoter Sam Larry from any involvement in Mohbad’s death. The court’s decision was...
Supreme Court has adjourned judgment indefinitely in the legal battle over the Edo Governorship Election Petition. The appeal was filed by Asue Ighodalo and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), challenging the election of Sen. Monday Okpebholo as the governor of Edo State. Justice Garba Lawal, who presided over the...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – First Prosecution Witness, PW1, Hamma Adama Bello in the trial-within-trial of the former Head of Service, HoS, Winifred Oyo-Ita on Monday, June 30, 2025 presented before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, a video evidence of the defendant writing down...
By OLA MODUPE , Lagos – A prosecution witness, Ajayi Michael Folaseye, has told a Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos how he rejected a $7,000 bribe allegedly offered by a colleague seeking unauthorized access to Premium Trust Bank’s internal systems. Folaseye, the first prosecution witness (PW1), testified in...