The Court of Appeal, Abuja division, on Thursday, affirmed Martin Amaewhule as the recognised Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly. A three-member panel of the Court of Appeal, in a unanimous judgment, dismissed the appeal filed by the Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, for lacking in merit. The appellate court firmly upheld the 22  judgment of the Federal …

The Supreme Court has fixed 22 October to hear a suit filed by 16 state governments challenging the legality of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The suit, which was instituted by the Kogi State Government and 15 other states, is contesting the constitutionality of the laws establishing the EFCC and the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit. A seven-man panel …

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, affirmed Barrister Julius Abure’s position as the National Chairman of the Labour Party. Justice Emeka Nwite issued an order compelling the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to validate and recognise the Abure-led leadership of the party. The court also validated the March 2024 Nnewi national convention of the party that produced the …

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday permitted the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) to arrest a suspect, Olusanya Sunday Okusanya, a fugitive believed to have fled to the United Kingdom, after an alleged N64 million fraud. Justice Yellim Bogoro approved the IGP’s motion for Okusanya’s arrest, following an ex parte application filed and moved by the police lawyer, S. …

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has barred the Directorate of Road Traffic Services and Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIO) from confiscating or imposing fines on motorists. The court, in a judgement that was delivered by Justice Nkeonye Maha, held that no law empowered the VIO to stop, impound, confiscate, seize or impose fines on motorists for any form of …

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Maitama has summoned former Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, to appear before it on 24 October to face a fresh 16-count charge brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The EFCC has charged Bello, alongside two others—Umar Oricha and Abdulsalami Hudu—with criminal breach of trust …

A High Court sitting in Abeokuta, Ogun State, has restricted members of the #FearlessInOctober protest groups to the MKO Abiola Stadium in Abeokuta, Gateway International Stadium in Sagamu, Dipo Dina Stadium in Ijebu Ode, and Ansar-Ud-Deen Comprehensive High School in Ota. The court, presided over by Tajudeen A. Okunsokan, gave this order on Monday, following an application by the Attorney-General …

A Federal High Court in Abuja has shifted the planned arraignment of the former governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello to 30 October. Bello was to be arraigned on a charge, marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/98/2024, in which the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) accused Bello of, among others, laundering N80, 246,470,088.88 belonging to Kogi state. At the mention of the case …

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, adjourned to 31 October to deliver a ruling and judgement in a suit seeking the sack of the Chairman of the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Barrister Chiedu Ebie, over alleged wrongful appointment. Following Ebie’s appointment last year, some aggrieved stakeholders from Niger Delta dragged President Bola Tinubu, the …

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in next Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo has been summoned by a Magistrate’s Court in Abuja for allegedly making a false statement on his date of birth. A document sighted by Saturday PUNCH showed that Okpebholo was asked to appear before the court at Noon on Friday, 20 …