A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed 21 January for ruling on a request by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to arraign and try in absentia former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello for alleged money laundering charge pending against him. In the charge, the EFCC accused Bello, among others, of laundering N80,246,470,088.88 belonging to Kogi State. Justice …

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, barred the Federal Government from releasing further monthly allocations to Rivers State. The court, in the judgement that was delivered by Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, specifically restrained the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, from allowing the state to draw funds from the consolidated revenue account. The judgement followed a suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/984/24, …

The Appeal Court in Akure, Ondo State, on Tuesday, adjourned for judgment, a case in the murder of a postgraduate student of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Timothy Adegoke, at the Hilton Hotel and Resort, Ile-Ife, Osun. The late Adegoke was a Masters degree student of the university whose death occurred between 5 and 7 November 2021, at the hotel …

Former Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, on Thursday, failed to respond to a summons for arraignment before the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja. This latest case involves allegations of N110 billion fraud. Justice Maryann Anenih had issued the summons on 3 October, and also granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) permission for substituted service of the …

A Chief Magistrate in Ondo State, Olateju Odenusi-Fadeyi, has ordered the remand of a 15-year-old female student of Anglican Grammar School, Arigidi Akoko, for allegedly stabbing her colleague, Habib Salau, aged 17, to death. The magistrate ordered her remanded at the Ondo State Juvenile Home, in Akure, pending advice from the office of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP). The …

The President of the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), Comrade Williams Akporeha, on Wednesday, narrated a chilling account before the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama, Abuja, detailing how he, alongside the union’s Secretary-General, Wale Afolabi, and the newly elected National Chairman of the Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) branch, Augustine Egbon, were violently attacked by 20 …

The Supreme Court has reserved judgement in a suit filed by 16 state governments challenging the constitutionality of the laws establishing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and others. A seven-member panel of justices presided over by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji, on Tuesday reserved the matter after the lawyers in the matter argued their applications. The suit which was originally …

Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE have asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to void import licences issued to NNPC Limited (NNPCL), Matrix Petroleum Services Limited, A. A. Rano Limited, and four other companies for the purpose of importing refined petroleum products that are already being produced by Dangote without shortfalls. In a suit, Dangote Refinery is also seeking …

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday adjourned until 28 November a N2 billion fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by a former Caretaker Chairman of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, Mr. Lucky Okodeh, against the military. Justice Binta Nyako adjourned the case following an oral application by Okodeh’s counsel, Asmau Yunusa, to enable her to respond …

A Lagos High Court has ordered social media critic, Martin Otse (popularly known as VeryDarkMan) to remove defamatory comments and videos about lawyer and rights activist, Mr. Femi Falana, and his son, Folarin Falana (popularly known as Falz). Additionally, the court imposed a N500 million fine for libel. Justice M. O. Idowu delivered the judgement on Tuesday in a case …