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, …

An Ikeja Special Offences Court has heard how former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele instructed his erstwhile despatch rider, Monday Osasuwa, not to formally acknowledge millions of dollars collected on his behalf from various sources. Osasuwa, who is the first prosecution witness (PW1) in a case the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) filed against Emefiele, said …

The Delta State High Court in Warri has issued an order restraining the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) from implementing its recent policy requiring a minimum admissible age of 16 years for university admissions in the country pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice filed against the board. In a statement on 16 October, JAMB stated …

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 …

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 …

Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday adjourned the ongoing trial of a former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, who is facing an 11-count charge of money laundering and fraud of N3.3 billion. Justice Aneke adjourned the case after a retired permanent secretary in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, …

A 33-year-old man, Nasiru Isa, was on Monday sentenced to seven years in jail for sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl in Kano. The Federal High Court in Kano imposed the sentence on Monday, following Isa’s guilty plea to a one-count charge of sexual exploitation. Presiding judge, Justice S.M. Shu’aibu found the defendant guilty and sentenced him to seven years in …

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. …