Justice D. E. Osiagor of a Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday,, adjourned till March 3, 2026 for judgment in the alleged N3.6bn fraud, involving a former Executive Director, Projects, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Tuoyo Omatsuli. Omatsuli is standing trial alongside Don Parker Properties Limited, Francis Momoh, and Building Associates Limited…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Thursday upheld a Federal High Court ruling restraining the Directorate of Road Traffic Services (VIO) from stopping, impounding, or confiscating vehicles and from imposing fines on motorists. Delivering the judgment, Justice Oyejoju Oyebiola Oyewumi declared that the VIO’s appeal lacked merit. “I find no iota of merit in…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Thursday said it has lodged a notice of appeal against a judgment of Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of a Federal High Court, Abuja, ordering the release of 27 houses to James Ikechukwu Okwete, and his company Jamec West Africa Limited . In the appeal at the Abuja Division of…
A 3rd prosecution witness (PW3) n the ongoing trial of former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, told Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of a Federal High Court sitting in Apo, Abuja, that former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed his desire to testify in any court or forum regarding the award of Mambilla Power…
A student of the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, is to die by hanging for killing girlfriend. A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt convicted the 400-level Petrochemical Engineering student, Damian Okoligwe, on Friday. The judgment by Justice Chinwe Nsirim-Nwosu brings to a close a case that gripped the UNIPORT community since…
Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court Thursday, has ruled that he would wait for the decision of the Court of Appeal about three witnesses in the ongoing trial of a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, before allowing them to testify against the former governor….
A Federal High Court in Lagos, presided over by Justice Daniel Osiagor, has reversed freezing order in an alleged $1.01 billion debt recovery suit instituted against oil and gas company Nestoil Limited by FBNQuest Merchant Bank Limited and others. The ruling was delivered on Thursday, following a petition of bias filed against the initial presiding…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned a suspected fraudster, James Katung Kantiyok, before Justice M.J. Zubairu of the Federal High Court Sitting in Gombe State, Gombe State He was arraigned on seven count – charge bordering on unlawful possession and criminal breach of trust. He was arraigned by the Gombe Zonal Directorate…
Nnamdi Kanu’s legal team has vowed to appeal his life imprisonment sentence, insisting that the judgment delivered by Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court “does not hold water.” Speaking to reporters shortly after the verdict, Kanu’s lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, a consultant on the case, said they would take the matter to the Court…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered Nnamdi Kanu of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to be removed from the courtroom following his “unruly” conduct before the judgement in the matter on Thursday. Justice James Omotosho, in a ruling, dismissed three fresh motions filed by Kanu after the case was adjourned for…
