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Justice Dehinde Dipeolu, sitting at the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday ordered the appearance of 16 alleged contemnors, including top officials of Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc, over the alleged disobedience of court orders in a high-stakes banking dispute involving Guaranty Trust Bank Plc. The order was made during proceedings in Suit No: FHC/L/CS/1738/2024, filed by Guaranty Trust Bank Plc against GY Farmers Ltd and other defendants. At the resumed hearing on April 1, 2026, counsel to the plaintiff, A.B. Ogunba, SAN, informed the court of a pending motion for contempt dated March 27, 2026. He urged the…

Justice! Justice!! Justice!!! This immediately reminds me of the traditional way our elders trigger important conversations in Yoruba land, the tribe in Nigeria to which I belong. It underscores the gravity of the discourse about to be engaged in. In contemporary times, if there is any concept that is deeply worrisome in our society—indeed, I dare say even more troubling than politics and governance at large—it is justice. The search for justice in the land is becoming elusive in Nigeria. The presupposition, as one reflects on this, is that justice has somehow escaped from the country. Can this truly be…

A fresh wave of defections in the House of Representatives has given the African Democratic Congress (ADC), the All Progressives Congress (APC), and other parties more members as politicians intensify realignments ahead of the 2027 general elections. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, read the notices of defection during plenary on Tuesday. Twenty-seven lawmakers defected in what is one of the major political realignments in the Green Chamber, just less than one year before Nigerians head to the polls to elect their next set of leaders. Fourteen of the defectors came into the APC. The eight lawmakers…

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered the final forfeiture of a property in the United Kingdom linked to a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Jeremiah Useni, to the Federal Government. Justice Binta Nyako, who delivered the judgment, held that the property, located at 79 Randall Avenue, Neasden, London, was reasonably suspected to have been acquired with proceeds of unlawful activities. The forfeiture followed a motion filed by the Code of Conduct Bureau, which urged the court to grant a final order after no interested party came forward to contest an earlier interim forfeiture. In a…

Former Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, on Tuesday withdrew the ₦1 billion fundamental rights enforcement suit he filed against a magistrate of the FCT Magistrate’s Court, who was listed as the second defendant before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. Counsel to the former governor, Ugochukwu Nnakwu, informed the trial judge, Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, of the withdrawal shortly after the matter was called on Tuesday for the hearing of an ex parte motion. The withdrawal of the magistrate as a party followed an observation made by Justice Abdulmalik when the matter was heard on March 25, 2026.…

Prominent Christian leaders have raised alarm over Nigeria’s deepening security and economic crises, calling on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency, overhaul policing structures, and ensure credible elections. They warned that the country is “bleeding” and drifting towards instability. The clerics, including former President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Felix Omobude; founder of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM), Mike Okonkwo; former President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Ayo Oritsejafor; and Isa El-Buba, spoke during a press conference on the state of the nation organised by Cross Campaign in Ikeja, Lagos. In their address,…

The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, re-arraigned the Managing Director of Nadabo Energy Limited, Abubakar Ali Peters, over an alleged ₦1.4 billion oil fraud before Justice Ismail Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja. Peters, alongside his company, Nadabo Energy Limited, was previously standing trial before Justice C.A. Balogun of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja. However, the case was reassigned to Justice Ijelu following the retirement of Justice Balogun. The defendants are being prosecuted by the EFCC on a 27-count charge bordering on the…

Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, has ordered the freezing of funds and assets valued at ₦448,263,172.41 in a debt recovery action filed by Keystone Bank Limited against five defendants. The order, granted on March 26, 2026, followed an ex parte application filed and argued by Mofesomo Tayo-Oyetibo, SAN, against Relic Resources; Olufunmilayo Emmanuella Alabi; Uwadiale Donald Agenmonmen; The Magnificent Multi Services Limited; and Raedial Farms Limited. In his ruling, Justice Aneke issued a Mareva injunction restraining the defendants, whether by themselves or through their agents, from withdrawing, transferring, or otherwise dealing with funds, shares, dividends,…

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, has resigned. Tuggar’s resignation was confirmed by the ministry’s spokesperson, Kimiebi Ebienfa, on Monday. The minister’s action followed a directive by President Bola Tinubu requiring all political appointees in his administration who intend to contest elective positions in the 2027 elections to resign from their posts on or before March 31. The president based his decision on Section 88(1) of the Electoral Act 2026 and the timetable released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for party primaries ahead of the 2027 polls. Tuggar’s resignation comes amid speculation about his interest in contesting…

Justice Ismail Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court, sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday, March 30, 2026, convicted and sentenced Olumuyiwa Teniola Idowu and his company, Tennyvans Nigeria Limited, to a total of 30 years’ imprisonment on a six-count charge bordering on stealing and failure to declare assets amounting to $62,500 (Sixty-Two Thousand Five Hundred United States Dollars) and €36,020 (Thirty-Six Thousand Twenty Euros). The offences contravene Section 285 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011, as well as Section 27(3) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Act, 2004, relating to non-disclosure of assets and refusal…