A Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos, has fixed September 15, 2025, to rule on an application by former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Godwin Emefiele, seeking a forensic examination of WhatsApp messages admitted in evidence in his ongoing trial for alleged $4.5 billion and ₦2.8 billion fraud. Emefiele’s counsel argued that the forensic analysis […]
Bayelsa Judge Kidnapped in Yenagoa, Police Launch Investigation
Justice Ebiyerin Omukoro, a judge of the Bayelsa State judiciary and former chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Yenagoa branch, was kidnapped by masked gunmen on Saturday, June 21, 2025, at around 7:00 p.m. at Kilimanjaro Eatery, opposite Ekeki Park in Yenagoa. The gunmen, dressed in black and wearing masks, arrived in a white […]
Contempt charge: Court serves INEC chair Yakubu with Form 48
The Federal High Court in Abuja has served the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Yakubu Mahmood, with a contempt proceeding initiated against him by the National Rescue Mission, NRM. The court bailiff, Ayuba Sule, served the Form 48 at the INEC National Headquarters in Abuja, following a ruling by Justice Obiora […]
Federal High Court to implement hybrid e-filing system in Lagos
The Federal High Court of Nigeria is moving forward with its digitization process, introducing a hybrid e-filing system in its Lagos Judicial Division starting June 23, 2025. This system will run alongside the existing manual filing process. According to the Chief Judge, Justice John Terhemba Tsoho, the decision to adopt a hybrid model follows stakeholder […]
