RIVERS COURT HALTS FUBARA’S IMPEACHMENT
HOTJIST NEWS The Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Martin Amaewhule, and two others, including the House Clerk, are prohibited from sending any correspondence to the state's Chief Judge by an interim injunction issued by a Rivers State High Court on Friday in Oyigbo Local Government Area, Port Harcourt. In order to form a panel to look into the alleged misconduct against the state governor and his deputy, the court also prohibited Rivers State Chief Judge Justice Simeon Amadi from receiving, forwarding, considering, or taking any action on any request, resolution, articles of impeachment, or other document from the first to the 27th defendants for a period of seven days. In a decision on a motion ex parte in two distinct suits filed by Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Deputy Governor Prof. Ngozi Odu, the presiding judge, Justice F.A. Fiberesima, also allowed the claimants/applicants to serve the interim order and the originating processes in Suit Nos. OYHC/7CS/2026 and OYHC/6/CS/2026, as well as all subsequent processes intended for the first through 31st defendants at the Rivers State Assembly quarters. The court further ordered that the Chief Judge of the state, the 32nd defendant, be served with the interim order and the originating procedures in the lawsuits by any member of the judiciary at the Chief Judge's chambers on the High Court grounds. After then, Justice Fiberesima postponed hearing the motion until January 23, 2026. According to our source, the Assembly decided...
S’COURT UPHOLDS LAMIDO’S SON CONVICTION OVER UNDECLARED $40,000
Aminu Sule Lamido, the son of former Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido, appealed the $40,000 forfeiture to the Federal Government, but the Supreme Court rejected the petition on Friday. The rulings of the lower courts were upheld when a five-member panel of the Supreme Court, presided over by Justice Inyang Okoro, decided that the appeal lacked substance. The court said that the appeal was "doomed to fail" and formally upheld the forfeiture of the cash to the Federal Government in a unanimous ruling read by Justice Abubakar Sadiq Umar and delivered by Justice Adamu Jauro. He was arraigned on February 4, 2013, before the Federal High Court in Kano on a one-count charge of false declaration of...
LIRS REITERATES JANUARY 31st DEADLINE FOR EMPLOYERS’ ANNUAL TAX RETURNS FILING
The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has reiterated the statutory deadline of 31st January 2026 for all employers of labour in Lagos State to...
N110.4bn ALLEGED FRAUD: EFCC TENDERS MORE EVIDENCE AGAINST KOGI EX-GOVERNOR YAHAYA BELLO
By 'Leke Yusuf The trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello before Justice Maryanne Anineh of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court,...
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, ASUU AGREE ON SALARY INCREASE AND BETTER ALLOWANCES
By: Fasasi Hammad The Federal Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), agreeing to a 40...
FALANA WINS PRIVACY INVASION CASE AS COURT ORDERS META TO PAY $25,000 IN DAMAGES
By: Muftau Fatimo The Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square has awarded $25,000 in damages to Femi Falana (SAN) in his $5 million...
LAGOS INTENSIFIES DRIVE FOR SAFE BLOOD AS LSBTS TAKES VOLUNTARY DONATION CAMPAIGN TO RESIDENT
...State targets sustainable blood supply through awareness, sensitization, and donor mobilization ...Sanwo-Olu administration reiterates commitment to modern, safe, and voluntary blood transfusion services The Lagos...
JAKANDE RESIDENTS STAGE PROTEST AGAINST DEMOLITION BY STATE GOVERNMENT
Residents of Jakande Estate, Ilesan in Lagos State, on Tuesday, staged a peaceful protest at the Lagos State House of Assembly complex against what they...
US DELIVERS MILITARY SUPPLIES TO NIGERIA
As part of continuous efforts to improve bilateral security cooperation between the two nations, the United States has provided Nigeria with vital military equipment. United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), which is in charge of US military activities throughout the continent, verified the delivery. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday, AFRICOM said the supplies were handed over to Nigerian partners in Abuja. “U.S. forces...
SHOCK,GRIEF IN LAGOS AS NUJ–NAN MOURNS MOJI ENIOLA
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Nigerian Union of Journalists, National Association of Nigeria (NUJ–NAN) Lagos Chapter, is in mourning following the sudden death of...