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...
SANWO-OLU CELEBRATES AKANDE’S 87TH BIRTHDAY
By: Fasasi Hammad The Governor of Lagos State and the Chairman of the South-West Governors Forum, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has congratulated elder statesman and the...
JUDICIARY HALTS RIVERS CJ FROM IMPLEMENTING ASSEMBLY’S IMPEACHMENT ORDER
By: Fasasi Hammad A Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt has barred the state’s Chief Judge, Justice Simeon Chibuzor Amadi, from receiving or acting...
CJ ASKED TO APPROVE 7-MEMBER PANEL ON FUBARA IMPEACHMENT
By: Fasasi Hammad The Rivers State House of Assembly has formally written to the Chief Judge of the State, Hon. Justice Simeon Amadi, requesting the...
EFCC TRIAL: WITNESS CLAIMS KOGI REVENUE BOARD DISBURSED N1.1BN TO CONSULTANT IN 8 MONTHS
By: Fasasi Hammad A witness for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), David Ajoda, told the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja that...
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...
UPDATED: LAGOS STATE ORDERS PROBE INTO COLLAPSED SCHOOL BUILDING
The incident, which occurred on Thursday evening after school hours, sent fear into residents in nearby buildings who were jolted by a thunderous sound. Lagos...
PETER OBI CONDEMNS ALLEGED $9M US LOBBYING DEAL AS ‘NATIONAL DISGRACE’
By: Fasasi Hammad In a statement shared on his verified X account on Friday, Obi criticized Nigerian leaders for prioritizing waste, corruption, propaganda, and mismanagement...
FOUR RIVERS LAWMAKERS RETRACT PREVIOUS DECISION, DEMAND FUBARA’S IMPEACHMENT
By: Fasasi Hammad Four members of the Rivers State House of Assembly who had previously withdrawn from the impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara have...
EX-GOVERNOR LAMIDO, HIS SONS ORDERED TO FACE TRIAL OVER N1.35BN FRAUD BY SUPREME COURT
By: Fasasi Hammad The Supreme Court, on Friday, ordered the trial of the former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, and two of his sons,...
