Tag: nigerian energy

Bello Bodejo, President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, on Thursday, prayed an Abuja High Court to order his release from the State Security Service, SSS, detention facility pending the hearing and determination of the substantive application. Bodejo, in a motion ex-parte marked: M/16976/2024 and filed by his team of lawyers led by Reuben Atabo, SAN,…

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Thursday ordered the final forfeiture of a warehouse built on a landed property measuring 1.925 hectares of land along the Lagos/Ibadan expressway in Magboro, Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State. The court also ordered the permanent forfeiture of 54 general purpose steel containers. Justice Deinde…

United Nigeria Airlines has stated that its flight, originally scheduled to take off on Thursday, December 19, at 6 am from Lagos to Asaba, was disrupted after an ‘unruly’ passenger physically assaulted one of its crew members. The airline said in a statement that the commotion caused by the passenger on board, just before the…

A high court in Kano State has awarded Lamash Properties Limited damages amounting to N8,511,000,000 against the Kano State Government. This judgment follows the demolition of properties owned by Lamash Properties, carried out on the orders of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf. In addition to the damages, the court ordered the defendants—which include the Kano State…

As Christmas approaches, airfare to Southeast states in Nigeria has surged to unprecedented levels, with return tickets exceeding N700,000 on some routes. The steep fares are impacting travelers heading to predominantly Christian states like Anambra, Enugu, Imo, and the South-South state of Rivers, where festive celebrations are a yearly tradition. LEADERSHIP’s survey of airline websites,…

*Police Begin Investigations Into ATM Card Swap In Anambra A visually-impaired widow in Anambra State has fallen victim t a yet-to-be-identified woman who allegedly stole her Automated Teller Machine card and emptied her account of over N2 million within minutes. The incident reportedly took place over the weekend at an United Bank for Africa (UBA)…

The Hon. President of the National Industrial Court, Hon. Justice Benedict Kanyip has announced his recusal from the suits filed by 62 former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) officials who were recently disengaged from the apex bank’s service. The 62 ex-staff had filed separate suits against the CBN as the sole defendant and submitted that…

A High Court of Lagos State has ordered Polaris Bank to pay N1 million in damages to a customer, Mr. Tokunbo Olatokun, for repeatedly sending him unsolicited emails in violation of his fundamental right to privacy. Justice Yetunde A. Adesanya, in her judgment delivered on December 5, 2024, held that Polaris Bank breached Sections 34…

The immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, who has been in prison detention since December 10, on Thursday, secured fresh N500million bail from a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, sitting at Maitama. The court, in the ruling that was delivered by Justice Maryann Anenih, equally ordered him to provide…

The Ikorodu High Court in Lagos has adjourned till February 26, 2025, to hear two applications in a suit concerning the Regun Chieftaincy stool in Ikorodu, Lagos. The suit, marked IKD/87380CM/2022, was filed in 2022 by two claimants, Chief Kameeel Adisa Dada and Hon. Gbenga Oshin. The Ayangbure of Ikorodu, Oba Kabir Adewale Shotebi, and…

Hon. Justice Emmanuel Subilim of the Abuja Judicial Division of the National Industrial Court has declared that the employment of one Mr. Gowon via an “Offer of Temporary Appointment” dated 14th July 2014 as Senior Executive Officer (Accounts) which was confirmed via another letter entitled Letter of Appointment into the Federal Civil Service of Nigeria,…

Dangote Refinery has announced a significant reduction in petrol prices, with rates dropping to as low as N899 per litre for two million litres. This move marks a continued effort by the refinery to stabilise the market and enhance supply to marketers. It emerged that the new pricing structure offers petrol at N899.5 per litre…

*Orders Customs To Release N200M Worth Of Seized Rice, Warns Against Market Raids The Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna has warned the Nigeria Customs Service against confiscating foreign rice in open markets. The court gave the order on Wednesday in a judgement following an appeal by Customs against the judgement of the Federal High…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced that the country’s external reserves, now at $42.01 billion, can finance the importation of goods and services for over nine months. The apex bank also assured Nigerians of improved economic prospects in 2025. CBN governor, Mr. Olayemi Cardoso, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja during the presentation…

Dangote Refinery has explained that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL)’s stake in the refinery was reduced from 20% to 7.24% due to NNPCL’s failure to meet key terms of their partnership. In a statement released on Wednesday, Anthony Chiejina, the Group Chief Branding and Communications Officer, clarified that claims made by NNPCL about…

*As Citizen Commons Calls Passport Judgment A Victory For All Nigerians A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) and its Comptroller General to pay a total of ₦3 million in damages to Benita Ngozi Ezumezu for violating her fundamental right to freedom of movement by failing to issue…

The police on Tuesday arraigned a 40-year-old fake visa agent, Timothy Atolagbe, before a Lagos State Magistrates’ Court, sitting in Iba for allegedly obtaining the sum of N9, 879,928.00, under false pretence of helping his victim to procure Canadian study visa. Atolagbe who was arraigned before Magistrate D. S. Odukoya is facing four counts bordering…

The High Court of Rivers State, sitting at the Port Harcourt Division and presided over by Honourable Justice E. Thompson in suit number PHC/797/2024, has struck out a case filed by a group of persons praying to take over certain properties belonging to a spiritual organisation. The court described the request as incompetent. The group…

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a directive requiring all publicly-listed companies to publish their financial statements on their websites starting January 2025. The commission warned that failure to comply with this directive would attract sanctions. In a statement released on Tuesday, SEC noted that while public companies routinely file periodic returns with…

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has disclosed that electricity subsidies payable by the Federal Government for the month of December has increased by 2.76 percent to N199.64 billion from N194.26 billion incurred in November. The Commission in its December 2024 Multi-Year Tariff Order, MYTO, posted on its website retained electricity tariff across all customer…