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    The Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja on Monday adjourned the ruling on the bail application filed by the former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele. SaharaReporters had reported how Emefiele arrived at the court for his arraignment earlier on Monday morning over alleged abuse of office. Emefiele was arraigned along with his co-defendant, Henry Isioma Omole, on 26 counts before Justice Rahman Oshodi. The former governor of the apex bank...

The Assembly impeached the deputy governor on Monday after it adopted the report of a seven-member probe panel set up to probe allegations of gross misconduct against him.   The Edo State House of Assembly has impeached the state’s deputy governor, Philip Shaibu. The Assembly impeached the deputy governor on Monday after it adopted the report of a seven-member probe panel set up to probe allegations of gross misconduct against him. The Assembly had accused...

  The former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, has arrived at the Ikeja State High Court in Lagos to be arraigned on alleged abuse of office. Emefiele will be arraigned along with his co-defendant, Henry Isioma Omole, on 26 counts before Justice Rahman Oshodi on Monday. The charge marked ID/23787c/2024 and dated April 3, 2024, was filed by Mr. Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN). The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) alleged that Emefiele abused his...

    The Economic and Finnacial Crimes Commission, EFCC, will arraign embattled former Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Godwin Emefiele at the Ikeja State High Court in Lagos for alleged abuse of office over allocation of billions of United States dollars.    Emefiele, alongside his co-defendant, one Henry Isioma Omole, will be arraigned on 26-count before Justice Rahman Oshodi, on Monday.    The charge, marked ID/23787c/2024, dated April 3, 2024. was filed by Mr. Rotimi...

Nigerian human rights activist who lives in New Jersey confirmed it to SaharaReporters around 3.50pm Nigerian time.      A magnitude 4.8 earthquake hit New York City, surrounding suburbs, and New Jersey on Friday morning.   Nigerian human rights activist who lives in New Jersey confirmed it to SaharaReporters around 3.50pm Nigerian time.    He also tweeted, “Just experienced an Earthquake in New Jersey!”   This comes a few days after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake...

    The Federal High Court in Lagos has reserved another date for the sentencing of convicted popular cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky. The judgement was reserved for April 9, 2024 by Justice Abimbola Awogboro on Friday, who ordered that the controversial cross-dresser should be remanded in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) pending the judgment date. SaharaReporters earlier reported that the court convicted Bobrisky after the cross-dresser pleaded...

Members of the sect trooped out in their number shortly after the Juma’at prayer at the National Mosque defied the presence of the heavily armed security agents who had surrounded the mosque to prevent the sect from embarking on the rally.         A massive protest is currently going on in Abuja the nation’s capital by the Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) otherwise known as Shi’ites to mark the International...

        The Kano State Government has dragged former governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, his wife, Hafsat Umar, Umar Abdullahi Umar and five others to court on eight count charges relating to bribery allegations, misappropriation and diversion of funds among others running into billions of naira.     This was contained in a charge sheet dated 3rd April, 2024 with a 15 prosecution witnesses list attached, and obtained by SaharaReporters.        The...

        The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has filed an  appeal at the Appeal Court against the Nigerian government on the ruling of Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.   Kanu, who filed the appeal through his legal team led by its Lead Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, rejected the March 19 ruling of Justice Nyako on the criminal charges the Nigerian government...

    A popular cross-dresser, Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju, popularly known as Bobrisky was arrested on Wednesday evening by personnel of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Lagos State. This was confirmed by the agency’s spokesman, Mr Dele Oyewale in a telephone conversation with SaharaReporters on Thursday morning.   According to the EFCC spokesman, Bobrisky was arrested for mutilation of naira notes and not for his lifestyle as a cross-dresser.       “It...