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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Segun Aina as the new Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), succeeding Professor Is-haq Oloyede. Aina, who will be 40 in July, is, according to a statement by Tinubu’s media aide, Bayo Onanuga, a distinguished academic and systems expert with extensive experience in national examination systems, digital infrastructure, and public-sector institutional reform. “He holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Systems Engineering from the University of Kent, an MSc in Internet Computing and Network Security, and a PhD in Digital Signal Processing, both from Loughborough University, United Kingdom. He has also…

Justice Ambrose-Lewis Allagoa of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday adjourned until May 22, 2026, for the hearing of committal proceedings filed against the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) over the alleged breach of a court order suspending the enforcement of the Digital Electronic Online and Non-Traditional Lending Regulations. The suit was filed by the Wireless Application Service Providers Association of Nigeria Ltd/GTE (WASPAN) against the FCCPC in relation to the controversial regulations. During the proceedings, counsel to the plaintiff, Kemi Pinheiro, SAN, drew the court’s attention to what he described as the FCCPC’s contemptuous conduct…

Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, sitting in Apo, Abuja, on Monday, May 18, 2026, sustained the arrest warrant he issued against former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Sadiya Umar Farouq, on April 16, 2026. The former minister, alongside two others — Bashir Nura Alkali and Sani Nafiu Mohammed — is to face prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged criminal conspiracy, abuse of office, and diversion of public funds to the tune of $1.3 million and ₦746.7 million. At Monday’s proceedings, counsel to the prosecution, Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, informed the court…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, who was recently convicted and sentenced by the Federal High Court, Abuja, for financial misappropriation while he served in that position. EFCC Chairman Ola Olukoyede confirmed he was arrested at 3:30 am on Tuesday. “Ladies and gentlemen, you will recall that sometime in January 2025, we filed charges against the ex-minister of power for allegedly converting over ₦33 billion – money that was set aside for the Mambilla and Zungeru power projects,” Olukoyede said during a press briefing. “About 14 to 15 months down the…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, May 18, 2026, secured a final forfeiture order for a Hawker 800XP private jet before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, over its alleged links to fraud, corruption, and money laundering connected to the Maiduguri Emergency Power Project (MEPP). The aircraft, with model number 800XP, serial number 258553, and registration number 5N-AMK, was forfeited following an application by the EFCC. Ruling on the application, Justice Nwite held that Valiente Jet Limited, a company owned by Abdulsalam Mustapha Kachallah, an interested party in the matter, failed to show…

Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, in the sum of ₦100 million with one surety in like sum. Delivering the ruling, Justice Abdulmalik imposed a series of stringent conditions the defendant must meet before perfecting the bail. The court held that the proposed surety must reside in either the Maitama or Asokoro districts of Abuja and must deposit the original Certificate of Occupancy of a landed property at the court registry. The surety is also required to be a federal civil servant not below Grade Level…

Fresh controversy has erupted within the Surulere chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) following allegations that the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, is attempting to impose a preferred candidate on party members ahead of the forthcoming primaries. The development has sparked outrage among party stakeholders and supporters of Lagos State House of Assembly member, Desmond Elliott, who accused powerful interests within the party of intimidation, political victimisation, and manipulation of the primary process. In a statement issued by aggrieved stakeholders in Surulere, the group alleged that political structures within the constituency were being systematically reconfigured to…

The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, on Friday, May 15, 2026, arraigned social media influencer and self-styled relationship therapist, Okoro Blessing Nkiruka, also known as Blessing CEO, before Justice D.I. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, over an alleged ₦36 million fraud. Nkiruka was arraigned on a two-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence and stealing to the tune of ₦36,000,000.00 (Thirty-Six Million Naira). At the commencement of proceedings, defence counsel, P.I. Nwafor, informed the court that the defendant had refunded part of the…

The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended the appointment of 12 new Justices of the Court of Appeal to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Rising from its 111th meeting held on May 13, 2026, under the chairmanship of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, the Council also recommended one candidate for appointment as Judge of the High Court of Benue State and two candidates for appointment as Kadis of the Sharia Court of Appeal, Katsina State. A statement issued late Thursday by the Deputy Director of Information of the NJC, Mrs. Kemi Babalola-Ogedengbe, said…

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), acting as liquidator of the defunct Gulf Bank Plc, has instituted two separate actions at the Federal High Court in Lagos against Wema Bank Plc. The combined claims amount to approximately ₦125,384,535,500.00 (One Hundred and Twenty-Five Billion, Three Hundred and Eighty-Four Million, Five Hundred and Thirty-Five Thousand, Five Hundred Naira), arising from two distinct sets of disputed high-value properties in Banana Island, Lagos, alongside an alleged improper cash transaction of ₦401 million. Both suits were filed under the Failed Banks (Recovery of Debts and Financial Malpractices in Banks) Act and form part of NDIC’s…