Emefiele’s siblings withdraw case against DSS, AGF

August 23, 2023 Solomon Arowolo 0

George and Okanta, who are the siblings of the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele, have withdrawn their case against the Department of State Service (DSS). They notified the presiding judge, Justice E Okpe, of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, of discountenance of the case on Wednesday. The judge in turn struck out Read More

VIDEO: Emefiele weeps in court

August 17, 2023 Solomon Arowolo 0

The suspended governor Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, on Thursday, wept. He wept while he was in Court after the High court of the Federal Capital Territory adjourned his arraignment to August 23, 2023. The case stalled due to the absence of another defendant, Sa’adatu Yaro, in a corruption and conspiracy case brought against them by the Federal government.  Read More

Breaking: Court strikes out firearm charge against Emefiele

August 17, 2023 Solomon Arowolo 0

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has struck out the firearm charges against the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. The presiding judge, Justice Nicholas Oweibo, on Thursday struck out the charge for want of diligent prosecution. This come after the withdrawal application made by the Director of Public Prosecution of the Ministry of Read More

Breaking: FG slams fresh charges on Emefiele

August 15, 2023 Solomon Arowolo 0

The Federal Government has filed 20 charges against the suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, at the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) at the Federal Ministry of Justice Mohammed Bakodo Abubakar made this known while speaking with journalists in Abuja. One of the counts accuses Emefiele of “conferring unlawful advantages”. The Read More

Emefiele and his mob sympathisers

August 7, 2023 Chibuike Ohaegbulam 0

Once upon a time, there was a man called Godwin Emefiele who lived and worked in a country known as Nigeria. Emefiele was a banker and rose to be the Group Managing Director of Zenith Bank. In 2014, Emefiele was appointed the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). He became very powerful. Very influential that he discarded his old Read More

Arewa, Ohanaeze Youths urge DSS to obey court order, release Emefiele

August 4, 2023 Bode Olagoke 0

…Felicitate suspended CBN gov on 62nd birthday anniversary Civil Society Central Coordinating Council (CSCCC), and socio-cultural groups, namely Arewa Consultative Youth Movement and Ohanaeze Youth Movement, have urged President Bola Ahmed Bola to direct the Department of State Services (DSS) to obey the subsisting Court Order on the release of the suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, Read More

CSO kicks against re-arrest of Emefiele

July 26, 2023 Lekan Olaseinde 0

A Civil Society Organisation (CSO), African Centre for Justice and Human Rights (ACJHR), has described the rearrest of suspended CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele by the Department of State Services (DSS) on grounds of terrorism as “void and laughable”. The CSO wondered why the suspended CBN boss was re-arrested “after a court judgement has voided the terrorism allegations, barring them from Read More

Breaking: Prison officials withdraw, as DSS re-arrests Emefiele

July 25, 2023 Solomon Arowolo 0

The officials of Nigerian Correctional Service withdrew as the operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) re-arrested the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. He was re-arrested shortly after being granted bail at the Federal High Court premises in Lagos. Recall that the DSS operatives and officials of the Nigeria Correctional Service had engaged Read More

DSS, prison officials ‘fight’ over Emefiele after bail

July 25, 2023 Solomon Arowolo 0

There was pandemonium at the premises of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday, following an attempt by the Departmenr of State Security Service to rearrest former governor of Central Bank Godwin Emefiele. Emefiele was charged by the office of the Attorney General of the Federation office under the Ministry of Justice. He is standing trial before Justice Nicholas Read More

Igbo group demands DSS DG sack for tagging Emefiele’s Lawyers ‘Terrorists’

July 21, 2023 Solomon Arowolo 0

Some Igbos across the country have called for the sack of the Director General of Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Bichi, over the Secret Police’s description of Lawyers defending the suspended Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele, as members of the outlawed IPOB group. The DSS had on Tuesday described the Emefiele’s legal counsels, who filed Read More

Emefiele: Arewa Lawyers kick over detention of Sarkin Hausawa of Lagos

July 21, 2023 Solomon Arowolo 0

…Urges Tinubu’s intervention Legal Practitioners under the aegis of Arewa Human Rights Lawyers and Justice Center, have condemned the arrest and detention of a popular pro-Tinubu supporter and Sarkin Hausawa of Lagos, Alhaji Aminu Yaro Dogara, by Department of State Services (DSS). The group claimed the traditional title holder was arrested and being detained to allegedly implicate the suspended Governor Read More

Emefiele: Lawyers hit back at DSS over terrorist tag

A Coalition of Lawyers under the aegis of Lawyers in Defence of Democracy (LDD), has described as provocative and anti-Igbo, allegation by Department of State Services (DSS) that Lawyers defending the suspended Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, in Court, were IPOB members. Recall that on Tuesday a tweet by DSS insinuating that a lawyer, Maxwell Okpara, Read More

Lawyers hail court judgment nullifying Emefiele’s arrest

July 14, 2023 Bode Olagoke 0

Renowned civil society group, Lawyers in Defence of Democracy (LDD) has hailed the Friday’s judgment of Hon. Justice Bello Kawu of the FCT High Court setting aside, quashing, invalidating and nullifying the arrest, detention and interrogation of the suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele. In a release by the group in Abuja shortly after the latest Read More

Court nulifies Emefiele’s arrest, orders immediate release

July 14, 2023 Editor 0

Another Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Abuja has nullified the arrest, detention and interrogation of Mr. Godwin Emefiele, the former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, by the Department of State Services (DSS) barely 24 hours of similar judgement was delivered by another court. In a judgment upon an Originating Motion on Notice brought before the Court Read More

Breaking: Emefiele charged to court – DSS

July 13, 2023 Chizoba Ogbeche, Abuja 0

Department of State Services (DSS), on Thursday, said it has charged the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwim Emefiele, to court. Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court had earlier in the day ordered the DSS to charge  Emefiele to court if they had criminal allegations against him within one week or Read More

Court orders DSS to charge Emefiele to court or set him free

July 13, 2023 Kehinde Osasona 0

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has issued a one week ultimatum to the Department of the State Services (DSS) to either charge the detained Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele to court or set him free. Justice Hamza Muazu of the court issued the order on Thursday while delivering ruling in a Read More

Breaking: Court gives fresh order on Emefiele’s arrest

July 13, 2023 Solomon Arowolo 0

A Federal High Court has ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to charge the suspended Central Bank Of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele to court within one week. The court sitting at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja on Thursday ordered his released if not charged to court within the stipulated time.  Recall that on June 10, the DSS arrested Read More

At last, Tinubu speaks on why Emefiele was suspended

June 24, 2023 Rosemary Moribirin 0

President Bola Tinubu has broken his silence regarding the suspension and subsequent arrest of Godwin Emefiele, the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). This was disclosed in an interactive session with Nigerian residents in France and neighboring countries on Friday. Tinubu expressed his views on the matter, highlighting the deep-rooted issues within the financial system during Emefiele’s Read More

Breaking: Emefiele drags DSS to court

June 20, 2023 Rosemary Moribirin 0

The suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has taken legal action against his detention by the Department of State Services (DSS). In his plea submitted on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, at the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja, Emefiele is seeking the court’s intervention to uphold his fundamental rights of liberty and freedom of Read More

Exchange rate unification: Dismantling Emefiele’s castle

June 19, 2023 Jerry Uwah 0

At last someone is intrepid enough to take steps that could halt Nigeria’s precipitous journey down the precipice.The decision by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to unify the exchange rates of the naira amounts to dragging a crippled articulated truck up the Kilimanjaro. It is a very difficult task with dire consequences. However, if the president has the courage and discipline Read More

The rise and fall of Godwin Emefiele

June 15, 2023 Sunday Onyemaechi Eze 0

How are the mighty fallen, is a popular global maxim. This is a sad moment and anti-climax of events in the lives of the powerful on account of their actions and inactions which give them out as subjects of disgrace and public opprobrium. Many influential men have walked through this inglorious path while discovering very late the meaning of vanity. Read More