Adejoh Momoh

My goal for the next five years is to prioritize my friendships. To love my friends and allow them to love me, to be intentional about forming trusting relationships and to earn their trust.

Court of Appeal upholds El-Rufai right to fair hearing in suit against the Kaduna State House of Assembly The Court of Appeal has upheld the right of Malam Nasir @elrufai to fair hearing and nullified the judgment of Justice R.M. Aikawa of the Federal High Court, Kaduna. Ruling in the matter of Mallam Nasir El-Rufai versus the Kaduna State House of Assembly (CA/K/240/2024), the court held that the failure of the Federal High Court, Kaduna, to serve El-Rufai with the hearing notice and the denial of his right to file a response to the counter affidavit of the respondents amounted to a denial of fair hearing. The Court of Appeal therefore nullified the proceedings of 18th July 2024, and set aside the judgment of the Federal High Court delivered on 30 July 2024 for want of jurisdiction. The Court of Appeal also ordered that the suit be remitted to the Federal High Court for reassignment to another judge who is to hear the case afresh. El-Rufai had in 2024 filed a fundamental rights enforcement action against the Kaduna State House of Assembly over the denial of fair hearing in its investigations. During the proceedings, the trial court adjourned the matter but later proceeded to hear it on 18th July 2024 without proper service of hearing notice on El-Rufai. In his absence, the court granted the respondent’s application for extension of time, heard the substantive suit immediately, and denied El-Rufai the opportunity to respond to the counter-affidavit and written address of the respondents. In a judgment on 30 July 2024, Justice R.M. Aikawa declined jurisdiction to entertain El-Rufai’s suit on the ground that the principal reliefs went beyond fundamental rights enforcement and instead challenged the powers of the Kaduna State House of Assembly. Consequently, the case was transferred to the Kaduna State High Court. Dissatisfied with the decision, El-Rufai, through his lawyer AU Mustapha SAN, filed an appeal. He contended that the matter was heard during vacation without any application and that the trial judge refused to recuse himself despite a request to do so. On the substantive appeal, the Court of Appeal adopted a sole issue for determination, namely: "Whether the judgment/ruling of the Federal High Court delivered on 18 July 2024 was made without jurisdiction". In resolving this issue, the Court of Appeal considered two central questions. (i) Issue of Service and (ii) Failure to allow the Appellant to file a Further Affidavit. On the issue of service of hearing notice, the Court held that the bailiff has a duty to serve hearing notice on parties and has no discretion to choose who to serve. It emphasized that only the contact details supplied by the parties in their processes are valid for service, and it is immaterial whether a party could have been reached through other means not provided. The Court of Appeal further held that there was no affidavit of service evidencing that the Appellant was served with the hearing notice, and that the trial court ought to have satisfied itself as to proper service before proceeding. The Court reiterated that service of hearing notice is fundamental to the court’s jurisdiction and cannot be treated as a mere technicality. The failure to serve the Appellant with hearing notice for the proceedings of 18th July 2024 rendered the entire proceedings a nullity. On the second issue, concerning the failure to allow the Appellant file a further affidavit and reply on points of law, the Court noted that the Respondent’s counter-affidavit was filed out of time and only regularised on 18th July 2024. By virtue of Order 2 Rule 7 of the Fundamental Rights (Enforcement Procedure) Rules, the Appellant was entitled, if he so desired, to file a further affidavit and reply on points of law within five (5) days from the date of such regularisation. The Court held that the trial court had no discretion to deny the Appellant this opportunity. Signed Muyiwa Adekeye 17th March 2026

@jake_speiderman My brother and friend, @jake_speiderman, I trust that you are well?

@Adejoh 🤣🤣

I have just finished rewatching Game of Thrones, and gaskiya, God punish Tyrion.

‘It is not about honesty, it is about gesture’

Rewatching ANTM and I see that we all struggle with accountability. We’ll do almost anything but take responsibility. We now demand kindness that’s easy and comfortable, instead of one thats tough and honest, the kind that corrects us and holds us to a higher standard.

@Diamypresh @Sholzzola @grok Na dragon be that oh

**** Exclude it… I meant ‘standards that are deliberately set to exclude it’.

lol @ there’s no fine dinning in Lagos… The real question is who sets these standards? And can these standards be adapted to suit the Nigerian experience? You cannot judge an environment by standards that are deliberately set to include it.

In this life, in my life, God has been extremely good to me. Extremely… #Thankful #BlackBoyJoy

lol. @OfficialOsas So you are one of the power puff girls? #WhereLoveLives on YouTube.

@AdebolaOfIRF Amazing series.

“I have no faith in the wisdom of delegates, Chester. They seem to derive a unique kind of communal joy in falling prey to human error. Well, when we’re in need of extra chuckles, brass knuckles.” Death by Lightning.📺

@Uzzy_JFM Gift me and see…

I hate when I gift people novels and they dont read. Like whyyyyy. Read the damn thing so we can talk and laugh about the characters

Adonai Elroi - The God who sees me… God is seeing me.

Watching ‘The Morning Show’ on Apple TV, and I am just grateful that I get to see such brilliant writing and acting. Hei God.

I am grateful for life, for kindness, for love; not in the way it seeks to err, but in the ways it seeks to make whole. #Grateful #BlackBoyJoy

@OlorogunErnest @aonanuga1956 Jega isn’t on the list though.

STATEHOUSE PRESS RELEASE President Tinubu nominates 32 additional ambassadors President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sent the names of 32 ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for confirmation, days after he sent the first batch of three names. In two separate letters to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, President Tinubu asked the Senate to consider and confirm expeditiously 15 nominees as career ambassadors and 17 nominees as non-career ambassadors. There are four women on the career ambassadors' list and six women on the non-career ambassadors' list. Among the non-career ambassador designates are Barrister Ogbonnaya Kalu from Abia, a former presidential aide, Reno Omokri (Delta), former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmud Yakubu, former Ekiti first lady, Erelu Angela Adebayo, and former Enugu governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi. Others are Tasiu Musa Maigari, the former speaker of the Katsina House of Assembly, Yakubu N. Gambo, a former Commissioner in Plateau State and former deputy executive secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC). Professor Nora Ladi Daduut, a former senator from Plateau; Otunba Femi Pedro, a former deputy governor of Lagos State; Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, a former aviation minister from Osun State; and Barrister Nkechi Linda Ufochukwu from Anambra State are on the nomination list. Also on the list are former First Lady of Oyo, Fatima Florence Ajimobi, former Lagos Commissioner, Lola Akande, former Adamawa Senator, Grace Bent, former governor of Abia, Victor Okezie Ikpeazu, Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, businessman, lawyer and Senator from Ondo State, and the former ambassador of Nigeria to the Holy See, Ambassador Paul Oga Adikwu from Benue State. Among the nominees for career ambassador and high commissioner-designates are: Enebechi Monica Okwuchukwu (Abia), Yakubu Nyaku Danladi(Taraba), Miamuna Ibrahim Besto(Adamawa), Musa Musa Abubakar (Kebbi), Syndoph Paebi Endoni(Bayelsa), Chima Geoffrey Lioma David(Ebonyi) and Mopelola Adeola-Ibrahim(Ogun). The other nominees are Abimbola Samuel Reuben(Ondo), Yvonne Ehinosen Odumah(Edo), Hamza Mohammed Salau(Niger), Ambassador Shehu Barde(Katsina), Ambassador Ahmed Mohammed Monguno(Borno), Ambassador Muhammad Saidu Dahiru(Kaduna), Ambassador Olatunji Ahmed Sulu Gambari(Kawara) and Ambassador Wahab Adekola Akande(Osun). The new nominees are expected to be posted to countries with which Nigeria maintains excellent and strategic bilateral relations, such as China, India, South Korea, Canada, Mexico, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, South Africa, Kenya, and to Permanent Missions such as the United Nations, UNESCO, and the African Union. All the nominees will know their diplomatic assignments after their confirmation by the Senate. Last week, President Tinubu sent three ambassadorial nominees for screening and confirmation. The nominees were Ambassador Ayodele Oke (Oyo), Ambassador Amin Mohammed Dalhatu (Jigawa), and Retired Colonel Lateef Kayode Are (Ogun). All three are in the pot for posting to the UK, USA, or France after their confirmation. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu said more nominees for ambassadorial positions will be announced soon. Bayo Onanuga Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, November 29, 2025

lol @ ‘I can’t make a bad film’. Aunty, just enjoy the money you are making off your averagely good and entertaining movies.

So someone from the Presidency called this man and informed him of a possible nomination, and he accepted? By himself, and the entire Presidency, no one saw the conflict in this nomination?

Dem don nominate ‘Mr Yakubu’ as Ambassador…