Judiciary

LG Autonomy: Supreme Court Reserve Judgement On FG’s Suit Against 36 Governors

LG Autonomy: Supreme Court Reserve Judgement On FG’s Suit Against 36 Governors

(LG Autonomy): Supreme Court Reserve Judgement On FG’s Suit Against 36 Governors The Supreme Court has reserved its judgement on the suit the Federal Government filed to secure full autonomy for the 774 Local Government Areas, LGAs, in the country. A seven-man panel of the court, led by Justice Garba Lawal, on Thursday, okayed the matter for judgement, after governors of the 36 States of the Federation, through their respective Attorney-Generals, adopted their briefs of argument. The states, in separate preliminary objections they filed before the apex court, sought the dismissal of the suit with substantial cost. They contended that…
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Wife Beaters To Get Three Years Jail Term – Govt Declares

Wife Beaters To Get Three Years Jail Term – Govt Declares

Wife Beaters To Get Three Years Jail – Govt Declares The Niger State Government has said that wife beaters in the state will spend three years imprisonment on conviction. The Niger State director of planning, research and statistics in the Ministry of Women Affairs, Mary Yisa, disclosed this on Tuesday to journalists while speaking on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse/Sexual Harassment in Minna. Yisa said the state now has a robust legal, policy noting that henceforth, any person who batters his or her spouse in the state, is liable to conviction to a term of three years imprisonment. Pointing out that…
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Tribunal Fines Multichoice N150m, Order Free One-month DSTV, Gotv Subscriptions

Tribunal Fines Multichoice N150m, Order Free One-month DSTV, Gotv Subscriptions

Tribunal Fines Multichoice N150m, Order Free One-month DStv, Gotv Subscriptions Pan television service provider, Multichoice Nig. Ltd has been fined N150 million by the Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal (CCPT) for disobeying its order on subscription rates hike for DStv and Gotv packages. The tribunal, sitting in Abuja, also ordered the PayTv operator to give a one-month free subscription to all its Nigerian subscribers on the DStv and Gotv platforms, for flouting its order. The three-member tribunal chaired by Thomas Okosun in a ruling, found Multichoice culpable of contempt, by flouting its earlier order restraining the PayTv operator from implementing…
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Kano Emirship Tussle: Court Fixes Date For Ruling On Jurisdiction

Kano Emirship Tussle: Court Fixes Date For Ruling On Jurisdiction

(Emirship Tussle): Court Fixes Date For Ruling On Jurisdiction A Federal High Court sitting in Kano has fixed June 13 for ruling on the issue of jurisdiction in the case of Kano emirate tussle. The Court, presided over by Justice Abdullahi Muhammad Liman, adjourned the sitting following a heated argument between counsel. According to Daily Trust, the applicant, Aminu Babba Dan Agundi, Sarkin Dawaki Babba of the Kano Emirate, had approached the court, asking it to restrain the respondents from enforcing, implementing and operationalizing the repealed law. The respondents in the suit are Kano State Government, Kano State House of…
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Court Orders Forfeiture Of Properties Worth N11.14 Billion Linked To Emefiele

Court Orders Forfeiture Of Properties Worth N11.14 Billion Linked To Emefiele

Court Orders Forfeiture Of Properties Worth N11.14 Billion Linked To Emefiele A Federal High Court in Lagos, on Wednesday, granted an order for the interim forfeiture of properties valued at N11.14 billion linked to a former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele. According to POLITICS NIGERIA, Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke issued the order following a motion ex parte filed and argued by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Rotimi Oyedepo. The court’s order mandates the interim forfeiture of these properties to the Federal Government. Oyedepo informed the court that Emefiele…
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Court Gives Fresh Order In Bribery Case Against APC National Chairman Ganduje, Wife

Court Gives Fresh Order In Bribery Case Against APC National Chairman Ganduje, Wife

Court Gives Fresh Order In Bribery Case Against APC National Chairman Ganduje, Wife A Kano State High Court has granted an order to serve the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, his wife, Hafsat Umar, and son, Umar Abdullahi, with bribery and misappropriation charges. The Kano State Government had filed an eight-count charge against Ganduje, his family members, and several others, including Abubakar Bawuro, Jibrilla Muhammad, and three companies – Lamash Properties Limited, Safari Textiles Limited, and Lasage General Enterprises Limited. The charges allege misappropriation and diversion of public funds totalling billions of Naira during Ganduje’s…
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Suspended Police Chief, Abba Kyari Released After 27 Months In Detention

Suspended Police Chief, Abba Kyari Released After 27 Months In Detention

Suspended Police Chief, Abba Kyari Released After 27 Months In Detention A suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, has been released from the Kuje Custodial Centre in the Federal Capital Territory after spending 27 months in detention. Kyari was detained following his arrest on February 14, 2022, by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for alleged involvement with an international drug cartel. Kyari, along with four members of the Police Intelligence Response Team—Sunday Ubia, Bawa James, Simon Agirigba, and John Nuhu—was arraigned on March 7, 2022. Two suspected drug traffickers, Chibunna Umeibe and Emeka Ezenwanne, who were arrested at…
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Erisco: Court Grants Tomato paste Reviewer, Chioma Okoli N5 Million Bail

Erisco: Court Grants Tomato paste Reviewer, Chioma Okoli N5 Million Bail

ERISCO: Court Grants Tomato Paste Reviewer, Chioma Okoli N5Million Bail The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, granted bail to a lady, Chioma Okoli, who has been in detention since 2023 over her alleged negative review of a tomato paste. The court, in a ruling that was delivered by Justice Peter Lifu, granted the defendant bail to the tune of N5million with two sureties in the like sum. Justice Lifu held that one of the sureties must be the defendant’s spouse or blood relative with a verified source of income, stressing that the person must reside within the…
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Trump Found Guilty Of Falsifying Business Records

Trump Found Guilty Of Falsifying Business Records

Trump Found Guilty Of Falsifying Business Records A Manhattan Court has set the sentencing hearing for July 11 in former President Donald Trump’s ‘hush money’ trial case. Judge Juan Merchan, on Thursday, set the sentencing hearing for July 11 at 10 a.m. ET. Trump was found guilty by the jury on multiple counts in his ‘hush money’. The jury reached a verdict on Thursday and found the former president guilty on all 34 counts. The 34 counts stemmed from 11 invoices, 12 vouchers and 11 checks that make up Trump’s monthly reimbursement payments to Michael Cohen who fronted the $130,000…
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CJN Summons Chief Judges Over Conflicting Injunctions On Kano Emirate Dispute

CJN Summons Chief Judges Over Conflicting Injunctions On Kano Emirate Dispute

CJN Summons Chief Judges Over Conflicting Injunctions On Kano Emirate Dispute In response to the legal turmoil surrounding the Kano Emirate, Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has summoned the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court and the Chief Judge of Kano State High Court. The summons follows the issuance of conflicting interim injunctions by the two courts, creating uncertainty and tension within the state. The conflicting rulings have exacerbated the ongoing legal and political tussles over the Kano Emirate, a situation that has prompted the CJN to intervene. The disputes center on the status and authority…
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