The Presidential Election Tribunal on Monday rejected the request by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, and his party to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission to allow them access to the server used for this year’s presidential election. In a ruling on the application, the …
Read More »Court issues bench warrant for arrest of Innosson CEO
Justice Ayokunle Faji of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday, issued a bench warrant for the arrest and production in court of CEO of Innosson Nigeria Ltd, Innocent Chukwuma and two others, over fraud allegations. The Nation Newspaper
Read More »Supreme Court Removes Govs’ Rights To Sack LGA Chairmen, Councillors
The Supreme Court on Friday voided laws enacted by the states’ Houses of Assembly which allow governors to sack elected chairmen of local governments and councillors and replace them with appointed administrators, according to Therepublicannews.net reports. It has become a tradition among governors to dissolve the Executive Councils of the …
Read More »Nigeria is not Safe: NBA
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has declared that no part of Nigeria is safe. NBA President, Paul Usoro, SAN, made the declaration while delivering an address at the association’s national executive committee (NEC) meeting, which held at the NBA secretariat in Abuja. Usoro cited three instances where members of the …
Read More »IYC wants more Ijaw appointed as judges
IJAW Youth Council, IYChas decried alleged poor representation of Ijaw in the Bench in Delta State, alleging that at the moment out of the 30 judges in the state, only three were Ijaws. National President, IYC, Pereotubo Oweilaemi, in a statement , called on the state judiciary to redress the …
Read More »Senator Nwaoboshi charge with false assets declaration at CCT
The charges were filed by the Office of the Department of Public Prosecutions, Federal Ministry of Justice on Monday. A copy of the charges was obtained on Thursday. It shows that Nwaoboshi is to be tried for allegedly making false assets declaration in his Form CCB1 submitted to the Code …
Read More »CCT to arraign ex-Bayelsa Speaker, four others July 4
The Code of Conduct Tribunal on Tuesday fixed July 4 for the arraignment of former Speaker of Bayelsa State, Kombowei Benson and four other serving and former staff of the assembly over alleged abuse of office. Those to be charged alongside the speaker are former Clerk of assembly, Aaron Timiye …
Read More »INEC withdraws Certificate of Return from Ondo APC lawmaker
Sequel to the judgement of the Ondo State High Court, the Independent National Electoral Commission has withdrawn the Certificate of Return issued to Sina Akinwumi, an All Progressives Congress lawmaker, who had earlier been declared the winner of the March 9, 2019, House of Assembly election, in Okitipupa constituency II. …
Read More »Okorocha denies working against S’East in speakership race
Former governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, has denied involvement in the intrigues that denied Southeast the House of Representatives speakership. Nwajiuba had accused the former governor of working against Igbo lawmakers in the speakership race. In a statement , Okorocha’s Special Adviser on Media, Sam Onwuemeodo, alluded to …
Read More »EFCC arraigns man for obtaining property by false pretences
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan zonal office, arraigned one Paul Afolabi before Justice Patricia Ajoku of the Federal High Court, Ibadan Judicial Division, on four counts bordering on obtaining property under false pretences. Afolabi, who allegedly operated under the name, William Sharon, was arrested in Ibadan by EFCC …
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