Category: Judiciary

Lawan mourns Yobe Chief Judge, Musa Nabaruma

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President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has expressed shock and sadness over the death of the Chief Judge of Yobe State, Justice Garba Musa Nabaruma. Lawan commiserated with the family of Justice Nabaruma, his friends and professional colleagues over the loss. The Senate President also condoled with the government and people of Yobe State over the sudden departure of Justice Nabaruma who presided over the state judiciary for nearly a decade. “Nabaruma was an erudite judge and leader who worked assiduously to reform the judiciary in the state. “Justice Nabaruma…

COVID-19 Palliative: Kano Anti-corruption may arraign LG Chairman Tomorrow

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By Abba Dukawa     KANO: The Chairman of Kumbotso Local Government Council of Kano State Kabiru Ado Panshekara may be arraigned tomorrow over an alleged diversion of palliative materials meant for the poor of the poorest to associates, political loyalist, security agents and cronies. The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission accused the council boss of distribution of the forms to be used to access the palliative materials meant for Kumbotso Local Government to party Local Government Exco, Police, DSS, Hisbah, Vigilante Group, District Head and Committee members…

FROM DEATH SENTENCE TO FREEDOM: A CASE OF IBRAHIM IBRAHIM IN SAUDI ARABIA By Maryam Kehinde Abdulazeez

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“If I knew, I wouldn’t have travelled”, was a regrettable statement from Malam Ibrahim Ibrahim. Malam Ibrahim Ibrahim, a cleric and an indigene of Zamfara State travelled to Saudi Arabia in March 2017 for lesser Hajj also known as Umrah. Ibrahim never knew what will become of his fate as he left Nigeria for Saudi Arabia. Upon arrival at King Abdulazeez International Airport, Jeddah, Ibrahim was held and charged for alleged drug trafficking by Saudi Arabia security operatives. He was not only surprised but shocked for such an arrest which…

SSS trailed me for two years over unfavourable judgment – Retired Judge

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A newly retired High Court judge in Akwa Ibom State, Ifiok Ukana, said he was trailed by operatives of the Nigerian secret police, the State Security Service (SSS), for two years, after he delivered judgment on a particular case. The retired judge said he knows that times are bad in Nigeria and that he has paid for his casket, in case he was killed. Mr Ukana said this on February 25 in Uyo during a valedictory service organised for him by the Akwa Ibom state judiciary. The Chief Judge of…

Court declares Kogi Deputy Governor’s removal illegal, null, void

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A Kogi State High Court sitting in Lokoja has declared the purported removal of Elder Simon Achuba as the Deputy Governor by the state House of Assembly as illegal, null, void and of no effect The Court also declared that the subsequent nomination of Chief Edward Onoja and his inauguration as the Deputy Governor as replacement for Achuba, did not follow due process. Justice John Olorunfemi of Kogi High Court IV made the declaration on Thursday in Lokoja in his judgement on the suit brought by Achuba challenging his purported…

The Supreme Court, Imo and Zamfara applications for review.

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Now that The Supreme Court has risen above all sentiments and The fear factor posed by the sudden involvement of Two of THE MOST senior lawyers in the land, let me make bold to hazard what should happen in the other applications for review. I start with Zamfara by saying that this application should suffer the same fate that befell the Bayelsa case. I was at the Supreme Court when the applications came up last week and I have a knowledge of what the applicants are seeking. Chief Robert Clarke’s…

No force on earth can change our decision’ — supreme court fines senior lawyers N30m over Bayelsa

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The supreme court has imposed a N30 million fine on Afe Babalola and Wole Olanipekun, two senior lawyers, over the application for a review of its judgment on Bayelsa governorship election. The apex court ordered the lawyers to pay the money to Douye Diri, governor of Bayelsa, who emerged governor after David Lyon of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was sacked on February 13. Babalola and Olanipekun had filed application seeking a review of the judgment that sacked Lyon. But the court struck out the application on Wednesday, insisting that its…

LG crisis: AGF not properly briefed, his action selective—Oyo AG

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The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Oyo State, Professor Oyelowo Oyewo, on Monday, stated that the intervention of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, on the dissolution of local government leadership in Oyo State was selective and as a result of lack of proper briefing. Oyewo, who stated this while appearing on a Channels TV programme, Sunrise Daily, maintained that the AGF was not properly briefed on the local government situation in Oyo State. According to him, the dissolved council chairmen were not properly constituted,…

Maryam Sanda to die by hanging for killing husband

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The Federal Capital Territory High Court, on Monday, found Maryam Sanda guilty of killing her husband, Bilyaminu Bello. Ms Sanda was sentenced to death by hanging by the judge. The Nigerian police charged Ms Sanda for culpable homicide in November 2017, and sought the death penalty against the accused in a two count charge. The victim, Mr Bello, was the son of a former national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Haliru Bello. Justice Yusuf Halilu said there was compelling evidence to convict the accused. The judge dismissed Ms…

You can’t dabble in Oyo LG dissolution matter pending before Appeal Court—Oyo AG replies Malami …says AGF lacked adequate information on matter

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The Government of Oyo State has rejected the purported intervention of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) & Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) in the raging controversy over local government dissolution in the state. The Attorney-General of Oyo State, Professor Oyelowo Oyewo, in a four-page response to a letter by the AGF, said that though the AGF did not submit the said letter to his office, he had to source the same from the social media in view of the weighty nature of the issues. According to Prof. Oyewo,…