Category: Judiciary

SSS apologised to Justice Ojukwu for invading court – Falana

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SSS Officials (Photo Credit: Guardian Nigeria) The head of the State Security Service team that invaded the Abuja Federal High Court on Friday apologised to the judge, Ijeoma Ojukwu, for their action, a witness has said. PREMIUM TIMES reported how SSS officials invaded the court Friday in a bid to rearrest an activist, Omoyele Sowore. Mr Sowore had been released Thursday night, after 124 days in detention, based on the order of Mrs Ojukwu. The SSS in a statement Saturday denied that its officers invaded the court. It accused Mr…

UPDATED: Court dismisses PSC’s case, upholds IGP’s power to recruit

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The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday upheld the power of the Nigeria Police Force and the Police Council under the control of the Inspector-General of Police to recruit constables into the NPF. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in his judgment, dismissed the suit filed by the Police Service Commission to challenge the power of the NPF and the IGP, Mohammed Adamu, to carry out the ongoing exercise of recruiting 10,000 police constables. The judge held that the PSC’s case lacked merit. The judge held that the law guiding the enlistment…

EXCLUSIVE: Buhari blocks Malami-appointed agents from $43bn debt recovery

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President Muhammadu Buhari has terminated the debt recovery contract awarded to Trobell International Limited by Abubakar Malami, the attorney-general of the federation, because of the “incredible” commission to be paid, TheCable can report. Trobell was engaged by Malami to recover the estimated $43 billion unpaid arrears to Nigeria from the production sharing contracts (PSCs) with multinational companies — and the commission was set at five percent. Effectively, Trobell would be pocketing $2.15 billion — or N774 billion — as commission. By comparison, the budget of Lagos, the most economically viable…

Court sacks emirs appointed by Ganduje, dissolves 4 Emirates

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A Kano High Court presided by Justice Usman Na’Abba has dissolved four additional emirates and sacked four first class emirs created by Kano State Government. On May 8, Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, assented to a controversial law establishing four additional emirates with first class emirs in Bichi, Rano, Karaye and Gaya. Inside sources told DAILY NIGERIAN that the law was initiated by the governor but presented to the House by proxy. Delivering the judgement on Thursday, the court said the Kano State House of Assembly had violated the provision…

Court Strikes Out Busola Dakolo’s Rape Suit, Exonerates Fatoyinbo.

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A High Court in Bwari, Abuja on Thursday threw out the case filed by Photographer, Busola Dakolo against Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA). This came after Fatoyinbo filed an objection and an affidavit at the Court reiterating that Busola’s statements were false and concocted to embarrass, scandalise and ridicule Fatoyinbo. He argued that from the inception, she sought the attention of the media and press, and brought the civil action even while the Police’s investigation was ongoing. According to Justice Oathman A. Musa in her…

Supreme Court and the Atiku Election Petition, By Reuben Abati

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Last week, The Supreme Court of Nigeria announced its verdict in the matter between Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and President Muhammadu Buhari, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). After the February 23 Presidential election and the declaration by INEC, of incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari as winner of that election, the PDP and its Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar went straight to the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal to challenge the result. INEC not only declared Buhari winner of that election.…

BREAKING: PDP Expresses Shock Over S/Court Verdict.

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed shock at the judgment of the Supreme Court on the Presidential election petition filed by the party and its Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. The statement signed by PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan reads: Indeed, what we witnessed today was not what majority of Nigerians, who participated and observed the Presidential election expected; and this includes even members of the APC. The PDP notes that it indeed made a solid case, with undisputable evidence, showing that Atiku Abubakar won the Presidential election and as such…

Niger Govt Donates Logistic Vehicles To Magistrates

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Niger State Government has presented vehicles to Magistrates in the State as part of logistics support and effort to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the judicial workers. Presenting the vehicles to the Chief Judge of Niger State, Governor Abubakar Sani Bello called on the beneficiaries to make good use of the support to enhance quick dispensation of justice in the State, adding that his administration will continue to work tirelessly towards the upliftment of the state judiciary. He reiterated the state government’s recognition of a robust judicial system adding…

PRESIDENTIAL APPEAL: STILL ON TRADITION OF SUPREME COURT JUDGES TO FORM PANEL By Law Mefor

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The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP)’s caucus in the House of Representatives recently raised alarm over alleged plans to subvert the case of the party’s candidate in the 2019 Presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, at the Supreme Court. The caucus, in a statement jointly signed by its leaders in the house alleged that there was an attempt to influence the selection of the most senior Justices to hear the case. The caucus stated that it was unconventional to attempt to subvert the age-long and time-tested practice, precedent and convention of selecting the…

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION PETITION: Why Certificate Mattered By Law Mefor

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Like a sore thumb, the issue of the secondary school certificate of President Muhammadu Buhari keeps sticking up. But why should secondary school certificate of a full army general who has attended the Nigeria Defence Academy and later, two to three officers training institutions around the world, still matter? Part of the silver-tongued argument of some in this direction is that such a general has actually been educated beyond secondary education. To such observers, it is even insolent to query the educational qualification of one who had attended postgraduate degree-…