Category: Judiciary
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Is The Judiciary Complicit In The Osun State Local Govt Debacle? By Prof Mike Ozekhome, SAN
INTRODUCTION In a landmark decision in ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION V. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ABIA STATE & ORS (2024) LPELR-62576(SC) last year, the Supreme Court gave the local government system full autonomy, warning governors to keep their political fingers off Local Government Councils (LGCs). The legal status of the LGCs in Osun State…
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Osun: Rights Group Condemns Attacks On The Person Of Citizen Olagunju Olayiwola Olufolahan over Chieftaincy titles
A human rights organization in Nigeria, the Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ) has strongly condemned the series of unfortunate attacks on a citizen of Osun State, Chief Olayiwola Olufolahan Olagunju over the traditional title in Oyan, Odo-Otin Local Government area of Osun State. At least five persons were reportedly injured after an…
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Ajetunmobi Couple’s Case: Court Orders Banks To Disclose All Investments
THE Lagos High Court, sitting in Osborne, Ikoyi, has ordered all banks to disclose all investments – fixed deposits, treasury bills, and all sums of money, including cryptocurrency – traceable to Imagine Global Holding Company Limited, Imagine Global Solutions Limited, and the Nigerian couple, Bamise and Elizabeth Ajetunmobi. The two firms and the Ajetunmobi couple…
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Man Arraigned For N1.5bn Stock Fraud In Enugu
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Enugu Command, on Tuesday, February 1, 2022 arraigned one Chiedu Ijiomah and his Company Adonai Stockbrokers Limited before Justice C.C Ani of the State High Court Enugu on a three count charge bordering on stealing , breach of trust and fraudulent diversion of shares to the tune of…
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Court Sends Phone Repairer To 12months In Prison for Cybercrime In Ilorin
THE Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, January 31, 2022 secured the conviction of a 25-year-old phone repairer, Abdulkazeem Ridwan, for offences bordering on cybercrime and possession of fraudulent funds. Ridwan, who hails from Surulere Local Government Area, Ogbomoso, Oyo State was prosecuted on a two-count charge before…
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Internet Fraudster Bags Two Years Imprisonment In Benin City
JUSTICE S.M. Shuaibu of the Federal High Court sitting in Benin City on Wednesday, January 26, 2022, convicted and sentenced one Omo-Ogbebor Uyioghosa to two years imprisonment on one count charge of impersonation and obtaining by false pretence brought against him by the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The…
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P&ID Scam: Grace Taiga Takes On Amended Charge, Remanded In Prison
JUSTICE Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court Abuja, on Monday, 17 January 2022 remanded Grace Taiga, a former Director of Legal at the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, in prison custody pending perfection of her bail condition. The defendant who is facing prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for allegedly receiving bribes…
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Paris Club Refund: Appeal Court Okays Forfeiture Of $500,000, N500 Million
THE Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Wednesday, set aside the judgement of the Federal High Court, Abuja, refusing to grant an order of final forfeiture of the sums of 500,000 and N500million allegedly looted from the Zamfara state’s share of the Paris Club refunds. Spokesperson for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Wilson Uwujaren, said…
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Court Declines to Vacate Order Stopping FG From Deducting State Govts’ Funds Over $418 Million Paris Club Debt
AN Abuja division of the federal high court has declined to vacate an order restraining the federal government from deducting funds from the 36 states in Nigeria to settle $418 million judgement debt relating to the Paris Club. The presiding judge, Justice Iyang Ekwo held that all pending applications would be taken on the next…
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Ethiopia Accuses Twitter Of Pro-Rebel Bias In Complaint
ETHIOPIA has filed a complaint with Twitter accusing the social media giant of suspending accounts critical of Tigrayan rebels it has been fighting in a gruesome, year-long war, a government spokeswoman said Tuesday. The dust-up highlights how both sides are trying to use social media to shape the narrative of the conflict between Prime Minister…