A Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, on Monday, asked the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to take a critical look at the development in its suit to know if it could still continue with the case. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the advice after counsel to the PDP, Joseph Daudu, SAN,...
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The Federal High Court, Abuja on Tuesday, discharged the Chairman of Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA), Mr Olanrewaju Suraju in a case bordering on cyberstalking. This followed a request from the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami to withdraw the...
Justice Minister Abubakar Malami, SAN, says only the Court of Appeal can restore Section 84(12) into the Electoral Act, 2022. Malami told Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, in a counter affidavit filed on his behalf by his counsel, Oladipupo Okpeseyi, SAN. The counter affidavit,...
The 36 State Governors have prayed a Federal High Court in Abuja to restrain the Federal Government from approving the deduction of any money accruing to the states from the Federation Account for the payment of 418 million dollars judgment debt. The Attorneys-General of the 36 states made this...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari “over the failure to unblock the phone lines of over 72 million telecommunication subscribers barred from making calls on their SIMs.” Joined in the suit as respondents are Mr...
The 36 states of the federation have warned the Federal Government not to tamper with funds accruing to them and the 774 local government councils under the guise of satisfying an alleged $418 million London/Paris Club Loan refund-related judgment debts. The states said they were not parties to any...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Against the backdrop of illegal occupation of IPMAN offices in some part of the country, The Federal High Court sitting in Calabar has ordered the Nigeria Police Force to vacate its secretariats in Abuja and the eastern zone. The court also warned against the arbitrary...
The immediate past governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, has explained why he tried to leave Nigeria on March 17, the same day he handed over to his successor, Chukwuma Soludo. Mr Obiano was intercepted by law enforcement at the airport in Lagos as he tried to board a...
The Senate, will, on Wednesday, debate the ruling of a Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, Abia, which nullified the controversial Section 84 (12) of the amended Electoral Act. This followed a point of order raised by Sen. George Sekibo (PDP-Rivers) during plenary on Tuesday. The section requires ministers,...
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, AGF has granted a request by the NDLEA to seize the assets of embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari. Malami approved the request by the NDLEA to confiscate assets belonging to Abba Kyari and his co-accused. According...
The Federal Government says it will go ahead to gazette the Electoral Act 2022, but remove the contentious Section 84 (12) of the law. Dr Umar Gwandu, a spokesman for the office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, announced this in a statement on...
There are strong indications that the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, may be plotting to save a former Commander of the Police Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, from facing criminal prosecution for alleged money laundering. Weeks after directing the police to probe him...
The Federal High Court, Abuja on Monday, stopped President Muhammadu Buhari, Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Senate President from tampering with the newly amended Electoral Act 2022. Justice Inyang Ekwo in a ruling on an ex parte application by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) agreed that the...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to probe the spending on the country’s four refineries, and alleged corruption and...
The Federal Government will, on Monday, arraigned the suspended DCP Abba Kyari, on eight-count charge bordering on drug trafficking. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that Kyari, alongside six others, will be arraigned by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) before Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal...
Nigeria has approved the request by the United States for the extradition of suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari. Kyari is wanted to stand trial for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering and identity theft. He was accused of conspiring with a United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami SAN on Sunday endorsed Mainasara Sani as the duly recognized Sokoto State Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC). Malami made the affirmation in the house of Rt Hon Balarabe Salame while flagging...
President Muhammadu Buhari is desirous of assenting the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021, his Senior Special Assistant National Assembly Matters (Senate), Sen. Babajide Omoworare has said. Omoworare stated this on Thursday in Abuja during a discussion organised by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) in collaboration...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to use his “good offices and leadership position to urgently review and rescind your reported approval for security agencies to access people’s personal details via NIN-SIM linkage without due process of law.” SERAP...
The Federal High Court in Abuja has barred the Federal Government from deducting funds from the Federation Account to fund the Nigerian Police force and other agencies not listed in the constitution. Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court on Wednesday declared the deductions as unconstitutional and ordered...