Court Stops Prosecution Of Suspended INEC REC, Yunusa-Ari
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission from prosecuting the suspended Adamawa Resident Electoral Commissioner, Hudu Yunusa-Ari, over his declaration of Aisha Dahiru, the All Progressives Congress candidate, as governor in the March 18 poll. Justice Donatus Okorowo made the order after Mr. Michael Aondoaka, SAN, counsel to Dahiru, moved the ex-parte motion to...
Inside Abba Kyari’s N50m Bail For Drug Offences
Federal High Court in Abuja has granted suspended DCP Abba Kyari N50 million bail in a charge in which he and two of his siblings were accused of failing to declare assets to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. NDLEA had filed the 24-count charge against Kyari and his brothers — Mohammed Baba Kyari and Ali Kyari. In a ruling...
Ozekhome, NBA President Maikyau, Afe Babalola To Storm Abia As Law Teachers’ Conference Holds
Renowned human rights lawyer, Mike Ozekohme; legal luminary, Afe Babalola; and the National President of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Y. C Maikyau are among the eggheads in the legal profession expected at the forthcoming Nigerian Association of Law Teachers, NALT, 54th annual conference in Abia. This is as Self determination and national integration; as well as internal security and...
You Can’t Sack Ozekhome, Ejiofor You Never Employed Them, IPOB Replies Nnamdi Kanu’s Brother
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Tuesday debunked the alleged termination of the appointments of Professor Mike Ozekhome, SAN, and Sir Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor, as counsels to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu’s younger brother, Kanunta Kanu, had in a statement he issued via his Twitter handle on Thursday last week noted that Ozekhome and Ejiofor’s services are no longer required in...
I Never Compromised My Oath Of Office, Retired Justice Bulkachuwa Breaks Silence
Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, wife of Adamu Bulkachuwa, Senator who represented Bauchi North in the 9th Assembly, has defended her judicial integrity. She was reacting to comments by her husband that he used his position to ask favour for his colleagues from his wife, the immediate past President of the Court of Appeal. Bulkachuwa on the floor of the Senate at the...
Alleged Judgement Influencing: Ahmad Lawan Didn’t Allow Me To Finish My Comment — Bulkachuwa
Adamu Bulkachuwa, Senator who represented Bauchi North in the 9th Assembly, has denied that he influenced the decisions of his wife, Zainab Bulkachuwa, while she was the President of the Court of Appeal. Bulkachuwa on the floor of the Senate at the valedictory session of the 9th Assembly, before he was interrupted by the former Senate President Ahmad, had Lawan...
Presidential Election Court To Decide Whether INEC Adhoc Staff Can Testify As Witnesses
The Presidential Election Petition Court is to decide whether INEC adhoc staff, subpoenaed by the PDP and Atiku Abubakar can testify before it. This followed spirited objections by the senior counsel representing INEC, Bola Tinubu and the APC, insisting that the witnesses cannot testify since their witness statements were not frontloaded in line with paragraph 4 of the first schedule...
Court Slams N10m Fine On Keyamo Over ‘Frivolous Suit’ Against Atiku, ICPC
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, awarded a N10 million fine against Mr Festus Keyamo, the immediate-past Minister of State for Labour and Employment, for filing a ‘frivolous suit’ against Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s presidential candidate in the Feb. 25 election. Justice James Omotosho, in a ruling, awarded a N5 million fine each in...
FG Was Right On No-Work, No-Pay Policy Against ASUU — Industrial Court
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) has ruled in favour of the federal government in the implementation of a no-work, no-pay policy against body of public university lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The government had approached the court, seeking the enforcement of the policy against ASUU, a union it says should not...
Atiku To Prosecute Presidential Election Petition With 180 Witnesses
A total of 180 witnesses have been lined up to testify in the petition filed by former Vice President and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar against the outcome of the presidential election that was held on February 25, 2023. While Atiku has lined up 100 witnesses to prove his case, the Independent National Electoral Commission...
