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Law & Justice Nigeria ElectionsWe Are Yet to Get Certified Copy of Judgement on Umahi – INEC

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 11, 2022

ABUJA — The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that it has not gotten a certified copy of the judgement of the Federal High Court which ordered the sack of the state governor, David Umahi and his deputy, Kelechi Igwe. The National Commissioner of INEC revealed this on Thursday in an interview with Channels Television. He, however, said that the commission has gotten a letter from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), nominating replacements for...

Law & Justice News PoliticsUmahi Rejects Court Order Directing Removal As Ebonyi Governor

Beloved John (Staff Writer)March 8, 2022

ABUJA — The governor of Ebonyi state, David Umahi, has rejected the court ruling directing his removal from office. The governor described the court order as a sham. On Tuesday, a federal high court sitting in Abuja had ordered the removal of Umahi and his deputy, Eric Igwe. The order was over their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Umahi declared that there is no constitutional provision that...

Law & Justice News PoliticsDEVELOPING STORY: Court Sacks Ebonyi State Governor and His Deputy

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 8, 2022

ABUJA — A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has removed from office, Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State and his deputy Dr. Eric Kelechi Igwe on Tuesday, for defecting from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC). Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order in response to a petition filed by the PDP demanding the removal of Governor Umahi and his deputy, Dr. Igwe, from office. Justice Ekwo ruled that...

Law & JusticeUgwuanyi Inaugurates Justice Centus Nweze Moot Court UNEC, 34 Customary Courts In Enugu

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)March 5, 2022

ENUGU — The Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi on Friday inaugurated a Moot Court in the University of Nigeria Enugu Campus, UNEC, and 34 other Customary Courts across the 17 LGAs in the state. The Moot Court in Faculty of Law UNEC was named after Hon. Justice Chime Centus Nweze of the Supreme Court. Commending the Faculty of Law for the provision of the Moot Court and other facilities appropriate for students’ academics and training,...

Law & Justice Love & Happiness NewsBaba Ijesha Pleads Not Guilty, Claims Princess Framed Him Because He Broke Up With Her

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 5, 2022

LAGOS — Embattled Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James popularly known as Baba Ijesha on Friday, March 4, told an Ikeja Special Offences Court that comedienne, Damilola Adekoya, aka Princess, is his former lover, as his trial for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor who is the foster child of his colleague, Princess resumed. Testifying in court, Baba Ijesha who is facing six counts bordering on allegations of indecent treatment of a child, sexual assault, attempted sexual assault...

Crime & Security Law & JusticePolice Arrested 36 Suspected Terrorists

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 4, 2022

ABUJA — Police have arrested 36 suspected terrorists and 388 over alleged murder, armed robbery, kidnapping and cultism in the last two months. The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, said the suspects were arrested during various police operations across the country. He made this known in Abuja during a meeting with Strategic Police Managers, consisting of Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) and Commissioners of Police (CPs), explained that 78 were arrested over murder, 110 armed...

Health Law & JusticeFake Medical Doctor Arrested In Gombe

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 3, 2022

The Gombe state Commissioner of Police Babatunde Ishola Babaita has paraded a 36-year old fake medical doctor, an employee of a popular specialist clinic in the state capital. Babaita, said luck ran out of the suspect Vincent Edesine from Ekpoma in Edo State when his principal noticed irregularities in his official conduct. “When the medical director of the clinic noticed that he (Vincent) could not satisfactorily discharge his assigned duties, he called for verification of...

Crime & Security Foreign Policy Law & JusticeFG Agrees to Extradite Abba Kyari to U.S Over $1.1m Wire Fraud Involving Him, Hushpuppi, Four Others

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 3, 2022

ABUJA — The Federal Government has agreed to extradite the suspended Commander of the Police Intelligence Response Team and Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari as requested by the United States of America. The US in its request demanded the extradition of Kyari over alleged $1.1million wire fraud involving Abass Ramon, popularly known as Hushpuppi, and four others. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), made this known in an...

Law & Justice Local Government NewsSenate Approves Financial Autonomy For State legislatures, Judiciary, Local Governments

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 1, 2022

ABUJA — The Senate on Tuesday has approved financial autonomy for state legislatures, judiciary and local governments in Nigeria, but rejected pension for presiding officers of the legislature. Also rejected were bills to override Presidential veto in Constitution Alteration and to override Presidential veto in respect of ordinary money bills. Similarly, the Senate, rejected bills to provide for the Removal of Presiding Officers of the Legislature; and to Change the name of Barikin Ladi Local...

Law & Justice News18-Year-Old Girl Kidnap Teenager For Ritualists In Mubi

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 27, 2022

YOLA — An 18-year-old girl, Blessing John of Michika Local Government Area, Adamawa who abducted a 9-year-old Elkanah Samuel was arrested by the Police in Adamawa while eyeing a ritualist to sell a boy she kidnapped. Elkanah was declared missing on the 19th February 2022 by his parents and all effort to locate his whereabouts proved futile, until on the 21st February 2022 when the girl who abducted him was arrested with the boy in...

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