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Business Law & Justice NewsReview of Grazing Reserves Unconstitutional – Ortom

Beloved John (Staff Writer)August 25, 2021

Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom, has criticized President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to review grazing reserves across the country as unconstitutional. According to the governor, the president’s position on open grazing is disturbing especially considering that most state governors have agreed that ranching is a better way to resolve insecurity. Buhari had approved the recommendations of a committee to review 368 grazing reserves across 25 states in the country. A development that has been met with...

Law & Justice National Development NewsGrazing Routes: Buhari Only Has Control Over Abuja Under Land Use Act – Falana

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 25, 2021

ABUJA — Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has said under the Land Use Act, the Federal Government has no control over land outside the Federal Capital Territory in Nigeria. He said this on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme in reaction to the committee approved by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to review 386 grazing routes across 25 states in the country. According to Falana, “As far as the law is concerned, the...

Entertainment Law & JusticeEFCC Breaks Into My Room At 4am Through The Window – Ex-BBNaija, Dorathy

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 25, 2021

A former Big Brother ‘Lockdown Season’ housemate, Dorathy Bachor, has accused the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of invading her privacy by breaking into her living room at 4am on Monday. Dorathy, who is a TV reality star, disclosed the invasion of her privacy by the EFCC on her Instagram page. “I feel like my head is about to explode. I am numb,” said Dorathy. She narrated how armed EFCC operatives...

Crime & Security Law & JusticeThree People In Police Net For Killing, Burying ND 2 student In Adamawa

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 23, 2021

YOLA — Adamawa State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of three people for allegedly killing and burying an ND 2 student, Franca Elisha of the Department of Library Science, Federal Polytechnic, Mubi. Command’s Spokesman, DSP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje who confirmed the killing of the lady, saying that “the matter was reported to the command” adding that the Commissioner of Police, Aliyu Alhaji, has ordered full investigations while the suspects were arrested. It was gathered...

Crime & Security Law & Justice NewsPolice In Adamawa Arrest 14 Kidnappers, Recovers 19 Handsets, 22 Sim cards

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 18, 2021

YOLA — The Operatives of Adamawa state Police Command attached to SIB have smashed a syndicate of fourteen notorious Kidnappers terrorising innocent citizens. According to a press release by the command spokesman DSP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje the Suspects were all arrested at their various hideouts following credible information from a reliable source. Items recovered from the suspects include 19 Handsets, and 22 Sim cards. The statement added that the Commissioner of Police called on members...

Law & Justice NewsSECURITY: Enugu State Government Disclaims ‘SSA Security’ Nabbed By Nigerian Army

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)August 18, 2021

ENUGU — The Enugu State Government has refuted the news trending on social media that one Tochukwu Okeke, a Senior Special Assistant, SSA, to the Governor on Security was arrested by the Nigerian Army. In a public service announcement signed by the Commissioner for Information, Nnanyelugo Aroh, the state government denies working with any Tochukwu Okeke as SSA on security. “For the avoidance of doubt, we wish to state categorically that the state government has...

Law & Justice Politics36 States Sue Malami for Failure to Remit Recovered Funds

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 18, 2021

The 36 states in Nigeria have filed a lawsuit against the Federal Government at the Supreme Court on the status of the recovered funds and failure to remit to the federation account. The Attorneys General of the 36 states were listed as plaintiffs in the suit. The state instituted the action against the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami. In the suit, the plaintiffs are seeking a declaration by the provisions of 162 (1)...

Law & Justice NewsBuhari Appoints Baba-Yusuf As FCT Acting Chief Judge

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 15, 2021

ABUJA — President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Justice Husseini Baba-Yusuf as the acting Chief Judge of the Federal High Court in Abuja. The approval came on the recommendation of the National Judicial Council (NJC). Buhari’s appointment of Baba-Yusuf was disclosed in a statement issued by the Director of Information of the NJC on Saturday, stating that the new Judge would be sworn in on Saturday. According to him, the Chief Justice of...

Business Law & JusticeAnti-Open Grazing Bill Scales Through Second Reading In Enugu, Set For Public Hearing

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)August 13, 2021

ENUGU — The Enugu State Government is set to join a league of states in the Southern region of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to enact a law banning open grazing in the state. The Bill for law prohibiting open grazing and regulation of cattle rearing was sponsored by Ikechukwu Ezeugwu Leader of the House; The bill on Thursday scaled through second reading on the floor of Enugu State House of Assembly and was referred...

Crime & Security Law & JusticeFour Members Of Terror Group In Yola Jailed 7 Years 6 Months

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 13, 2021

YOLA — A Yola chief magistrate’s court II on Thursday convicted and jailed the leader of a dreaded terror group “Shilla Boys” in Yola, the Adamawa state capital, alongside three of his accomplices to 7 years 6 months jail term each without an opinion of fine. The convicts are Abubakar Ibrahim, 25-year (ring leader), Shamsu Abubakar 18-year-old, Ismail Musa 18-year-old and Muslim Ibrahim19-year-old. According to the prosecution, the convicts were apprehended after attacking a tricycle...

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