Adamawa State Governor, Ahamdu Umaru Fintiri has sworn in Justice Hafsat Abdulrahman as the first female substantive Chief Judge of the State who has been in an acting capacity since 2022. Also sworn in are Khadi Ibrahim Sudi and Audu Balami as State Grand Khadi Sharia Court of Appeal and President Customary Court of Appeal respectively. Their swearing-in followed a recommendation by the National Judicial Council and confirmation by the Adamawa State House of Assembly....
The Enugu State Judicial Service Commission has called on qualified lawyers interested in magisterial position to apply to the Commission on or before Wednesday 10th May 2023. The Commission stated this in a public notice dated 5th May 2023 and signed by the Secretary of the Commission Rose N. Ebere-Agbo. “All applications should be addressed to the Chief Judge/Chairman, Enugu State Judicial Service Commission,” Applicants who successfully submit their application before Wednesday, 10th day of...
Three persons have been sentenced to death by hanging in Jigawa State for criminal conspiracy, culpable homicide, and armed robbery. A high court in Kaugama in the State found the suspects Suleiman Bello, Auwalu Muhammed, and Yakubu Muhammed on nine-count charges for killing one Audu Saje of Manda village in Kaugama Local Government Area of the state and carted away with his motorcycle. The defendants were also alleged to have abducted one Hadiza Abdullahi of...
For non Nigerians, it’s very difficult to believe that a human being will sell his or her inalienable Right to Vote for mere 10 cups of rice or 10 packets of Indomie or 2,000 Naira. When you take a closer and dispassionate look at what happened during the House of Assembly Election of last Saturday in Nnewi North, Nnewi South, Anaocha and most Local Government Areas of Anambra State, you begin to understand the devastating...
If our Mighty Supreme Court did not come out via her official public image maker to publicly defend herself and admonish those that criticised her Naira Redesign Ex-parte Order, a lawyer like my good self who took an oath to defend our noble profession and law institutions, would not have bothered to join issues with her. But this is Law of Evidence 101. By coming out publicly to defend her ill-conceived Ex-parte Order, she has...
Justice John Okoro of the Supreme Court, on Wednesday, directed the federal government to ensure the availability of currency to Nigerians. Justice Okoro gave the injunction at the hearing of the case brought against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on the deadline for old naira notes by the governments of Zamfara, Kogi and Kaduna states. He told the lawyer to the Attorney-General of the Federation, Kanu Agabi (SAN), “Tell your client to let people...
…As political party chairmen secure order barring a move to shift cash policy An Abuja Federal High Court has restrained President Muhammadu Buhari, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the Governor of the CBN, Godwin Emefiele, and twenty-seven listed commercial banks from suspending, stopping, extending, or interfering with the currency redesign terminal date of February 10th or issue any directive contrary to the February 10 date. In a Motion by five out of the eighteen...
Five Cameroonian kidnappers who infiltrated into Nigeria illegally have been arrested by the operatives of the State Intelligence Bureau (SIB), Adamawa State Command while attempting to kidnap one Emmanuel Ebel a resident of Jambutu, Yola North local government area of Adamawa state. Adamawa State-Nigeria has some local government areas that border the Cameroon Republic which include Madagali and Michika local government areas in the North, and Toungo local government area in Northeastern part. According to...
The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested 208 suspects in connection with various crimes, including kidnapping, armed robbery, cattle rustling, and other violent crimes between 1st-26th January 2023. The Commissioner of Police, Adamawa State Command, S. K. Akande who disclosed this Thursday at a News briefing at the Police Headquarters, Yola said out of the number, 108 suspects were charged to court. “From January to date, the command operatives carried out tactical and intelligence-driven patrols,...
The Commissioner of Police Enugu State Command, CP Ahmed Ammani enjoins residents of the State, particularly owners of medical facilities, to quickly report anyone who presents a case of gunshot injury to the nearest Police Station. A press statement signed by DSP Daniel Ndukwe, Police Public Relations Officer, with reference number AZ:5052/ENS/PPRD/VOL.1/173, states this step will assist the police in the arrest of the perpetuators of the Sunday attack on INEC Enugu South LGA office...
