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Defection: 14 Zamfara LG chairmen seek to be joined in PDP suit against Matawalle
The 14 chairmen of local government councils in Zamfara, on Friday, prayed a Federal High Court, Abuja to join them in a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s suit against Gov. Bello Matawalle and others.
The chairmen, through their lawyer,…
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UPDATED : Court grants bail to suspended Kano anti-corruption boss, Muhuyi Magaji
A Kano Senior Magistrate Court has granted suspended Chairman of the state anti-corruption agency, Muhuyi Magaji Rimingado bail.
Solacebase reports that Muhuyi Magaji Rimingado was arraigned before the court on Friday for giving false…
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Sagagi remains Kano PDP chairman- Court reaffirms
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has reinstated the Shehu Sagagi-led state and 44 local governments’ executives of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, pending the determination of the substantive case before it.
Ruling on the matter…
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Court fixes June 2 to hear Abba Kyari’s extradition suit
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, fixed June 2 for hearing of the extradition suit filed by the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) against suspended DCP Abba Kyari.
Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date after counsel for the…
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Assault : Court orders CCT Chairman to appear before Senate
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Danladi Umar to appear before the Senate over an assault on a private security guard in Abuja.
The Senate had summoned Umar to appear…
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JUST IN: Court sacks,Yakubu Dogara, ex-House of Reps speaker
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, ordered former Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, to vacate his seat as member representing Dass, Tafawa Balewa and Bogoro Federal Constituency in Bauchi State.
Delivering…
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JUST IN: Appeal Court orders retrial of A. A Zaura over fraud
Court of Appeal sitting in Kano on Wednesday sets aside judgment of a Kano Federal High Court that discharged and acquitted a Kano gubernatorial aspirant , Abdulsalam Sale Abdulkarim Zaura popularly known as AA Zaura.
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JUST IN: Supreme Court affirms six-year jail term for ex-pension Director, John Yusuf, orders N22.9b…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed the six years imprisonment imposed on a former Federal Director of Pensions (FDP,) Mr John Yakubu Yusuf and also ordered him to refund N22.9b to federal government.
Solacebase reports that the…
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Court bars media, others from terrorism trials
The Federal High Court of Nigeria has said there will be no more media coverage for cases bordering on terrorism.
The court’s Chief Information Officer, Dr Catherine Christopher, announced this in a statement on Thursday while outlining…
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JUST IN: Court refuses to remove Cross River Gov, deputy for defection to APC
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday dismissed a suit seeking to declare vacant the seat of Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade.
Justice Taiwo Taiwo cited the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Enugu that defection is not a…
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