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Appeal Court upholds election of Bauchi Rep member Jafaru Leko

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The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Friday, upheld the election of Rep Jafaru Leko as member representing Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa Balewa Federal Constituency of Bauchi State in the House of Representatives.The three-member panel, presided by Justice Lawal Shuaibu, dismissed the appeal filed by Kefas Magaji of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on the grounds that it lacked merit.The court held that the petitioners (Magaji and PDP) failed to prove their case on the preponderance of evidence.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (NAN) had…

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Abuja Markets Management Ltd. MD resumes work following court judgment

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Alhaji Abubakar Faruk, the Managing Director, Abuja Markets Management Ltd (AMML), on Wednesday, resumed to his office after a Federal High Court judgment that nullified his redeployment by the Board Chairman, Abubakar Maina, and the former Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mohammed Bello.Justice Donatus Okorowo of FHC Abuja, in a judgment on Monday, ordered Faruk’s reinstatement as MD of AMML.Justice Okorowo also ordered the defendants, their staff and privies to restrain themselves from interfering with the Faruk’s exercise of his powers or carrying out the ordinary business of the…

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Court awards N100m fine against IGP for unlawful arrest, killing of Free Zakzaky protester

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….Orders IGP, CMD of Asokoro District Hospital to release his corpse for Islamic burial rites A Federal High Court, Abuja, has awarded a N100 million fine against the Inspector-General of Police over an allegation bordering on the arrest and killing of Ja’afar Muhammad, a member of Free Zakzaky protesters in Abuja. Justice Zainab Abubakar, in a judgement on a suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CD/409/2020, held that the arrest of late Muhammad by the police officers at Gwagwalada Teaching Hospital on July 22, 2019, and his killing on July 24, 2019, at SARS…

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Adamawa governorship poll: Binani withdraws suit against INEC

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As events unfold, there has been different shades from the lack lustre performance of INEC in almost all its conduct of 2023 election. The one of them that has cast in indelible speck of shame is the Adamawa show of shame that has set tongues wagging even as INEC continues to distance itself from the ugly display. While the many dust raised is yet to settle, the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s candidate in the Adamawa governorship election, Sen. Aisha Dahiru-Ahmed, popularly called “Binani,” on Wednesday withdrew the suit filed against…

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Alleged drug deal:Abba Kyari, others know fate March 22

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An application filed by the DCP Abba Kyari and three other suspended police officers seeking to quash the criminal charges against them has been adjourned until March 22 for ruling.Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court, Abuja fixed the date after counsel for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agencyb (NDLEA), Joseph Sunday, and the defence lawyers, presented their arguments for and against theb motion.BNDLEA had filed criminal charges against Kyari (1st defendant) and four of his colleagues who were b of Intelligence Response Team (IRT).They include ACP Sunday Ubia,…

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Alleged attempted murder: Court remands another suspect in ex-lawmaker’s attack in Prison

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A Grade I Area Court in Nyanya, Abuja has ordered that Joseph Utum, a 2nd defendant in the charges of alleged attempted murder of former member of the House of Representatives, Robinson Uwak, be remanded in Keffi Correctional Centre.Justice M. Inuwa made the.order shortly after Utum was arraigned by the police and pleaded not guilty to the charges.Utum was accused of conspiring with the estranged wife of the ex-lawmaker, Kezia Robinson Uwak, formerly Kezia Irek, to eliminate him.The Inspector-General of Police had, on Dec. 16, arraigned Kezia Robinson Uwak and…

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2023: Tinubu, Shettima pray court to dismiss PDP’s suit

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Sen. Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s presidential candidate and his vice, Kashim Shettima, have asked a Federal High Court, Abuja to dismiss the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s suit against them for being incompetent.Tinubu and Shettima told Justice Inyang Ekwo in two motions on notice: FHC/ABJ/CS/1734/22 and filed separately by their lawyer, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN.The motions prayed the court for an order striking out and/or dismissing the suit for want of jurisdiction.The PDP, in its originating summons, had sued the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), APC, Tinubu and Shettima…

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I’ve no case to answer, Adoke’s co-defendant tells court on money laundry

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Mr Aliyu Abubakar, a co-defendant in the alleged money laundering trial of the former Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, on Wednesday, told a Federal High Court, Abuja that he had no case to answer in the matter.Abubakar’s counsel, Wole Olanipekun, SAN, made this known to Justice Inyang Ekwo during the adoption of the final written addresses of parties in the tria-within-trial after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) closed its case.Olanipekun, in his argument, said that the extra-judicial statements obtained from his client by the officers of the EFCC,…

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Hushpuppi: Court rejects FG’s request for Abba Kyari’s extradition to US

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A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, refused to grant the extradition application filed by the Federal Government for permission to extradite the suspended DCP Abba Kyari to the United States (US).Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, described the extradition request as “an abuse of court process,” on the grounds that Kyari was already standing a criminal trial before another court.The Federal Government, through the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), had, on March 2, filed the extradition suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/249/2022, praying the court to grant the plea…

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Court dismisses Akwa Ibom PDP members’ suit seeking nullification of state’s primaries

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A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, dismissed a suit filed by some aggrieved members of Akwa Ibom Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking the nullification of the state’s primaries conducted between May 22 and May 26.The primary polls were conducted to elect the party’s candidates for the 2023 House of Assembly, House of Representatives, senatorial and governorship elections.The aggrieved members, who were plaintiffs in the suit, also sought the order of the court nullifying the outcome of the April 30 ward congress that produced the ad-hoc delegates who voted in…

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