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AMML boardroom crisis: Lawyer threatens contempt proceedings against FCT Perm Sec, others over planned meeting

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The crisis rocking the board of directors of Abuja Markets Management Ltd. (AMML) continues as a lawyer, Mr Faruk Khamagam, threatened to file contempt proceedings against Mr Olusade Adesola, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), over alleged plan to convene an emergency general meeting of AMML in contravention of valid court judgment. Khamagam, who was counsel for AMML and its Managing Director (MD), Alhaji Abubakar Faruk, also threatened to join Mr Abubakar Maina, Group Managing Director (GMD), Abuja Investments Company Limited (AICL), F CTA and any persons whatsoever…

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Court orders probe of lawyer prosecuting Stella Oduah in EFCC’s fresh suit

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A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday ordered the arrest and investigation of a lawyer, Ibrahim Mohammed, for filing a criminal charge against Sen. Stella Oduah in the name of the EFCC while serving in the Nigerian Police Force.Justice James Omotosho gave the order shortly after Mohammed announced appearance for Nigerian police in the charge marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/275/2023 filed against Oduah.When the matter was called, Oduah, who was a sole defendant in the case, and her lawyer, were not in court.The drama, however, occured when Justice Omotosho asked Mohammed if…

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2023: Lawyer sues INEC over alleged refusal to release CTCs of Tinubu’s nomination forms, others

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A lawyer, Mike Enahoro-Ebah, has dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to court over its alleged refusal to furnish him with the certified true copies (CTCs) of the nominations forms and other documents submitted to it by the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s 2023 presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. Enahoro-Ebah, in a motion on ex-parte dated and filed August 5 at the Federal High Court, Abuja, sued INEC as sole respondent in the matter. In the application marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1337/2022, the lawyer asked the court to direct the electoral umpire to release…

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Alleged misconduct: Court gives Immigration lawyer last chance to appear

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A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, gave counsel to the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mallam J.A. Adamu, final opportunity to appear to show cause why disciplinary action should not be taken against him over alleged misconduct. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave Adamu another chance following NIS’ plea that the lawyer was indisposed. Justice Ekwo had, on Dec. 21, 2021, summoned Adamu over his failure to appear before the court on two occasions and the refusal of his office to release the travel documents of former Rivers Governor, Peter Odili after…

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Lawyer disagrees with I-G over terrorism charge filed against Oyo chiefs

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Jimoh Abdulsalam, Counsel to some chiefs in Oko Community, Oyo State, on Thursday, disagreed with the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police over terrorism charge filed against his clients. Abdulsalam vehemently opposed to the move by counsel to the police, Orji Kalu, to arraign the defendants before Justice Obiora Egwuatu of a Federal High Court, Abuja, on charges bordering on terrorism. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that while the I-G is the applicant, Chiefs Sunday Aderinto, 87 years and Samson Ogunmola, 76 years, including Timothy Adewale Aderinto, a son to…

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FG prays court to dismiss Nnamdi Kanu’s motion over lawyers’ boycott of proceeding

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The Federal Government has urged a Federal High Court, Abuja, to dismiss pending application of leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, following his counsel’s walkout of Wednesday’s sitting. Counsel to the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Mohammed Abubakar, prayed Justice Binta Nyako, after Kanu’s legal team staged a walkout shortly before the matter commenced. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the AGF had, on Oct. 21, rearraigned Kanu on a seven-count charge as against the five counts he was previously answering to, bordering…

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Ex-NNPC GMD denies recovered money in his Kaduna residence was received from Bola Shagaya, Omokore, other

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Ever since the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) raided the residence of Mr Andrew Yakubu, former Group Managing Director (GMD), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC after a whistle-blow in 2017, the centre has never hold for Yakubu as he been embroiled in series of court cases afterwards.Recently, a fresh allegation emerged that sought to identify the source of the huge amount of cash found in his residence by pinning it on some names but contrarily, Mr Yakubu has denied that part of the recovered money in his Kaduna residence…

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