Court Archives - Page 5 of 13

Dec

19

2023

Gunmen kidnap Akwa Ibom High Court Judge, Kill orderly.

Lifestyle, MetroAkwa Ibom, Court, Crime, Kidnappers, Kidnapping, Security

Justice Joy Uwanna, a high court judge, and her driver were abducted by gunmen on Monday in Akwa Ibom State's Oron Local Government Area. It was learned that the attack along the Uyo-Okobo route claimed the life of the judge's orderly. Toroscho Eyene, the chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association's Oron section, confirmed the news to our correspondent on Tuesday. He stated that during a court session, the judge was abducted and taken to Uyo. He revealed that tomorrow (Wednesday) is the scheduled meeting between the association's members and the State Commissioner of Police and the Department of State Services,…

Nov

29

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Supreme Court says that until further notice, old and new naira notes will coexist.

Business, Economy, MetroBusiness, CBN, Court, Economy, Metro, Naira, Nigeria

The Federal Government's appeal to extend the life of the N200, N500, and N1000 notes—which were redesigned during President Muhammadu Buhari's most recent administration—has been granted by the Supreme Court. A panel of seven judges on the top court, chaired by Justice John Okoro, ruled on Wednesday morning that the old notes will remain legal money until the infrastructure needed to replace them is in place. As to the ruling of the Supreme Court, the outdated notes are allowed to coexist as legal tender alongside the updated ones. The Federal Government's motion was heard on Wednesday and was made by…

Nov

28

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Emefiele still held in Kuje Prison seven days after being granted bail.

NewsCBN, Court, Emefiele, Politics

Godwin Emefiele, a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), remains detained in Kuje Prison in Abuja, seven days after he was granted release. The bail conditions placed on the former head of CBN, by the Federal Capital Territory's High Court, have not been fulfilled. Emefiele was granted N300 million bail by Judge Hamza Muazu on November 22. Justice Muazu had ruled that Emefiele had to show two sureties who had to be landowners in the Federal Capital Territory's Maitama District. When Emefiele received his bail conditions, he was being held at Kuje Prison on remand. Emefiele had…

Nov

01

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Court orders Assembly and CJ to maintain status quo, stops Fubara’s impeachment.

News2023, Court, Nigeria, Nyesom Wike, Politics, Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara

An interim injunction prohibiting the Rivers State House of Assembly and Speaker Martins Amaewhule from taking any further action on the impeachment of Governor Siminalayi Fubara has been issued by a Rivers State High Court located in the Isiokpo Division of the Ikwerre Local Government Area. The Chief Judge of the State, Justice Simeon Chibuzor-Amadi, the Deputy Speaker, and the Clerk of the House are also in a constrained state. The governor filed a lawsuit, and Justice Ben Whyte, the presiding judge, issued the order in response. Governor Siminalayi Fubara In the interim, while the Motion on Notice is being…

Oct

28

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Election results shouldn’t be decided by the judiciary – Falana

Opinion, Politics2023, Court, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics

Femi Falana, SAN, a human rights attorney and activist, has stated that it is not ideal for the judiciary to determine election winners. Falana made this claim in an interview with Politics Today on Channels TV. He asserts that the Independent National Electoral Commission, or INEC, has the only authority to declare election winners. He declared, "There is no question that the Supreme Court's ruling has put a stop to the electoral competition for the presidential election that was held in February of this year. However, it is unquestionably not a judicial support of the way INEC conducted the election.…