Tag: Court judgements

Kogi: Court adjourns alleged money laundering suit against ex-Gov. Bello

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Kogi court adjourns

Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja, has postponed hearing on the money laundering case brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against the immediate-past Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello. According to reports, Nwite picked October 30, 2024 for the next sitting on the suit. This comes after Bello approached the Supreme Court to file an appeal aimed at overturning the arrest warrant issued by the trial court on April 17. During the proceedings, Bellos attorney, A.M. Adoyi, highlighted that the matter of the defendants…

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Court discharges, acquits ex-AGF Adoke of money laundering

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Ex AGF Adoke

“Ive been vindicated” – Ex-AGF An Abuja Federal High Court has discharged and acquitted a former Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, Mohammed Bello Adoke, of money laundering charges. Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, upheld Adokes no case submission against the money laundering charges against him. In 2017, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had dragged Adoke and Abubakar Aliyu, a property developer, to court for allegedly laundering about N300 million. While the EFCC admitted before Ekwo that it was a mortgage that Adoke took from…

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NBC appeals judgment stopping imposition of fines on broadcast stations

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The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has filed an appeal against the ruling of the Federal High Court which dismissed the Commissions Motion to set aside a May 2023 judgment restraining it from imposing fines on radio and television stations. In a four-ground notice of appeal filed by NBCs lead counsel, Babajide Koku (SAN),  it complained about the decision of the lower court while asking the appellate to set aside the earlier judgment. An Abuja-based lawyer, Noah Ajare, in a suit instituted on behalf of Media Rights Agenda, had challenged the…

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Judgments: Call Appeal Court judges to order, Group urges Tinubu

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A group, the Arewa Christians and Indigenous Pastors Association (ACIPA), has called on President Bola Tinubu to call the Judges of the Court of Appeal to order over what it described as controversial judgments recently delivered on some elections across the nation. Chairman of the group, Rev. Luke Shehu, who made the call in a statement yesterday in Jos, Plateau State, said that the judgments were becoming a national disgrace. Shehu stated that recent appeal court judgments that sacked some members of the National Assembly from Plateau State were a…

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Appeal Court judgements: Anger over sack of 3 Govs. in opposition parties within 4 days

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Criticisms have trailed the sacking of Governor Caleb Mutfwang, of Plateau State, by the Court of Appeal, triggering reactions that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was at work to run one-party system in Nigeria. The sacking of Mutfwang was the third experience of the opposition in four days. Last week, Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ambassador Iliya Damagum, raised the alarm that there was a plot to overturn the will of the people as expressed during the general elections. Addressing a press conference at the…

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