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Kano: Court orders Aminu Ado Bayero to stop parading himself as Emir

May 28, 2024May 28, 2024 Aminu Imam

…Orders Police to evict him from mini palace Kano State High Court has ordered Aminu Ado Bayero to stop parading himself as the Emir of Kano, and asked the Police to eject him from Nasarawa royal residence. This comes against an earlier order of a Federal High Court, sitting in Kano, which stopped the State government from scrapping the emirates created by ex-governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, and reinstating Sanusi Lamido as governor. Recall that Governor Abba-Yusuf had assented to the repeal of the Kano Emirates Council Law amended by the…

EFCC seeks new forfeiture order on $4.7m, ?830m linked to ex-CBN Gov. Emefiele after court reversal

May 25, 2024May 25, 2024 Aminu Imam

After a Federal High Court in Lagos, presided over by Justice C.J. Aneke, had on May 14, 2024, vacated an interim forfeiture order sought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on monies domiciled in Nigerian banks and properties allegedly linked to Godwin Emefiele, the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN), on December 4, 2023, Nigeria�s anti-graft agency has approached another Federal High Court in Lagos to secure another interim forfeiture order on the same sums of $4,719,054, N830,875,611, and properties allegedly linked to Emefiele. Certified…

Court stops NERC, KEDCO from implementing� new electricity tariff

May 4, 2024May 4, 2024 Aminu Imam

A Federal High Court in Kano has issued an order restraining the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and the Kano Electricity Distribution Company, (KEDCO), from implementing the new electricity tariff for Band A consumers. The suit was filed by Super Sack Company Limited and BBY Sacks Limited. Others are Mama Sannu Industries Limited, Dala Foods Nigeria Limited, Tofa Textile Limited, and Manufacturers Association Of Nigeria Limited, (MAN). However, ruling on an ex-parte motion by Abubakar Mahmoud, counsel to the plaintiffs, the presiding judge, Abdullahi Liman, ordered NERC and KEDCO from…

Kano court upholds Ganduje�s suspension as APC chairman

April 18, 2024April 18, 2024 Aminu Imam

Kano State High Court has granted an order restraining the National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, from parading himself as a party member. The court also ordered Ganduje to stop presiding over the affairs of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the APC. It gave the ruling yesterday as an ex-parte order, meaning that the lawyers to Ganduje and the other adverse parties sued in the case did not participate in the hearing leading to the issuance of the order. The judge heard only the plaintiff�s lawyer.…

Lagos court grants CBN gov., Emefiele N50m bail

April 13, 2024April 13, 2024 Aminu Imam

The embattled former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele, has been granted bail in the sum of N50m after being charged with a 26-count bordering on alleged abuse of office and irregular allocation of $4.5 billion and N2.8 billion respectively. Emefiele was admitted to bail with two sureties in like sum by Justice Rahmon Oshodi yesterday. The former CBN governor is facing trial in Lagos on a 26-count charge bordering on abuse of office. Oshodi ordered the sureties must be gainfully employed and must have made three years tax…

Alleged Bribery: Kano court fixes April 17 for Ganduje, wife, son�s arraignment

April 10, 2024April 10, 2024 Aminu Imam

A Kano State High Court has fixed April 17, 2024, for the arraignment of the immediate past governor of the State, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, his wife, son, and five others, for alleged bribery. Ganduje and the others will be arraigned on eight counts bordering on a $413,000 bribery allegation, diversion, and misappropriation of funds to the tune of N1.38bn, among others. Recall that it had earlier reported that the Federal High Court in Kano ruled that the Kano Public Compliant and Anti-Corruption Commission lacks the power to investigate Ganduje over…

CBN Probe: ?Court remands Emefiele in EFCC custody

April 9, 2024April 9, 2024 Aminu Imam

Justice Rahman Oshodi, of the Lagos State Special Offences Court, Ikeja, yesterday remanded the immediate-past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). He will remain behind bars until Thursday, when the Judge will determine his bail application. Justice Oshodi made the decision after Emefiele and his co-defendant, Herry Omoile, pleaded not guilty to a fresh 26-count charge bordering on abuse of office brought against his by EFCC. The Judge, however, remanded Omoile in the custody of…

Kano: Court sentences Chinese to death for killing Nigerian girlfriend

March 27, 2024March 27, 2024 Aminu Imam

A Kano High Court sitting yesterday, sentenced a Chinese national, Frank Geng-Quangrong, 47, to death by hanging for stabbing his Nigerian girlfriend, Ummukulsum Sani, 22, to death. Frank, who lives in Railway Quarters Kano, was convicted on one count charge of culpable homicide. Delivering judgment, Justice Sanusi Ado-Ma�aji, held that the prosecution had proven its case beyond reasonable doubt. �The defendant�s testimony is inconsistent. I hereby find him �guilty�. I hereby recommend mercy by the Kano State Governor on behalf of the convict,� he ruled. Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, the…

Ipob: Court rejects Nnamdi Kanu�s fresh request for bail

March 20, 2024March 20, 2024 Aminu Imam

Leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, was yesterday denied bail by Justice Binta Nyako, of the Federal High Court Abuja. However, the court mandated an expedited hearing in the case involving the controversial IPOB leader, who is accused of crimes that might be considered treasonous. Since his arrest in June 2021, Kanu has been under the care of the Department of State Services (DSS), and he was brought before the court yesterday. Delivering ruling, the presiding judge, Justice Nyako, held that the court would only…

Alleged unlawful arrest, detention: Court dismisses Nnamdi Kanu�s appeal against Police, DSS

March 19, 2024March 19, 2024 Aminu Imam

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed the appeal brought before it by Felix Okonkwo, one of the lawyers to the detained leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu over his unlawful arrest and detention by the Police and the Department of State Security Services, (DSS). Justice Okon Abang dismissed the appeal for want of merit and substance. Delivering judgment on the appeal yesterday, Justice Abang held that the appellant failed to establish a miscarriage of justice in the judgment of a High Court of…