Tag: Federal High Court

NIN: Court bars FG from blocking SIM cards

Aminu Imam

A Federal High Court in Lagos State has barred the Federal Government from blocking Subscriber Identification Module, (SIM), cards not linked to National Identity Numbers, (NINs), next month. The Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy had, through the Nigerian Communications Commission, (NCC), asked operators to block all SIM cards not linked to NIN by April 9, 2021. The deadline had caused many Nigerians to gather at offices of the National Identity Management Commission, (NIMC), in disregard of Covid-19 protocols. However, a former second National Vice-President of the Nigerian Bar Association…

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Court acquits former minister of corruption charges

Aminu Imam

A Federal High Court, sitting in Kano, yesterday discharged and acquitted a former minister of foreign affairs, Aminu Wali and a Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Coordinator, Mansur Ahmad of money laundering charges. The duo were arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), alongside a former Kano state Governor, Ibrahim Shekarau in May 2018, for allegedly collected the sum of N950 million from Nenadi Usman, the Director, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Presidential Campaign, in March 2015 for then president Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election. The EFCC alleged that the monies distributed by…

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