Tag: Federal High Court

Court suspends Uche Secondus as PDP National Chairman

Aminu Imam

The leadership crisis currently rocking the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), worsened on Monday as a High Court in Rivers State has restrained Uche Secondus from parading himself as the National Chairman of the Party. The order was given by Justice O. Gbasam at the State High Court sitting in Degema local government area of the State yesterday. The judge, who gave the order, also approved the suspension of Secondus as a member of the party pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice for interlocutory injunction. The…

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Legislators Jumbo pay: Court orders RMAFC to fix salaries of National Assembly members

Aminu Imam

A Federal High Court, in Lagos, ordered the RMAFC to fix their salaries and allowances, signalling the end of the era of jumbo pay for the legislators. In a landmark judgment yesterday, the Federal High Court ordered the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission, (RMAFC), to fix the salaries and allowances of the 469 members of the Upper and Lower Chambers. The judgment by Justice Chuka Austine Obiozor followed the consolidated suits brought by Monday Ubani, John Nwokwu, more than 1,500 concerned Nigerians, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), BudgIT…

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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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