Abuja: A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, granted Tukur Mamu’s plea to have access to his own personal physician over alleged deteriorating health condition. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling, ordered that Mamu’s medical doctor should be allowed to treat him subject to the supervision of the DepartmentContinue Reading
Abuja: The National Industrial Court, Abuja, on Monday, fixed Jan. 30, 2024, for further report of settlement in a suit filed by 110 former staff members of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) against the institution. Justice Rakiya Haastrup adjourned the matter after counsel for the claimants, Adegboyega Kolade, and defendants’ lawyer,Continue Reading
Abuja: A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja has issued an order attaching the accounts of the Oyo State Government in ten commercial banks in the country. The order was issued by Justice A. O. Ebong, in a ruling on a garnishee proceeding initiated by ex-councilContinue Reading
Abuja: A Federal High Court in Abuja, has restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from conducting fresh election to fill the seats of the 26 Rivers House of Assembly members who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice Donatus Okorowo, whoContinue Reading
Abuja: A lawyer, Faruk Khamagam, has called on the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to respect court judgments and orders affirming Alhaji Faruk Abubakar as the valid managing director (MD) of Abuja Markets Management Limited (AMML). Khamagam, who was Abubakar’s counsel, made the call onContinue Reading
Abuja: The Tax Appeal Tribunal (TAT) sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, ordered the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) Ltd to pay the cumulative sum of N5.3 billion as value added tax (VAT) and withholding tax liability for the period between 2013 and 2017. The five tax appeal commissioners, chairedContinue Reading
Abuja: The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, on Wednesday, cautioned the Federal High Court (FHC) judges against taken their appointment for granted. Justice Ariwoola, who made the statement while declaring open the 39th Annual FHC Judges’ Conference and the FHC’s 50th Anniversary Lectures in Abuja, urgedContinue Reading
By Aminu Garko The Kano State Government says the garnishing order freezing its accounts obtained by some victims of its demolitions from an Abuja High Court is fraudulent. The government also assured on Wednesday in Kano that it was still operating its various accounts to administer the state. This isContinue Reading
Abuja: Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), also knowns as the Shi’ites, on Monday, staged a peaceful protest at the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) with a petition, seeking the investigation and prosecution of army officers responsible for the recent killing of scores of people at Tudun BiriContinue Reading
