Flowerbud News Edo Government says it has appealed the judgment of a Federal High Court, which reinstated Mr Phillip Shaibu as the deputy governor of the state. In a statement on Wednesday in Benin, Mr Chris Nehikhare, the state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, said due to the appeal, MrContinue Reading
Flowerbud News A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, fixed Sept. 25 for arraignment of former Kogi Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, inspite of a case be filed in the Court of Appeal in Abuja. Justice Emeka Nwite fixed the date after delivering a ruling on the application moved by Bello’sContinue Reading
Flowerbud News A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court on Tuesday dismissed an application filed by the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele to travel to the UK medical treatment. The EFCC charged Emefiele with criminal breach of trust, forgery, conspiracy to obtain by falseContinue Reading
Flowerbud News The detained Binance Holdings Limited’s executive, Tigran Gambaryan, was on Tuesday, whisked into Federal High Court in Abuja in wheelchair. Gambaryan, who dressed in a black T-shirt with a blue jeans trousers, is facing a money laundering charge alongside the cryptocurrency firm. When the matter was called, GambaryanContinue Reading
By Sylvester Udemezue (Udemezue is a Lawyer, Law Teacher, Consultant, Writer, Public Speaker, Rule of Law Promoter, Public Affairs Analyst & Humanist) BACKGROUND: The Rivers State House of Assembly is constitutionally made up of 32 members. However, on 11 December 2023, the Speaker of the House, Hon Martin Amaewhule led aboutContinue Reading
Flowerbud News The Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) has hailed the Supreme Court judgment granting financial autonomy to Local Government Areas describing it as the “birth of a new democracy” in Nigeria. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Supreme Court on Thursday declared that itContinue Reading
Flowerbud News The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, upheld the election of Usman Ododo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the Governor of Kogi. The three-member panel of justices, in a judgment, agreed with the state election tribunal that the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and itsContinue Reading
Flowerbud News The former acting Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Anamekwe Nwabuoku, on Wednesday, begged a Federal High Court, Abuja to give him more time to conclude the refund of the public funds allegedly siphoned. Nwabuoku and his co-defendant, Felix Nweke, in the 11-count money laundering charge preferred against themContinue Reading
Flowerbud News The Jimeta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Yola, on Wednesday, ordered the remand of two brothers brought before it over the alleged murder of their father, Ibrahim Yusuf-Kwada, 85. The defendants, Ibrahim Yusuf, 62 and Samaila Yusuf, 48, of Zah village in Michika Local Government Area, Adamawa, were chargedContinue Reading
