ShareAluta 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
ShareAluta News The Tax Appeal Tribunal (TAT) has ordered the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Limited to pay the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) 27.5 million dollars as full and final settlement of the revised companies income tax (CIT) for the 2016 assessment year. This was part of the judgmentContinue Reading
ShareAluta 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
ShareAluta 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
ShareAluta 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
ShareAluta News The Supreme Court on Thursday held that henceforth all Local Government Area allocations should be paid directly into their accounts. Justice Emmanuel Agim who led a seven-member panel of the justices of the apex court, gave the order while delivering judgment in a suit filed by the federalContinue Reading
ShareAluta 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
ShareAluta 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
ShareAluta News A Federal High Court Abuja, on Thursday, invalidated the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primary election that produced Asue Ighodalo as party’s candidate in the forthcoming governorship election in Edo. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, held that the PDP’s primary held on Feb. 22 failed to comply withContinue Reading
ShareAluta News A Kano State High Court, on Thursday, restrain lawyers from granting media interviews in the ongoing Kano Emirates Tussle case. The Presiding Judge, Justice Amina Adamu-Aliyu, gave the order during the court proceedings. “I am giving an order to lawyers not to grant any interview to journalists beforeContinue Reading
