Aluta News A Sokoto Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday admitted the Special Assistant to former Gov. Aminu Tambuwal, Shafi’u Umar, to N1 million bail. Umar, 37, is charged with alleged circulating of falsehood against Gov. Ahmad Aliyu and his wife on social media platform. He was also charged with engravingContinue Reading
By Aluta News April 5, 2024 Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has fined the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC)N200 million for failure to comply with the prescribed customer band classifications for the tariff billing. This is contained in a statement issued by the NERC management in Abuja on Friday. TheContinue Reading
By Aluta News Dec 5, 2023 The Supreme Court on Tuesday imposed a fine of N40M on human rights activists and Constitutional lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome for filing frivolous motion before the court in respect of Imo Governorship tussle decided since 2019. In a ruling by Justice Tijani Abubakar, heContinue Reading
By Aluta News Feb. 28, 2023 An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday imposed N100 million fine to the Transport and Port Management System Ltd. (TPMS) for stealing 29 million Euros from the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had arraigned the owner of theContinue Reading
By Aluta News Dec. 25, 2022 Ebonyi’s Gov. David Umahi has ordered that the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state pays a fine of N5 million for contravening the provisions of the state’s Executive Order 3 of 2022. The Executive Order 3 prohibits political parties from using public placesContinue Reading
By Aluta News Oct. 25, 2022 India’s competition watchdog has imposed a fine of 9.36 billion rupees ($113.4 million) on Google parent Alphabet. The country’s competition commission accused Google of abusing the dominant role of the Google Play Store by forcing app developers there to use Google’s payment system forContinue Reading
By Aluta News Dec. 13, 2021 The operator of Ghana’s main international airport will fine airlines 3,500 dollars for every passenger they bring in that is not vaccinated against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) or that tests positive for the coronavirus on arrival, it said on Monday. The rules, announced by GhanaContinue Reading
By Aluta News Nov. 10, 2021 The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa has said that the removal of fine option from NDLEA act would strengthen the deterrence effect of court prosecution and conviction. Marwa said that the clause that allowed for the option ofContinue Reading
By Aluta News Oct. 19, 2021 Russia said on Tuesday it would fine U.S. tech giant, Google, a percentage of its annual Russian turnover for repeatedly failing to delete content deemed illegal. This is Moscow’s strongest effort yet to rein in foreign tech firms. The communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, said GoogleContinue Reading
By Aluta News July 29, 2021 A court in Moscow on Thursday fined Google for failing to store the data of users who are based in Russia in that country. A judge imposed a fine of 3 million roubles (40,000 dollars) on Google, the first time the company has facedContinue Reading
