By Aluta News The ECOWAS Court has ordered Nigeria to pay five million naira as compensation to citizen Oluwatimilehin Adebayo, for the violation of his right to freedom from torture. The court also ordered Nigeria to conduct a “prompt, impartial, and effective” investigation into Adebayo’s alleged torture by the police, as wellContinue Reading
Aluta News A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, dismissed a suit filed against President Bola Tinubu and others over the appointment of Mr Chiedu Ebie, as Chairman, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that others joined in the suit were the SenateContinue Reading
Aluta News The Supreme Court on Friday, affirmed the re-election of Hope Uzodimma of Imo in the Nov. 11, 2023 governorship election. A five-member panel of the apex court, in a lead judgment delivered by Justice Mohammed Idris, dismissed the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and itsContinue Reading
Aluta News The Supreme Court on Friday, affirmed the victory of Usman Ododo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Nov. 11, 2023 governorship election held in Kogi. A five-member panel of the apex court, in a judgment, held that the appeal by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and Continue Reading
Aluta News The Supreme Court, on Monday, reserved judgment in the appeal filed by Timipre Sylva, the All Progressives Congress (APC)”s candidate in the Nov. 11 governorship election in Bayelsa. The five-member justices, headed by Justice Garba Lawal, adjourned the judgment to a date that would be communicated to partiesContinue Reading
Aluta News The Supreme Court on Monday, reserved judgment in the appeal filed against the tribunal and Appeal Court judgements by Murtala Ajaka, candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the Kogi governorship election. Earlier, the apex court declined a request by Ajaka’s counsel for the constitution of aContinue Reading
Aluta 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
Aluta 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
Aluta 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
Aluta 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