Akin Osuntokun, Director-General of the Labour Party (LP) presidential campaign council has blamed the crisis rocking the party on the judiciary. Osuntokun who appeared on a Channels Television programme on Thursday, April 20, alleged that Nigerian judges now rely more on “technicalities, evasive tactics, and scapegoatism,” to take very crucial positions. He said; “There is nothing going on there other than the crisis of the judiciary. It is a judge that made a judgement that is now …
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A former Borno court official has been handed an 8-year jail sentence for defrauding 194 widows in the state. The suspect identified as Ramat Mohammed (alias Gaddafi) was convicted on a-two count amended charge of defrauding 194 widows to the tune of N781,800.00(Seven Hundred and Eighty one Thousand Eight Hundred Naira only). Ramat was accused of forging and selling a Food Collection Card in the name of a non-governmental organisation (NGO) to his victims and failing to deliver the items. The charges against the …
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Tuesday May 26, announced that they will be meeting over the financial autonomy granted to state judiciary and legislature by the executive order President Buhari signed into law. The forum’s head of media and public affairs, Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo said the meeting will be holding by 2pm on Wednesday May 27. It is also expected that the Governors will also talk about the restructuring of states’ loans, Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) deductions, the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas …
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday May 22, signed an executive order implementing financial autonomy for state legislature and judiciary into law. The Nigerian leader made the announcement in series of tweets shared on Friday. It read; “Based on the power vested in me under Section 5 of the 1999 constitution (as Amended), I, today, signed into law Executive Order 10 of 2020 for the implementation of financial autonomy of state legislature and judiciary. “This administration will continue to do everything …