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An Area Court in Jos on Tuesday, sentenced Isah Abubakar, Abdulrazak Salihu to three months imprisonment each for fighting in public and constituting a nuisance. The judge, Shawomi Bokkos, sentenced the convicts after they pleaded guilty to the offence. The judge, however, gave the convicts the option of a N10,000 fine each or three months…
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The National Industrial Court has nullified the dethronement of the monarch of Piriga Chiefdom in Lere council of Kaduna, Chief Jonathan Pharaguwa Zamuna. The court also ordered the Kaduna State Government to pay damages of N10 million to Zamuna within 30 days of the judgement. Former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai dethroned Zamuna on 22…
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The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has filed a contempt charge against the Director General, Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Bichi, over his alleged refusal to obey court orders. Kanu, through his lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, filed Form 49 titled “Notice to Show Cause Why An Order of Committal…
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The Zamfara government has cautioned the residents of the state against the indiscriminate cutting down of trees so as to prevent environmental challenges. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Garba Dauran, gave the warning in Gusau on Monday at an event to commemorate 2024 World Environment Day. The News Agency of Nigeria…
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Judges of the Federal High Court of Nigeria are to proceed on their 2024 yearly vacation from July 23, according to the Chief Judge of the Court, Justice John Terhemba Tsoho. The Chief Judge who disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja said that the vacation is under to the provisions of Order 46, Rule 4…
