Tag: Court Order
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Recruitment: Police defy court order, release names of successful candidates
The Police on Friday released the names of successful candidates in the 2019 recruitment exercise. The announcement appears to be in defiance of a recent ruling of the Federal High Court, Abuja, that the Police and the Police Service Commission should stay action on the recruitment pending the determination of a suit filed by the…
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Alleged N2b pension fraud: EFCC secures court order to detain Maina, son
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday said it had secured an order of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Bwari, to detain former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina and his son, Faisal, in its custody pending the conclusion of investigation against them. A statement by the anti-graft’s…
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Comply with court order on reopening AIT, Raypower stations, Saraki tells NBC
Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki has asked the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission, NBC, to comply with court order to re-open the African Independent Television, AIT, and Ray Power FM shut by the commission on Thursday. Recall that the NBC, had on Thursday shut AIT and Ray Power owned by DAAR Communications for breaching its guidelines. The…
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GTB vows to ensure ‘No illegal or fraudulent execution’ is carried out by Innoson
Guarantee Trust Bank says it is taking all necessary legal steps to ensure that no illegal or fraudulent execution is carried out by Innoson motors, with whom it has a long-drawn-out court case. On Friday, Innoson Nigeria Limited had announced that it obtained a writ of Fifa from the Federal High Court in Awka, Anambra…
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Inconclusive poll: INEC heeds court’s order, suspends collation of results in Bauchi
The Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC ), says it has complied with a court order restraining it from resuming with the collation and announcement of result for Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area, LGA. A Federal High Court in Abuja had barred the Commission (INEC) from collation of result of the governorship election of March…
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Atiku, PDP planning to secure court order today to stop announcement of presidential results – APC
President Muhammadu Buhari’s campaign has released the statement below alleging that the main opposition candidate, Atiku Abubakar, plans to secure a court order to stop the announcement of results. The APC campaign team also made other allegations against Atiku, most unsubstantiated in what has become a pattern between the two parties. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2019.…
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2019: Finally, APC gets court order to field candidates in Zamfara
The Court of Appeal in Sokoto has dismissed an appeal against the judgment of a Zamfara State High Court asking the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for various offices in Zamfara State. The judgment effectively paves the way for the APC to participate in all elections…
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FG’s refusal to obey court order is corruption – Emir
The Emir of Gummi, Justice Lawal Hassan Gummi (retd.), says refusal to obey a court order is another form of corruption, noting that government must exemplify the change it promised before expecting citizens to follow suit. He said disrespect for the rule of law, bad governance, disobedience to court orders, non-compliance with electoral regulations by…
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Alleged corruption: EFCC obtains court order to detain Fayose for two weeks
…as ex-gov threatens to sue anti-graft agency Indications emerged on Wednesday that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has obtained a remand order from a Federal Capital Territory High Court to keep former Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State for two weeks. The remand order, it was learnt, is subject to renewal which implies…
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Multichoice appeals court order, insists on new tariffs for DSTV, GoTV
Sequel to a court judgement restraining MultiChoice Nigeria from implementing its proposed increase in subscription fee, the company on said on Friday filed an appeal against the order of the Federal High Court in Abuja. But, the Consumer Protection Council (CPC) insists the order of the high court stopping implementation of the new tariffs will…