Tag: summons
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CJN orders disciplinary action against Abuja judge over criminal summons against Soludo
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Muhammad, has ordered a disciplinary action against a judge of the Upper Area Court in Abuja who recently issued a direct criminal summons against, Charles Soludo. Mr Soludo, who is the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the forthcoming election in Anambra State, is…
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Dasuki threatens to ignore court summons till ‘FG obeys bail rulings’
A former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki, on Tuesday wrote the court informing it of his resolve to avoid court hearing until the prosecution obeys the court’s ruling on his bail. Dasuki is facing trial at an Abuja Division of the Federal High Court for alleged illegal possession of firearms among other charges. The…
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Offa robbery: Court orders service of summons on Saraki
A court in Abuja has ordered the service of summons on the Senate President, Bukola Saraki in relation to the ongoing investigation by the police into the April 5, 2018 bank robbery incident in Offa, Kwara State. Justice Abdullahi Garuba Ogbede of the Grade 1 Area Court, ACO Estate, Lugbe, FCT, Abuja issued the criminal…
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Again, Saraki summons IGP, DSS, Army over killings, abductions
Senate President, Bukola Saraki has once again summoned the Inspector General of Police, alongside the Department of State Service and the Army to appear before the Senate to explain the reasons behind recent abductions in the country. Saraki on his Twitter handle on Wednesday noted that another 87 persons have been abducted off the “nation’s…
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Breach of order: Buhari summons Police IG, demands report on operations in Benue
President Muhammadu Buhari has summoned and met with the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, over his reported failure to follow the President’s directive after the killings in Benue. The President met with the IGP on Tuesday morning, a day after Benue leaders told him that the IGP did not comply with his directive to relocate…
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Court summons Falana over ‘supermarket’ judgment comments
A judge of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, Justice J.D. Peter, has ordered activist lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), to appear before him over comments credited to him. Falana was reported to have said that Nigerian courts had become “supermarkets where only the rich do their shopping” during the opening of the Enugu branch…
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Osinbajo invites IGP over Southern-Kaduna killings
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has summoned the Inspector General of Police, Idris Ibrahim, to Aso Rock Villa for explanations. A source in the Presidency, who is privy to the invitation of the police leadership, told Sunday Vanguard that government was unhappy with the fresh killing of 21 persons in the troubled Southern Kaduna last week.…