“The 25 lawmakers who defected have lost their seats. They have lost their rights to remain members of the assembly. That is the law,” he said.
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Some of the legislators, who may be forced to vacate their seats for concurrently holding memberships of the three organisations include the deputy senate president, Jibrin Barau, who is also the Acting Speaker of ECOWAS sixth legislature; Ali Ndume, Abiodun Olujimi, Smart Adeyemi, Tolu Odebiyi, and Mshelia Haruna, among others.
The lawmaker said that unless immediate steps were taken to halt the proposed action of the CBN, the cybercrime would be implemented in error.
He was arraigned before Justice Sylvanus Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Maitama Abuja on a six-count amended charge along with three others, including his daughter, Fatima; Jalal Hamma; and Al-Duraq Investment Ltd.
Bawa and Aliyu-Gidado said they had filed the suit for themselves and on behalf of all concerned members of the NBA in the Kano branch, affected by the release of the guidelines for the NBA Kano Election, 2024.
A Kogi High Court in Lokoja on Friday ordered the Chairman of the EFCC, Mr Ola Olukoyede, to appear before…
“From the report we received from ONSA, when we scrutinized the report, we traced the sum of N4.633 billion paid to Dalhatu Investment Limited Account, domiciled in United Bank of Africa, (UBA), with Sagir Attahiru Bafarawa as the sole signatory of the account,” the witness said.
“I am directed to request you to forward to the Ad-hoc Committee Memorandum to be accompanied with the under-listed documents and all other documents you consider relevant to the assignment of the Committee,” the letter reads in parts.
The controversial cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, on Monday, filed a notice of appeal challenging the six months…
“Therefore, by filing charges of money laundering of over N80 billion against Mr. Yahaya Bello at the Federal High Court, the EFCC has diligently complied with the order of the Kogi State High Court. In the same vein, the order made by the Federal High Court for the arrest of Mr. Yahaya Bello for his arraignment is equally in line with the order of the Kogi State High Court.”