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Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal has relaxed the curfew declared on Sokoto metropolis on Saturday, following the protests that rocked the city. The protest was sparked by the arrest of two suspects in the lynching of Deborah Samuel, a student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education, who was accused of blasphemy. The protesters, who attacked churches and shops owned by Christians, were asking for the release of the suspects. The curfew, according to the information commissioner, Isa Bajini, will now be from dusk to dawn. Mr Tambuwal imposed the curfew to forestall a complete breakdown. The protesters also pelted…

The Tax Appeal Tribunal in partnership with the Nigerian Bar Association is organizing a virtual training for members of the Bar, litigants, and the tribunal staff on the practicability usage of the recently launched electronic filing application software. The Coordinating Secretary of the Tax Appeal Tribunal, Bolanle Oniyangi, Esq.said the adoption of the electronic filing system was a calculated effort to improve access to the tribunal and to mitigate any obstacles associated with justice delivery that the essence of the tribunal as the first point of call on tax disputes does not warrant any delay. The virtual training is scheduled…

CASE CITATION: ABUBAKAR DAN SHALLA v. THE STATE (2007) 7-10 S.C. 107 DATE OF JUDGMENT: FRIDAY, THE 5TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2007 COURT: SUPREME COURT SUIT: SC.  245/2004 CORAM: SYLVESTER U ONU, JSC – (Presided) OGUNTADE, JSC (Delivered the Leading Judgment) MUKHTAR, JSC WALTER S. N. ONNOGHEN, JSC BRAHIM T. MUHAMMAD, JSC ISSUE(S): Duty  on trial  court  to consider all the defences open to an accused -guiding principles on discharge of duty thereby -when the defences of justification and provocation may be considered by the trial court CASE SYNTHESIS Facts: The appellant and the 5 accused persons charged along with…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has warned the public of an ongoing cyber-vulnerability that allows a nearby hacker to unlock vehicles, start engines wirelessly and make away with cars. In a statement on Saturday, Ikechukwu Adinde, NCC’s director of public affairs, said the notice was in accordance with the latest advisory released by the Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) of the commission, the cybersecurity centre for the telecom sector. NCC said the vulnerability is a man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack or, more specifically, a replay attack in which an attacker intercepts the RF signals normally sent from a remote key fob…

A high court in Kwale, Delta state has granted an order restraining the board of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from stopping Godwin Emiefele, the CBN governor, from seeking an elective position. Emefiele, in an application filed on May 5, had asked the court for an order allowing him to stay in office while contesting the 2023 presidential election. Daniel Maidoh, the presiding judge, in a judgement secretly delivered on Thursday, granted the order and adjourned the case to May 25. “The court upon reading through the motion papers and hearing C.N.…

The President Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday, signed into law, three bills; the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Bill, 2022, the Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Bill, 2022, and the Proceeds of Crime (Recovery and Management) Bill, 2022. According to a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the pieces of legislation are meant to improve the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing/proliferation financing framework in the country. The statement was titled, ‘In the renewed fight against money laundering, terrorism and other financial crimes, President Buhari signs three bills into law.’ Speaking…

The Sokoto State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of two persons in connection with the killing of a female student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, over alleged blasphemous statement. This was contained in a press statement signed by the Command Public Relations Officer, ASP Sanusi Abubakar, and made available to newsmen in the state on Thursday. “At about 0900hrs, a distress call was received from the Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, stating that students were rioting over one female student named Deborah Samuel, a NCE 2 student, who was accused of making a social media post…

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria has been ordered to vacate its operational Headquarters building in Lekki, Lagos before the end of June, 2022 or be thrown out. The building is owned by the Raw Materials, Research and Development Council. The quit order was given by a Committee set up by the Office of the Secretary to the Federal Government, OSGF, to implement a decision that SON relocates from the building which it has occupied since 2001 following allocation by the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation. A source privy to the Committee’s deliberation said a formal…

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday said it would employ both the manual and electronic methods in the transmission of the 2023 elections results. The commission also said there is a possibility of moving sensitive materials from the Central Bank of Nigeria to another location. The chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said these during a consultative meeting with the media in Abuja on Thursday. Responding to a question on the political ambition and partisanship of the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, Yakubu said the commission might be forced to find another arrangement for the…

A new twist was on Thursday added to suit filed by the governor of Central Bank Governor (CBN), Godwin Emefiele before a Federal High Court, Abuja seeking to enforce his rights to participate in the 2023 Presidential race, as the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and two others filed their appearance seeking to join the suit. In the suit, Emefiele is seeking to enforce his right to participate in the 2023 presidential election without re-signing. The court had Monday adjourned to Thursday to enable the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) appear before it…