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Lagos State has approached the Supreme Court seeking leave to commence contempt proceedings against the National Assembly over its continued efforts to pass the Central Gaming Bill, despite a subsisting judgment of the apex court declaring such legislation unconstitutional.

In a motion filed on behalf of the Attorney-General of Lagos State by Senior Advocate of Nigeria Bode Olanipekun, the state is seeking the Supreme Court’s leave to initiate judgment enforcement proceedings through the issuance of Form 48—a legal step that precedes the commencement of committal or contempt proceedings.

The Kano State Judicial Service Commission has dismissed Salim Umar, a court clerk at the Upper Shari’a Court in Rijiyar Lemo, and demoted two other officials — Alkali Shamsu Maul’ainaini, a presiding judge at the Upper Shari’a Court, Durbunde, and Isa Yuguda Wudilawa, a principal registrar at the Magistrate Court, Zungeru Complex — over allegations of gross misconduct.