Category: Legal

Olamaboro: Court Restraints Kogi Govt from Unseating Traditional Ruler

A Kogi High Court sitting in Lokoja, on Wednesday, granted an Order of Interim Injunction restraining the State Government from terminating the appointment of Chief...

Don’t Drag Lawmakers Into Industrial Dispute, JUSUN Warns Kogi Govt

The crisis between the Kogi state government and the judiciary arm worsened on Saturday as the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) in the State warned the executive...

Court Restrains Kogi Govt, Assembly from Removing Chief Judge

Koton-Karfe division of the High Court of Kogi State has restrained the Yahaya Bello-led administration in Kogi State and the state House of Assembly from taking steps...

Kogi Executive-Judiciary Face Off: SSG Writes Assembly

The refusal of the Judiciary arm of Kogi state Government to participate in the ongoing ‘table payment’ and pay parade in the state has taken a new direction...

Indefinite Strike: Kogi Judiciary Workers Shuts Down Courts Over 6 Months Unpaid Salary

Kogi State Judiciary workers has commenced an indefinite strike over six months unpaid salary. In a strike notice bulletin signed by the secretary of Judiciary Staff...

Kogi Magistrates, Judiciary Workers Groan Over Unpaid Salary

Magistrates, area courts judges and judiciary staff across Kogi State are groaning over unpaid salaries as the state government was said to be owing them over five...

Court Orders Kogi Govt. to Reinstate 170 Workers

The National Industrial Court, on Friday in Abuja, ordered the reinstatement of 170 workers of Kogi state government. The claimants had joined the state governor and...

Dino Lied Against Me, Onoja Tells Court as FG Opens Case Against Senator Melaye

Edward Onoja, Chief of Staff to Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi, on Wednesday, alleged that Senator Dino Melaye gave false information to the police implicating him in...

Gov. Bello’s Aide Cannot Testify Against Austin Okai – Lawyer Tells Court

A Federal High Court on Monday in Lokoja has adjourned the trial of the national coordinator of Peoples Democratic Party National Youth Frontier (PDPNYF), Comrade...

Autonomy: JUSUN Obtains Order to Garnishee Kogi, Niger Govts’ Accounts

Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) yesterday said it has obtained an ‘order nisi’ from a Federal High court sitting in Abuja, to garnishee money belonging to...