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A human rights group under the aegis of Edo Civil Society Organisation (EDOCSO) has instituted a suit challenging the federal government directive that all mobile phone subscribers should link their phone numbers to their National Identification Numbers (NIN).
Share Members of the Edo Civil Society Organizations (EDOCSO) have instituted a suit challenging the Federal Government’s directive that all mobile phone subscribers should link their phone numbers to their National Identification Numbers (NIN). The suit, with number FHC/B/CS/13/2020, was filed by Dele Igbinedion, Esq, counsel to the plaintiffs at the Federal High Court, Benin Division. Joined as codefendants in the suit are the National Identity Management Commission, the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy; the Nigeria Communications Commission, NCC and the Attorney-Gen...
Edo to relocate Appeal, Federal high court from Ikpoba hills to GRA On By Gabriel Enogholase, Benin Edo State government has set in motion plans to relocate both the Federal Court and the Benin Division of the Court of Appeal from their present locations from Ikpoba Hills to Aiguobasimwin Street in the Government Reservation Area (GRA). Vanguard checks indicated that the plan to relocate both Courts was as a result of the perennial flooding of their premises. This, it was discovered has affected the dispensation of justice as members of the bench, bar and litigants had to wade through the fl...
THE controversy surrounding the appointment of a sole administrator for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) took a new dimension yesterday as a lawyer and indigene of Edo State, Dr Washington Osifo has initiated a suit at the Federal High Court, Benin Division challenging the appointment of a sole administrator for the Commission and wants the court to declare it “illegal, unconstitutional, null and void” as he argued that the decision negates the provision of the Act setting up the Commission. In suit No; FHC/B/CS/9/2021 where Osifo is the plaintiff and the Defendants are th...
By Alex Enumah Justice Ahmed Mohammed yesterday announced that he would deliver judgment in the suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking the disqualification of Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu from the September 19 governorship election in Edo State. Defendants in the suit are the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Pastor Ize-Iyamu. Justice Mohammed fixed the date after counsel representing parties adopted and argued their respective written addresses for and against the suit. The court had at the last sitting ruled that ruling in...