Sentences with phrase «court against governor»

The court case is before Justice Hajara Gwadah of Kaduna State High Court against Governor Nasir el - Rufai and two others.

This came a few days after Anselm Eidenojie had filed a suit at Benin High Court against Governor Adams Oshiomhole and several others over his suspension, claiming an infringement on his fundamental human rights.

The Senator representing Kaduna Central in the Nigerian Senate, Shehu Sani, has slammed a N5billion counterclaim in a Kaduna State High Court against Governor Nasir El - Rufai for alleged libellous broadcast.

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Florida Supreme Court says legislature, governor had no right to save Terri Schiavo's life The Florida Supreme Court today ruled unanimously that the state legislature should not have given Gov. Jeb Bush the power to feed mentally disabled 40 - year - old Terri Schiavo against the wishes of husband, who wanted to starve her to death.

The Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has filed a notice of appeal and application for stay of execution at the Court of Appeal in Abuja against the ruling of Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court.

He also called on the state governor to release unconditionally all the protesting workers who were detained and taken to court as a result of the protest against the privatisation.

He said, «In view of our belief in the judiciary and avalanche of evidence against the declaration of Senator Abiola Ajimobi as the duly elected governor in the April 11, 2015 governorship election in the state, Senator Rasheed Ladoja, the gubernatorial candidate of Accord after wide consultations, has resolved to appeal the judgment of Justice Muhammed Mayaki - led tribunal at the Court of Appeal.

He argued that a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision tossing out the corruption case against former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell showed that his actions also did not involve illegalities.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Hours after the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) filed a lawsuit against the state of New York for what it called the unequal treatment, abuse and denial of rights of farmworkers, the governor said he won't fight it in court.

«We're going to demand that Governor Cuomo provide the funding that was afforded to us in a court decision for our schools,» she said as she joined advocates to push for more funding under the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, which in 2007 won a lawsuit against the state to provide increased education funding to the city.

A hearing scheduled for Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Albany will be the first courtroom encounter between Paterson — represented by lawyers from the attorney general's office — and four state workers unions that brought suit against the governor's plan to force employees to take a one - day - a-week furlough until the state's budget plan is finalized.

Disgraced former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son were caught on wiretaps bad - mouthing Gov. Andrew Cuomo's family, plotting to use his gal pal, Sandra Lee, against him and even musing how Skelos and other Republican lawmakers were «smarter» than the governor, new court papers state.

Prosecutors drop the case against former Virginia governor Robert McDonnell and his wife after the Supreme Court overturned his public corruption conviction on June 27, 2016.

Meanwhile, the chairman of the Convention Planning Committee, CPC, Governor Nyesom Wike has vowed to go ahead with the election of a new national chairman irrespective of a court order against it.

A lawsuit filed by Warren Redlich, a former Guilderland town board member and 2010 candidate for governor, against high - profile political consultants Roger Stone and Caputo as well as Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino can go forward, an appeals court ruled.

Disgraced former governor Eliot Spitzer showed up at Manhattan court Friday to testify against the reputed high - priced hooker arrested for allegedly extorting thousands of dollars from him.

Some important Democrats are contending that Cuomo's apparent decision against debating Zephyr Teachout, the leftist Fordham Law professor who beat the governor in court twice to win a spot on the Sept. 9 primary ballot, will damage his reputation nationally.

HURIWA therefore called for the arrest and prosecution of the killer soldiers and police or else the governor would be held personally liable and dragged before the World's crimes court to face charges of crimes against humanity.

The Rights group said the action by the Imo state governor had been stridently opposed by the indigenes of Owerri who kicked against the plot to demolish the market and successfully secured a pending interlocutory Court's Injunction to halt the demolition but which has been brazenly disrespected by the All Progressives Congress governor.

Calling on the international community, especially the United Nations and the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the heinous crime being committed by the military against Nigerians in the Southeast, Governor Fayose said there was no law in Nigeria empowering the military to declare any organization as terrorists and to kill unarmed people.

In perhaps his most damning accusation against the governor, Cohen, both in court and following Wednesday's proceedings, said he believes Cuomo wants to move what has been a successful and well - respected facility because he has plans for the land it sits on.

The state budget could end up in court under some scenarios, as state lawmakers are discussing possible legal action against Governor Cuomo's budget, and his proposal to link a number of unrelated items, like ethics reform and education changes, to the spending plan.

Some Republicans have questioned whether Astorino will be able to raise the funds to compete against Cuomo (the candidate himself has insisted fund - raising is going well) especially as the governor proactively courts Republican donors.

Paterson also asked another state employee, Deneane Browne, who knows both the governor and the accuser, to contact the woman before she was to appear in court last month seeking an order of protection against Johnson, the paper said.

The Governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola on Monday appeared before a High Court in the State in defence of a case filed against him over...

«I am being realistic about politics,» Paterson said, alluding to the scandal involving contacts he and members of his state police security detail had with a woman who was seeking a court restraining order against one of the governor's closest aides.

A judge of the High Court who authored a petition against Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun has had her career terminated by the National Judicial Council of Nigeria (NJC).

The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled against the workers, giving Governor Christie a pass.

Jurors in a Manhattan federal court will start hearing testimony next week on charges of bribery and corruption against a former top aide to the governor, two Syracuse business executives and an energy company official.

The state budget might end up in court under some scenarios, as state lawmakers are discussing possible legal action against Governor Cuomo's budget, and his proposal to link a number of unrelated items, like ethics reform and education changes, to the spending plan.

Information just reaching our newsroom is that Ngwa Youths have barricaded all roads leading in and out of Aba in protest against the Appeal court's ruling over the weekend which nullified the election of governor Ikpeazu of Abia state and ordered the immediate swearing - in of the APGA candidate Dr. Alex Otti.

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, on Friday, challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to charge the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh to court if the commission was sure of evidences of fraud against him, saying «the EFCC appears to be operating a system in which an accused person is first arrested, detained endlessly while the anti-corruption agency goes about looking for evidence.»

«We await reports of EFCC investigations and we hope that the anti-corruption agency will be civil enough to allow an open and transparent trial in competent court of law and not media trial just to get at Governor Fayose because of his uncompromising stance against the misrule of the APC / Buhari led federal government.

The governor stated this after a Federal High Court in Abuja awarded of N40million in damages against him and the Nigerian police in favour of Audu Maikori.

Jurors in a Manhattan federal court will start hearing testimony next week on charges of bribery and corruption against a former top aide to the governor, Joe Percoco, two Syracuse business executives and an energy company official.

The senior advocate added, «My own understanding is that based on the Supreme Court decisions on former governor Peter Obi versus the Independent National Electoral Commission, and former governor Rasheed Ladoja against the (Oyo) state House of Assembly, Fayose is not eligible to contest another term.

The Federal High Court in Abuja ruled on Wednesday that search warrants could not be applied for or executed against a serving president, vice-president, governors or deputy governors.

The Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), has faulted Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court for granting a perpetual injunction to a former Governor of Rivers State, Chief Peter Odili, which has scuttled the ex-governor's prosecution.

«The court case going on right now against the Democrats and Governor Malloy is exactly why we need strong anticorruption laws on the books and why we need to follow them.»

Bharara also said he might have done some things differently in his prosecution of two former legislative leaders, had the cases come before a recent Supreme Court ruling that reversed the corruption charges against former Virginia Governor McDonnell.

The impeachment proceedings against Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State may not be over soon as a Federal High Court sitting in Enugu has retrained the...

Money Laundering: Ex-Gov Sule Lamido's Son, Aminu Loses Appeal The Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna on Monday, dismissed the appeal of Aminu Sule Lamido, the 34 year old son of former Jigawa State governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, against the decision of the Federal High Court, Kano which found him...

Beyond the immediately affected group of veterans, the veto sends an encouraging signal that Cuomo will take a hard line against other pension sweeteners passed by the Legislature this year — including a bill, not yet sent to the governor's desk, resurrecting early retirement for uniformed court officers hired since 2012.

But with the conviction of the Assembly Speaker, the conviction of the former Deputy Senate Majority Leader, and the ongoing court proceedings against the former Senate Majority Leader, the governor can not hope that the public demand for action will melt away.

A panel from the Second Judicial Department of the state Supreme Court's Appellate Division released the opinion Thursday, upholding the challenge brought by state Sen. Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) against Paterson after the governor appointed Ravitch, a long - time government adviser, to the position last month.

For failing to retract the offending statements and tender public apology within the stipulated period, Fayemi's counsel is asking the court for reliefs compelling the defendants to pay damages for the statements against him which had portrayed him as a «very corrupt public office holder and fraudulent person who siphoned public funds at the detriment of Ekiti citizens while serving as governor».

Umana had his appeal against governor Emmanuel Udom struck out penultimate week after an all - day ruling of the Supreme Court.

The appellate court sitting in Abuja had on Monday struck out the application for stay of court proceedings filed by the governor against his opponent at the APC primary in 2016.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has presented more evidence against a former governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye, who is being prosecuted on a 23 - count charge bordering on money laundering and diversion of funds, before Justice Adebukola Banjoko, of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Gudu, Abuja.