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May

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2022

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Breaking:Court Voids Ebonyi Cybercrimes Law

LEGAL#court, #Cybercrime, #CybercrimeActs, #Cyberspace

Breaking:Court voids Ebonyi cybercrimes lawcyba A Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State capital on Tuesday declared the controversial Ebonyi Cybercrimes Law No 12 of 2021 unconstitutional, null and void. The Court ruling followed a suit by one Pascal Etu who had sued the State Governor, David Umahi over the controversial law. Ebonyi State government had in September 2021 enacted the controversial law in an equally controversial circumstances. Apart from the House of Assembly members, no Journalist was present when the law was enacted even as there was no proof of the law going through public hearing before being…

Update: Panic as Abba Kyari’s wife collapses in court

NATIONAL NEWS#Abba Kyari, #Cybercrime, #Cyberspace, Collapse, Hushpuppi

Update: Panic as Abba Kyari’s wife collapses in court A lady, identified as wife of the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, on Monday, fainted at the Federal High Court in Abuja. She slumped on the ground shortly after trial Justice Emeka Nwite deferred ruling on applications that DCP Kyari and six other persons facing drug trafficking charge with him, filed to be released on bail pending the determination of the case against them. The middle aged woman, who wore a black Hijab, fell on the floor while armed operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA,…

Ebonyi State Cybercrime (Prohibition) Law valid—-Ebonyi State High Court

LEGAL#Cybercrime, #Cyberspace, #Plantiff, Ebonyi State High Court, Prohibition

Ebonyi State Cybercrime (Prohibition) Law valid----Ebonyi State High Court A High Court sitting in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State capital, has declared that the Ebonyi State Cybercrime (Prohibition) Law is valid and does not contradict any section of the 1999 constitution of Nigeria, as amended. The Plaintiff, Mr Jude Igboke, through an originating summon dated February 14, 2022, and filed on February, 17, 2022, had asked the Court to determine whether Ebonyi State House of Assembly has the power to legislate on issues of security, which are in the exclusive list. The Plaintiff listed Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Attorney general and…