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The Court of Appeal in Abuja has halted the reinstatement of Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II as the Emir of Kano. A three-member panel of justices led by Justice Okon Abang, on Friday, unanimously halted the implementation of the January 10 judgment, which vacated the nullification of Sanusi II’s appointment by a Kano State High Court, […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital has upheld the death sentence of a popular hotel owner, Dr Ramon Adedoyin, who was found guilty in the murder case of an ex-Master’s student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Timothy Adegoke. In the judgment rendered on Thursday, the appellate court noted that […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja Nigeria, has ruled that Julius Abure remains the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP). In a judgment of three member panel delivered on Friday by Justice Hamma Barka, upheld its earlier judgment, which recognises Abure as National Chairman. The court confirmed that this decision has not been […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has nullified a Federal High Court judgment that barred the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from providing the voters’ register to the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) for local government election. The appellate court’s panel, led by Justice Onyekachi Otisi, ruled that the Federal High Court lacked […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Court of Appeal, Abuja division, on Monday, overturned the conviction by the Umar Danladi Code of Conduct Tribunal, which found former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, guilty of false asset declaration. In a judgment, the appellate court discharged and acquitted Onnoghen from the conviction delivered against him by the Code of […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, August 20, ordered the former Kogi State Governor, Mr. Yahaya Bello, to present himself for trial. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in April moved to arraign the former governor for alleged N80 billion fraud at the Federal High Court, Abuja. Mr. Bello charged with […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, affirmed the lower court judgment that reinstated Philip Shaibu as the Deputy Governor of Edo State. Delivering judgment in the appeal brought before it by the Edo State House of Assembly, the appellate court dismissed the appeal seeking to uphold Shaibu’s impeachment. Shaibu was impeached on […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Court of Appeal, sitting in Port Harcourt, on Monday, dismissed two appeals instituted by the sacked Local Government Chairmen loyal to the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. The appeals, marked CA/PH/137M/2024 and CA/PH/145M/2024, were filed by the former Chairman of Opobo/Nkoro LGA, Enyiada Cookey-Gam, and six others, challenging the decisions of the […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja, has set aside the decision of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Abuja, which restrained Julius Abure and two others from parading themselves as national officers of the party. Ruling on an ex-parte application brought by Martins Esikpali John and others on April 5, 2023, Hamza Muazu, […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja berated the Independent National Electoral Commissioner, INEC, while accusing it of being partisan. The appellate court on Friday, Nov. 24, slammed the Commission for appearing before it to act in favour of a party in an election dispute, by disowning documents that it not only issued, but also […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, Nigeria, on Tuesday, declared Natasha Akpoti-Uduagan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the duly elected candidate for the Kogi Central Senatorial Election held in February 2023. The three-man panel of the appellate court affirmed the judgment of the tribunal, shortly after it dismissed Sadiku-Ohere’s appeal for lacking […]
Continue ReadingGovernor of Kano State, Abba Yusuf, has rejected the ruling of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal (GEPT) that voided his election and declared his opponent the winner. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the three-man election petition tribunal led by Justice Oluyemi Akintan-Osadebay, on Wednesday, declared Dr. Nasiru Gawuna of the All Progressives Congress […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, has set aside the judgment of the National and State House of Assembly Election Tribunal in Asaba, Delta State. The court affirmed the candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Ngozi Okolie, as the duly elected lawmaker. In the February election, Ngozi Okolie of LP polled […]
Continue ReadingLabour Party (LP) has dismissed claims that its party leadership, led by Julius Abure, has been sacked by the Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri, Imo State. Instead, the LP said it was another devastating blow for the Lamidi Apapa-led faction as the Court of Appeal in Owerri dismissed the appeal filed by one Mr Basil […]
Continue ReadingNigerian investigative journalist, David Hundeyin, has accused the president of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu of submitting fake Chicago State University Certificate to Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Hundeyin made his accusation by sharing the photos of the alleged fake certificate on his Twitter handle. This is coming, after the Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC) […]
Continue ReadingA fresh motion on notice seeking to stop the inauguration of Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s next President on May 29 has been instituted at the Court of Appeal in Abuja. The suit marked CA/CV/259/2023 was instituted by Ambrose Owuru, who is constitutional lawyer and a past presidential candidate who ran for the presidency under the […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Friday, set aside the tribunal judgment that nullified the election of Ademola Adeleke as governor of Osun State, with N500,000 awarded as cost against the All Progressive Congress (APC) and its candidate, Gboyega Oyetola. In a unanimous decision by a three-member panel of justices, led by Justice […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, Nigeria on Thursday upheld the appeal of the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The court also discharged and acquitted the embattled leader of the proscribed group declaring as illegal and unlawful, the abduction Kanu from Kenya to Nigeria on July 9, 2021 […]
Continue ReadingYoruba Youth Leader (YYL) and Oodua Nation Self-determination activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho has lost at the Court of Appeal. According to TheNation, the Ibadan Division of the Court of Appeal on Tuesday set aside the judgment which declared the attack on the house of Yoruba nation agitator Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka […]
Continue ReadingA suit seeking to remove Osun governor-elect, Ademola Adeleke as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been dismissed by an appellate court. The high court judgement which affirmed Osun State governor-elect, Ademola Adeleke, as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for last Saturday’s governorship election, has been upheld by […]
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