Appeal Court reserves judgement in Adeyeye vs Olujimi

Nigeria’s Appeal Court, Ekiti Division, has reserved judgment in the appeal filed by the Chairman Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs Senator Dayo Adeyeye challenging the verdict of the election petitions tribunal which nullified his victory in the senatorial election. The tribunal, headed by Justice Danladi Adeck, had on September 10 nullified the victory […]

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Former Bank Director asks Appeal Court to order FG to return to him forfeited N9.08bn linked to Diezani

Former Bank Director, Dauda Lawal, has asked the Court of Appeal in Lagos to order the Nigerian Government to return to him the sum of N9.08 billion he forfeited to it on February 16, 2017. Lawal said the Federal High Court, Lagos, which ordered the forfeiture of the money had no jurisdiction to do so. […]

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Appeal Court backs judgment that disqualifies Rivers’ APC candidates

The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt, Wednesday, compounded the woes of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State as it dismissed three appeals by a faction of the party against the October 10 judgment of the State High Court, which declared the congresses of the party void. But the faction, led by […]

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SaharaReporters, Sowore defeat Saraki at the Appeal Court

The Court of Appeal in Ilorin, Kwara State, has nullified the lower court’s judgment that awarded a N4billion cost as sum of damages against SaharaReporters and its founder, Omoyele Sowore, in a suit between the two and Bukola Saraki, Nigeria’s Senate President. On Tuesday, the Appeal Court set aside the judgment of Justice A.S. Oyinloye […]

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