The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has said it plans to appeal the judgment of Court of Appeal which upturned the victory of Gov. Kabir Yusuf of Kano State at the Supreme Court. Alhaji Abba Ali, the NNPP acting National Chairman, said this at a news conference...
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Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf on Saturday announced his intention to appeal against Friday’s dismissal of his election by the Court of Appeal at the Supreme Court. “I hereby inform the people of Kano State and well-meaning Nigerians that based on consensus of our stakeholders we have instructed...
The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) said it has arraigned the Chairman of the Kano State Anti-Graft Commission, Muhuyi Magaji, on a 10-count charge before the Code of Conduct Tribunal in Abuja. This is contained in a statement by the Head of Press, CCB, Veronica Kato and made...
A Lagos-based constitutional lawyer and public affairs analyst, Mr Jide Ologun, has said the sack of Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State by the Appellate Court on Friday is in accordance with the constitution. Ologun, while reacting to the Appellate Court’s ruling, told the News Agency of Nigeria...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), has condemned the removal of the Chief Judge of Osun, Justice Adepele Ojo, by Governor Ademola Adeleke. Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), has condemned the removal of the Chief Judge of Osun, Justice Adepele Ojo, by Governor Ademola...
The Chief Magistrate’s Court II sitting in Port Harcourt on Friday remanded John Shadrack, 22, and William Isaiah, 33, to a Correctional Centre for assaulting Mr Felix Tuoyo, 70, over an alleged missing manhood. The defendants were remanded on two-count charge of conspiracy and assault. The prosecuting officer,...
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Friday affirmed the tribunal judgment which declared the All Progressive Congress candidate, Nasiru Gawuna winner of the governorship election. The Tribunal led by Justice Oluyemi Osadebay had nullified the election of Governor Abba Yusuf by declaring 165, 663 of his votes...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The Government of Osun State has opened up on the leadership issue within the Osun State Judiciary, informing the public that the petition and preliminary actions on the Osun state Chief Judge have been sent to the National Judicial Council (NJC), affirming...
Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal on Friday called on the people of the state to remain calm and law abiding over the Appeal Court verdict on his governorship election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Appeal Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday declared March 18,...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has affirmed the victory of Bala Mohammed as the Governor of Bauchi State. Recall that the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Sadique Abubakar, had approached the governorship election petition tribunal sitting in the State to...
An Abuja High Court on Friday ordered that the suspended Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele be remanded in Kuje correctional centre until Nov 22. Justice Hamza Muazu gave the order and adjourned until Nov. 22 when Emefiele’s bail application will be heard. Emefiele was arraigned on a-six court...
Ahead of the Appeal Court’s judgement in the Kano Governorship election in Abuja, the executives of the two main rival political parties, NNPP and APC, have signed a peace accord before the State Joint Security Committee. The News Agency of Nigeria NAN reports that the signing of the...
Six months after the Zamfara governorship election, the leadership of the North-Western state is now in question as the Appeal Court nullified the election of Governor Dauda Lawal. Lawal, of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was declared the winner of the March 18 governorship election....
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke of Osun has announced the appointment of Justice Olayinka Afolabi, as the acting Chief Judge of the state with immediate effect. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the appointment of Afolabi was in spite of the order of the National Industrial...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The lawmaker representing Pankshin/Kanam/Kanke Federal Constituency, Rep. Yusuf Gagdi has said that the judiciary is doing well in the handling of cases arising from this year’s general elections. Rep. Gagdi, made his position known in a statement in Abuja on...
Women from the 17 Local Government Areas of Plateau have called on the National Judicial Council (NJC), to review recent Court of Appeal judgments that sacked some members of the National Assembly from Plateau. They made the call during a peaceful protest on Wednesday in Jos. Mrs Martina...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has commended the ruling of the Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos that affirmed his victory in the last governorship election. The appellate court on Wednesday, dismissed the appeals brought against the re-election of Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat by the Peoples...
The Department of State Services (DSS) on Wednesday in Abuja re-arraigned Husseni Ismaila (aka Maitangaran), the alleged mastermind of the 2014 multiple bomb attacks in Kano at the Federal High Court. When the matter was called, the prosecuting counsel, Mr E.A. Aduda, told the court that the DSS...
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Wednesday, threatened to strike out the case of the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore if the prosecution fails to put it’s house in order. The News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) reports that the...
The Court of Appeal on Wednesday reserved judgment on the appeal filed by Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State challenging the annulment of his election by the Governorship Elections Petition Tribunal. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the tribunal, in a split 2-1 judgment on Oct....