The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its Presidenrial Candidate in the Feb. 25 election, Atiku Abubakar, on Monday, said that the dismissal of their application for a live broadcast by the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) was not a setback to their petition against Sen. Bola Tinubu, the President-elect....
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The Supreme Court has adjourned until May 26 to deliver judgment in a case by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking the disqualification of President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu and Kassim Shettima, the vice-president-elect. The PDP had urged the apex court to reverse the Court of Appeal judgment, led by Justice...
The absence of Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, on Monday, stalled the hearing of a suit filed by Enugu State Governor-elect, Mr Peter Mbah, against the National Youth Service Corps, (NYSC). Justice Ekwo was said to be on official assignment. The News Agency of...
The Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC) on Monday in Abuja, dismissed the application by the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) and the Labour Party, for live broadcast of court proceedings. In a unanimous decision, the five-member panel held that the order sought by the petitioners lacked merit and was outside...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja- A Federal High Court in Abuja last week ordered the government of President Muhammadu Buhari to “account for the spending of $460 million Chinese loan to fund the failed Abuja Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) project.” The Court also ordered the government to “publish the total amount of...
The Labour Party (LP) and its Presidential Candidate Mr Peter Obi have told the Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC) that they will call no fewer than 50 witnesses to testify in their petition. LP and Obi are challenging the election of Sen. Bola Tinubu. Counsel to the petitioners, Prof....
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has indicated plans to call “no more than 100 witnesses” to the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT). Both parties are challenging the declaration of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the February 25...
The Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC) on Saturday directed parties that filed the three surviving petitions before it to consult on their possible consolidation. In one of the petitions marked CA/PEPC/05/2023, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, its presidential candidate are challenging the outcome of the...
The Presidential Election Petition Court is set to streamline the hearing procedure for the petitions of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP). They are challenging the victory of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, in the February 25 presidential election. The court will agree on the schedule...
The President, Court of Appeal, Ms Monica Dongban-Mensem, on Friday inaugurated the Plateau High court complex and the Multi-door court in Jos. Speaking at the event, Dongban-Mensem, thanked Gov. Simon Lalong,for completing the complex which was started by the previous administration. She said that to administer justice to the...
The Kano State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Musa Abdullahi-Lawan, on Friday received the case diary of Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, on alleged murder. Abdullahi-Lawan made the disclosure while addressing newsmen in Kano, shortly after receiving the diary from Kano State Commissioner...
A Federal High Court has denied nullifying the candidature of the Abia Governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti. The court, however, said it nullified the election of the candidates for Kano Labour Party(LP) that contested during the 2023 General Election and. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a plaintiff, Mr...
The Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC) will on May 22 deliver ruling on whether or not to grant the request by Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi for live broadcast of proceedings of the court. The News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) reports that the LP and...
Justice Hamza Muazu of a High Court in Abuja, on Friday granted an order of stay execution on the suspension of Julius Abure , Chairman of the Labour Party (LP) and others. Others are the National Organizing Secretary, Mr Clement Ojukwu and National Treasurer, Oluchi Opara, from parading themselves...
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano State has nullified the candidature of the Abia State Governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti. Aside from Otti, the court presided over by Justice M N Yunusa also nullified the candidature of all Labour Party flagbearers in Abia and Kano States. Yunusa ruled that...
The Enugu State Governor-elect, Mr Peter Mbah, has filed a N20 billion suit against the National Youth Service Corps, (NYSC) at the Federal High Court, over alleged conspiracy, deceit, and misrepresentation of facts. The News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) reports that Justice Inyang Ekwo had on Monday, upon a...
Apostle Suleiman Johnson, the Founder of Omega Fire Ministries International, has challenged Nollywood actress, Halima Abubakar to subject her allegation against him to trial in court. The clergy who spoke through his lawyer, Dr Abdul Mahmud, said the actress should subject the purported claims against him to judicial scrutiny by filing a...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Secretary General, South-East Obidient movement, Chinedu Oha has called on National Judiciary Institute (NJI) to as a matter of urgency call to order judges handling election tribunal in South East as more evidences on bribe are witness at the tribunals. He made the call...
The Police in Lagos State on Thursday arraigned a 20-year-old cashier, Toheeb Lawal, who allegedly played ‘Baba Ijebu’ lotto worth N131,000 but failed to pay. Lawal is standing trial on a count charge of stealing before an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court. He, however, pleaded not guilty before Magistrate M.O Tanimola....
Hearing in the case against Premiere Academy, Lugbe over alleged failure to care for 14 year old Keren-Happuch Akpagher which led to her alleged rape and death was stalled on Thursday in an Abuja High Court. The 14-year-old girl died on June 22, 2021 after she allegedly contracted sepsis...