The African Democratic Congress (ADC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has dismissed the judgment delivered by Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, describing it as an “academic exercise” that has already been overtaken by events. The council said the judgment, which reportedly nullified the leadership of Senator...
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The leadership crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has suffered another legal setback, as the Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by Senator Adolphus Wabara and seven others seeking recognition of the interim National Working Committee (NWC) led by Kabiru Tanimu Turaki (SAN). Despite the ruling, the...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), on Tuesday, scuttled it’s own appeal against a N101 million defamation judgement awarded in May by a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), in favour of two operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS). The move prompted the special panel...
The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, October 8, 2026, arraigned a Nigerian-American, Oluwatobi Adegoke, before Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe of the Special Offences Court, Lagos State, sitting in Ikeja, on a one-count charge bordering on stealing. Adegoke’s journey to the dock started...
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has scheduled hearing for Friday in the appeal filed by the Incorporated Trustees of the Socio-economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) in relation to the May 5 judgment given against the group by a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Information...
Justice Muhammed Danjuma of the Court of Appeal, Abuja on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, affirmed the conviction and sentence of a former Managing Director of Nigeria Export Import Bank (NEXIM), Robert Orya by Justice F.E. Messiri of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), High Court, Abuja. Orya was convicted and...
A fresh legal battle over four oil fields in the Niger Delta has escalated at the Court of Appeal, Abuja, with Hi-Rev Oil Limited and Hi-Rev Exploration & Production Limited asking the appellate court to halt and reverse allocations allegedly carried out by the Federal Government while their appeal...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has thrown its support behind the governorship candidate of the Accord Party, Governor Ademola Adeleke, for Saturday’s Osun State governorship election, despite securing a Court of Appeal judgment affirming the nomination of its own candidate. The decision was announced in a statement on Friday by...
Court of Appeal in Abuja has nullified a Federal High Court judgment that ordered the deregistration of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and four other political parties. The appellate court held that the June 15 judgment was invalid and could not stand. In a unanimous decision by a three-member...
Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal has affirmed the judgment of the Federal High Court, Lagos, ordering the final forfeiture of over N293.97 million, multiple landed properties and investment assets linked to a retired military officer, Major General Emmanuel Jebe Atewe, to the Federal Government. In a unanimous...
Supreme Court of Nigeria has directed legal practitioners handling appeals and motions scheduled for hearing between September and December 2026 to upload all relevant court processes through the Nigerian Case Management System (NCMS), in line with the Supreme Court Practice Direction, 2026. The directive was contained in a statement...
Court of Appeal in Abuja has upheld a Federal High Court judgment restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognising or taking part in any state congresses organised by the caretaker leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) headed by former Senate President David Mark. The appellate court...
The legal battle over the registration of the All Democratic Alliance (ADA) as a political party has moved to the Court of Appeal, Abuja, after Dr. Umar Ardo challenged the June 29 judgment delivered by Justice Peter O. Lifu of the Federal High Court, Abuja. The appeal, filed against...
Founder of PRNigeria and Chief Executive Officer of Image Merchants Promotion Limited (IMPR), Malam Yushau A. Shuaib, has vowed to challenge the judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja dismissing his ₦1 billion suit against the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, Plateau State, over...
The Court of Appeal has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to suspend the implementation of a Federal High Court judgment that directed the deregistration of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Accord, and three other political parties. The appellate court’s decision, delivered on Tuesday by a unanimous three-member...
The Court of Appeal has upheld the right of Malam Nasir @elrufai to fair hearing and nullified the judgment of Justice R.M. Aikawa of the Federal High Court, Kaduna. Ruling in the matter of Mallam Nasir El-Rufai versus the Kaduna State House of Assembly (CA/K/240/2024), the court held that...
African Democratic Congress (ADC) has clarified that the recent ruling by the Court of Appeal of Nigeria did not resolve the ongoing legal dispute over the party’s national leadership. In a statement issued by the party’s National Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC said it had taken note of reports...
Former Senate President, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki has appealed to all leaders and stakeholders in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to bury the hatchet, accept the Court of Appeal verdict, and move towards holding a fresh national convention that would comply with all INEC guidelines. Saraki in his reaction...
A three-member panel of Justices of the Court of Appeal, Justice Abba Mohammed, Okon Abang and Eberechi Nyesom have affirmed the conviction and sentence of former Group Managing Director of Nigerian Army Properties Limited (NAPL), Maj.-Gen. Umar Mohammed, for offences bordering on theft and misappropriation of company funds. In a...
Court of Appeal in Abuja has upheld an earlier ruling that barred the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from holding its November 15–16 national convention in Ibadan without allowing former Sule Lamido, a former governor of Jigawa State, to contest for the party’s chairmanship. In a unanimous decision, a three-member...