An Appeal Court on Friday cleared former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva to participate in the Saturday governorship election. This comes less than 24 hours to conduct Governorship election in Bayelsa The Appellate Court on dismissed the last of the chains of suits seeking exclusion of the...
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The Kano State Government has filed an appeal against the N30 billion punitive and compensation judgment handed by Justice Simon Amobeda of the Federal High Court in Kano. The state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Haruna Dederi, confirmed this to newsmen in Kano on Thursday. The...
The Court of Appeal on Tuesday nullified the participation of the PDP and its Senatorial candidate in the Feb.25 National Assembly Election, Napoleon Bali for the Plateau South Senatorial District of Plateau State on grounds of refusal to carry out the order of Court.Pdp The Appellate Court in...
Lagos State and National Appeal Court sitting in Lagos on Tuesday reserved ruling in the appeal filed by the Labour Party and the Peoples Democratic party (PDP) against the re-election of Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The Labour Party candidate, Mr Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour and Mr Abdulazeez Adediran of PDP, are...
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has reserved judgment in the appeal filed by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State to challenge his removal by the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal. During Monday’s proceedings, Wole Olanipekun, the Counsel to Governor Abba, asked that the judgment of the...
The Coalition for Social Justice and Good Governance (CSJGG) has called on the President of the Court of Appeal to set up a panel to review the judgment in the Abia Central Senatorial seat dispute. The co-Convener of the coalition, Mr Ciroma Ahmed, made the call in a...
… Okafor welcomes ruling, suspends celebration till after November 11 Guber Election The Appeal Court sitting in Lagos has upheld the decision of the tribunal which declared Hon. Deacon Chike Okafor winner of the House of Representatives election Ehime Mbano/Ihitte Uboma, Obowo Federal Constituency of Imo State. The...
Rep. Paul Nnamchi (LP-Enugu State), has commended the Court of Appeal for affirming him Rep of Enugu East/Isi-uzo Federal Constituency of Enugu state. Nnamchi gave the commendation on Saturday in a statement issued in reaction to the judgement of appellate court which reversed the decision of the Electoral...
Rep. Amobi Ogah (LP-Abia), has commended the judgement of the Appeal Court, siting in Lagos, for reversing the decision of the National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal in Umuahia, which nullified his election as the elected representative for Isikwuato Umunneochi Federal Constituency in Abia State. The Tribunal had originally...
The Court of Appeal on Thursday affirmed the election of Sen. Jib of the APC as senator representing Kogi East. Isah is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Customs,. INEC had declared Isah of the All Progressives Congress APC) as the winner of the Kogi East Senatorial District election....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division on Thursday affirmed Senator Kaka Shehu Lawan of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of February 25 senatorial election for the Borno Central senatorial seat. The court held that the appellants (Barrister Mohammed Kumalia and...
The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Thursday, affirmed the election of Sen. Mohammed Ndume and Sen. Kaka Lawan of Borno South and Central Senatorial Districts respectively. The three-member panel, presided by Justice Biobele Georgewill, held that the two appeals against the lawmakers lacked merit. The News Agency of...
The Appeal Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, vacated the judgment of a Federal High Court, Abuja which nullified Mr Timipre Sylva’s candidacy for All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Nov. 11 Bayelsa governorship election. The three-member panel, in a unanimous judgment read by Justice Binta Zubairu, held that Mr...
By BARBARA KALU, Yenagoa – The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State has hailed the judgment of the Court of Appeal setting aside the disqualification Chief Timipre Sylva, the governorship candidate of the party from the Nov 11 poll. Bayelsa State APC Publicity Secretary, Mr Doifie...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has debunked report on the purported withdrawal of the commission against the decision of governorship election in Kano state. This is contained in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja by the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information...
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Saturday, vacated the judgment by the National and State Houses of Assembly Tribunal which nullified the election of the lawmaker representing Tarauni Federal Constituency in Kano State, Rep Umar Mukhtari Zakari. A three-member panel, In the lead judgment by Justice...
People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue and its candidate at the 2023 governorship election, Mr Titus Uba, have appealed against the judgment that upheld the election of Gov. Hyacinth Alia. The Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, led by Justice Ibrahim Karaye dismissed the petition filed by the PDP and...
The Nasarawa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday rejected the ruling of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal that annulled the election of Gov. Abdullahi Sule. The tribunal nullified Gov. Sule’s election on Monday in Lafia in a split decision. It instead declared the petitioner,...
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) says it will appeal against Wednesday’s judgment by the Kano State Election Petition Tribunal that upturned the election of its Gov. Abba Kabir-Yusuf. Acting Deputy National Chairman of the party, Prince Nwaeze Onu told a news conference on Thursday in Abuja...
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf has rejected the ruling of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal that voided his election and declared his opponent the winner. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the tribunal on Wednesday declared Dr Nasiru Gawuna of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the...