● Araraume says appeal by NNPCL against his reinstatement abuse of Court process Senator Ifeanyi Ararume has described as an abuse of court process, the appeal filed by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), seeking to upturn the judgment of a Federal High Court, which ordered his reinstatement...
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The Court of Appeal has dismissed the report of the resignation of a member of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), Justice Moses Ugo, describing it as false and misleading. Speaking to newsmen on Thursday in Abuja, the Chief Registrar of the Court, Mr Umar Bangari dismissed the report...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Pursuant to the judgement passed by the Court of Appeal sitting in Asaba, Delta State in Appeal No. CA/AS/276/2019: FRSC and Darlington Ugo Ehikim, wherein the the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) operations were restricted to only federal roads, the Corps Marshal, Dauda Ali...
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has referred Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and the embattled former local government chairmen and councilors in the state to the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) centre of the court for the settlement of the outstanding N3.4 billion debt. Justice Elfreda Williams-Daudu...
The Appeal court on Tuesday reserved ruling in the appeal filed by the former governor of Jigawa , Sule Lamido, challenging the decision of the Federal High Court dismissing his no -case -submission. Lamido, his two sons, Aminu and Mustapha, Aminu Wada Abubakar, and their companies, Bamaina Holdings Ltd...
The Court of Appeal in Kano on Friday struck out an appeal filed by the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) and its candidate Salisu Yushau,against the re-election of Alhassan Doguwa of the All Progressive Congress (APC). Doguwa represents Doguwa/Tudun-wada Federal Constituency. A three-member panel headed by Justice Ita George-Mbaba,...
The Court of Appeal has reserved judgment in the appeal filed by the New Nigeria Peoples Party and its candidate Salisu Yushau, against the re-election of Alhassan Doguwa of the All Progressive Congress (APC). A three-member panel of the appellate court led by Justice Ita George-Mbaba, reserved judgment to...
The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, has directed that the Ebonyi Election Petitions Tribunal be relocated to Abuja immediately. The Secretary of the tribunal, Nyior Sekulla announced this in Abakaliki on Wednesday. He said the tribunal office at the Ebonyi Judiciary Headquarters in Abakaliki has been...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Justice Abubakar Mahmud Talba of the Appeal Court Sokoto Division on Friday sentenced two Chinese nationals, Mr Meng Wei Kun and Mr Xu Kuai to 3 years jail terms each having been found guilty of count 1 and 2 out of the 3 charges...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has congratulated Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun on his victory at the Appeal Court on Friday. Okowa, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, in Asaba, said the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, which nullified Adeleke’s...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has dedicated his victory at the appeal court, which affirmed him him as winner of the July 16, 2022 governorship election, to God and the people of the state. Governor Adeleke in a statement on Friday in Osogbo, said...
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar has said he withdrew a motion before the Appeal Court over a request to inspect electoral materials because the issue had been overtaken by events. In a statement, Abubakar, said that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had already...
Osun poll: Oyetola asks Appeal Court to declare Adeleke unqualified over alleged certificate forgery
Osun poll: Oyetola asks Appeal Court to declare Adeleke unqualified over alleged certificate forgery
Mr Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Monday, asked the Court of Appeal, Abuja to declared Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun unqualified to have contested the July 16, 2022 poll in which he emerged as winner over alleged certificate forgery. Oyetola, whose candidacy in the poll...
The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Monday, reserved judgment in an appeal filed by Mr Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against a judgment of the tribunal which invalidated his election as governor of Osun. The three-member panel led by Justice M. F. Shuaibu, after listening to...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has asked the Court of Appeal to vary the ex parte order made in favour of Labour Party and the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP), with regards to inspection of materials used for the presidential election. The News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) reports that...
The Court of Appeal on Wednesday affirmed Peter Obi as presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the February elections. In a unanimous decision, the appellate court struck out the appeal challenging Obi’s candidacy and awarded N200,000 each in favours of INEC and the LP each. The court...
By OLA MODUPE, Osogbo – The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, has said the validation of Alhaji Adegboyega Oyetola as winner of July 2022 Osun governorship election by the tribunal is victory of light over darkness. Recall that a three-man election tribunal chaired by Justice Tertsea...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the judgment of the Osun State Governorship Election Tribunal which nullified the July 16, 2022 election won by its candidate, Ademola Adeleke. The National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Debo Ologunagba, stated this in a statement issued in...
Appeal Court, Abuja, has affirmed the candidacy of Akanimo Udofia as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom in the forthcoming general elections. A three-member panel of justices headed by Justice Elfreda Williams – Dawodu, find merit in an appeal filed by Udofia, against...
Rep. Tunji Olawuyi (APC-Kwara) has shown excitement over the judgement of Appeal Court which recognised him as the candidate of APC for the House of Representatives in the Feb. 25 general elections. Olawuyi is contesting to represent, Ekiti, Irepodun, Isin and Oke-Ero Federal Constituency of Kwara. The legislator said...