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...
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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...
Court of Appeal in Abuja on Monday upheld the Nigerian Senate’s suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP, Kogi Central), affirming that the upper chamber acted within its constitutional powers to discipline members for misconduct. A three-judge panel led by Justice Abba Muhammed delivered a unanimous ruling, stating that the...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has firmly dismissed claims of internal division, insisting that the party remains united and under a single, legitimate leadership structure. A statement issued on Tuesday by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Comrade Ini Ememobong, said “in law and fact, there is no faction...
…To quash contempt proceedings A staff of the Department of State Security Services (DSS), Mrs Monica Uchechi Robinson, has asked the Court of Appeal Makurdi Division, to set aside the decision of the High Court of Nasarawa State in a suit marked No NSG/MC273/2020 between her and her husband,...
Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday struck out an appeal on alleged rights violation filed by terrorism convict, Nnamdi Kanu of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), saying it is without merit and had become academic following his November 20 conviction for terrorism by a Federal High Court....
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has expressed dissatisfaction with the pace of work at the ongoing Judges quarter and Court of Appeal complex at Daki Biyu jabi Abuja, warning that the contractor is unlikely to meet the revised December completion deadline. Wike spoke on Wednesday...
By BARBARA KAlU, Owerri – Imo State Division of Court of Appeal, has upheld the conviction and three-year sentence of Prince Laseberry Okafor Anyanwu, a former Commissioner of Transport in the Rochas Okorocha administration of Imo State, for N180, 000, 000 (One Hundred and Eighty Million Naira, only) fraud....
Court of Appeal in Akure has affirmed Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa’s victory in the November 16, 2024, Ondo State governorship election. This decision reinforces the earlier ruling of the Ondo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which validated Aiyedatiwa’s election. The November 2024 governorship election in Ondo State saw Aiyedatiwa emerge...
Court of Appeal in Abuja has mandated the immediate reinstatement of Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) James Idachaba, who was compulsorily retired by the Police Service Commission (PSC). The ruling, delivered on Friday by Justice Mohammed Danjuma, also overturned a PSC directive ordering Idachaba to refund eight years’ worth...
Court of Appeal in Abuja on Wednesday overturned a Federal High Court (FHC) ruling that had ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to pay Kasmal International Services N579 billion for its role in stamp duty collection. Delivering the majority judgment in a 2:1 decision, Justice Adebukola Banjoko sided...
A High Court in Nairobi, Kenya, has ruled that the detention and transfer of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), from Kenya to Nigeria in June 2021 was unlawful and illegal. The court has awarded Kanu compensatory damages of 10 million Kenyan shillings for...
Appeal Court in Abuja has dismissed an application filed by Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) management seeking to introduce fresh evidence in a N2.5 billion judgment debt owed to 110 disengaged workers. Justice O.O Oyewunmi dismissed the appeal, holding that the requirements for granting such prayers were not met by...
By OLA MODUPE, Akure – Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in the 2024 Ondo election, Mr. Agboola Ajayi, has vowed to appeal the State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal’s verdict upholding Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa’s victory. It would be recalled that the Ondo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has declared...