The Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed the judgment barring the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from validating the national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The appellate court delivered the judgment with members of the opposition party from both divides present in court. … developing storyÂ
The Court of Appeal in Abuja will today render its judgment in the nine consolidate appeals filed by the two factions of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on the decisions of the Federal High Court in Abuja Information about the planned judgment is contained in notices sent to parties by the court’s registry, reports The […]
The two factions of the Peoples Democratic Party have expressed readiness to reconcile over the lingering leadership crisis rocking the party, even as both sides traded accusations over the cause of the dispute. Both the factions loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, said the...
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has fixed tomorrow, Thursday, February 12 to hear multiple suits challenging the legality of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national convention held on November 15 and 16, 2025, in Ibadan, Oyo State. A three-member panel of the appellate court, chaired by Justice Mohammed Danjuma, will consider eight separate a...
•Senator Natasha The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division today, affirmed the suspension of the Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan by the Senate . The appellate court held that the Senate has power to discipline any erring member and that, in the instant case, Natasha’s fundamental right was never breached as she alleged. Deliverin...
•Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, today, affirmed the decision of the Senate to suspend Senator Natasha Akpoti, holding that the red chamber acted within its powers. In a unanimous judgment delivered by a three-member panel in Natasha’s appeal against the Clerk of the National Assembly and three others...
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja today ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to forthwith release the sum of N2.5 billion standing to the credit of 110 former staff members of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, who were unlawfully sacked in 1996. The appellate court, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel […]
•The 5 convicted armed robbers (seated) ‎The Court of Appeal in Ilorin, Kwara State, has upheld the death sentences imposed on five men convicted over the 2018 Offa bank robbery, dismissing their appeals as lacking merit. ‎‎The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) in the state, Mohammed Akande, who witnessed the proceedings virtually, said tha...
The Court of Appeal sitting in Kano has upheld the death sentence imposed on Abdulmalik Tanko, the killer of young Hanifa Abubakar. Justice A. R. Muhammad dismissed Tanko’s appeal and affirmed the ruling of the Kano State High Court, which had sentenced him to death by hanging, reports Daily Trust. The appellate court held that […]
•Natasha and Akpabio The jaundiced reportage by OPR News purporting to analyse proceedings at the Court of Appeal in the matter connected with the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan is a glaring example of speculative journalism, factual distortion, and advocacy masquerading as news. It is necessary, in the interest of accuracy and ...

