•Asue Ighodalo and Monday Okpebholo The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja today upheld the election of Monday Okpebholo as the Governor of Edo State and dismissed the case of Asue Ighodalo, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the September 21, 2024 governorship election in the South-South state. Delivering judgment, a three-m...
The Court of Appeal has reserved judgments in three appeals and a cross appeal filed in relations to the dispute over the governorship election held in Edo State on September 21, 2024, in which the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner. A three-member pan...
•Prof Cyril Osim Ndifon The Court of Appeal in Calabar has dismissed an appeal by an ex-Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, Prof Cyril Osim Ndifon, challenging the power of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) to probe allegation of rape made against him. In a judgment delivered [&hellip...
•Asue Ighodalo and Monday Okpebholo Lawyers have predicted an overturn of the verdict on the Edo Governorship Election suit at the Appeal Court, citing what they consider the compromised ruling given on Wednesday by the Election Petition Tribunal. The tribunal, against expectations, awarded victory to Governor Monday Okpebholo, the candidate o...
•Asue Ighodalo The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the 2024 Edo State governorship election, Asue Ighodalo, says he is heading to the Court of Appeal to challenge the Edo State tribunal verdict affirming Monday Okpebholo as governor. “I have, therefore, instructed my legal team to proceed to the Court of Appeal to challenge...
The Appeal Court sitting in Kaduna State has dismissed the appeal filed by the Nigerian Defense Academy (NDA) challenging the victory of the parents of 67 Regular Course cadets at the Federal High Court in Kaduna. The court ruled that the appeal lacked merit, reports Daily Independent. Recall that the NDA had contested an earlier […]
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives yesterday passed for second reading, a bill seeking to amend the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to make the Court of Appeal the final arbiter in disputes involving governorship, National and State House of assembly elections. The bill is among the 39 constitution amen...
•Emir Muhamnmadu Sanusi II (L) and Emir Ado Bayero The Kano State Government has reaffirmed that the Court of Appeal’s ruling on the emirship dispute remains valid, dismissing claims that it has been overturned. The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Haruna Isa Dederi, clarified that the court’s decision to grant a stay of executio...
•Lamido Sanusi The Court of Appeal in Abuja has restrained the enforcement of its judgment that upheld the Kano State Government’s repeal of the 2019 Emirate Council Law, pending the determination of a suit at the Supreme Court. The Court of Appeal in Kano set aside the June 20 order by Justice Abubakar Liman of […]
The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has turned down a request by Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, to ban public officers from seeking medical treatment abroad. “It will be an infringement or breach on the fundamental right of Nigerians be they public officers or not to prevent them from seeking medical attention outside […]
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