•Dr Ramon Adedoyin on death row The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital has upheld the death sentence of a popular hotel owner, Dr Ramon Adedoyin, who was found guilty in the murder case of an ex-Master’s student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Timothy Adegoke. According to the court’s judgment […]
•Abure, Otti and Obi The leadership crisis rocking the Labour Party took a new twist yesterday when the 29-man caretaker committee set up by Abia State Governor, Alex Otti and LP presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, warned Julius Abure to stop parading himself as the party’s national chairman. In a statement issued […...
The Court of Appeal Abuja, has reiterated that Julius Abure remains the National Chairman of the Labour Party. A three-member panel of the appellate court in a judgement delivered by Justice Hamma Barka, held that its judgement of November 13, 2024, which recognises Abure as national chairman subsists and has not been set aside by […]
•Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II Jubilation has erupted in the ancient city of Kano as a Court of Appeal ruled in favour of the 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II in the crucial legal battle over the Emirship stool. Supporters of Emir Sanusi, including youths and elderly individuals, celebrated the victory with drums, […]
•Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara The Appeal Court Abuja has set aside all orders restraining the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Accountant General of the Federation from releasing funds to the Rivers State Government. The Three-member panel, presided by Justice Hamman Barka, held that the subject matter was not within the juris...
•Dr Femi Olaleye The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has acquitted and discharged the Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Dr Olufemi Olaleye. The court upturned the decision of the Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court which had sentenced Dr Olaleye, to life imprisonment for defiling his wife’s 16-year-old ni...
•Medical Director, Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Dr Femi Olaleye The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos will today, Friday, deliver judgment in the appeal filed by the Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Dr Olufemi Olaleye, challenging his conviction and sentence on a two count charge of defilement and sexual assault by penetra...
The Court of Appeal Abuja has nullified the judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja, which barred the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from releasing the voters’ register to the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission for the conduct of the state local government polls which has now been conducted. Delivering judgemen...
•Musiliu Akinsanya a.k.a. MC Oluomo The Court of Appeal in Abuja has sacked Musiliu Akinsanya, also known as MC Oluomo, as President of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW). A 3-member panel of justices led by Hamma Barka affirmed the March 11, 2024, judgment of the National Industrial Court, which affirmed Tajudeen Baruwa [&he...
• Boloukuoromo Moses Ugo and Mistura Bolaji-Yusu The National Judicial Council, NJC, has debunked as baseless, report that two Justices that sat on the five-man panel that upheld President Bola Tinubu’s election, died mysteriously. In the report (not by The Frontier) that has gained traction in the social media, it was alleged that the two [&h...

