•Dino Melaye The Kogi State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dino Melaye, has said that he will not contest the electoral victory of the All Progressives Congress at the Nov 11 polls, saying he has lost confidence in the judiciary. The PDP governorship candidate, who came a distant third in the election, […]...
The Supreme Court has ruled that both the old and the redesigned Naira banknotes remain valid legal tenders in the country beyond December 31. The apex court, in a ruling by a seven-man panel led by Justice Inyang Okoro, on Wednesday, said the banknotes should remain in circulation, pending when the federal government, after due […]
•Obi and Tinubu The leadership of the Labour Party yesterday, raised the alarm that the party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, have yet to receive the Certified True Copy of the Supreme Court judgment that affirmed President Bola Tinubu as the winner of the February 25 poll. It claimed that the apex court did […]
•Emefiele A Federal Capital Territory High Court has adjourned an alleged procurement fraud case involving the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. The court adjourned the trial of the ex-bank chief to January 18, 2024, for continuation of trial, reports The Nation. Emefiele is standing trial on a six-count am...
•Patrick Tonye-Cole, and Siminalayi Fubara An Appeal court sitting in Lagos has affirmed the election of Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara. The court, in a unanimous decision, affirmed the judgment of the election tribunal, dismissing four separate appeals filed by Tonye Cole of All Progressives Congress (APC), Beatrice Itubo of the Lab...
•Ahmed Aliyu The Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed the election of Ahmed Aliyu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the governor of Sokoto State. In a three-member panel of the court’s Sokoto division, which sat in Abuja held, in a unanimous judgment today that the appellants failed to prove their case. The […]
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja will today Monday, November 27, 2023, deliver judgement on the appeal filed against the judgement of the tribunal which affirms the election of Governor Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto State. The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the March 18 Sokoto State governorship election, Mallam Sai’du Umar [&h...
•Abiodun The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos in a 2 to 1 judgment today affirmed Dapo Abiodun as the duly elected governor of Ogun State in the March 18 poll. The State and National Assembly Appeal Court In the majority judgment delivered by Justice Joseph Ikyegh dismissed the appeal by candidate of the People’s […]
•Francis Nwifuru The Appeal Court sitting in Lagos has upheld the election that declared Francis Nwifuru as the governor of Ebonyi State. The court today dismissed the appeal filed by Chukwuma Odii of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), challenging the outcome of the Saturday, March 18 governorship election. The three-member panel, led by Just...
•Uba Sani The Court of Appeal in Abuja today declared the March 18 Governorship election in Kaduna conclusive and affirmed Uba Sani as the lawful winner of the poll. In a unanimous decision, the appellate court reversed the September 28 judgment of the state tribunal which declared the election as inconclusive, reports Daily Sun. Justice [&hel...
