The Supreme Court today reserved judgment in an appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate, Okey Ahiwe, seeking the nullification of the election of Alex Oti as the Governor of Abia. Justice John Okoro reserved the judgment to a date to be communicated to parties after taking their final arguments, [&hell...
•Governors Oborevwori and Mutfwang Supreme Court today reserved the judgment in the appeals by the SDP, Labour Party and the APC challenging the victory of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declared that Oborevwori of the PDP polled 360,234 votes to win the governorship election ahead of Omo-Ageg...
•Ebonyi State Governor Francis Nwifuru The Supreme Court has reserved judgment in the Ebonyi State governorship election appeal to a date that will be communicated to parties. Justice John Okoro reserved the judgment after parties adopted their briefs of argument today. The Court of Appeal Lagos, had earlier affirmed the election of FranÂcis N...
•Caleb Mutfwang Ahead of the hearing of his brief by the Supreme Court, the governor of Plateau State, Mr Caleb Mutfwang, has described the premise upon which the Court of Appeal arrived at a decision to sack him as governor as flawed and unfair. In Mutfwang’s brief at the Supreme Court led by his counsel, […]
The Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) has lost its final appeal against Nigeria in an eleven-billion-dollar arbitration case. The P&ID sought to overturn an October judgement by a London High Court that halted the enforcement for damages over a failed gas processing project, reports AFP. The High Court had earlier ruled in Octo...
The Supreme Court today, reserved judgment in an appeal brought before it by Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano state challenging the decision of the Court of Appeal, Abuja which sacked him from office. After hearing the submissions of counsel in the matter and the processes filed had been adopted, the five-member panel of the apex […]
•Nnamdi Kanu The Supreme Court will tomorrow, Friday December 15, deliver judgment on the appeal seeking to compel the federal government to release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, from detention. A five-member panel led by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun had in October fixed the date after counsel for both the [...
The Appeal Court, Lagos Division, yesterday, reaffirmed Thaddeus Attah of the Labour Party as the duly elected House of Representatives member representing Eti Osa Federal Constituency in Lagos State. The National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal which sat at the Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos, had earlier invalidated Atta’s victory. Attah wh...
•Peter Obi during the world press briefing in Abuja this afternoon Peter Obi has described the Supreme Court judgment that affirmed Bola Tinubu’s election as Nigeria’s president as a breach of the citizens’ trust in the judiciary. The apex court had some weeks ago dismissed the appeals of Obi, who contested under the Labour Party […]...
Being text of a World Press Conference on the Presidential Election Petition Judgement by Atiku Abubakar, GCON, Waziri Adamawa, former Vice President of Nigeria (1999-2007) and Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 Election, at the PDP Headquarters in Abuja on Monday, 30th October, 2023. Protocol. Gentlemen of the ...

