•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 Supreme Court has struck out a suit by the 36 states’ governments and the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) challenging the federal government’s application of recovered looted funds. In a judgment today, a seven-member panel of the Supreme Court was unanimous in holding that the suit was wrongly instituted before the apex court, reports The ...
The Supreme Court has overturned a decision of the Court of Appeal which granted bail to Lagos businessman and former socialite, Fred Ajudua, who is standing trial for allegedly defrauding a German company of $1 million over three decades ago. In a unanimous ruling today, the apex court held that the Appeal Court erred in […]
•Abiodun Mohammed Fadeyi Rt. Hon Abiodun Mohammed Fadeyi is the Deputy Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly who also represents Ona-Ara state constituency in the House. In this interview, he speaks about the legislature, the controversy around local government autonomy, among other issues, reports Nigerian Tribune. Excerpts: How would yo...
•Supreme Court The Supreme Court has set aside a Federal High Court judgement in which over N22 trillion was awarded against Union Bank and other parties since 2014. The judgement arose from a suit instituted by a company known as Visana Nigeria Limited which claimed that Union Bank was indebted to it in the sum […]
•Julius Abure Embattled Labour Party(LP) National Chairman, Julius Abure, has reasserted his leadership of the party despite recent interpretations of the Supreme Court judgment that cast doubts on his continued hold on the office. At a press conference in Abuja addressed by the party’s former National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, he pres...
•President John Mahama Ghana’s president today announced the suspension of the country’s top judge while she is investigated for misconduct. The action against Supreme Court Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Torkornoo came after three separate petitions called for her removal, reports AFP. Allegations against her include tampering with court...
•Supreme Court Despite the intervention of Nigeria’s apex court, the Supreme Court in the crises rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP), the situation in the two parties still appears hazy, investigations by our correspondent have revealed. Though the leadership of the two parties has hailed the decision of the Suprem...
•Senator Victor Umeh The Senator representing Anambra Central in the National Assembly, Victor Umeh, says the Supreme Court judgement on the Labour Party (LP) leadership crisis has shut the door on Julius Abure as the party’s chairman. Umeh, who was a guest on Channels Television yesterday, said that Abure should take the admonishment of the [...
•Supreme Court The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has called on the Supreme Court to redeem the judiciary’s waning public image by adjudicating judiciously on the matter challenging President Bola Tinubu’s proclamation of a state of emergency in Rivers State and the suspension of Siminilayi Fubara as governor of the state...
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