•Governor Ahmadu Fintiri The Supreme Court today dismissed an appeal by the Social Democratic Party and its candidate in the Adamawa governorship election, Umar Ardo. This came after the counsel for the candidate prayed the court to withdraw the case. The five-member panel led by John Okoro subsequently dismissed the appeal. The Court of Appea...
•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...
•Benue State Governor Hycinth Alia The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal against the election of Governor Hycinth Alia of Benue State. This follows the withdrawal of the appeal by counsel to Mr Titus Uba of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sebastian Hon, reports Channels TV. Uba had challenged the victory of Governor Hyacinth Alia [&hel...
•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 Francis N...
•Supreme Court The Supreme Court is set to hear the governorship election appeals of Ebonyi and Benue States, with Justice John Okoro leading the five man panel of justices. The Governor of Benue State, Hyacinth Alia and his deputy, Sam Ode, are in attendance, reports Channels TV. The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party [&he...
The Supreme Court will this week hear 21 appeals arising from the disputes over the March 18, 2023 governorship elections. In its schedule for the week, the cases on Ebonyi, Plateau, Delta, Adamawa, Abia, Ogun, Cross River and Akwa Ibom states will be heard between today and Thursday. It was learnt that the apex court […]
•Trump The US Supreme Court agreed yesterday to hear Donald Trump’s appeal of a ruling by Colorado’s highest court that would keep him off the presidential primary ballot in the western state. The conservative-majority Supreme Court, which includes three justices appointed by the former president, said it would hear oral arguments in the high-...
There is tension and an uneasy calm across some states in the country as the Supreme Court is set to deliver its final judgments on the governorship elections that are still being challenged in courts. Governorship polls were held in 28 of the 36 states of the federation in March 2023. While the outcomes in […]
•Muhammad Dattijo The official quarters of a retired Supreme Court Justice, Muhammad Dattijo, were burgled during the Christmas holidays. The quarters for Supreme Court justices are in Maitama in Abuja. Sources privy to the incident said that the home was stripped bare as the burglars “took everything from the house,” reports The Nation. “The ...
•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, […]
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