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Kano State Governor, Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf, on Wednesday night, rejected the ruling of Kano State Governorship Election Tribunal sitting at High Court, which nullified his election. Yusuf, who addressed journalists at Africa House, Government House, Kano, through a state broadcast, said already, he has directed his legal team to appeal the judgement. Recalling how […]
Continue ReadingStaff working at the Court of Appeal in Abuja have been directed to stay home on Wednesday, September 6, 2023, the day scheduled for judgment in the petitions challenging the election of President Bola Tinubu. It was reported that the Chief Registrar of the Court, Oluwaleye Oluwasegun David, in a memo informed the staff that […]
Continue ReadingOn Friday, the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal dismissed the appeals by Senator Smart Adeyemi and Abubakar Achimugu, a governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress in Kogi, challenging the candidacy of Usman Ododo, the party’s flagbearer for the November 11 polls. The court held in a unanimous judgment that the two appeals […]
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The Court of Appeal has reinstated Mohammed Dauda as the Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA). The appellate court held that Mr Dauda should be allowed to retire in service in accordance with the stipulated laws A three member panel lead by justice Peter Ige held that “There is no evidence before the […]
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A three-member panel of the Court of Appeal in Abuja, led by Justice Jamil Tukur, has reserved judgment in an appeal filed by an Abuja-based lawyer, Ambrose Owuru, seeking to among others stop the May 29 handover to Bola Tinubu. The appeal, marked: CA/ABJ/CS/259/2023 was heard on Friday. A presidential candidate of the Hope Democratic […]
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By James Bamgbose Electoral Act is a law that provides legal framework and regulations for the conduct of elections in Nigeria. It can be better described as an important framework for ensuring free and fair elections in Nigeria, although there have been criticisms of its implementation and enforcement in practice. The current version of the […]
Continue ReadingBy Ibrahim Sarafa For nearly sixty days, the Osun people were left agitated and restless. The reason for their worries stems from the controversial judgement of the Election Petition Tribunal that questioned the mandate freely given to Governor Ademola Adeleke at the July 16 governorship poll. The judgement by Justice Tertse Kume not only attacked […]
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The Cross-Appeal instituted against the judgment of the Osun State Election Petition Tribunal by former Governor Adegboyega Oyetola and the All Progressives Congress APC has been dismissed. The cross-appeal which centred on the education qualification of governor Ademola Nurudeen Adeleke was thrown away on the grounds that it lacked merit. The Appeal Court held that […]
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The legal team of the Atiku-Okowa led Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Council is meeting to review the Appeal Court ruling granting the Independent National Electoral Commission permission to reconfigure the BIVAS machine. A Spokesman of the Campaign who is also a lawyer, Mr. Daniel Bwala, confirmed the review meeting over the telephone late on […]
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