The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Governor Ahmadu Fintiri as Governor of Adamawa State. Justice John Okoro who prepared and read the lead judgement on Wednesday dismissed the appeal by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Aisha Dahiru. While dismissing her appeal for lacking in merit, the five-member panel led…
The Supreme Court has affirmed the de-registration of Hope Democratic Party, HDP, by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for failing to meet some provisions of the 1999 Constitution in the results of previous elections. The apex court dismissed the suit brought before it by the party and its founder and presidential candidate, Ambrose Albert…
The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal of Tonye Cole and the All Progressives Congress (APC) against the election of Siminalayi Fubara as Rivers State governor for lacking in merit. The court held that the appellant did not prove the allegations of non-compliance with the Electoral Act among others. The court held that the appeal…
The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has described the Supreme Court ruling that blocked his bail as a new window for his freedom. Kanu stated this during his routine meeting with his legal team, led by his special counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, and Barrister Nnaemeka, at the Abuja facility of…
The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved judgment in the appeal by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State challenging the ruling of the Appeal Court that sacked him from office. The Justice Inyang Okoro-led five-member panel of judges reserved their decision after hearing closing arguments from both parties. Yusuf and the New Nigeria People Party…
The Supreme Court will on Thursday rule on the appeal filed by Kabiru Yusuf of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) following the Court of Appeal’s affirmation of the Election Petition Tribunal’s decision to overturn his election victory.. Confirming this development, the Commissioner of Information, Baba Dantiye, affirmed the scheduled hearing, which holds significant implications…
A United States federal appeals court on Friday ruled that former president Donald Trump can be sued over the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol that saw his supporters attempt to thwart certification of his election loss to Joe Biden. Trump could now face civil action over the violent clashes which saw a…
The candidate of the Labour party (LP) in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, has spoken out for the first time since the Supreme Court Verdict which upheld the election victory of Bola Tinubu Addressing a World Press Conference in Abuja on Monday {today}, two weeks after the apex court affirmed the February 25, 2023…
The Supreme Court has fixed January 26, 2024, for judgment in the appeal by a former member of the House of Representatives Farouk Lawan who is presently in jail. A five-member panel led by Justice John Okoro chose the date after lawyers to parties made their final submissions and adopted their written briefs. Lawan’s appeal…
The National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, on Saturday, terminated the appointments of five aides with immediate effect. The development is coming on the heels of the Supreme Court judgment, which ended the 171-day legal tussle by the LP presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and his Peoples Democratic Party counterpart, Atiku Abubakar, to nullify…
