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Why We Are Building More Appeal Courts – Bulkachuwa

February 10, 2020 11:32 am

The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab A. Bulkachuwa, has said that in order to ensure quick dispensations of justice, the idea for the creation of more Court of Appeal was adopted.

She said the expansion of Nigeria’s Court of Appeal across Nigeria was aimed at ensuring easy access to justice everywhere.

Bulkachuwa who was speaking in Kano on Monday while commissioning the newly constructed division of the court in the state, said the newly created division of the Appeal Court across the country will curtail the frustrations litigants encounter while trying to exhaust their rights to

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Atiku, Obi want replacement of Bulkachuwa in case

June 3, 2019 12:21 am

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the February 23 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar and his running mate Peter Obi, have asked the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, to name her replacement in the five-man panel constituted to hear their petition.

In a letter by the Atiku-Obi presidential election petition legal team, the candidates reminded Justice Bulkachuwa that she promised to name her replacement while withdrawing from the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT) panel on May 22.

Atiku and Obi, in the letter dated May 31, and signed by Silas Joseph Onu, drew Justice Bulkachuwa’s attention to …

Justice Bulkachuwa not indicted – DSS

May 12, 2019 2:00 pm

The Department of State Services (DSS) has denied that it indicted Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, Chairman, Presidential Election Tribunal, for bribery and corruption.

Public Relations Officer of the service, Mr Peter Afunanya, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, in reaction to reports of such indictment of the judge by DSS.

He urged the public to disregard the report, saying it only existed in the imagination of the authors.

Afunanya described the report as “unfortunate”, adding that making the falsehood public was unethical.

He said the service had commenced a detailed investigation into the controversies surrounding the publication.

The …