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Buhari, Atiku And The Supreme Court Verdict

Buhari, Atiku And The Supreme Court Verdict

November 6, 2019 5:12 pm

The curtains fell, last week, on Atiku Abubakar’s spirited bid to have the courts overturn the February 23 election of President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term in office. The prayer of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate that he be declared winner of the presidential election ran into a brick wall as a seven-man panel of the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammed, threw out the appeal for lacking in merit.

With that submission, the contention over the poll has finally been laid to rest but the fireworks from Atiku and the PDP …

Wamakko, Others Win At Court Of Appeal

Wamakko, Others Win At Court Of Appeal

November 6, 2019 5:02 pm

The Court of Appeal in Sokoto has upheld the election of Aliyu Wamakko as senator representing Sokoto North district.

The appellate court in its ruling dismissed the appeal brought by Ahmed Mohammed Maccido of the Peoples Democratic Party  (PDP).

Maccido had  challenged the judgement of the National and States Assemblies Elections Petitions Tribunal which dismissed his petition for being statute barred, as it was filed out of time.

Justice Hamman Akawu Barka, who read the judgment yesterday, dismissed the appeal, saying, “we found out that, it is statute barred, as it was filed out of time. I however make no …

Bayelsa NASS Seats: APC Floors PDP At Appeal Court

Bayelsa NASS Seats: APC Floors PDP At Appeal Court

November 6, 2019 10:43 am

The hope of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to regain the Nembe/ Brass Federal Constituency seat and the Bayelsa East Senatorial District seat has been dashed as the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has affirmed the ruling of the Bayelsa Elections Petitions Tribunal which upheld the victory of Hon Israel Sunny-Goli for Nembe/Brass Federal Constituency and Senator Degi-Eremienyo for Bayelsa East.

The Court of Appeal in a unanimous ruling read by Justice Emmanuel Akomaye Agim dismissed the appeal filed by Mrs Maria Ebikake against Hon Sunny-Goli and Hon Blessing Izagara- Ipigansi against Senator Degi- Eremienyo.

The appellate court dismissed …

Court Of Appeal Upholds Sen Wamakko, Others’ Election

Court Of Appeal Upholds Sen Wamakko, Others’ Election

November 5, 2019 9:27 am

The Court of Appeal in Sokoto has upheld the election of Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko,  represeting Sokoto North Senatorial District.

The appellate court dismissed the appeal brought before it by Senator Ahmed Mohammed Maccido of the People’s Democratic Party  (PDP).

Maccido had filed an appeal before the court, challenging the judgement of the National and States Assemblies Elections Petitions Tribunal which sat in Sokoto, that dismissed his petition filed before it, for being Statute barred, as it was filed out of time.

Delivering judgment, Justice Hamman Akawu Barka, dismissed the appeal, saying: “We found out that, it is statute barred, …

Appeal Court Reserves Judgment On Kaduna Guber Election

Appeal Court Reserves Judgment On Kaduna Guber Election

November 5, 2019 9:25 am

The Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna, yesterday, reserved judgment for November  7, on the appeal filled by Alhaji Isah Ashiru, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in the March 9  election.

Ashiru and the PDP had approached the Appeal Court to challenge the verdict of the Kaduna State Governorship Tribunal that upheld the return of Governor Nasiru El-Rufai of the All Progressive Congress (APC) as duly elected by majority and lawful votes.

The Justice Ibrahim Bako-led Tribunal had dismissed the petition of the PDP and its candidate for lacking in merit.

The petitioners had presented 135 witnesses with various …

Uzodinma Hails Buhari On Supreme Court Victory

Uzodinma Hails Buhari On Supreme Court Victory

November 5, 2019 9:24 am

The  governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Imo State Governorship Election in 2019, Senator Hope Uzodinma has said the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari at the Supreme Court is an indication that Nigerians were happy with his achievements during his first term and want him to continue for another four years.

He called on Nigerians to continue to support Buhari as he seeks to take the country to enviable heights

According to him, the apex court’s ruling validated Nigerians’ decision to re-elect Buhari in the February 2019 poll.

He said  the court verdict would propel the president …

Supreme Court Strikes Out Ex- CJN Onnoghen’s Appeal

Supreme Court Strikes Out Ex- CJN Onnoghen’s Appeal

November 4, 2019 3:33 pm
The Supreme Court on Monday struck out a referral appeal praying the court to determine the constitutionality or otherwise of the removal of Justice Walter Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria.
The referral appeal filed by Dr Samuel Nwawka was struck out by Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour, who led five justices after the appellant failed to appear and was not legally represented.
Nwawka had approached the Apex Court to invoke section 22 of the Supreme Court Act to determine Constitutional questions relating to the ways and manners the Federal Government caused the removal of Onnoghen’s as CJN through an ex-parte
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Court Restrains Ayade, 4 Others From Interfering In JSC

Court Restrains Ayade, 4 Others From Interfering In JSC

November 4, 2019 12:04 pm

State High Court sitting in Calabar has restrained Governor Ben Ayade and four others from interfering in the affairs of  the Cross River State Judicial Service Commission (JSC).

Ayade,  on October 25,  inaugurated a four-man member   JSC  in what some lawyers consider a breach of the law.

The governor had earlier dissolved a five man commission inaugurated on July 7, 2017 while  its tenure was yet to expire.

Irked by  the development, Edem Edem Ita, Egbara Owan and his Lordship Fedelia Okpo Ene (rtd.),who claimed to be authentic members of the state judicial service commission, approached the court to …

Supreme Court Verdict Won’t Cause Defections, Says PDP

Supreme Court Verdict Won’t Cause Defections, Says PDP

November 1, 2019 6:06 pm

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Thursday ruled out any mass defections in the party due to the outcome of the Supreme Court judgment that dismissed the party’s presidential election petition against the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari.

The party also raised the alarm over plans by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to manipulate the outcome of the party’s governorship primary elections in Kogi State with a spurious allegation that the commission did not monitor the primary election, thus questioning its credibility.

Addressing journalists Thursday at the party’s secretariat in Abuja, the National …

I’m Ready To Face Trial If…, Nnamdi Kanu Tells Court

I’m Ready To Face Trial If…, Nnamdi Kanu Tells Court

October 31, 2019 8:24 am
Nnamdi Kanu, Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on Thursday, told the Federal High Court, Abuja, that he was ready to face trial if his safety would be guaranteed by the court.

Kanu told the presiding judge, Justice Binta Nyako, through his counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor.

Ejiofor told the court that the application to restore the IPOB leader’s bail so that he could face his trial was filed on April 1.

“We have an application for bail filed on April 1, 2019, the application was served on the prosecution and it is ripped for hearing.

“We urge …

Gunmen Abduct Appeal Court Justice in Edo

Gunmen Abduct Appeal Court Justice in Edo

October 31, 2019 6:25 am

Few days after Justice Abdul Dogo of the Federal High Court, Akure, Ondo State, regained his freedom from Kidnappers, suspected gunmen yesterday in Benin City, abducted Justice Chioma Nwosu-Iheme of the Court of Appeal, Benin Division.

The gunmen also killed her police orderly before taking her away to an unknown destination.

This incident is also coming barely a month after gunmen kidnapped the Chief Medical Director of Irrua Specialist Hospital, Prof. Sylvanus Okogbeini, on his way to Benin City to board a flight to Abuja for a meeting, killing two of his police orderlies.
According to an eye witness report, …

Court Upholds INEC’s Rejection Of AA’s Candidates In Kogi

Court Upholds INEC Rejection Of AA’s Candidates In Kogi

October 28, 2019 2:36 pm

Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Abuja division of the Federal High Court, on Monday upheld the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) which rejected the participation of the candidates of the Action Alliance (AA) in the forthcoming governorship elections in Bayelsa and Kogi States.

The party and its governorship candidates in the two states are challenging their exclusion from the November 16 gubernatorial election.

INEC had refused to accept the candidacy of Dr Samuel Alfa and Ebi Peretiemo as standard-bearers of the AA in the forthcoming governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa States respectively on the grounds that …

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