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Maryam Sanda Must Die By Hanging - Appeal Court

Maryam Sanda Must Die By Hanging – Appeal Court

December 5, 2020 3:27 am

The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Friday, upheld the conviction and death sentence by hanging that was handed to Maryam Sanda, by a lower court for killing her husband, Bilyaminu Bello.

Delivering judgment, Justice Stephen Adah, who read the decision on behalf of the three-member panel of justices held that the trial judge was right in his decision.

‘I have gone through the record before the court and I am fully certain that the learned trial court did not engage any investigation outside the evidence before it,’ he said.

‘The appellant did not point out where the trial judge

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denigrates, disrespects

SERAP Asks Appeal Court To Order Release Of Asset Declarations Of Buhari

June 7, 2020 9:07 am

SERAP asks Court of Appeal to order release of Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos to set aside a judgment of a Federal High Court and to order public disclosure of asset declaration details submitted to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) by President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo, governors and their deputies and other politicians since 1999.”

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos had on Monday, May 11, 2020, dismissed the application filed by SERAP seeking “an order of mandamus to direct and compel the CCB to …

Tight Security As Supreme Court Sets For Judgment On Sokoto

January 20, 2020 5:35 am
The entrances to the Supreme Court, Monday, witnessed uncommon security arrangement as the apex court is set to deliver guber appeal judgments in the heavily politicised Sokoto and Kano states.

NAN observed that from the main entrance to the Villa gate, there are scores of armed security personnel turning back most vehicles and individuals going to the apex court for today’s judgements.

The heavily tensed atmosphere and presence of security agents almost everywhere even subjected many people, including various party stalwarts and journalists to trudging a long distance to the court premises.

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Anambra PDP Protests S’Court Judgment

January 19, 2020 2:29 pm
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Anambra State on Sunday protested the judgment of the Supreme Court of January 14th, which sacked it’s candidate for the 2019 Imo Governorship election, Rt Hon Emeka Ihedioha for Senator Hope Uzodinma of All Progressives Congress, APC.

Members of the party in their thousands who thronged the Anambra State Judiciary complex, led by the state chairman, Mr Ndubuisi Nwobu called President Muhammadu Buhari to quickly Wade in, while also urging the judges of the Supreme Court to reverse themselves, describing the judgment as a travesty of Justice.

Nwobu who addressed journalists at the

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PDP To Protest Over Supreme Court Judgment In Imo

January 18, 2020 7:11 am

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus, on Friday proposed that PDP National Executive Committee members embark on a protest against the judgement of the Supreme Court which sacked the PDP Imo State governorship candidate, Chief Emeka Ihedioha, as the duly elected governor of Imo State.

Speaking during the ongoing 87th emergency PDP NEC in Abuja, Secondus said the proposed protest was to impress it on Nigerians that injustice had been done to the party.

He stated that the mandate given to the party by Imo electorates had been snatched from the party.

According to him, …

Ihedioha: APC Dismisses PDP Condemnation Of Judgment

January 17, 2020 2:25 pm
The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Friday, dismissed the grounds upon which the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, faulted the supreme court judgement that removed former Governor Emeka Ihedioha as governor of Imo State as reckless and baseless.

It also declared that Ihedioha did not win one-fourth in two-third of the total votes casted in the 27 local government areas of the state.

The ruling party affirmed that Ihedioha only won in 12 local government areas instead of 17 local government areas as stipulated by law.

Comrade Adam Oshiomohle made this clarification while addressing newsmen in Abuja in reaction

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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 …

Ganduje ‎Hails Tribunal’s Judgment Upholding His Election

Ganduje ‎Hails Tribunal’s Judgment Upholding His Election

October 2, 2019 2:15 pm

Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has described his victory at the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in the state as “another round of victory” for electorate in Kano.‎

The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Malam Abba Anwar made this known in a statement in Kano on Wednesday, following the tribunal’s judegment upholding the governor’s election.

The governor’s aide quoted the Ganduje as saying that the ruling is another round of victory as truth prevails again, following the March 23 supplementary polls as ‘elected governor ‘

“When the election was held we won and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) …

Election tribunal judgment saved me from trauma - Jubril

Election tribunal judgment saved me from trauma – Jubril

September 14, 2019 10:03 am
The Guardian, Nigeria reports, and addresses the impostor as President Muhammadu Buhari:

President Buhari did not hide his feelings while playing host to a delegation of State Governors elected under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State House, Abuja, yesterday. The National Chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole, led the delegation

Apparently elated by the

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Tribunal set to deliver judgment on Okorocha, Izunaso case

Tribunal set to deliver judgment on Okorocha, Izunaso case

September 8, 2019 10:45 am

As the Election Petition Tribunal for the National Assembly concludes arrangement to deliver judgment on some cases relating to Imo state in Abuja, tomorrow, there is serious disquiet in the camps of the parties involved.

After hearing from the petitioners and respondents involved in the various cases, the tribunal has communicated to the concerned counsels of its desire to deliver the judgment in Abuja.

According to details obtained by Sunday Sun, yesterday, in Owerri, the matters where the election of Senator Rochas Okorocha of Imo West Senatorial District is being challenged by Osita Izunaso of the All Progressives Grand Alliance

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Atiku urges tribunal to deliver judgment early on petition

Atiku urges tribunal to deliver judgment early on petition

September 6, 2019 10:53 am

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the last presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has written to President of the Court of Appeal on the need not to allow his petition at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal to be caught by constitutional timeline.

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THISDAY gathered Thursday that response to the letter, which was received at the Court of Appeal on Wednesday, was still being awaited.

The tribunal had on August 21 reserved judgment in the petition filed by Atiku against the declaration of President Muhammadu Buhari as winner of …

Communication minister vows to appeal judgment against APC

April 13, 2019 1:31 pm

The Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu, has vowed to appeal against the high court judgment which struck out the suit he filed against the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The Minister had dragged the party to court for barring him from participating in the governorship primary due to his non-participation in the mandatory one-year national service of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) after he graduated from the university.

The Federal High Court, Ibadan, on Friday, struck out the suit for filing it after the expiration of the 14 days stipulated by the law.

But shittu, who phoned into Southwest Political …

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