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Yobe North: Hope Dims For Lawan As Appeal Court Affirms Machina APC Candidate

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Yobe North: Machina Hails Court Judgement As Lawan Says He'll Not Appeal

The hope of returning to the Senate has again dimmed for the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan as the Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed Bashir Sheriff Machina as the authentic All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Yobe North Senatorial District. The court upheld the judgment of the Federal High Court sitting in Damaturu, Yobe State which held that the...

Nuhu Ribadu Loses As Appeal Court Affirms Sen. Binani Adamawa APC Governorship Candidate

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Court Nullifies Aishatu Ahmed's Candidature Of Adamawa APC

An Appeal Court sitting in Yola, Adamawa State capital, has declared Senator Aishatu Dahiru Binani as the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Adamawa State. The court presided over by Justice Tani Yusuf Hassan set aside the judgement of a Federal High Court which nullified the governorship primary and declared that APC has no candidate for the 2023 governorship...

How I Constructed Law School That Amaechi Government Rejected — Wike

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I’ve Accepted Atiku But I Insist On Ayu’s Resignation - Wike

Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, on Friday, said a proposition to establish a law school in Rivers State was denied by the administration of his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi. Wike served under Amaechi as Chief of Staff between 2007 and 2011. The two have since fallen out politically with Amaechi joining the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2013 and his...

Court Sacks Sen. Bwacha For Defecting To APC

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Court Sacks Sen. Bwacha For Defecting To APC

A Federal High Court sitting in Jalingo, Taraba State, has sacked Senator Emmanuel Bwacha from his legislative seat, for defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Bwacha is the Senator representing Taraba South at the National Assembly. The Taraba State chapter of the PDP had since the defection of Bwacha from the party to APC,...

Sen. Ararume Sues Buhari Over Illegal Termination Of Appointment As NNPC Chair, Demands N100bn Compensation

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Sen. Ararume Sues Buhari Over Illegal Termination Of Appointment As NNPC Chair, Demands N100bn Compensation

Former chairman, Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts, Ifeanyi Ararume, has slammed a N100 billion suit on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) at a Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged unlawful removal of his name as a non-Executive Chairman of the newly Incorporated Nigeria National Petroleum Company. He is demanding such claims from the Federal Government...

CJN Ariwoola Inaugurates Election Petition Tribunal, Cautions Against Abuse Of Power

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CJN Tasks Judges On Flawless Verdicts

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, says he will not condone any act of recklessness or abuse of power and public trust from judicial officers. Ariwoola said this at the swearing-in of members of the 2023 Election Petition Tribunals on Monday in Abuja. “Your Lordships should count yourselves worthy to be so entrusted with this humongous responsibility of...

Court Throws Out Suit Seeking To Void Abia PDP Primaries

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Abia Guber 2023: Ukwa La Ngwa Elders Endorse Prof. Ikonne

A Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, on Friday, dismissed a suit seeking to nullify Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primaries in Abia State. The primaries produced Prof. Uche Ikonne as governorship candidate. Seven plaintiffs Messers: Ndudi Nwagbara, Egege Ikedichi, Ochulo Ulonam Junior, Onyedikachi Abaribe, Smile Esinna, Francis Oparocha and Chikwe Chigozie had sued the Independent National Electoral...

Application To Stop Tinubu’s Certificate Forgery Suit Suffers Setback

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Fix Nigeria When You Become President – Olu Falae Tells Tinubu

An application by a factional group in the Action Alliance to stop the certificate forgery suit instituted against the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, was on Monday dismissed by a Federal High Court in Abuja. The bid by the group loyal to Tinubu and led by Adekunle Omo-Aje was rejected by the court from being...

Fani-Kayode’s Trial Continues As EFCC Says 4.6bn Used To Fund Jonathan’s Presidential Campaign Still Under Investigation

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2023: Peter Obi, Other LP Aspirants Won’t Win – Fani-Kayode Tells Peter Obi Supporters

The trial of the former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode and three others continued on Friday with the testimony of an Investigating Officer, with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Mr. Shehu Shuaibu. He told a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos that the sum of N4.6 billion allegedly used to finance the Presidential Campaign of former President, Goodluck...

Extraordinary Rendition: Nnamdi Kanu Again Floors FG At Federal High Court

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US House Of Representatives Member Seeks Biden’s Intervention Over Nnamdi Kanu's Detention

The Nigerian Government on Wednesday lost its bid to transfer the suit of the extraordinary rendition of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, from Umuahia to Abuja. The Federal High Court in Umuahia, Abia State, insisted that it has the jurisdiction to hear and determine the suit. This was disclosed by Kanu’s Special Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, in...

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