Tension As Supreme Court Delivers Judgment In Sokoto, Imo Governorship Disputes By 5pm
The Supreme Court has indicated its decision to deliver judgments around 5pm on Tuesday in the appeals challenging the outcome of last governorship elections in Imo and Sokoto states. A seven-man panel of the court, led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Muhammd, said judgment will be delivered later on Tuesday. Justice Muhammed made the announcement after lawyers...
My cabinet, most star-studded in Nigeria – Abiodun
The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Monday described his newly-composed State Executive Council as the most star-studded council in Nigeria. Abiodun stated this in his office during an orientation organised for the new commissioners and special advisers. The governor told his cabinet members to brace themselves for the challenges of their new offices, warning them that they were under public...
TRENDING!! Man Leaves Supreme Court With Tears, Says ‘No Nation Deserves Tanko Muhammad As Chief Justice’
A Nigerian man has taken to Twitter to register his disappointment with Chief Justice of Nigeria, Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad. The Twitter user @henryshield who said he was at the Supreme Court probably while the apex court delivered judgment in the remaining governorship disputes stated that he left with a little drop of tears after listening to CJN, Tanko Muhammad. Explaining the...
Imo Guber Tussle: Why Uche Nwosu withdrew case against Ihedioha
The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck out the appeal against the election of Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha filed by Uche Nwosu, the governorship candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) in the March 2019 election. Tanko Mohammad, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) and presiding Justice of a seven member panel sitting struck out the appeal following an oral application...
Imo Guber Tussle: Why Uche Nwosu withdrew case against Ihedioha
The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck out the appeal against the election of Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha filed by Uche Nwosu, the governorship candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) in the March 2019 election. Tanko Mohammad, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) and presiding Justice of a seven member panel sitting struck out the appeal following an oral application...
Okorocha’s son-in-law Nwosu withdraws appeal against Ihedioha’s election
The Action Alliance’s governorship candidate in the March 9, 2019 governorship election in Imo State, Uche Nwosu, on Tuesday, withdrew the appeal he filed against the election of Governor Emeka Ihedioha. Nwosu is a son-in-law to the immediate-past governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, who was elected to the Senate on the platform of the All Progressives Congress in the...
Restructure Nigeria To Avoid Another Civil War, Gowon Warns
Fifty years after the Nigerian civil war ended, Nigerians have been warned to avoid another war in the country. To stave off hostilities now or in the future, the Federal Government has been advised to restructure the country. This advice came from General Yakubu Gowon (rtd.), Nigeria’s former head of state, who ruled between 1966 and 1975. Gowon spoke at a conference...
Supreme Court Set To Deliver Judgment In Imo Guber Dispute
The Supreme Court has scheduled judgment for later today in one of the four appeals challenging the outcome of last governorship election in Imo State. A seven-man panel of the court, led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, made the announcement after lawyers in the appeal marked: SC/1461,2019 filed by Ifeanyi Ararume of the All Progressives...
Okorocha’s son-in-law Nwosu withdraws appeal against Ihedioha’s election
The Action Alliance’s governorship candidate in the March 9, 2019 governorship election in Imo State, Uche Nwosu, on Tuesday, withdrew the appeal he filed against the election of Governor Emeka Ihedioha. Nwosu is a son-in-law to the immediate-past governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, who was elected to the Senate on the platform of the All Progressives Congress in the...
Restructure Nigeria To Avoid Another Civil War, Gowon Warns
Fifty years after the Nigerian civil war ended, Nigerians have been warned to avoid another war in the country. To stave off hostilities now or in the future, the Federal Government has been advised to restructure the country. This advice came from General Yakubu Gowon (rtd.), Nigeria’s former head of state, who ruled between 1966 and 1975. Gowon spoke at a conference...
