The Court of Appeal, Abuja division, on Thursday, affirmed Martin Amaewhule as the recognised Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly. A three-member panel of the Court of Appeal, in a unanimous judgment, dismissed the appeal filed by the Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, for lacking in merit. The appellate court firmly upheld the 22  judgment of the Federal …

The family of the late military head of state, General Sani Abacha, on Tuesday approached the Court of Appeal, Abuja division, to void and set aside Justice Peter Lifu’s judgment dismissing a property suit the family brought before the lower court. Justice Lifu dismissed the suit the family instituted against the Federal Government on Monday, July 22, 2024, challenging the …

The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja has affirmed the election of Kebbi State Governor, Dr. Nasir Idris. The tribunal threw out the petition filed by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate, Major General Aminu Bande (rtd.), and declared Idris of All Progressives Congress (APC) as the duly elected governor of the state. The three-man panel of the tribunal …

The Court of Appeal in Owerri, Imo State, on Thursday, sacked Comrade Julius Abure, and recognised Mr. Lamido Apapa as the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP). The court also ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to immediately recognise and publish the names of all the governorship candidates produced by the Apapa-led National Working Committee in Imo, Bayelsa, and …