The National Judicial Council has dismissed as false, the report that two out of the five justices that sat on the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal panel which upheld President Bola Tinubu’s election died mysteriously. Both Justices, Justice Mistura Bolaji-Yusuf and Justice Boloukuoromo Ugo, who were a member of the panel that delivered the 6 September 2023 judgment, dismissed the petition …

The Court of Appeal, Abuja division, on Monday, overturned the conviction of the Umar Danladi tribunal, which found a former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, guilty of false asset declaration. The appellate court in a judegment, discharged and acquitted Onnoghen from the conviction delivered against him by the Code of Conduct Tribunal. The conviction, which was delivered on …

The Appeal Court in Akure, Ondo State, on Tuesday, adjourned for judgment, a case in the murder of a postgraduate student of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Timothy Adegoke, at the Hilton Hotel and Resort, Ile-Ife, Osun. The late Adegoke was a Masters degree student of the university whose death occurred between 5 and 7 November 2021, at the hotel …

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Tuesday, affirmed the lower court judgment that reinstated Philip Shaibu as the Deputy Governor of Edo State. The appellate court, while delivering judgment in the appeal brought before it by the Edo State House of Assembly, dismissed the appeal seeking to uphold Shaibu’s impeachment. Shaibu was impeached on 8, April 2024, following …

The dust raised over the Candidacy of Edo PDP Candidate, Dr. Asue Ighodalo has been laid to rest following the emergence of Certified True Copies (CTC) of the 22nd July Court of Appeal judgement which shows that the Appellate court indeed upheld the nomination of Dr. Asue Ighodalo as Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming 21st …

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja presided over Justice A. M. Lamido, has reaffirmed the nomination of Asue Ighodalo as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State. In a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Lamido in the suit marked CA/ABJ/CV/642/2024, the appellate court on Monday threw out an appeal brought by former deputy governor, …

The Appeal Court in Abuja has confirmed Usman Ododo’s election as the Governor of Kogi State. On Thursday, a three-member panel of the court delivered a judgment dismissing the election petition filed by the Social Democratic Party and its governorship candidate, Murtala Ajaka. The appellate court dismissed the appellants’ claims, saying that they failed to present credible evidence to substantiate …

The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal on Thursday upheld a previous ruling by a Lagos State High Court, confirming a five-year prison sentence for Nollywood actor Olanrewaju James, also known as Baba Ijesha, for the sexual assault of a minor aged 14. The Court of Appeal, in a judgment delivered by Justice Folashade Ojo, upheld the conviction of …

Wife of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Justice Suzette Eberechi Wike, and 21 other successful candidates have been recommended by the National Judicial Council (NJC) for appointment as Justices of the Court of Appeal (JCAs). Also, the NJC recommended for appointment as Judges, the daughter-in-law of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, Victoria Oluwakemi …

The Court of Appeal in Abuja will today (Monday) hear the appeal lodged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against the order of a Kogi State High Court which restrained the anti-graft agency from arresting the immediate-past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. The Kogi court, in a ruling on 9 February 2024, restrained the EFCC from “inviting, …