The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has nullified the election of the Senator representing Adamawa North Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Ishaku Elisha Abbo. Abbo was elected in February 2023 under the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). In 2019, Abbo was caught on camera assaulting Ms Osimibibra Warmate at a sex shop in Abuja. On …

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, has set aside the judgement of the National and State House of Assembly Election Tribunal in Asaba, Delta State, and affirmed the candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Ngozi Okolie, as the duly elected lawmaker for Aniocha and Oshimili Federal constituency. In 25th February election, Okolie polled 53,879 votes to defeat …

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has upheld the conviction and eight years sentence imposed on the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina for laundering about N2.1 billion. In a judgement on Friday, a three-member panel of the court unanimously affirmed the 8th November 2021 ruling by Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, …

The House of Representatives has passed two bills seeking to increase the number of judicial officers in the Court of Appeal and the Federal High Court as well as legalise virtual appearances and proceedings in the courts. The House raised the number of Justices in the appellate court from 90 to 100, while the number of judges at the FHC …