A Federal Appeal Court has frozen Texas’s controversial immigration law, one of the toughest laws of its kind enacted by a US state in modern times. Report says, the decision came just hours after the Supreme Court allowed the measure, SB4, to take effect pending an appeal. The Continue Reading
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Thursday reversed the nullification of the election of Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State. The appellate court, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel of justices, voided the verdict of the Nasarawa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which sacked Governor Sule of the All Progressives Congress, […]Continue Reading
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has dismissed a petition by the Social Democratic Party’s, SDP, governorship candidate, Umar Ardo, challenging Ahmadu Fintiri’s election as Adamawa State governor. The Presiding Judge, Justice Ugochukwu Ogakwu, affirmed the Tribunal’s previous decision led by Justice Theodora Uloho, which dismissed Ardo’s petition for being incompetent Continue Reading
By Oluwakayode Banjo The court of appeal sitting in Abuja has reinstated Ademola Adeleke as the governor of Osun state. Delivering judgment in the appeal filed by Adeleke on Friday, a three-member panel of justices held that, the election tribunal erred when it ruled that, the 1st and 2nd respondents Gboyega Oyetola and the All […]Continue Reading
The court of appeal in Abuja has ordered the members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to call off its industrial strike action and to return to work immediately. The appellate court gave the order in a ruling on an application filed by the ASUU seeking permission for it to appeal against the […]Continue Reading
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has set aside an earlier judgment of the Federal High Court given in favour of a factional governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, Oladipupo Adebutu. In a judgement on Friday, a three-member panel of the Appeal Court held that Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the […]Continue Reading
A Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital on Wednesday upheld the judgement of the lower court which affirmed Osun State Governor-elect, Ademola Adeleke, as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for last Saturday’s governorship election. Dotun Babayemi, a PDP chieftain, had contested the party’s governorship primaries at the High Court […]Continue Reading
The Appeal Court, sitting Ado Ekiti has ordered management of the Ekiti State University, EKSU Ado-Ekiti to reinstate the 32 technologists whose appointments were terminated by the institution in December 2019. The management of EKSU had on December 5, 2019, disengaged over 900 of its workforce for alleged certificate forgery, irregular appointment, overage among Continue Reading
The Supreme Court has upheld the re-election of Rotimi Akeredolu as Governor of Ondo State. Akeredolu’s victory was affirmed after four of the seven justices of the Supreme Court that heard the case upheld his candidacy in the October 10, 2020 election in the state. Three other justices disagreed with the majority judgment, insisting that Akeredolu’s […]Continue Reading
A Political Scientist, Mr Dolapo Ogunsola has described the crises rocking the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State as a bad omen for the party ahead of the governorship election. He stated this while speaking with Radio Nigeria on the recent Appeal Court Judgment upholding the suspension of Adams Oshiomhole as the National Chairman […]Continue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari, in-line with his constitutional responsibility has sent the nomination of Her Lordship, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, Acting President, Court of Appeal to the Senate for confirmation as President, Court of Appeal. Justice Dongban-Mensem is a serving Justice of the Court of Appeal and was recommended, as is the practice, by the National Judicial Continue Reading
The Appeal Court sitting in Ibadan has adjourned till April 1 to hear an appeal filed by the Oyo State Government against the May 6 judgment of the State High Court restraining the state government from sacking the elected local government chairmen. At the mention of the case today, counsel to the embattled chairmen, Chief […]Continue Reading
Awon alatileyin egbe oselu Peoples Democratic party, PDP, ati All Progressives Congress, APC, lo n sope oludije awon lo jawe olubori nibi eto idajo t’ile ejo kotemilorun to fikale s’ilu Ibadan gbe kale lori awuyewuye tosuyo nidi eto idibo sipo Gomina n’ipinle Oyo. Oludije sipo gomina labe asia egbe oselu APC, Oloye Adebayo Adelabu nibi […]Continue Reading