A retired Justice of the Court of Appeal, Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore, is dead. The Chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association, Ilorin Branch, Kwara State, Kamaldeen Gambari, announced his death on Tuesday. “Information reaching me now indicates that Hon. Justice Ahmad…
Lawyer sues AGF over inoperative foreign judgement reciprocal enforcement act
An Abuja-based lawyer, Emmanuel Ekpenyong, has dragged the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) to Supreme Court for failing to promulgate an order to bring Part 1 of the Foreign Judgment Reciprocal Enforcement Act,…
Just in: $500k bribe: Supreme Court affirms Farouk Lawan’s 5-year sentence
The Apex Court in Nigeria on Friday affirmed the five-year jail term handed to a former member of the House of Representatives, Farouk Lawan by the Court of Appeal. Lawan was convicted and sentenced to prison in 2021 for accepting…
Supreme Court’s refusal to free Kanu is rape of justice – MASSOB
The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has described the Supreme Court’s refusal to free Nnamdi Kanu as a rape of justice. In Friday’s judgement, the Supreme Court quashed the earlier order of the Court…
Appeal Court sets aside tribunal judgement, upholds Adeleke as Osun governor
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has set aside the decision of the Osun State Governorship Tribunal and has upheld the election of Senator Ademola Adeleke as the governor of the state. Following the governorship polls in the state,…
Appeal Court President constitutes election tribunals for Lagos State
The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, has constituted the Governorship/National and State Houses of Assembly Election Tribunal for the 2023 general election in Lagos State. The tribunal will sit at the Rosaline Omotosho Courthouse in Ikeja.…
Appeal Court clears PDP for Zamfara governorship election
The Court of Appeal sitting in Sokoto State has set aside the judgement of the Zamfara Federal High Court, barring the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from participating in the forthcoming governorship election in the state. A Federal High Court in…
Lawan: Appeal Court affirms Machina as Yobe North APC candidate
The Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, has lost his bid for a re-election, as the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Monday, affirmed Bashir Machina as the authentic candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the 2023 Yobe North…
Kanu: Appeal Court declines FG’s request for adjournment in stay of execution hearing
The Court of Appeal on Monday refused to grant the request of the Federal Government to adjourn the application seeking to stay the execution of the judgment that struck out the terrorism charges against the leader of the proscribed Indigenous…
Appeal court fixes thursday to rule on Nnamdi Kanu’s case
The Court of Appeal, Abuja will deliver judgment in the case between the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu and the Federal Government on Thursday. Kanu’s lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor made this known on Wednesday in a…
