JUDICIARY

Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court Abuja has nullified the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) Governorship Primary held on May 29, 2022 in Abia State. The judge subsequently ordered that a fresh primary be conducted within 14 days. Justice Nyako made the order in a judgement on a suit by Chikwe Udensi, challenging […]

A High Court Sitting in Minna, the Niger State Capital, has issued a warrant of arrest on the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Faruk Yahaya for contempt. Also to be arrested include Commandant Training and Doctrine Command, Minna, Major General Olugbenga Olabanji for a similar offense. The presiding judge, Justice Halima Abdulmalik said the […]

Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has affirmed Oladipupo Adebutu as the winner of the Ogun State Governorship Primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after dismissing a suit by Jimi Lawal for lacking reliable and credible evidence. Lawal, who contested the May 25 governorship primary election of PDP, had challenged […]

The Court of Appeal sitting in Yola has set aside the High Court rulings nullifying the primaries that produced Emmanuel Bwacha and Aishatu Binani as the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidates for Taraba and Adamawa states respectively. The unanimous decision of the three-man panel led by the lead Justice, Tani Hassan, set aside the […]

Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court Abuja has fixed December 1, 2022 for judgment on the 2023 governorship ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State. Justice Ekwo fixed the date after taking arguments from parties. At the centre of the dispute are Jimi Lawal and Oladipupo Adebutu, both governorship aspirants […]

A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed the 15th of December, 2022 for the hearing of a N100B Suit filed against President Muhammadu Buhari over an alleged unlawful removal of Senator Ifeanyi Ararume as a non Executive Chairman of the newly Incorporated Nigeria National Petroleum Company, (NNPC). Senator Ararume is claiming the sum from […]

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has awarded cost against the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) in a suit filed by a retired naval personnel, Igwe Dennis Nwaokpara, alleging deportation/extraordinary rendition from Kenya and a five-year illegal seizure of his international passport. Justice Yellim Bogoro gave the order for the NIS to pay N50,000 as cost […]

A Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna State has nullified the primary election conducted by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Kaduna Central senatorial district due to irregularities. The court presided over by Justice Muhammed Umar also ordered that a fresh primary be conducted by the party within 14 days. Justice Umar’s ruling followed a […]

The Supreme Court of Nigeria has struck out a request by a governorship aspirant in Ebonyi, Senator Joseph Ogba, to review its final judgment of September 14, 2022, which upheld Chukwuma Ifeanyi as the governorship candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) for Ebonyi State in the 2023 elections. The Apex Court presided over by […]

The Supreme Court of Nigeria has affirmed the Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly, Oborevwori Sheriff Francis Orohwedor, as the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 governorship election in Delta State. The Apex Court upheld the decision of the Court of Appeal delivered on August 29 which voided and […]