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The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division on Friday set aside a Federal High Court order which perpetually restrained the Federal Government from arresting Senator Buruji Kashamu. Sen. Buruji Kashamu The appellate court also set aside another order which nullified a warrant for Kashamu’s arrest and...

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Tuesday reserved its judgment on the appeal filed by the Federal Government to challenge the acquittal of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, by the Code of Conduct Tribunal. According to PUNCH, the three-man panel led by Justice Tinuade Akomolafe-Wilson...

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday ordered the Department of State Service to produce the detained former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), in court to enable him testify in defence of a former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olisa...

An Appeal court sitting in Yola, Adamawa State, has acquitted former Adamawa governor, Bala Nggilari. The Appeal Court set aside the ruling of the ‎state High Court which had earlier sentenced Nggilari to five year imprisonment. Justice Ambrose Mamadi had convicted Nggilari for violating...

The Court of Appeal in Lagos on Thursday reversed the sentence on Raymond Omatseye, a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) on allegations of N1.5 billion. Justice Yargata Nimpar, who read the decision of the court, said the High Court which...

Appeal Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday adjourned hearing into the Peoples Democratic Party leadership tussle till December 15th. Justice Ibrahim Saulawa of the Appeal panel made the ruling on a motion seeking indefinite adjournment of the appeals. Details later... Related...

With the appeal court adjournment of the suit filed by the makarfi-led caretaker committee Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, the business mogul, Barr. Jimoh Ibrahim is to remain the party's governorship candidate in the election scheduled to hold on November 26 in Ondo state. The...

A new set of Appeal panel has just been re-constituted as hearing in Ondo PDP governorship candidate continues tomorrow. Recall that a petition written against a judge of the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, Jummai Sankey, on the Ondo State Peoples Democratic Party crisis had caused...

Legal fireworks ensued at the Court of Appeal on Friday as the court commenced hearing on two of the three cases before it which touched on the leadership tussle rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its gubernatorial ticket in Ondo State. The clash occurred between Robert Emukpero and...

The Abuja division of the Court of Appeal on Tuesday reserved judgment in an appeal by embattled Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, where he is challenging the ruling of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which sacked him as governor of the state. An Abuja Federal High Court had on June 27...

All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the Benue South Senatorial District, Mr Daniel Onjeh has appealed the National Assembly Tribunal judgment, which dismissed his petition against the election of former Senate President, Senator David Mark. Onjeh said that his lawyers have already...

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed the decision of the Federal High Court to deny the bail application of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. In its ruling this morning, the three man panel of the Appeal court led by Justice Abdul Aboki, ruled that the lower...

The Court of Appeal in Lagos on Friday affirmed the judgment of a Federal High Court in Lagos convicting and sentencing three members of dreaded terror group, Boko Haram to 25 years imprisonment each. The Appeal Court, in a judgment delivered by Justice Y.B Nimpar, rejected the appeal filed by...

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja today struck out the application filed by the embattled Senate President, Bukola Saraki seeking a stay of proceeding of his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal over allegations of corruption. Justice Abdul Aboki, who led the three-man panel, gave the...

The Kogi state governorship election petitions tribunal sitting in Lokoja, capital of the state, has been relocated to Abuja. Akanji Akinlabi, secretary to the tribunal, disclosed this in Lokoja on Friday, saying the relocation was based on the directive of Zainab Bulkashua, president of the...

Enbattled Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has he still remains the duly elected governor of the state pending the determination of his appeal by the Supreme Court. He said he has instructed his lawyers to approach the Supreme Court to appeal against the judgement of the Court of Appeal...

The Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu on Monday upheld the election of the People Democratic Party candidate for Enugu East Senatorial District, Senator Gilbert Nnaji. The tribunal, chaired by Justice A.D. Yahaya, set aside the lower tribunal’s judgment, which cancelled the election and...

The All Progressives Congress in Ogun State has blasted the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the senator representing Ogun East, Buruji Kasamu, over a petition by the duo alleging bribery of the judiciary by APC. The Publicity Secretary of APC in Ogun State, Sola Lawal, in a statement...

All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate In Delta State during the last the April 11 election Olorogun O’tega Emerhor have appealed the decision of the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, which affirmed the victory of Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP’s) candidate, Ifeanyi...

Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, has asked the court of appeal to set aside the judgment of the state election tribunal, which nullified his election. Citing gross irregularities, the tribunal which gave its verdict on October 24, ordered a fresh election to be conducted within 90...