The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL, has hailed the Supreme Court judgment affirming the jail term of Farouk Lawan, the former Chairman of the then House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy.

Lawan had among other things, contended that he was not allowed to make a plea of allocutus (plea for leniency) by the trial court before it jailed him.

Dissatisfied with the outcome of the election, Umar and the PDP approached the tribunal, alleging that Aliyu and his deputy, Idris Gobir, were not eligible to contest the gubernatorial poll.

The apex court, in a unanimous decision by a five-member panel, held that the NNPP and its candidate filed an incomplete record of appeal.

He alleged that Fubara continued to sign documents as the Accountant-General of Rivers State, even after he was nominated as PDP’s governorship candidate

He said, “Now that the election has been affirmed by the Supreme Court, I would like to call on Isah Ashiru to join hands with me to move Kaduna State forward.”

Protests and jubilations yesterday greeted the judgments by the highest court in the land, the Supreme Court which upheld the elections of six governors in their respective states. The six governors who scaled the last legal hurdle are Governors Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa, Uba Sani of Kaduna, Nasir Idris of Kebbi, Dapo Abiodun of Ogun, […]

Respite came the way of Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State on Friday, as the Supreme Court affirmed his election victory.

The court, in a unanimous decision by a five-member panel, dismissed as lacking in merit, an appeal that was brought before it by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate, Aminu Bande.

The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State in a ruling on Friday.

The Supreme Court, on Friday, affirmed the Court of Appeal judgement that voided the nullification of the election of Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State.

Aloy Ejimakor, the Special Counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has vowed to take action against the refusal of the Supreme Court to release the Certified True Copies of the judgment to proceed with the trial of his client.

Senior lawyers among them Chief Mike Ahamba, SAN, Prof. Awa Kalu, SAN, Olisa Agbakoba,
SAN, John Baiyeshea, SAN, Prof Sam Erugo, SAN, Prof. Edoba Omoregie, SAN, Prof. Chidi Odinkalu, have expressed divergent views on the fate of Plateau State lawmakers sacked by the Court of Appeal-a judgment set aside last week by the Supreme Court as it relates to the state governor, Caleb Mutfwang. Recall that the Supreme Court had reinstated Mutfwang who had earlier been sacked by the Court of Appeal along with 16 lawmakers in the state.

It held that the “legal misadventure of the petitioners” was based on their “misapprehension of Section 136 of the Electoral Act 2022.”

Aloy Ejimakor, Special Counsel to the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has criticised the Supreme Court over its alleged refusal to release the Certified True Copies of the ruling on December 15, 2023.