Tag: Appeal Court

Supreme Court Affirms Governor Abiodun’s Election

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Olasunmibo Aboluwade, Abuja  The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Governor Adedapo Abiodun of Ogun State. A five-member panel of the court, in a unanimous judgment a moment ago, dismissed the appeal by Oladipupo Adebutu, who was the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last governorship election in Ogun State. Justice Tijjani Abubakar, who read the lead judgment, held that Adebutu and his party failed to prove their case. Justice Abubakar resolved all the issues raised for determination against the appellants and held that the appeal…

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Delta Governorship: Supreme Court Dismisses Omo-Agege’s Suit Against Oborevwori

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Olasunmibo Aboluwade, Abuja The Supreme Court on Friday, dismissed the suit filed by Senator Ovie Omo-Agege’s against the election of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State Omo-Agege, a former deputy Senate President, was the candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the 2023 Governorship Election in Delta State. He had gone to Court to challenge the electoral victory of the incumbent Governor who was the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party. Details later……

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Rivers Elders In Court, Seek Order For Fresh Poll To Replace G-27 Lawmakers

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…Join Tinubu, Fubara, INEC In Suit Olasunmibo Aboluwade, Abuja  Six elders in Rivers State have dragged President Bola Tinubu to the Federal High Court in Abuja for allegedly compelling Governor Siminilaya Fubara to enter into an unconstitutional agreement. The Plaintiffs, led by a member of the Rivers State House of Assembly representing Bonny State Constituency, Hon. Victor Okon Jumbo, are; Senator Bennett Birabi, Senator Andrew Uchendu, Rear Admiral O.P. Fingesi, Ann Kio Briggs and Emmanuel Deinma. They maintained that the said agreement that was signed on December 18, was not…

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Lalong Takes Oath As Plateau South Senator

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Olasunmibo Aboluwade, Abuja  Former Minister of Labour Employment and Productivity, Simon Lalong, has been sworn in as a member of the 10th Senate. Lalong was sworn in on Wednesday at a session presided over by the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio. He took the oath of office at about 11.57 am on the floor of the Senate. Akpabio immediately congratulated Lalong, a former governor of Plateau State, and the Director-General of the All Progressives Congress Campaigns during the 2023 presidential poll that produced President Bola Tinubu. Lalong will…

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You Must Face Prosecution Over Your Open Confession in Senate, Abuja Court Tells Bulkachuwa

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Olasunmibo Aboluwade, Abuja Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed Senator Adamu Muhammad Bulkachuwa’s claims that Legislative Immunity covered his statement on the floor of the Senate. Bulkachuwa had during the 9th Senate valedictory service explained how  he usually influenced his wife’s judgments in favour of his colleagues in the red chamber. His wife, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa was a former justice of the Appeal Court. Justice Ekwo told Senator Bulkachuwa that his statement on the floor of the Senate on that day amounted …

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Accept Tribunal Verdict, Cleric Urges LP Abia North Senatorial Candidate 

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Olasunmibo Aboluwade, Abuja A cleric, Rev Kalu Ukpai Ota has urged the Abia North Senatorial candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Nnamdi Iro Oji (Opotoyom), to accept the judgement of the National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal upholding the election of Senator Orji Uzor Kalu. In a chat with newsmen on Sunday in Abuja, Ota cautioned the Labour Party candidate to desist from blackmailing the judiciary.  He alleged that Iro Oji was yet to recover from the shock defeat he experienced during the February 25 National Assembly election. According to the…

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Moneybags Trying To Compromise Appeal Court Justices, N’Delta Group Alleges

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Olasunmibo Aboluwade, Abuja A Niger Delta interest group, the Urhobo New Frontiers (UNF), in Delta State, has raised the alarm over an alleged plot by some desperate politicians, allegedly shopping for Justices of the Court of Appeal in Abuja to do their bidding as the electoral petitions moves to the Appealate Court.  UNF has therefore called on Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, President of Court of Appeal, Hon Justice Monica Bolna’an Dongban-Mensem, National Judicial Council to as a matter of urgency save Nigeria democracy from the hands…

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