The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja on Friday, sacked Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State while upholding the verdict of the tribunal led by Justice Oluyemi Akintan Osadebay which sacked Yusuf on September 20, 2023. The lower court had declared 165,663 votes of Yusuf, who contested under the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), invalid…
The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja on Friday dismissed the appeal of AVM Sadique Abubakar of the All Progressives Congress (APC) while affirming the election of Governor Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed of Bauchi State. Justice Chidiebere Nwaoma-led three-member panel on Friday unanimously held that Abubakar and the APC failed to prove the allegations of malpractices and…
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday, ordered that Godwin Emefiele, the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, be remanded in the Kuje Correctional Centre pending the determination of his bail request. The Informant247 gathered that Emefiele is standing trial on an alleged procurement fraud, the trial which had been stalled…
The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday, voided the election of Zamfara State Governor Dauda Lawal. The Informant247 gathered that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Lawal the winner of the March 18 governorship election. Meanwhile, Bello Matawalle of the All Progressives Congress (APC) challenged the victory of Lawal, who ran under…
The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday fixed November 17 for the judgment in the appeal Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf filed to challenge his removal by the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal. Justice Oluyemi Akintan Osadebay-led three-man panel sacked Yusuf on September 20, 2023, by declaring 165,663 of his votes invalid because they were not…
The Appeal Court sitting in Lagos on Wednesday, affirmed the reelection of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress (APC APC) while dismissing the suit filed by Abdulazeez Adediran, governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Yargata Nimpar-led three-man panel in a unanimous decision delivered on Wednesday, dismissed the grounds on appeal raised…
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday ordered Senator Samuel Anyanwu to stop parading himself as the National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Informant247 gathered that the order was a sequel to a suit seeking an order of interlocutory injunction restraining the PDP from recognizing Anyanwu as National Secretary of…
The election of Governor Peter Mbah of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was on Friday affirmed by the Appeal Court sitting in Lagos as duly elected governor of Enugu State. Justice Tani Hassan-led three-man panel of the appellate court, in its unanimous decision, resolved all three issues argued against the appellant, Edeoga Jonathan of the…
The National Industrial Court on Friday, stopped the Nigeria Labour Congress, Trade Union Congress as well and their affiliates from embarking on the November 14 strike due to the brutalisation of NLCpresident, Joe Ajaero. The Informant247 gathered that the Federal Government and the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice filed an ex-parte…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Tuesday affirmed the judgment of the tribunal, declaring the Minister of Labour, Simon Lalong as the winner of the Plateau South Senatorial election. It was earlier learned that Napoleon Bali of the Peoples Democratic Party winner of the election was declared winner of the Plateau South Senatorial…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday, failed to bring the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele to court. EFCC’s action was against Thursday’s order by the Federal Capital Territory High Court, ordering the commission to either release him or produce him in court for the hearing of a motion…
The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja on Monday sacked Musa Ilyasu Kwankwaso of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and reinstated Yusuf Umar Datti of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the Kura/Madobi/Garun Malam Federal Constituency election in Kano State. Justice Tunde Oyebamiji Awotoye-led three-man panel, while delivering the judgement, held that Datti’s appeal had…
Following police’s failure to serve the hearing notice to Yunusa-Ari.Hudi Yunusa-Ari, the embattled Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), in Adamawa State, the suspended REC on Monday, failed to appear at the State High Court, where he was to be arraigned. Justice Benjamin Manji of the State High Court ordered INEC to…
The allegations of forgery of a discharge certificate brought against Barrister Peter Mbah, the Enugu State Governor, by the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) was on Monday, dismissed by the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. The Informant247 gathered that Justice Inyang Eden Ekwo threw away the allegations following the inability of the Corps to…
The investigation into the death of the fast-rising Nigerian singer Ilerioluwa Aloba popularly known as Mohbad has taken a new twist as the Magistrate’s Court sitting in Yaba, Lagos State, on Monday, granted singer, Azeez Fashola, also known as Naira Marley, and Lagos socialite, Balogun Eletu, known as Sam Larry bail in the sum of…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Monday, reserved judgment in the appeal by the Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, challenging his removal by the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal. It would be recalled that the Kano State election petition tribunal had on September 20 nullified Yusuf’s election by declaring 165,663 of his votes invalid,…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has fixed Monday, November 6 to hear the appeal of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) against Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna of the All Progressive Congress (APC). It would be recalled that the governor had filed an appeal to challenge the nullification of his…
The Court of Appeal on Thursday upheld the election of Sen. Jibrin Isah of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as senator representing Kogi East. Isah, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Customs, was declared the winner of the Kogi East Senatorial District by INEC after emerging victory in the February 25 election. Meanwhile, his…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Tuesday vacated the order nullifying the candidacy of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva. The Informant247 had earlier reported that a Federal High Court in Abuja had disqualified Sylva as the candidate of the APC in the November…
The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, adjourned hearing on the application by the All Progressives Grand Alliance seeking to sack Hope Uzodinma as the Imo State Governor to December 5. It was gathered that the apex court had fixed October 31, 2023, for the commencement of a hearing on the matter. It would be recalled that…
