The Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja on Tuesday, declared the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Natasha Akpoti-Uduagan, as the duly elected member for the Kogi Central Senatorial Election held in February 2023 while further dismissing the appeal filed by Abubakar Ohere of the All Progressives Congress for lacking in merit. Tribunal declares PDP’s Natasha…
Justice Theodora Obi Uloho-led Adamawa State Governorship Election Tribunal sitting in Yola on Saturday upheld the reelection of Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) while the petition by Senator Aishatu Dahiru Binani of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice Uloho, while delivering the judgement, held that the petitioners failed to prove…
Sokoto State National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal on Friday upheld the election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko as a senator representing Sokoto North Senatorial District. It would be recalled the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had announced Wamakko as the winner of the February 25 election. Meanwhile, the Peoples Democratic…
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the new application filed by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, to submit fresh evidence to nullify the election of President Bola Tinubu. Justice John Inyang Okoro-led seven-man panel held that Atiku’s attempt to bring fresh evidence on whether Tinubu has an authentic diploma…
The Supreme Court on Thursday, held that the failure of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to transmit election results on the IREV portal in real-time is not grounds for nullifying the election affect the outcome of the election, saying the IREV is not a results collation system. Justice John Inyang Okoro-led seven-man panel held…
The appointment of Oba Ghandi Olaoye, the new Soun of Ogbomoso, was on Wednesday, upturned by the Oyo State High Court sitting in Ogbomoso while directed for a fresh selection process. Kingmakers installed RCCG pastor Ghandi Olaoye as the new Soun of Ogbomoso The Informant247 reports that the Sobalaje Otolorin-led Ogbomoso kingmakers, on September 8,…
The special offences and domestic violence court in Lagos on Tuesday sentenced Femi Olaleye, managing director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, to life imprisonment for raping his wife’s niece. According to the judge Rahman Oshodi, Olaleye was convicted on a two-count charge of defilement of a child and sexual assault by penetration. The judge ruled…
Barrister Hudu Ari Yunusa, the suspended Adamawa State Electoral Commissioner (REC), has been scheduled for arraignment by the State High Court on November 6, 2023. The Informant247 gathered that Hudu faces multiple charges, including announcing false electoral results, breaching his oath of neutrality, disorderly conduct during elections, inciting disturbance, and personating a public servant. Initially…
The Supreme Court on Monday reserved judgment in the appeal filed by Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, against the tribunal’s judgment affirming President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s election. Justice John Inyang Okoro-led seven-man panel, after listening to the submissions of the parties involved in the matter, stated that the judgment date would…
The Supreme Court, on Monday, reserved judgment in the appeal filed by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 25 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, challenging the election victory of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The Informant247 reports that the Supreme Court Court had fixed October 23 for the hearing petition…
After three years of applying, the Supreme Court, on Friday, fixed October 31 to hear an application filed by the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) seeking to remove Hope Uzodinma from office as Imo state governor. The hearing is coming three years after the party filed the application in July 2020. The application, filed in…
The Supreme Court Court has fixed October 23 for the hearing petition of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the last election, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Informant247 gathered that Atiku, who came second in the election, had approached the presidential election…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Monday voided the election of the Senator representing Adamawa North in the National Assembly, Ishaku Abbo, of the All Progressives Congress (APC). It would be recalled that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Abbo the winner of the February 25, 2023 parliamentary election. Still, Amos…
In a further investigation into the death of the fast-rising Nigerian singer Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba popularly known as Mohbad, a Lagos coroner court sitting in Ikorodu has summoned music stars Abdulazeez Fashola, a.k.a. Naira Marley, Owodunni Eletu a.k.a. Sam Larry, and Owodunni Ibrahim a.k.a Primeboy. The Informant247 gathered that the Coroner Magistrate, Adedayo Shotobi, has…
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the Bayelsa State Governorship Election, Timipre Sylva, on Monday, disqualified by the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja from the contest. The Informant247 gathered that a member of the All Progressives Congress in the state, Demesuoyefa Kolomo had in a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/821/2023 asked the court to…
The suspended Assistant Superintendent of Police, Drambi Vandi, who killed a Lagos-based lawyer, Mrs Omobolanle Raheem, on Monday, was sentenced to death by hanging by the Federal High Court Sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square on Lagos Island, Lagos. According to Justice Ibironke Harrison, ASP Vandi was sentenced after being found guilty of the murder…
Hon. Justice H.T.D Gwadah-led three-man panel of the Abia State governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Umuahia on Friday, dismissed Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) election petition against the governor of the state, Alex Otti of the Labour Party (LP). Hon. Justice H.T.D Gwadah, in a three hours judgment, struck out the petition on three grounds:…
Justice Theodora Uloho-led three-man panel of the Adamawa State Governorship Electoral Petitions Tribunal on Monday, dismissed the petition filed by Dr. Umar Ardo, Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate against Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri. In the petition filed on May 8, 2023, Ardo had joined INEC, Fintiri, and 16 others as respondents.Alleging corrupt practices, threat and…
Justice Cletus Emifonye-led three-man panel of the Rivers State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Monday dismissed the petition filed by the governorship candidate of the Labour Party, Beatrice Itubo, challenging the election of Siminalayi Fubara of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The tribunal unanimously dismissed LP’s petition for lacking in merit and…
Justice Huruna Mshelia-led three-man panel of the Sokoto Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, on Saturday, dismissed the petition filed against the victory of Governor Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto State by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sa’idu Umar, in the March 18 election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Aliyu, who contested…
