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Following last week’s judgement of the Abia Governorship Election Tribunal that upheld the election of Dr. Alex Otti on March 18, 2023, the petitioners, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC), have headed to the Appeal Court.
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President of the Court of Appeal (PCA), Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, yesterday, said the court delivered 7,295 judgments and 3,665 motions in the 2022/2023 legal year. She made the disclosure at the commencement of the 2023/2024 new legal year.
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The President, Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, has tasked personnel of the court on maintenance culture [a] Dongban-Mensem said this while declaring open a 4-day workshop organised for the staff of the court held at the Royal Institute for Training and Human Capital Development in Tafa, Niger. She noted that the court is currently…
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Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has dismissed the appeal filed by Okey Igwe, former running mate to late Prof. Uchenna Ikonne, the former PDP candidate in the 2023 Abia governorship election, challenging the candidacy of Dr Jasper Uche...
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