An Abuja-based human rights and constitutional lawyer, Emmanuel Ekpenyong, has dragged the Federal Government to Court of Appeal, Abuja over alleged increasing cases of extra-judicial killings in the country.

The Delta State government, yesterday, said that the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, did not overturn the election of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, following its ruling on the appeal brought before it by the governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Ken Pela.

A special panel of the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, yesterday, affirmed the decision of the Ogun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which had earlier struck out all allegations of vote-buying and voter-inducement that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and its gubernatorial candidate, Ladi Adebutu, made against Governor Dapo Abiodun and All Progressives Congress…

The Court of Appeal, sitting in Lagos has ruled that the Federal Government has the constitutional right to contract, celebrate and register marriages between prospective couples. The court also nullified the judgment of Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court, which restrained the FG from further registering marriages contracted or celebrated under the Marriage…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has opened its defence on the petition brought by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) challenging the conduct of March 8, 2023, Kaduna governorship election, won by Uba Sani of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The electoral body said it has been consistent in its stance that the APC flag…

The Court of Appeal in Lagos has nullified a ruling by the Federal High Court that had previously prohibited the federal government from conducting marriage registrations within some local governments in Nigeria. The lawsuit was initiated by Eti Osa Local Government Area (LGA) in Lagos State, challenging the Ministry of Interior's authority to operate marriage…

The Court of Appeal has dismissed allegations concerning the purported resignation of Justice Boloukuoromo Ugo, a member of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC). The Chief Registrar of the Court, Malam Umar Mohammed Bangari, during a chat with journalists in Abuja, described the allegation as false and misleading. The news of Justice Ugo's alleged resignation…

My eyes welled up as I listened to the judgment delivered by the Supreme Court in the appeal filed by distinguished Senator Peter Onyelukachukwu Nwaoboshi (SPON) against his conviction by the Court of Appeal on trumped up charges of money laundering and fraud.

Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt Division, has struck out judgment of the Federal High Court that nullified the candidacy of 16 All Progressives Congress (APC) members in Rivers State vying for state House of Assembly.

The Abuja division of the Court of Appeal, yesterday, affirmed the judgment of a Federal High Court in Damaturu, Yobe State, which declared Mr. Bashir Machina as the genuine All Progressives Congress (APC)

The Court of Appeal sitting in Yola, Adamawa State, yesterday, upturned the Federal High Court judgment that disqualified the All Progressives Congress (APC) from presenting a candidate for the 2023 governorship election in the state.

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Olukayode Ariwoola has charged judicial officers to stem the tide of conflicting judgments from the court of Appeal.