Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), yesterday, has faulted the decision by President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, to centralise hearing of cases relating to the state House of Assembly, National Assembly and governorship elections. 

The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos on Friday upheld the election of George Olawande Adegeye, the representative for Amuwo-Odofin Constituency in the House of Representatives. This affirmation follows the dismissal of petitions challenging his victory in the February 25 election. The petitioners are the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the All Progressives Grand Alliance…

There was uproar at the sitting of the State and National Assembly Appeal Court sitting venue in Lagos for cases from Imo State when the All Progressive Congress (APC) counsel, Echezona Etiaba (SAN) presented two petitions allegedly written by his clients accusing the three member panel of being compromised. In the letter, which was read…

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.