Tag: APPEAL COURT
DSS accuses governor, security agency of aiding judge escape with $2million
The Department of State Service (DSS) on Saturday accused a state governor and another security agency of helping a judge escape with $2 million...
Muslim students win battle to wear hijab in Lagos public schools
The Court of Appeal in Lagos on Thursday reversed the judgment of a Lagos State High Court which on October 17, 2014 banned the...
Lagos has powers to restrict okada, Appeal Court affirms
The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos on Thursday affirmed the judgment of a Lagos High Court upholding the constitutionality of Section 3 of...
Nnamdi Kanu can’t get bail, Appeal Court rules
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Wednesday dismissed an application brought before it by detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra...
Appeal Court affirms 25 years jail term for Boko Haram convicts
The Court of Appeal in Lagos on Friday affirmed the judgment of a Federal High Court convicting and sentencing three members of dreaded terror...
Manslaughter: Reprieve for Ibinabo as Appeal Court grants N2million bail
The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal on Thursday granted a N2m bail to actress, Ibinabo Fiberesima, who was sentenced to five years...
$10m scam: Afe Babalola drags ex-Lagos solicitor-general before ICPC
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Chief Afe Babalola, has asked the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to investigate former...
Abia governorship: Burden on the apex court, by Godwin Adindu
The jaundiced judgement of the Owerri appellate court on the Abia gubernatorial election currently places a socio-political burden on the Supreme Court of Nigeria,...
Wike challenges sack, heads to Supreme Court
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Wednesday said he disagreed with the Court of Appeal’s decision on his election and instructed his lawyers to...
Godswill is my name, Akpabio declares as Appeal Court upholds election
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday upheld the election of Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, representing Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District.
In a...