…up another Supreme Court battle over the limits of presidential authority. The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, which had allowed construction to continue while it considered the case, agreed with a lower court that such a massive White House overhaul required the explicit consent of Congress. It stayed its own…

…on obstruction to justice. “I establish it by referring to the various decisions of the Court of Appeal with regards to the cases against EFCC in terms of Benue State in the time of former Governor Samuel Ortom, and then the express provisions of Section 34 of the EFCC Act and Section 7, Subsection 6 of the Money Laund…

…legality of section 77(5) of the Electoral Act 2026 had since been taken care of by the Court of Appeal, it declined to invalidate section 138 of the Act as it was prayed to do by the NDC. According to Justice Umar, contrary to the position of the NDC, there is no conflict between section 138 of the electoral law and t…

•Five controversial judgments By Henry Ojelu & Gabriel Ewepu Recent judgment of the Court of Appeal setting aside an earlier ruling by the Federal High Court ordering the deregistration of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, and four other political parties has once again raised concerns over how court judgments are…

…the Nigerian government’s motion for a stay of execution of the October 13, 2022, Court of Appeal judgment that freed the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader. The defence team made the assertion in a statement issued by Christopher Chidera, Esq., on Saturday. It will be recalled that Kanu recently announced that…

…formidable front to challenge the incumbent administration. Reacting to the recent Court of Appeal judgment in Abuja, which nullified an earlier High Court order instructing the Independent National Electoral Commission to deregister the ADC and four other political parties, Lukman noted that legal triumphs mean little…

…independently and professionally,” Makinde said Chairman of the panel and retired Court of Appeal Justice, Professor Mojeed Owoade, assured Nigerians that the investigation would be conducted fairly and objectively. According to him, the commission’s findings would be based entirely on evidence. “Nigerians should expec…

…the judgment "reads more like an appeal on the judgment of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal," adding that the party had already filed an appeal and intended to challenge alleged discrepancies between what was delivered in open court and the Certified True Copy of the ruling, Leadership reported.The committee a…

…Electoral Commission (INEC) ahead of the 2027 general election, even as it welcomed the Court of Appeal’s judgment overturning a Federal High Court ruling that sought to deregister the party, describing the verdict as a major boost for Nigeria’s […] The post ADC raises fresh concerns over INEC, welcomes Appeal Court ru…

…Ibrahim Mbaya, as police arrest suspects and calls grow for justice. Meanwhile, the Court of Appeal has overturned the judgment ordering the deregistration of the African Democratic Congress and four other political parties, giving the opposition parties a major legal relief ahead of the 2027 elections. Beyond politics…

…disclosed. Among the authorities frequently cited is McLaren v. Jennings, in which the Court of Appeal reaffirmed that the police have no legal mandate to recover debts or resolve purely civil disputes. Similar principles have been reiterated in decisions such as Oceanic Securities International Ltd v. Balogun and othe…

…election, Chief Moshood Abiola. He spent more than a decade in detention before the Court of Appeal discharged and acquitted him in 2013. Since regaining his freedom, Al-Mustapha has repeatedly defended the Abacha administration, arguing that several allegations against the late military ruler and members of his govern…

…because their being in office alone is illegal. There is a standing order given by the Court of Appeal dated 19th January, 2024 that nullified their election. They filed an appeal and the Court of Appeal on the 29th of September, 2022 gave an interim order when they looked at the propriety of their appeal and on Januar…

…Governor Oyebanji as the APC candidate. The matter went through the High Court and the Court of Appeal, both of which upheld Oyebanji’s candidacy. The Supreme Court, in a unanimous judgment on Friday, dismissed Olawunmi’s appeal and affirmed the decision of the appellate court. The APC, in a statement by the State Publ…

The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has vacated the interim order freezing 124 bank accounts belonging to businesswoman, Aisha Achimugu and companies linked to her, ruling that allowing the ex parte order to remain in force for over 15 months amounted to an abuse of court process. In a unanimous…

…ways. The defendant said that she was allegedly “abducted” on her way from the Federal Court of Appeal to the Supreme Court in Abuja on Wednesday by men of the Rapid Response Squad from Ekiti State Police Command. She stated, “They said they were taking me to the nearest police station, but they did not stop at any of…

…from the Senior Executive Course, the publisher vowed to pursue the matter to the Court of Appeal until justice is done. Shuaib was last year withdrawn from the Senior Executive Course (SEC 47) of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) over issues relating to institutional discipline, freedom o…

…the trial court, we respectfully consider that it is against the extant judgments of the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court, leaving the plaintiffs with no option but to appeal the judgment and the rulings therein. “The plaintiffs have accordingly briefed their lawyers to take immediate steps to appeal the rulings a…

…with backing that inveigled the Attorney-General of the Federation, requiring the Court of Appeal to intervene. While insisting that the migration to e-voting has been plagued by integrity concerns, Odinkalu cited the 2026 polls, where voting was delayed by over seven hours due to what the Electoral Committee of the NB…

…panel led by Justice Ibrahim Saulawa, the apex court set aside the judgment of the Court of Appeal and restored the earlier decision of the Federal High Court in Lagos, which had held that the assets were reasonably suspected to have been acquired with proceeds of unlawful activities. The judgment, read on behalf of th…

Former Grand Khadi of the Kwara State Shari’a Court of Appeal, Hon. Justice Solihu Olohuntoyin Muhammad (rtd), has called on the Federal Government to amend the 1999 Constitution to expand the jurisdiction of Shari’a Courts of Appeal beyond Islamic personal law matters, saying the current limitation has denied many Mus…

…Atiku, ADC defend primaries as court voids Mark-led congresses The Court of Appeal upheld a ruling voiding congresses conducted by the Senator David Mark-led caretaker committee of the ADC. Atiku Abubakar and the party insist the judgment does not affect candidates who emerged from direct primaries and have approached…

…Omeiza Ajayi & Luminous Jannamike ABUJA — In a split decision of two-to-one, the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja yesterday affirmed the judgment restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from recognising or participating in any state congresses organised by committees appointed by the Senator Da…

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Monday upheld an order restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission from recognising or participating in congresses conducted by committees appointed by the Senator David Mark-led caretaker leadership of the African Democratic Congress. The judgment has thrown fresh uncertai…

…upholds d3ath sentence for Islamic cleric who m8rdered Kwara college female student The Court of Appeal sitting in Ilorin has upheld the d3ath sentence imposed on an Islamic cleric Abdulrahman Bello for the m8rder of Hafsoh Yetunde Lawal, a student of the Kwara State College of Education, dismissing his appeal and affi…