Category: Judiciary

Ikenga Ugochinyere. By Advocatenewsng.com The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Imo State has nullified the election of Mr Ikenga Ugochinyere of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the member representing Ideato North/South Federal Constituency in the 2023 election. In a unanimous decision on Sunday, a three-member panel of the tribunal which conducted its proceedings in Nasarawa State, held that Ugochinyere was not validly nominated by the PDP to contest the election. Consequently, it ordered the Independent National…

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PEPC in session today in Abuja, Nigeria. The Presidential Election Petition Court has struck out the Allied Peoples Movement petitions against President Bola Tinubu and his Vice President, Kashim Shettima, for lack of merit. The PEPC dismissed and described APM’s case filed to nullify Tinubu’s election as “incompetent”. The court held that issues raised by the APM in its petition contained pre-election matters that could only be determined by the Federal High Court. Chairman of the panel, Justice Haruna…

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By Advocatenewsng.com Following the confirmation of the election of Senator Wasiu Sanni Eshinlekun of All Progressives Congress (APC) by the National Assembly Election Petition trial Tribunal sitting in Lagos, the main contender, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the February 25, 2023 National Assembly election, Francis Adewale Gomez, has through his newly procured counsel, Joseph B. Daudu, a former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) president and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), approached the Court of Appeal, Lagos sitting…

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Hon. Justice Taiwo Obayomi Taiwo (Rtd), speaking during the lecture. Flanked on the left is the Rt. Rev. (Dr), Babatunde F.R. Ogunbanwo, and on the right by Hon. Justice O.O. Odunanjo, representing the Chief Judge of Ogun State, Hon. Justice Mosunmola Arionola Dipeolu, (FICMC). By Advocatenewsng.com Rule of law as a catalyst for building a society has been emphasized by a former judge of the Federal High Court, Abuja, Justice Taiwo Taiwo at the special day of tribute in…

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By Advocatenewsng.com Ecobank Nigeria Limited has lodged an appeal against the ruling of the Federal High Court, Lagos, delivered by Hon. Justice M. Liman, in the N72 billion lawsuit brought against the bank by Honeywell Flour Mills Plc. In its Notice of Appeal dated 19th July 2023, filed on the same date, Ecobank seeks to overturn the judgment delivered on 18th July 2023. The bank is also seeking an Order from the Court of Appeal to uphold its Notice…

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Senior lawyers in court at the PEPC proceedings. By Advocatenewsng.com. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), at the sitting of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) Abuja, yesterday unsuspectingly and abruptly announced the closure of their case against the petition raised by the Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi challenging Tinubu’s declaration as president. The duo closed their case after calling a star witness, Opeyemi Bamidele, a Senator of the…

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Justice John Tsoho, FHC Chief Judge. By Advocatenewsng.comA Federal High Court, Abuja has dismissed the suit challenging the late Kalabari High Chief, O.B. Lulu-Briggs’ transfer of his shares in Moni Pulo Limited to his wife, Dr. Seinye O.B. Lulu-Briggs, his daughters and the O.B. Lulu-Briggs Foundation. The suit was filed by the chairman of Platform Petroleum, Chief Dumo Lulu-Briggs and three others. Justice James Kolawole Omotosho while throwing away the case noted that Dumo’s suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1481/2021, was the…

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CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele. By Advocatenewsng.com A Federal High Court sitting in Akure, Ondo State, on Thursday resolved to wait on the Supreme Court, as it adjourned hearing in a suit brought against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) by a group, Social Rehabilitation Grace and Supportive Initiative (SRG), challenging the CBN over the voiding of old N200, N500 and N1000  Naira notes within a period considered too short.When the matter was mentioned, the trial judge, Hon. Justice T….

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Justice Olukayode Ariwola, CJN. Incontrovertible legal perspective. By Advocatenewsng.comThe decision of the Supreme Court on 6th February, 2023 in the case of Machina v. APC has raised a lot of dust.Much of the comments are largely made based on uninformed view of how the case played out and how civil proceedings work. I will throw more light on these issues so that we can see how some of us are acting like the proverbial fowl’s neck that is keeping malice with…

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Dr. Agbakoba, SAN. Legal analysis. By Olisa Agbakoba and Collins Okeke. Introduction WITH less than one month to the general elections scheduled to hold on February 25, the decision of the Osun State Election Petitions Tribunal nullifying the July 16 governorship election, on the basis of over-voting even with the deployment of Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) has raised concern amongst Nigerians. The tribunal in its Judgment invalidated the election of Governor Ademola Adeleke of the People’s Democratic Party…

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