Court Of Appeal

Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Monday, reserved judgment on the appeal filed by the Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, challenging the January 27, 2023 verdict of  the Osun governorship election petition tribunal, which overturned…

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said indicated plans to appeal a court judgement granting the request of two plaintiffs to use their temporary voter cards (TVCs). The Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the INEC…

Court of Appeal, Abuja has fixed Wednesday to consider the merit of the application the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) filed to be allowed to reconfigure the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS), used for the just…

President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, urged the Court of Appeal in Abuja to order the Independent National Electoral Commission to grant him access to sensitive materials it used for the presidential election. Tinubu, through his…

Court of Appeal sitting in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, has affirmed Biodun Oyebanji as the winner of the governorship election held on June 18, 2022 in the state. Delivering the judgment on Tuesday, a three-member panel of the court…

Court of Appeal in Abuja has confirmed Bashir Machina as the authentic candidate of the All Progressives Congress for Yobe North Senatorial District. The court, on Monday, upheld the judgment of the Federal High Court sitting in…

Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Thursday confirmed that its leader Nnamdi Kanu had approached the Supreme Court to set aside the ruling of the Court of Appeal staying the execution of the court’s judgment discharging him. The…

Court of Appeal on Monday has refused to grant the request of the Federal Government to adjourn the application seeking to stay the execution of the judgment that struck out the terrorism charges against the leader of the proscribed…

The Court of Appeal, Abuja has ordered members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to resume work with immediate effect. The appellate court gave the order in a ruling on an application by the ASUU seeking permission…

Lawyers for the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has revealed on Thursday, October 6, to the Court of Appeal that both parties could not resolve the eight months old strike, despite the out-of-court…

Court of Appeal Abuja Division has set aside the judgment of the Federal High Court in Umuahia which voided the provision of Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act 2022. Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act provides that; No political…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of 18 new justices for the court of appeal. The new justices had been recommended to the President in March by National Judicial Council (NJC) chaired by Chief Justice of Nigeria…

Court of Appeal in Abuja has set aside the indictments delivered against National Security Adviser, Col Sambo Dasuki, in a judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja which convicted and sentenced former spokesperson of the Peoples…

Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has affirmed the death sentence imposed on a woman, Maryam Sanda for killing her husband, Bilyamin Mohammed Bello. Bello, nephew of Haliru Mohammed, a former national chairman of the Peoples Democratic…

High Court sitting in Kano State has on Monday fixed November 26 for hearing in the appeal filed by Yahaya Sharif-Aminu against the judgment of an Upper Sharia Court which condemned him to death for blasphemy. On August 10, a judgment of…