Tag: Court of Appeal
Politics and the Court of Appeal
Reuben Abati
It is most unfortunate that the proposed appointment of new judges for Nigeria’s Court of Appeal has been controversial since the announcement of...
Appeal Court president orders suspension of cases in FCT, Lagos, Ogun...
The Appeal Acting President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, has ordered the suspension of all cases before its Federal Capital Territory,...
CJN rules out appointment of Supreme Court judges from the bar
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, has revealed that there was intense pressure to appoint Supreme Court justices from the Bar.
Speaking...
Court of Appeal resolves 805 election cases in 2019
The president of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab
Bulkachuwa has revealed that the court resolved a total of 805 cases emanating
from the 2019 general...
Bulkachuwa directs Appeal Court judges to forego annual vacation
The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab
Bulkachuwa has directed the cancellation of annual leave for the justices of
the Court of Appeal in...
Court of Appeal throws out case challenging Buhari’s academic qualification
Ime Akpan
A three-man panel of the Court of Appeal on Friday dismissed a
suit challenging the qualification of President Muhammadu Buhari to contest the
2019 general...
Appeal Court gives Buhari 5 days to respond to certificate fraud...
The Abuja division of the Court of Appeal has ordered
President Muhammadu Buhari to respond within five days to the appeal filed
against his qualification for...
Justice Mohammed Garba named as replacement for Bulkachuwa
Justice Maohammed Garba of the Lagos Division of the Court of
Appeal has assumed the headship of the five-man presidential election petition
tribunal sitting in Abuja.
Garba,...
Osun governorship poll: Appeal Court upholds Adeleke’s qualification to contest
Awards N3m cost against plaintiffs
The Court of
Appeal in Abuja on Thursday ruled that Senator Ademola Adeleke was qualified to
contest the September 2018 governorship election...
PDP, lawyers, CSOs react as Bulkachuwa quit presidential poll tribunal
The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab
Bulkachuwa, on Wednesday, May 22, withdrew as a member of the Presidential
Election Petitions Tribunal.
This followed allegations...