Court of Appeal

The Court of Appeal Abuja division is expected to hear the matter between the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Imo State and the party on the issue of the factional national convention of the party that was held in Ibadan,…

President Bola Tinubu has approved the elevation of Justice Olubunmi Oyewole from the Court of Appeal to the Supreme Court. In a letter written to the Senate on Tuesday, President Tinubu is seeking the confirmation of the jurist to the…

By Otunba Segun Showunmi My Lord President, I write with deep respect for the Court of Appeal as a constitutional court of record and, more particularly, as the court that bears the greatest institutional…

The Supreme Court has overuled President Bola Tinubu’s clemency granted Mayram Sanda who was convicted of killing her husband. President Tinubu had in exercise of his powers granted clemency to Ms Sanda alongside 70 other…

The Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja, has affirmed the judgement that barred the Directorate of Road Traffic Services and Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIO), from impounding, confiscating or imposing fines on motorists.   The court, in a…

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has suspended the enforcement of its January 10 judgment, which upheld the Kano State government’s repeal of the 2019 Emirates Council Law. The ruling is to allow for the final determination of…

The Court of Appeal, Akure division, Ondo State, has upheld the death sentence of Rahmon Adedoyin for his involvement in the killing of Timothy Adegoke, a former  postgraduate student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State.…

Senator Sam Anyanwu has broken his silence over the disputed seat of the National Secretary of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) reiterating that he remains the National Secretary of the party. Speaking in an interview with…

The AREWA Youths has described as suspicious, dangerous threat to the integrity of the Court of Appeal, the decision of the Presiding Judge of Appeal Court, Abuja, Justice Hamma Barka to sit over an appeal concerning a pro-Nyesom…

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has raised serious concerns over recent developments in the legal handling of cases involving Rivers State. Specifically, HURIWA is alarmed by the actions of Justice Barka,…