High Court issued warrant of arrest against Amaechi, 5 others. Court of Appeal set aside warrant, ruled High Court wrong. Appeal Court faulted service process on defendants. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Court of Appeal sittings in Port Harcourt has set aside a warrant of arrest order entered by a High Court sitting against the … Read more
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has fixed May 26 as the date for delivering judgment in the PDP’s suit seeking the disqualification of Tinubu and Vice Kassim Shettima. The judgment will determine whether Shettima’s candidacy will be upheld or invalidated, potentially affecting Tinubu’s inauguration as president. The case revolves around the allegation of double nomination … Read more
The tribunal warns against sensationalism and time-wasting tactics during the presidential election petition hearing. The five-member panel of Justices of the Court of Appeal will hear and determine all five petitions challenging Bola Tinubi’s victory. The court emphasizes the importance of focusing on the substance of the case during the 2023 presidential petition hearings. EKO … Read more
The panel of judges assigned to the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal has been revealed. A panel of five justices, headed by Justice Haruna Tsammani as the presiding justice, has been constituted for the PEPC. Proceedings will continue at the court at 10:30am. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Presidential Election Petition Court has unveiled its … Read more
The Court of Appeal in Akure has validated the nomination of Adegboyega Adefarati as the candidate of the House of Representatives for the APC in the 2023 election. This decision comes after the State High Court nullified Adefarati’s candidacy, which was contested by him through the appellate court. The lower court was found to have … Read more
Senator Ajibola Basiru has denied celebrating Ademola Adeleke’s victory at the Court of Appeal in a Facebook post. Basiru accused the PDP and Adeleke’s administration of being behind the post, claiming that it is an attempt aimed at seeking to validate the judgment of the Court of Appeal. The Director of Media of Osun PDP, … Read more
Festus Keyamo, a spokesman for the All Progressives Congress, posted a photoshopped picture of the presidential candidate of the LP, Peter Obi, In his tweet, Obi was seen reading a book titled “from 3rd to 1st, how to steal a mandate” on Twitter. Peter Obi, who came third in the election, has claimed to have … Read more
Shekarau will not be returning to the senate until at least 2027. He had won the Kano Central senatorial district election. But the Supreme Court has ruled that he wasn’t the authentic candidate of his party. Eko Hot Blog reports that the Supreme Court has sacked former Governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau, as the … Read more
Obi and Atiku have been granted permission by a Court to examine the 2023 election materials. Both PDP and LP had since rejected the outcome of the election. After considering the ex-parte applications brought before it by the two aggrieved presidential candidates and their political parties, Justice Joseph Ikyegh issued the orders. EKO HOT BLOG … Read more
Lt. Col. Agbu Kefas (retd) won the Taraba PDP primary election on May 17, 2022. His opponents, Prof. Jerome Nyameh and Hon. Hilkiah Buba Joda-Mafinda, challenged his emergence. Their challenge failed at the Federal High Court and a Court of Appeal before the final judgement of the Supreme Court. Eko Hot Blog reports that the … Read more
An appeal court has affirmed Machina as the APC Senatorial candidate for Yobe North. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the President of the Nigerian Senate, Dr Ahmad Ibrahim, has lost his re-election bid, as the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Monday, affirmed Bashir Machina as the authentic candidate of the All Progressives Congress, … Read more
Akpabio has appealed a court verdict sacking him as the APC senatorial candidate. Eko Hot Blog reports that a former minister of Niger Delta affairs, Godswill Akpabio, has resolved to appeal a court order sacking him as the All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial candidate in Akwa Ibom north-west. EDITOR’S PICKS Nigeria Places N5m Bounty On … Read more
The FG has said it’s not giving up on its case against Nnamdi Kanu and vowed to exploit appropriate legal options. Eko Hot Blog reports that the Federal Government (FG) has indicated that it will approach the Supreme Court to challenge the Court of Appeal judgement that struck out the terrorism charge it preferred against … Read more
The Court of Appeal has recommended an out-of-court settlement for the Federal Government and ASUU over the union’s lingering strike. Eko Hot Blog reports that the appellate court sitting in Abuja suggested an out-of-court settlement to resolve the dispute between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). EDITOR’S PICK Atiku, Ayu, … Read more
FG makes U-turn, drops another charge against Nnamdi Kanu. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Federal Government has dropped one of the charges against the detained leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Human Rights Lawyer, Mike Ozekhome (SAN), who leads the delegation of legal practitioners representing the IPOB … Read more
An appeal court has reversed Oborevwori’s sack as Delta PDP Governorship candidate EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Monday, reinstated the Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly, Sherrif Oborevwori, as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state. EDITOR’S PICK Petrol Subsidy … Read more
INEC had on February 6, 2020, de-registered 74 political parties for failing to win any political office in the last general elections held in 2019 The Advanced Congress of Democrats (ACD) and 21 other parties had later filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja to challenge their deregistration by the electoral umpire … Read more
An investigator with the Commission, in an affidavit before the court, insisted that the jewelleries were beyond the former minister’s “known and provable lawful income EKO HOT BLOG reports that a Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has upheld the final forfeiture order on the $40 million worth of jewellery seized from the premises of … Read more
By: Adémólá Òrúnbon The Ogun State Customary Court of Appeal (CCA) has rewarded its outstanding staff for their optimism, diligence, vibrance and hardwork. Speaking during the maiden edition and merit award conferment on exemplary leadership and staff of Customary Courts, at Isabo, Abeokuta, the President CCA, Justice Mobolaji Ojo, said, it is profitable to be … Read more
The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal has suspended the interim order issued by a Federal High Court sealing the corporate offices of Seplat Petroleum Development Company over loan which Cardinal Drilling Services Limited allegedly owed Access Bank Plc.