Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, the President of the Court of Appeal, who disclosed this at the special inaugural session of the court in Lokoja, said the session would be handled by two regular and one Sharia panels.
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The party said the judgment of the Federal High Court, which sacked Akpan from the Senate for not being its authentic candidate for the 2015 Akwa Ibom senatorial election was not against its interest, hence unnecessary and ought not to have been filed in the first place
Ruling in the applications for the withdrawal of the appeals, the Chairman of the panel, Justice Ibraheem Saulawa, held that the appeals had indeed become academic.
The senator, elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, had gone to the Court of Appeal to challenge the ruling of the Rivers State Elections Petitions Tribunal, which removed him from office
In a statement issued by the Managing Director of Lagos State Waterways Authority, Engr. Abisola Kamson, the State Government attributed the unfortunate mishap to overloading of passengers on a Banana Boat and operation of illegal jetty
The party on Friday in Awka, Anambra State expressed in a statement by Ifeatu Obi-Okoye, its National Publicity Secretary, strong belief in the judiciary as the most critical institution for the sustenance of true democracy.
The State Government, following a judgment of the Court of Appeal, which upheld its powers to legislate on intra-inland waterways within the State, had called on operators in the sector, especially dredgers and boat operators, to comply with relevant laws governing their operations, failure of which sanction would apply
NIWA had claimed that the judgment of the Appellate Court retained its power to regulate all waterways, including international, intra-coastal and inter-state waterways
On March 6, a Yola High Court sentenced Ngilari to five years in prison without the option of fine on charges of financial fraud
The convicts are: Axel Jabone, Zahirul Islam, Juanito Infantado, Suarin Alave, Gatila Gadayan, Islam Shahinul, Islam Rafiqul, Shaikh Nomany and Rolando Comendador.
The Appellate Court, in a judgment on Wednesday, dismissed an appeal filled by a telecommunication firm, Airtel Network Limited, against the judgment of Justice Y. O. Idowu of the Lagos High Court and affirmed that private parking lots are revenue sources for Local Governments in Lagos State.
Jonathan stated this on Wednesday on his Twitter handle in his reaction to the court judgment on the party’s leadership crisis
It however, did not give reasons for its position
The EFCC sought the injunction of the court following the unfreezing of the account by the Federal High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State
Orubebe had in his Notice of Appeal, marked CA/A/633c/2016, urged the appellate court to not only set-aside the judgment the Justice Danladi Umar-led tribunal delivered against him on October 4, 2016, but to equally discharge and acquit him of the charge
Justice Yargata Nimpar, who read the decision of the court, said the High Court, which tried him, did not properly evaluate the evidence before it
This followed the unfreezing of the account by a Federal High Court in Lagos last week Thursday
Abayomi Adesanya, the APC Publicity Secretary in Ondo State, in a statement in Lagos on Tuesday described the judgment as “victory for democracy”
The lawmaker, who was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on a 208 count charge bordering on money laundering and misappropriation of public funds, was found guilty of 77 counts by Justice Inyang Ekwo and sentenced to 154 years imprisonment
The organs expressed the support during the party’s stockholders meeting held at Ekiti State House in Abuja