The Chairman of the panel, Justice Ibrahim Salauwa, at the resumption of the day’s proceeding broke the information to the parties
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The panel took the decision following the suit filed at the Supreme Court by one of the parties to the case
Sagay said the allegation of attempted inducement by the minister had no bearing with the justices’ arrest and subsequent charges before a court of competent jurisdiction
A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria in Yenagoa reports that all the roads leading to Onopa, the seat of government, were blocked by armed security men
The three states are under the control of the Peoples Democratic Party
President Muhammadu Buhari had last week forwarded the names of the judges to the Senate for consideration and confirmation
The Department of State Services (DSS) in the past few days, has embarked on series of special sting operations involving…
The apex court panel of seven judges had unanimously dismissed the three appeals contesting the return of Governor Yahaya Bello of the APC
The court in a unanimous judgement dismissed the appeal filed by Hon. James Faleke, the running mate to late Abubakar Audu, the initial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, and a former Governor of the State, Captain Idris Wada, who was also the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the election
In a reaction to the judgment of the Court of Appeal that dismissed the cases instituted against his emergence as the governor of the state by Wada and Faleke, Bello made the plea on Thursday in Lokoja in an interview with newsmen
Giving reasons for its February 3 judgment, Justice Suleiman Galadima held that Otti and APGA were unable to prove the issue of over voting, allegations of violence and corrupt practices allegedly perpetrated by the respondents
Ajulo, who addressed a press conference in Abuja, is seeking a Fiat from the AGF to prosecute them for Contempt of Court
The apex court made the declaration while giving reasons for dismissing the appeal of the APC and Alhassan in its judgement on February 11
“This has placed the court to set aside the judgments of the two lower courts as the other parties challenging his victory could not prove otherwise
This followed the upturning of Alhassan’s victory at the Court of Appeal by the Supreme Court on Thursday
The apex court panel of seven Justices unanimously dismissed an appeal by Saraki challenging his trial by the tribunal
Saraki, however, vowed to prove his innocence at the CCT on the matter since apex court was only invited to rule on some preliminary issues in the process of commencing the trial
In a judgement delivered early on Friday, the apex court held that Saraki’s suit lacked merit and as such he should return to the Tribunal to answer to the charges against him
The ruling is ongoing
The disturbing trend in these judicial pronouncements, TMG said, is in the fact that the apex court has elected to give judgments and not justice