Tag: Appeal Court
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Appeal Court stops CCT from proceeding with Onnoghen’s trial
The Court of Appeal on Thursday ordered the Code of Conduct Tribunal to halt the trial of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen. The appeal court granted an order for stay of proceedings of the trial at the tribunal. A three-member panel of the appeal court granted the interim order pending the ruling on…
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A’Court fixes date for hearing of CJN Onnoghen’s appeal against trial
The Court of Appeal Abuja on Monday fixed January 24 to hear a notice of appeal seeking to restrain the trial of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal. Counsel to Onnoghen, Chief Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN), had filed the appeal challenging the January 14 decision of the tribunal…
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BREAKING: Appeal Court sacks Kashamu, Abati, others as Ogun PDP candidates
The Ibadan Division of the Appeal Court, on Tuesday December 18, 2018 sacked Senator Buruji Kashamu and other ‘candidates’ in the Adebayo Dayo-led faction of the Ogun State PDP. With this judgement, Hon. Oladipupo Adebutu and others who emerged through the party’s primaries are now the authentic candidates of the party in the 2019 election.…
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Appeal Court voids arrest warrant issued against INEC chairman
The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal has nullified the arrest warrant earlier issued by the Federal High Court in Abuja against the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu. Justice Stephen Pam of the Federal High Court had, on August 1, 2018, ordered the Police to arrest Yakubu for…
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Appeal Court reverses judgment on election sequence dispute
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has reversed the judgment by the Federal High Court, Abuja which voided Section 25 in the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2018, which sought to dictate the sequence of the next general elections. Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court, Abuja had, in a judgment on April 25 this…
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N7.6bn fraud: A’Court mandates trial Judge to conclude Kalu’s trial before Sept ending
The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, has directed that the alleged N7.6bn fraud case of a former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, must be concluded before the end of September this year. The trial judge, Justice Mohammed Idris, who was among the 12 high court judges recently elevated to the…
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Extradition: Kashamu heads to S’Court, seeks overturn of A’Court ruling
The senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Mr. Buruji Kashamu, has headed for the Supreme Court seeking to overturn last Friday’s judgment of the Court of Appeal, which reversed a restraining order that he secured in 2015 against the Attorney General of the Federation and several law enforcement agencies in the country. Kashamu had in…
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Kashamu not above the law, can be arrested – Appeal Court
The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal on Friday nullified a ruling by the Federal High Court (FHC) which prohibited the arrest of Buruji Kashamu by Nigerian law enforcement agencies. The court said the senator is not above the law and should be arrested if there is a need. The appeal court panel led…
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BREAKING: Appeal Court reserves ruling on Kashamu’s extradition
The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, has reserved judgment in the appeal filed by the Federal Government seeking the extradition of the senator representing Ogun East, Buruji Kashamu, to the United States of America. The Federal Government claimed to have received a request by the US Government to deliver Kashamu up for prosecution for his…
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Alleged $1m fraud: Appeal Court dismisses Fred Ajudua’s application
The Appeal Court, Lagos Division, has dismissed an application filed by a serial fraudster, Fred Ajudua, and affirmed the ruling of Justice J. E. Oyefeso of the Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos in a $1 million fraud case. Mr. Ajudua and his accomplice, Joseph Ochunor, sometime in 1993, allegedly defrauded one Ziad Abu…