Nigeria and African news

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has the majority in the Plateau State House of Assembly following a ruling of the appeal court declaring Nimchak Nansak of the APC as the winner of the Langtang north-north state constituency poll. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Nannim Langyi, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as…

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja will on Thursday deliver judgment in the appeal by Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa state, seeking to set aside the tribunal judgment that nullified his election. The tribunal had in its judgment delivered on  October 2, declared David Ombugadu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner…

The Chief Registrar of the Court of Appeal, Umar  Bangari, said that there was no contradiction in the court’s judgment on the Kano State governorship election. There had been several interpretations of the judgment following a discrepancy between what was read out in the open court and the contents of the Certified True Copy (CCT)…

An Abuja federal court has granted bail  to former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to Godwin Emefiele in the sum of N300 million. Emefiele was also asked to produce  two sureties in like sum, who must have certificates of occupancy and titles of properties within the Maitama district in Abuja. The former…

The federal high court has announced the posting of judges to new divisions across the country. In a statement on Wednesday, the Court’s Assistant Director of Information, Catherine Christopher, said the posting follows the appointment of 23 new judges to the court. The statement said, “the chief judge directed the affected judges to report at…