The Plateau State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Jos has upheld the election of Caleb Mutfwang of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the duly elected governor of the state. Delivering judgment on Friday in the petition filed by Nentawe Yilwatda, candidate of the, the All Progressives Congress (APC), challenging Mutfwang’s election in the…
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has lamented that the increasing rate of political cases in the country is affecting virtually all courts in Nigeria. The CJN said this on Wednesday during the swearing-in of nine newly appointed justices of the Court of Appeal. According to him, political cases were taking a…
The Kano state police command has declared a 24-hour curfew in the state to forestall any break down of order following the tribunal judgment sacking Abba Yusuf as the governor of the state. The tribunal had declared Yusuf Gawana of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the duly elected governor of the state. In a…
The Zamfara State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), has condemned the gruesome murder of Mallam Hamisu Danjibga, a Correspondent of the Voice of Nigeria ( VON), in the state. In a statement on Wednesday in Gusau, Ibrahim Ahmad, secretary of the state Council of the NUJ, called for a thorough investigation into…
The New Nigerian Peoples’ Party (NNPP) is to appeal the judgment of the Kano governorship election petition tribunal that sacked Abba Yusuf as governor. Bashir Yusuf Muhammad, counsel to the NNPP, disclosed this in an interview with journalists shortly after the tribunal delivered its judgement on Wednesday via Zoom. The tribunal declared Nasiru Gawuna of…
The Kano state governorship election petition tribunal has declared Yusuf Ganuwa of the AlI Progressives Congress (APC) as the duly elected governor of the state. The tribunal, in a judgment delivered on Wednesday via Zoom, upturned the election of Abba Yusuf of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) and ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission…
