LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has dismissed the petition alleging that the requirement for presidential candidates to be declared winners of the election is that they must secure 25% of the votes cast in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the tribunal chairman, Justice Haruna Simon…
LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Supreme Court Friday dismissed the suit by the Peoples Democratic Party seeking the disqualification of the ticket that produced the president-elect, Bola Tinubu and the vice-president-elect, Kashim Shettima in the 2023 presidential election. The apex court thus affirmed that the duo of the All Progressives Congress were eligible to contest the…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has dismissed an appeal by the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, seeking to disqualify Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, from the February 25 general election. In the appeal marked: CA/ABJ/CV/1414/2022, the Movement had approached the court, contending that the Independent National…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday dismissed an application requesting to strike out charges against the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari. Justice Emeka Nwite dismissed the application on the ground that the court of law has the exclusive right and power to hear drug-related cases as stipulated in…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Court of Appeal Abuja has dismissed a suit by the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) seeking to disqualify Peter Obi as the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP). Delivering Judgement, the President of the Court, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensan dismissed the appeal on the grounds that the appeal lacked merit and APM…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The ECOWAS Court of Justice, today dismissed the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s motion to strike out the Consolidated Suit against it on the ban of Twitter, as lacking in foundation . The Federal Government of Nigeria suspended Twitter operation in Nigeria on June 4, 2021 two days after a controversial tweet from…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, dismissed a case challenging the federal government’s directive to broadcast stations to delete the Twitter handles. The suit was instituted by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) following the directive of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) stopping broadcast from using Twitter after the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed the case against the election of Prof. Charles Soludo as the Governor-elect of Anambra State. In a judgement delivered by Justice Taiwo Taiwo, the dismissed suit sought to nullify Soludo’s election on the allegation that he presented false information to the Independent National…