LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Supreme Court has upheld the five years sentence of former House of Representatives member, Farouk Lawan, for receiving a bribe of $500,000 from businessman Femi Otedola. His appeal sought to set aside the February 24, 2022 judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja, which sentenced him to a five-year jail…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s opposition Labour Party leader on Monday criticised the Supreme Court’s ruling affirming President ‘s victory in February’s elections and vowed to continue to fight for a “New Nigeria”. The country’s top court on Oct. 26 rejected an attempt to overturn the election result by the main opposition leader and Obi,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s Supreme Court has thrown out both opposition challenges to President Bola Tinubu’s election win. The two main opposition candidates had sought to reverse February’s presidential election, alleging it was marred by irregularities. The Election Petition Court upheld Mr Tinubu’s victory last month, but the opposition insisted Nigeria’s highest court should quash…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s main opposition candidates in this year’s presidential election appealed a ruling that upheld President Bola Tinubu’s victory and asked the nation’s Supreme Court in separate applications to declare them the winner instead, according to documents seen by The Associated Press on Tuesday. In the documents filed, both the Peoples Democratic Party’s…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Wednesday’s judgement of the President Election Petition Court will not mark the end of the controversies trailing the outcome of the 2023 presidential election. News Direct recalls that the five-man panel, in a final judgement read by Justice Haruna Simon Tsammani, struck out the three petitions filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Labour…
LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Supreme Court on Friday complained that opposition parties are deploying social media to terrorise the apex court and its justices, particularly over cases relating to the 2023 general elections. This was contained in the judgement of the court in the suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking the disqualification…
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 MAY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Supreme Court will on Tuesday give its verdict on the appeal brought before it by the immediate past governor of Osun State, Adegboyega Oyetola, and his party, the All Progressives Congress. The court is expected to seat by 2 pm tomorrow (Tuesday). Oyetola and the APC had challenged the judgement of…