LAGOS MARCH 17TH (NEWSRANGRS)-The reinstatement of the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has been greeted with mixed feelings by the members of staff at the party’s national secretariat on Monday. Confiding in Daily Sun shortly after the judgement was delivered, while some rejoiced over Oshiomhole’s reinstatement, others expressed disappointment….
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the application for review of its January 14 judgement which sacked Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as Imo State governor and installed Hope Uzodinma in his stead. The apex court ruled against the application six-to-one. Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, led…
LAGOS MARCH 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Supreme Court, again, on Monday adjourned till Tuesday the hearing of the application seeking the review of its judgment which upturned the outcome of the last governorship election in Imo State. The Peoples Democratic Party’s Emeka Ihedioha, is by his application filed on February 5, 2020, seeking the review of the…
LAGOS MARCH 2ND (NWSRANGERS)-The Supreme Court will tomorrow hear and make a pronouncement on the application by former Governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha, urging it to set aside its January 14, 2020, judgment that ousted him from office in favour of the incumbent governor of the state, Hope Uzodinma. The motion which was filed…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Supreme Court has upheld its judgement which sacked David Lyon of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the governor-elect of Bayelsa State. It will be recall that the apex court, on February 13, sacked Lyon of the APC barely 24 hours to his inauguration. A five-member panel of the apex court…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of Emeka Ihedioha’s application seeking the review of the January 14, 2020 judgment which sacked him as Imo State governor and installed Hope Uzodinma as his replacement. The seven-man panel of the apex court led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senior lawyers on Friday backed the Supreme Court’s judgment on the governorship election in Bayelsa State. Senior Advocates of Nigeria ((SAN) Dr Paul Ananaba and Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa advised aggrieved persons to express their grievances lawfully. But a Lagos lawyer, Jiti Ogunye, said the judgment appeared to be punishing the All Progressives Congress…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Supreme Court has fixed Tuesday, February 18 for hearing in the fresh application by erstwhile governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha challenging the judgement earlier delivered on January 14. A message was circulated on Saturday announcing the hearing date. But one of the lawyers representing Governor Hope Uzodinma, Festus Jombo Esq…