The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has upheld the recent Rivers State Local Government elections. The election was conducted by the administration of

The judge held that the Electoral Act does not cover elections conducted by states.

A High Court in Rivers State, located in Port Harcourt, has granted an ex parte order prohibiting the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje, from holding any elective congresses for the state chapter of the party without the involvement of the claimants/applicants. Naija News understands that this prohibition extends to all […]

Mr Fubara’s plea came on a day the Justice Barka-led panel consolidated five other appeals that arose from the said judgment of the high court.

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has nullified the Federal High Court judgment that sought to stop the Rivers State Local Government election

On Thursday, the Court of Appeal in Abuja ruled that the Federal High Court lacked jurisdiction over Rivers state’s local government election case.

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has called on the Court of Appeal in Abuja to overturn a ruling that prohibited the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from disbursing monthly allocations to his state. Fubara’s legal team, led by Mr. Yusuf Ali, SAN, filed a motion requesting the three-member panel, headed by Justice Hamma Barka, […]

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has overturned a Federal High Court ruling that prevented the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from releasing the voters’ register to the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) for the conduct of local government elections, which have since taken place. In delivering its judgment on Thursday, a special panel […]

Rivers state Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has urged the Court of Appeal in Abuja to reverse a Federal High Court decision preventing the state’s monthly allocations.