The State and National Appeal Court, presiding in Lagos, has chosen to reserve its judgment in the appeal lodged by the Labour Party and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) challenging the re-election of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The Labour Party’s candidate, Mr. Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, and Mr. Abdulazeez Adediran of the PDP, contested the ruling of the Read More…
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Appeal Court upholds Maina’s son’s conviction for money laundering, reduces sentence
The conviction of Faisal for conspiracy and money laundering by the Court of Appeal on Thursday was affirmed. Faisal is the son of the imprisoned former Chairman of the disbanded Pension Reform Taskforce Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina. A three-member panel of the appellate court also lowered his sentence from 14 to seven years in prison Read More…
Transfer of 21 Appeal Court judges not about Nnamdi Kanu
The Court of Appeal says that the decision to drop the terrorism charges against Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) who was illegally extradited, has nothing to do with the move of 21 justices to different divisions. Contrary to several media accounts, the appellate court said that the postings of Read More…