Court of Appeal

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and upheld a N12 million compensation awarded to Dr. Monday Ubani, SAN, over his unlawful detention for 21 days in 2019.

Court of Appeal overturns the Federal High Court judgment that nullified INEC's guidelines and revised timetable for the 2027 general elections, clearing the way for the Commission to implement its election schedule. Appellate court rules that the Youth...

September 12, (THEWILL) — The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal has directed its chief registrar, in liaison with the Admiralty Marshal to take charge, possession and secure any cargo of crude oil on board FPSO Tamara Tokoni...

May 30, (THEWILL) – The Court of Appeal, Abuja, has validated the Kano State local government elections held on October 26, 2024. The ruling followed an appeal filed by the Kano State Attorney General, the State House of Assembly,...

February 25, (THEWILL) – Anita Joy Omoile and 12 others, including DeepBlue Energy Service, an ISO 9001 QMS certified company, have asked the Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal to void or set aside the judgement of the...

September 06, (THEWILL) – The Abuja division of the Court of Appeal has again struck out the appeal seeking to disqualify Asue Ighodalo, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), from the September 21 governorship election in Edo State. THEWILL...

January 12, (THEWILL) - The Supreme Court, on Friday, upheld the victory of Bassey Otu as governor of Cross River State in the 2023 gubernatorial election. The apex court affirmed the judgement of the Court of Appeal and their...

December 08, (THEWILL) - The Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal, Port-Harcourt Division, Justice Joseph Shagbaor Ikyegh has died at age 65. Justice Ikyegh died at his residence in Makurdi, on Wednesday afternoon. Born and raised in Benue State, Justice...

December 03, (THEWILL) - This is not the best of times for the Judiciary as it has come under severe criticism from eminent Nigerians, following the controversies that trailed some of the judgments at Election Petition Tribunals and the...

November 29, (THEWILL) - The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed the joint appeal filed by Prof. Sani Yahaya and the New Nigeria People's Party (NNPP), which prayed the court to sack Kefas Agbu of the Peoples Democratic...