Court of Appeal

Rivers State: Confusion Over Allocation as Appeal Court Reserves Judgement 0
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- November 23, 2024
Political waters in Rivers were ruffled on Friday when conflicting information emerged on the State Federal Allocation for October. The first information was that based on a Federal High Court order, the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation would not release the money. Not long after, another piece of information emerged that the
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President Court of Appeal Sets Up Special Panel on Rivers’ Crises 0
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- November 12, 2024
…NJC Denies Deaths of Judges on 2023 Presidential Election Tribunal The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, set up a three-member special panel on Monday to hear all appeals relating to the political disputes in Rivers State, including the one between Governor Simianalayi Fubara and the House of Assembly. The panel, led
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Sequence of Election: Court of Appeal Okays National Assembly’s Amendment 0
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- August 3, 2018
The last may not have been heard on the proposed National Assembly re-ordering of 2019 election sequence as the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, on Wednesday, ruled against the high court judgment that stopped the National Assembly from carrying out the re-ordering. In a unanimous judgment, the full panel of justices held that
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Landmark Judgement Makes Freedom of Information Act Applicable in Every State 0
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- April 14, 2018
The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, Ondo State, has given a landmark judgement saying that the Freedom of Information Act, 2011 is constitutional and binding on all states of the Federation in Nigeria. Consequently, states have no powers to reject requests filed under the Freedom of Information Act (FoIA) saying requests for information, especially
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