The Yola Division of the Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal filed against Hon. Isa Yahya, member representing Maiha constituency at the Adamawa State House of Assembly. The appellate court affirmed the judgement of the Federal High Court delivered by Justice Abdulaziz Anka, and dismissed the suit seeking to disqualify Hon. Yahya, from re-contesting. […]
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The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has sacked 20 members of the Cross River State House of Assembly who defected from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to All Progressive Congress (APC). The court, in a judgement delivered by Justice Taiwo Taiwo on Monday, held that the lawmakers ought to have vacated their seats after […]
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A fresh perspective has been brought to bear on the controversy around how three ‘witces’ were made to confess in Adamawa State. Parties to the case of how three children were allegedly bewitched, leading to the death of one of them, were up to Friday still being expected by a Chief Magistrate Court in Adamawa […]
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the elections of both Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State and his Benue State counterpart, Samuel Ortom, for failure of the plaintiffs to prove that the two were not validly elected. Both Fintiri and Ortom are of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) while their opponents are of the All […]
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