Legal

Law Professors Pick Errors, Condemn Kano Governorship Tribunal Judgment

THE Kano State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday sacked Governor Abba Yusuf of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) while declaring the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nasiru Gawuna, winner of the election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared that […]

Why the Kano Verdict Can’t Stand – Farooq A. Kperogi

By Farooq A. KperogiTwitter: @farooqkperogi I detest political cultism, which the Kwankwasiyya movement represents, and also resent Governor Abba Yusuf’s incipient governance by destructive vengeance, which saw him remorselessly destroying multimillion-naira buildings belonging to political opponents in his first few weeks in power, but the […]

STATEMENT OF THE NIGERIA CIVIL SOCIETY SITUATION ROOM ON THE JUDGMENT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION PETITION TRIBUNAL

Issued in Abuja on Friday, 8th September 2023. The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room (Situation Room), on Wednesday, 6th September 2023, observed the delivery of the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on the 2023 presidential election. As a group with significant years of […]

Chicago State University: US court assumes jurisdiction, says Atiku satisfies all requirements

August 21, 2023 The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, says it has jurisdiction in the case instituted by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to compel Chicago State University (CSU) to produce critical documents relating […]

Dear President Biden, Tchiani Is a Lesser Evil Than Tinubu

By SKC Ogbonnia, Houston, TX. August 21, 2023 The Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr.President of the United StatesThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, D.C. 20500. Dear President Biden, Let me begin by commending your tireless interest in African affairs, which dates to the time immemorial. […]