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Opinion: Can Supreme Court Disentangle Kogi Paradox?

When the Appeal Court returned judgement unanimously in favour of Governor Yahaya Bello on August 4, there was no rejoicing anywhere in Kogi State except inside the...

Opinion: Faleke And The Angst Against The Law

By Kingsley Fanwo. Again, the Court of Appeal rose to the occasion to deliver a sound judgement that has been applauded by the legal world. The Court refused to be cowed...

Appeal Court Upholds Yahaya Bello’s Election As Kogi Governor

The Court of Appeal on Thursday upheld the election of Yahaya Bello as the duly elected governor of Kogi State. Details of the judgment is still sketchy, but our...

Kogi Gov Petition: INEC Simply Coronated Yahaya Bello – Wole Olanipekun

Counsel to All Peoples Congress, APC, Deputy Governorship candidate in Kogi’s November 21, 2015 governorship election, James Abiodun Faleke, Chief Wole Olanipekun...

Faleke v Bello: Summarised Points of Law on Locus Standi and Time To File Petition

HONOURABLE JAMES ABIODUN FALEKE v. H.E. ALHAJI YAHAYA BELLO   (Summarised Points of Law)   WHO CAN PRESENT A PETITION: This raises the issue of locus standi, that is,...

Kogi Gov Petition: Appeal Court To Hear Faleke’s Appeal Tuesday

The Court of Appeal siting in Abuja will commence hearing Tuesday, 26 July, on the appeal brought by Hon. James Abiodun Faleke challenging the judgment of the Kogi State...

Audu-Faleke Group Blasts Gov Bello For Spending N1 Billion On Vehicles

The Audu-Faleke Political Organization, the governorship campaign machinery of the late Abubakar Audu and Mr. James Abiodun Faleke, has blasted the Governor Yahaya...

In Kogi, The Last Is Yet To Be Heard by James Essien

In Nigeria today, the government at the centre has apportioned to itself the role of law maker and law breaker, depending on the scenario that suits its purpose. Notably...

Tribunal Update: Faleke Files 35 Grounds of Appeal

Former running mate to the late Prince Abubakar Audu in the last November 21 Kogi State governorship election, James Faleke, has urged the Court of Appeal in Abuja to...

Tragedy in Kogi State

By Idowu Akinlotan Tomorrow, the Kogi governorship election tribunal sitting in Abuja will begin delivering judgement in the disputed November 2015 governorship election...