Umar Bangari News Today

The Kano APC on Wednesday, December 20, expressed optimism about the Supreme Court judgment as the party’s secretariat wears a different new look.

Supreme Court has fixed date for the hearing of the appeal filed by Kano governor, Abba Yusuf of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) over his sack.

"This all-important arm of government is becoming a joke amongst the general populace, for whom it should hold hope in the face of the traditional selfish tyranny of other arms of democratic governance."

A former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata has admonished the president of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem to offer more cogent reasons on the discrepancy in the Kano governorship election judgment to safe the face of the judiciary.

November 27, (THEWILL) - Residents of Kano State have entered yet another tense mood as they await the judgement of the Supreme Court in the Appeal filed by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of the New Nigeria Peoples Party(NNPP) against the recent verdict of the Court of Appeal which affirmed Dr Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna of the

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - A former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata, has called on the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Bolna’an Dongban-Mensem, to shed light on the situation behind the “embarrassing situation” from the court recent judgment on the outcome of the Kano State governorship election. Addressing the controversy

Professor Farooq Kperogi has said that the confusion in the CTC of the Appeal Court's verdict on the Kano governorship election dispute is not a clerical error.

A former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Olumide Akpata has called on the president of the Appeal Court, Monica Dongban-Mensem, to provide “cogent clarifications” on the “clerical error” in the Kano State governorship election judgement. There had been controversy during the week after the Court of Appeal in Abuja affirmed the verdict of the Kano State governorship election petition tribunal which sacked Abba Yusuf, candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), as th...

With the greatest respect, the Chief Registrar's approach to this matter is most untenable, as it flies in the face of reason and also does not conform with our extant laws on the subject.

The presence of heavy security across Kano state on Saturday, November 25, led to the cancellation of the APC and the NNPP's supporters planned protest and rally.