Election

Can Salary Payment After Resignation Notice Disqualify a Candidate from Election?

CASE TITLE: OKORIE & ANOR v. INEC & ORS (2024) LPELR-62967(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 9TH OCTOBER, 2024 JUSTICES: JOSEPH EYO EKANEMBINTA…

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Binding Nature of Party Constitution/Guidelines on It’s Members

CASE TITLE: OJEZUA v. IGHODALO & ORS (2024) LPELR-62830(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 28TH AUGUST, 2024 PRACTICE AREA: ELECTORAL MATTERS LEAD JUDGMENT: PETER…

2 months ago

Whether the Issue of Qualification of a Candidate to Contest an Election is Both a Pre-Election and an Election Matter

CASE TITLE: OKOLIE v. ELUMELU & ORS (2023) LPELR-61110(CA)JUDGMENT DATE: 14TH SEPTEMBER 2023PRACTICE AREA: ELECTORAL MATTERLEAD JUDGMENT: HABEEB ADEWALE OLUMUYIWA…

1 year ago

Whether the Originating Summons Procedure Is Suitable to Commence an Action where Allegations of Crime Are Directly in Issue

CASE TITLE: APC v. SHERIFF & ORS (2023) LPELR-59953(SC) JUDGMENT DATE: 6TH FEBRUARY, 2023 PRACTICE AREA: CIVIL PROCEDURE LEAD JUDGMENT: CHIMA CENTUS…

2 years ago

Whether Membership of a Political Party Is the Internal Affair of a Party

CASE TITLE: ENANG v. ASUQUO & ORS (2023) LPELR-60042(SC) JUDGMENT DATE: 7TH MARCH, 2023 PRACTICE AREA: ELECTORAL MATTERS LEAD JUDGMENT: KUDIRAT MOTONMORI…

2 years ago

The Legal Impropriety Of Refusal To Reschedule Elections Which Either Did Not Hold Or Were Marred By Violence, And The Legal Remedies Available To Voters In Nigeria

By Fred Ogundu-Osondu Although democracy has been the backbone of Nigeria’s political system since its independence in 1960, the Nigerian…

2 years ago

Could This Be A Conflict: Section 62(1) &(2),Electoral Act,2022 And Clause 38 Of The Regulations And Guidelines For The Conduct Of Elections, 2022

By Amauche Onyedum INTRODUCTION A lot has been said about the mode and procedure for the transmission of election results…

2 years ago

2023: Grounds For Challenging Conduct/Outcome Of Elections In Nigeria

By Festus Ogun, Esq Over the weekend, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conducted the Presidential and National Assembly Elections…

2 years ago

Is an Action Based on the Determination of Membership of a Political Party Justiciable

CASE TITLE:  ECHENDU v. UGONNA & ORS (2022) LPELR-58890(CA) JUDGMENT DATE:  3RD NOVEMBER, 2022 JUSTICES:  RITA NOSAKHARE PEMU, JCA OLUDOTUN…

2 years ago