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Elections 2007 Events Leading Up to and After the 2007 Elections 
Bribery Scandal Rocks Election Tribunals
August 11, 2008
IN spite of increasing positive public image which the nation's judiciary has garnered in recent times, allegations of bribery in local and foreign currencies have continued to trail the rulings of Election Petition Tribunals across the federation.
Tribunals And Controversial Judgments
July 28, 2008
Law, we are told, does not respect anybody or a group of persons. Neither has it respect for the rich nor powerful, a highly or lowly positioned individual. And because it is no respecter of status and riches it is generally referred to as...
Triumph Of Olusegun Mimiko - Independent Editorial
July 27, 2008
The declaration of Olusegun Mimiko as the winner of the April 14, 2007 governorship election in Ondo State by the Garba Naburuma-led election petition tribunal may stand as a vindication of the judiciary as the last bastion of hope for the...
Re-run Elections: Tenure Extension For Govs Illegal Top Lawyers Differ On Peter Obi Scenario
July 27, 2008
Prominent lawyers in the country have sharply disagreed over the interpretation of the Supreme Court judgment concerning the tenure of office of a state governor and the provision of Section 180 (1) of the 1999 Constitution. This is against...
X-ray Of Election Tribunals - National Daily
July 25, 2008
With the admission by the Peoples Democratic Party-led Government that the 2007 general elections were conducted with imperfections, Elections Petitions Tribunals were inaugurated to exert justice for victims of poll malpractices. SUNDAY ODIBASHI...
How Nigerians Abroad Can Sanitise Nigeria’s Democracy, By Maurice Iwu
July 25, 2008
Our dear country, Nigeria is in a crucial phase of development. Nations that have made the great leap in development and those that realize what it takes to achieve such great leap of history know very well that not only is such transformation...
Rule Of Law Is A Charade – Young Alhaji
July 23, 2008
If men like us cannot get justice from our courts after convincingly defeating men like David Mark, the rule of law is a charade and democracy is under threat."
Elections 2007 - Contradictions Between Tribunals And Appeal Tribunals
July 19, 2008
PUT on a scale, judgments from the various election tribunals and appeal tribunals have been a mix bag of sort. Above all, it has been marked by contradictions between the lower and appellate tribunals. Winners, no matter how hard or 'soft'...
Court Of Appeal Removes Imoke As Cross River Governor
July 14, 2008
The Court of Appeal sitting in Calabar yesterday removed Mr. Liyel Imoke as Cross River State Governor after ruling that his election last year failed to comply with the 2006 Electoral Act.
Tribunal Victories: An Exercise In Futility After All? - By Godwin Ijediogor
June 6, 2008
WHEN candidates of the political parties that felt short-changed by way of rigging and exclusion from the governorship contest in their states in last year's April 14 election started filling petitions at the various Election Petitions Tribunals,...
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