Indicate this Site | Add to Favourites | Your Home Page  
12/29/11 6:57 PM

Lagos
Supreme Court agrees Goodluck Jonathan is legitimate President of Nigeria

Lagos - The seven-man panel of Nigeria’s Supreme Court has December 28, 2011 unanimously agreed that President Goodluck Jonathan won the country’s April 2011 elections.

 

According to the Vanguard News, the country’s apex court said the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) who challenged the victory of President Jonathan in court, failed to prove that the election was marred with irregularities.

 

Justice Olufunlola Oyelola Adekeye read the lead judgment which brings to an end, eight months of legal tussle, according to the publication.






 Print    Indicate
Latest News
12:16 PM - Islamists block first Mali aid convoy to Timbuktu
12:14 PM - Kenyan police arrest suspect in grenade attack
12:10 PM - 100 Nigerian couples in mass wedding
12:08 PM - EU navy, helicopters strike pirate supply center
12:05 PM - South Sudan says ready to resume talks with Khartoum
12:03 PM - South African police seize 10 rhino horn
12:00 PM - 1 dead in explosion on Kenya's coast
11:58 AM - Convicted Taylor says prosecutors paid witnesses
12:19 PM - West African bloc may re-impose Mali sanctions
12:18 PM - AU will not bar Sudan's Bashir from summit
TPA - Televisão Pública de Angola
RNA - Rádio Nacional de Angola
Jornal de Angola
© 1997 - 2008 Angop. All rights reserved.