Ahead the Supreme Court hearing, the Transparent Justice Initiative (TJI), a group of retired judicial personnel, has challenged the apex Court to affirm what it termed ‘popular victory’ of Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf and save the judiciary from further embarrassment. It said the judiciary remains the last hope of the common man and it [&h...
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended the appointment of 11 justices to the Supreme Court. A statement by the apex court’s Director of Information, Soji Oye, said the recommendation was made at the 104th meeting of the council in Abuja on Wednesday. The recommended candidates would be sworn-in after the approval of their recommen...
•Akeredolu An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, the state capital today granted leave to applicants in a suit, seeking an Order of Mandamus to compel the Ondo State House Assembly and the Speaker, to constitute a medical panel to assess Governor Akeredolu’s health status. The suit, brought before the court by Olufemi Lawson, […]...
•Sunday Igboho The Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), sitting in Abuja today, ordered the government of the Republic of Benin to pay Yoruba nation activist Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, a sum of 20 million CFA for unlawful detention and violation of his fundamental [&...
Justice Mohammed Madugu of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has dismissed a charge bordering on impersonation levelled against the National Chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Edozie Njoku, by the Nigeria Police Force. Justice Madugu held that there was no way the allegation could stand because the prosecution cou...
•Uzodimma and Ihedioha The Supreme Court has dismissed an application by Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking to be issued a certificate of return as the rightful governor of Imo state. In a ruling read by Justice Tijjani Abubakar on Tuesday, December 5, the apex court held that Ihedioha’s application lacked merit [&hel...
•Mike Ozekhome The Supreme Court has imposed a fine of N40 million on Mike Ozekhome SAN, for filing a frivolous, vexatious, and irritating motion before the court in respect of Imo State governorship in 2019. The Supreme Court today, Tuesday, December 5, dismissed an application by Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking [...
•Tinubu President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been dragged before the Supreme Court for allegedly unlawfully presenting himself for inauguration as president, despite a pending legal action against the conduct of the 2023 presidential poll. Citing the doctrine of lis pendens, a presidential candidate in the 2019 general election, Albert Ambrose Owur...
•Underage voters A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to identify, within 90 days, its officials involved in the registration of the underage during the continuous voters’ registration (CVR) exercise in polling units across the country. Justice Obiora Egwuatu, in a judgement, also direc...
•Supreme Court of Nigeria The National Judicial Council (NJC) will hold its last quarterly meeting for the year this week, wherein, it will ratify the appointment of 11 justices for the Supreme Court, as well as judges for the states of the federation. It was gathered that the NJC will meet on Wednesday and Thursday, […]
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