•Hamza Al-Mustapha and late Kudirat Abiola The Supreme Court has dismissed the trial of the former Chief Security Officer, to ex-Military Head of State, General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha (rtd), in the murder of Kudirat Abiola. During proceeding, Lagos State was slated to re-open the trial, but no legal representation was made, while...
The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal of the son of a former Jigawa State governor, challenging the decision of the trial court, which convicted him for failing to declare $40,000 at an airport. In a unanimous decision, the panel at the apex court dismissed the appeal of Aminu Sule Lamido, the son of former […]
The National Judicial Council (NJC), has recommended the elevation and appointment of the presiding justice of the Court of Appeal, Enugu Division, Justice Olubunmi Oyewole for appointment as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. NJC’s Deputy Director of Information, Kemi Babalola-Ogedengbe, disclosed this in a statement yesterday. Babalo...
•Tinubu and the Supreme Court The Supreme Court has upheld the power of the President to declare a state of emergency in any state to prevent a breakdown of law and order or degeneration into a state of chaos or anarchy. The apex court, in a split decision of six-to-one today, held that such suspension […]
•Maryam Sanda and late husband, Bilyamin Bello The Supreme Court, today, reaffirmed the death sentence that was handed to the daughter-in-law of a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Maryam Sanda, for committing culpable homicide. An Abuja high court had, on January 27, 2020, sentenced her to death by hanging after she was [&...
The Supreme Court yesterday expressed displeasure at Federal Government’s failure to put into effect the July 2024 judgement of the court that local governments’ share from the federation account be paid directly to them. The apex court said there was no credible evidence before it that the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) had initiate...
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has struck out a suit filed by the Attorney General of Osun State, Oluwole Jimi-Bada, against the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, in relation to the dispute over the withheld allocations due to local governments in the state. In a split decision of six justices to one, […]
•Incarcerated IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has returned to the Supreme Court to challenge what his legal team described as a “judgment that destroyed justice” — a ruling they say relied on a repealed law to sustain his prosecution despite a binding Court […]...
The Labour Party Candidates Forum (LPCF) has condemned what it described as the blatant disobedience of court judgments sacking Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), accusing both Abure and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of disregarding the rule of law. The forum reaffirmed its loyalty and solida...
•Governor Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State and the Nigeria Senate The Lagos State Government has accused the National Assembly of attempting to subvert the Nigerian Constitution and a binding Supreme Court judgment through the proposed Central Gaming Bill, warning that the move could plunge the country into a fresh constitutional crisis. Speaking at a...
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