•PDP logo and INEC chairman Prof Mahmood Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday told the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that it should adhere to the Supreme Court judgement on the position of its national secretary. The electoral body also told the PDP leaders comprising of governors, m...
•Nigerian Senate The Nigerian Senate is considering a legislative proposal that would increase the number of Supreme Court Justices from the current 21 to 30 in a bid to tackle the mounting backlog of cases and improve the efficiency of the apex court. Senator Osita Izunaso (Imo West), who is sponsoring the bill, disclosed this […]
•Late Justice Muhammadu Lawal Uwais The Supreme Court of Nigeria has sent out its condolences to the family of former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Muhammadu Lawal Uwais, who passed away yesterday. Uwais served as the 9th Chief Justice of Nigeria from 1995 until his retirement in 2006, leaving behind a formidable legacy of […]...
•Late General Sani Abacha Mohammed, son the late General Sani Abacha, has commenced the process of challenging, before the Supreme Court, a recent Court of Appeal’s judgment, dismissing the suit he filed to reclaim the ownership of the controversial Malabu Oil and Gas Limited. Abacha’s team of lawyers, led by Reuben Atabo (SAN) has since [&hel...
•Muhammadu Iliyasu Bashir The Supreme Court has upheld Alhaji Muhammad Ilyasu-Bashir as the substantive Emir of Gwandu in the long-standing dispute over the emirate’s throne in Kebbi State. In a split decision, the apex court held that the deposed Emir of Gwandu, Al-Mustapha Jokolo, did not initiate the suit via due process of law, reports [&h...
•Governor Adeleke and President Tinubu The crisis over the control of local government councils in Osun State between the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) has boiled over, with the state government dragging the Tinubu-led federal government to the Supreme Court for allegedly seizing the monthly allocations...
•Asuerinme Ighodalo and Monday Okpebholo The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the September 21st Edo Governorship election, Asuerinme Ighodalo, has insisted on continuing the pursuit of justice, saying, “As with the judgment of the Tribunal, we have received this decision with deep disappointment, but also with an unwavering ...
•Asue Ighodalo and Monday Okpebholo The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja today upheld the election of Monday Okpebholo as the Governor of Edo State and dismissed the case of Asue Ighodalo, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the September 21, 2024 governorship election in the South-South state. Delivering judgment, a three-m...
The Supreme Court has struck out a suit by the 36 states’ governments and the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) challenging the federal government’s application of recovered looted funds. In a judgment today, a seven-member panel of the Supreme Court was unanimous in holding that the suit was wrongly instituted before the apex court, reports The ...
The Supreme Court has overturned a decision of the Court of Appeal which granted bail to Lagos businessman and former socialite, Fred Ajudua, who is standing trial for allegedly defrauding a German company of $1 million over three decades ago. In a unanimous ruling today, the apex court held that the Appeal Court erred in […]
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