•Governor Sanwo-Olu The Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has clarified that the state will conduct local government elections in 20 local governments and 37 local council development areas (LCDAs) in the state. The clarification was coming against the backdrop of the Supreme Court judgment granting autonomy to the loc...
The US Supreme Court agreed yesterday to hear TikTok’s appeal of a law that would force its Chinese owner to sell the online video-sharing platform or shut it down. The top court scheduled oral arguments in the case for January 10, nine days before TikTok faces a ban unless ByteDance divests from the popular app, […]
TikTok asked the US Supreme Court yesterday to temporarily block a law that would force its Chinese owner to sell the popular online video-sharing platform or shut it down a month from now. The appeal to the nation’s top court came on the same day that TikTok Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew met with US […]
•Supreme Court The Supreme Court has imposed a N5 million fine on a former presidential candidate, Ambrose Owuru, for harassing President Bola Tinubu with frivolous and vexatious suits. Owuru, who contested the 2019 presidential election against former President Muhammadu Buhari on the platform of the Hope Democratic Party (HDP), was ordered t...
•Tinubu A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos, Dr. Abayomi Nurain Mumuni, has raised concerns over the Supreme Court’s recent judgment nullifying the National Lottery Act, warning that it poses significant legal risks for stakeholders in the lottery industry. In separate letters addressed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu an...
•Fashola and Sagay Legal giants yesterday said the Supreme Court judgment that nullified the National Lottery Act would deepen federalism. The Supreme Court held last Friday that the Lagos House of Assembly and those of other states have the powers, to the exclusion of the National Assembly, to make laws for the regulation and control [&hellip...
The Supreme Court has struck out a suit by the 36 state governments seeking to among others, compel the federal government to account for its earnings from the sale of liquefied natural gas, natural gas liquids and related products since 1999. In a unanimous judgment, a seven-member panel of the court, presided over by Justice […]
The Supreme Court has nullified the National Lottery Act 2005 enacted by the National Assembly. In a unanimous judgment today, a seven-member of the apex court, held that the National Assembly lacked the powers to legislate on issues relating to lottery and games of chance, reports The Nation. The court held that such powers only […]
•APGA national chairman, Edozie Njoku The National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Edozie Njoku, has reminded Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, that a lower court cannot under any guise, review a judgment made by a superior court of competent jurisdiction. Chief Njoku stated this last night while r...
•Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Nigeria has dismissed suit instituted by some state Attorneys General challenging the establishment of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Act. The suit, which was initially instituted by attorneys general of 16 states, sought the scrapping of the anti-graft agency. While some states withdrew...
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