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...
•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...
•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, […]
The candidate of the Labour party (LP) in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, today said his dream for a new Nigeria has not ended with the October 26, 2023 verdict of the Supreme Court. Obi spoke at a press conference in Abuja about two weeks after the apex court affirmed the February 25, 2023 […]
•Peter Obi during the world press briefing in Abuja this afternoon Peter Obi has described the Supreme Court judgment that affirmed Bola Tinubu’s election as Nigeria’s president as a breach of the citizens’ trust in the judiciary. The apex court had some weeks ago dismissed the appeals of Obi, who contested under the Labour Party […]...
Being text of a World Press Conference on the Presidential Election Petition Judgement by Atiku Abubakar, GCON, Waziri Adamawa, former Vice President of Nigeria (1999-2007) and Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 Election, at the PDP Headquarters in Abuja on Monday, 30th October, 2023. Protocol. Gentlemen of the ...
•Atiku Abubakar The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, has said that Nigeria as a nation is doomed. This is coming about 72 hours after the Supreme Court dismissed the former vice president’s appeal for lacking in merit and affirmed the victory of President Bola Tinubu, as the […...
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