•Peter Mbah The Supreme Court, today, upheld the election of Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State. The apex court, in a unanimous decision by a five-man panel of Justices, dismissed an appeal that the Labour Party, LP, and its candidate, Chijioke Edeoga, filed to challenge the outcome of the governorship election that held in the […]
The Supreme Court today, reserved judgment in an appeal brought before it by Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano state challenging the decision of the Court of Appeal, Abuja which sacked him from office. After hearing the submissions of counsel in the matter and the processes filed had been adopted, the five-member panel of the apex […]
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu today urged the Senate to consider and confirm, 11 nominees for appointment as Justices of the Supreme Court. Tinubu’s letter of request was read at plenary by Senate President Godswill Akpabio. The 11 nominees had been recommended by the National Judicial Council for Tinubu’s approval to fill the vacant positions...
Supreme Court has fixed Thursday for the hearing of appeal in the Kano State governorship dispute. Governor Kabir Abba Yusuf of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) is challenging the verdict of the Appeal Court that upheld the tribunal’s verdict which sacked him and declared Dr Nasiru Gawuna of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as [&hellip...
•Nnamdi Kanu and Tinubu Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has expressed shock over yesterday’s ruling by the Supreme Court that detained leader of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, must face trial for the allegations against him by the federal government, thereby, quashing expectations that he co...
•Nnamdi Kanu and Abaribe A former minority leader of the Senate, Enyinnaya Abaribe, today, Friday December 15, called for calm over the Supreme Court’s verdict against the leader of Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, assuring that Ndigbo would vigorously pursue a political solution that would ultimately set him free. The se...
The Supreme Court has refused to order the release of the embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, from detention. The panel of justices of the court today nullified the earlier order of the Court of Appeal in Abuja which ordered Kanu’s release on bail. In the judgment written by Justice […]
The anticipated Supreme Court judgment today on the trial of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader Nnamdi Kanu has sparked fears of violence in the Southeast should it not go in his favour. A verdict is expected on the appeal and cross-appeal filed by the federal government and Kanu, reports The Nation. A five-member panel, […]
•Abba Kabir Yusuf The New Nigerian Political Party (NNPP) has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu not to influence the ongoing Kano Governorship Supreme Court case. The party’s appeal was made yesterday during its Northwest zone’s special prayer organized to support Kano Governor, Abba Yusuf Kabir’s victory at the Supreme Court, reports Th...
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...

