Tag: Supreme Court
US court ponders whether Muslim inmate can grow beard
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday weighed whether Arkansas prison authorities can prevent inmates from growing beards over fears they…
Obiano dedicates S.Court victory to Ndi Anambra
Anambra state governor, Willie Obiano has dedicated the Supreme Court judgment which he won to the people of the state,…
Onagoruwa, Amupitan, 14 others conferred with SAN award
The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) on Friday in Abuja conferred Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) on 17 distinguished Nigerian…
Election of Libya PM unconstitutional – Supreme Court
Libya’s supreme court ruled on Monday that the election of prime minister Ahmed Miitig in a chaotic session in the…
Of Boko Haram And Our Oneness
By Gbenga Aina You cannot live in sin and expect the grace of God to multiply – Chukwudifu Akunne Oputa,…
APC Reps member sacked by Supreme Court
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Friday sacked Mr. Orker Jev of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria,…
Supreme Court orders lawyer to pay N8m fine to governor
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered Dr Dickson Osuala to pay N8 million fine to Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta…
Justice Chukwudifu Oputa is dead
Eminent jurist and retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Chukwudifu Oputa is dead. A statement released by the family…
Fashola Takes Jonathan To Supreme Court
Kazeem Ugbodaga The government of Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has dragged the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan to…
Amaechi floors Omehia at Supreme Court
Nigeria’s Supreme Court this morning dismissed the case filed by Celestine Omehia against Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, in…
Supreme Court orders Mohammed Abacha’s trial for theft
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s Supreme court in a unanimous decision Friday morning ordered Mohammed Abacha, son of late former…
Bode George’s conviction quashed by Supreme Court
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Friday morning upturned the conviction in 2009 of former Deputy national chairman of the…
Supreme Court Fixes Judgment Date For Okorocha’s Appeal
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The Supreme Court of Nigeria has fixed 24 January 2014 to deliver judgment in an appeal…
Supreme Court Stops PDP Campaign Flag-off In Anambra
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Thursday in Abuja barred the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from going ahead…
You can vote for ‘none of the above’, court rules
It used to be the stuff of Hollywood film, but it is now reality in India: voters being given the…
Supreme Court Affirm’s Mimiko’s Victory
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed the victory of Governor Olusegun Mimiko of the Labour Party…
Ondo election: Final verdict Thursday
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned to Thursday, 29 August to deliver its decision on an…
Supreme Court to hear Ondo poll appeal this week
Nnamdi Felix/ Abuja Nigeria’s Supreme Court has rescheduled the hearing of appeals filed against the judgment of the Court of…
Al-Mustapha Must Not Escape Justice —Kudirat’s Children
Following the filing of an appeal at the Supreme Court by the Lagos State Government against Major Hamza Al-Mustapha and…
Kudirat’s Murder: Lagos Drags Al-Mustapha To S/Court
The Lagos State Government has filed an appeal at the Supreme Court against the judgments delivered by the Appeal Court…
NDLEA: Baba Suwe Heads To Supreme Court
Kazeem Ugbodaga Ace Nigerian actor, Mr Babatunde Omidina, a.k.a. Baba Suwe has filed an appeal at the Supreme Court against…
Supreme Court endorses death verdict on baby killer
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the death sentence passed on Akinola Olatunbosun, for killing a three-month-old baby in 2003…
Kekere-Ekun, 5th female apex court judge takes oath
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s Supreme Court’s fifth female Justice was on Monday sworn in by the Chief Justice of…
UK apex court rules on Nigerian couple’s bitter divorce case
The Supreme Court in the United Kingdom will on 12 June, give its verdict on a high profile divorce case…
Supreme Court Dismisses Ex-Governor Oni’s Appeal
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja A five-man panel of the Supreme Court on Friday in Abuja dismissed an appeal instituted by…
S/Court: Phone thief must die by hanging
Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Friday in Abuja ordered that the ring leader of a notorious armed robbery gang, Mr. Salisu…
Sovereign Wealth Fund: No deal yet between FG, states
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s Federal Government and state governors on Thursday, at the resumed hearing of the suit filed…
Supreme Court Dismisses Bode Ola’s Case Against Ojudu
The Supreme Court has dismissed the case instituted by Senator Bode Ola against Senator Babafemi Ojudu and the Action Congress…
Kenya: Odinga challenges poll result
The party of Kenya’s outgoing Prime Minister Raila Odinga, defeated in presidential polls by Uhuru Kenyatta, will file a petition…
FG, Lagos state clash over control of hotels
Nnaamdi Felix / Abuja The battle for the control of Nigeria’S hotels, travel agencies, eateries and tourists centres resumed at…