Tag: Supreme Court
Bakassi Indigenes Protest Over Oil Wells
In what appears to be pre-empting the Supreme Court judgment scheduled for the 10 July, 2012, thousands of Bakassi indegenes descended on the…
Supreme Court confirms Akpabio’s election
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The battle for the governorship of Akwa Ibom state, in Nigeria’s south was on Friday resolved…
Theodore Orji floors opponent at Supreme Court
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The Abia state Governor, Chief Theodore Orji on Friday floored a fellow party chieftain who had…
Sovereign Wealth Fund: Out Of Court Settlement Hits Brickwall
Following the collapse of the Federal Government’s proposed out of court settlement in the disputed N1 billion deducted from the…
Supreme Court Upholds Ogene’s Victory
The Supreme Court in Abuja on Monday, 14 May, dismissed the appeal instituted by Mr Chukwuka Onyema against the 29…
OIL WELLS DISPUTE: Supreme Court Fixes 10 July For Verdict
The unending dispute between Cross River and Akwa Ibom states over ownership of 76 Oil Wells, resumed at the Supreme…
Supreme Court Upholds Dickson’s Election
Former governor of Bayelsa state, Chief Timipre Sylva on Friday lost his bid to unseat the recently elected Governor Seriake…
Nigerian Governor Dedicates Victory At Supreme Court to Allah
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has described as a call to greater service the Supreme Court’s judgment which Tuesday…
S’Court Upholds Uduaghan, Okorocha’s Election
The Supreme Court on Friday in Abuja upheld the election of Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan and Chief Rochas Okorocha of Delta…
384 Orile Iganmu Landlords Urge Supreme Court To Review Judgment
Three years after the Supreme Court delivered judgment in a 35-year old case involving Orile Iganmu land in favour of…
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Supreme Court sacks Nigerian governor
Nnamdi Felix /Abuja The Nigerian Supreme Court on Friday nullified the election of Kebbi state Governor Usman Saidu Dakingari of…
PDP Withdraws Case Against Abatemi-Usman
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has withdrawn the appeal brought against Senator Nurudeen Abatemi-Usman at the Supreme Court in respect of…
Okorocha Knows Fate In March
The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned till Friday, 2 March, to deliver its decision on an appeal instituted by the…
Fresh Crisis In Kogi
The office of the Governor of Kogi state was on Thursday thrown into fresh crisis following the failure of the…
ACN wants fresh governorship poll in Nigerian state
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has called for fresh governorship election in Kogi State, saying the December election conducted…
Bayelsa Acting Gov Freezes State Accounts
All accounts of the Bayelsa State Government have been frozen in the aftermath of the sacking of Governor Timipre Sylva…
Sagay, Aturu Blame Buhari’s Loss On Appeal Court
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and some lawyers on Wednesday reacted to the Supreme Court’s dismissal of the appeal by…
Nigeria: Buhari Warns of a Looming Chaos
Ayo Oluokun/Abuja Leading opposition candidate in Nigeria’s last election, General Muhammadu Buhari, has warned about a looming chaos and a…
SWF: Govs Head To Supreme Court
The ripples generated by Federal Government’s insistence to go ahead with the Sovereign Wealth Fund for which it earmarked one…
LG Polls: Lagos ACN Slams PDP
The Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress has described as shameful volte face the decision of the Lagos State…
List Of New Senior Advocates Of Nigeria Released
The Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee in Abuja on Thursday met at the Supreme Court complex and approved 2 separate lists…
Oshiomhole Condoles Aniagolu, Igbokwe
Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has described the passing of Justice Anthony Aniagolu, retired Justice of the Supreme Court…
Supreme Court Swears-In New Justices
Two former Justices of the Court of Appeal, Justice Mary Peter-Odili and Justice Nwali S. Ngwuta were sworn in this…
Sokoto Gov. Suit Resurfaces At Supreme Court
Barely two months after the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal instituted by the candidate of the Democratic Peoples Party, DPP,…
ELEVATION SQUABBLES: Salami Withdraws Suit
Justice Ayo Isa Salami today formally withdrew his suit against the Chief Justice of Nigeria; Justice Katsina – Alu and…
JUSTICE SALAMI SAGA: NJC Absolves CJN Of Any Blame
The National Judicial Council, NJC, on Thursday in Abuja rose in defence of Aloysius Katsina-Alu from the raging scandal surrounding…
NJC Drops Salami’s Promotion To Supreme Court
The National Judicial Council on Wednesday in Abuja jettisoned its earlier recommendation for the promotion of Justice Ayo Isa Salami,…
Withdraw Salami’s Promotion Now, NBA Tells CJN
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Ikeja, Lagos, branch has called on the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu…
Lawyers Condemn Salami’s Promotion
Legal practitioners have been reacting to the recent promotion of the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Isa Ayo…
UNSOLICITED ELEVATION: Justice Salami Drags CJN To Court, Opens Can Of Worms
The battle of wits between the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Isa Salami and the Chief Justice…