Tag: Supreme Court
Lagos Wins Eko Court Towers In Supreme Court
It’s thumbs down for Nigeria’s graft and corruption. Nigeria’s Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal filed by the estate of…
Alleged minister’s assailant acquited 9 years after
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Friday discharged and acquitted an alleged assailant of former minister of information…
Supreme Court affirms Nyako’s victory in Adamawa
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Tuesday in Abuja affirmed the victory of Adamawa state Governor Murtala Nyako…
ACN Is Not Losing Face In South West
There is growing concern that the popularity of the Action Congress of Nigeria, CAN, is waning in Lagos State but…
Supreme Court decides Nyako’s fate 20 November
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The Supreme Court on Monday fixed November 20, 2012 to deliver judgment in an appeal brought…
Adekeye, Apex Court Jurist Bows Out
Supreme Court jurist, Justice Olufnlola Oyelola Adekeye, who attained the mandatory retirement age of 70 years on 28 October, retired…
Court hands victory tonic to Obama ahead of debate
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The Supreme Court handed an advantage to the Democrats and President Barack Obama on Tuesday in ruling…
CJN Swears In 25 New SANs
Twenty Five legal practitioners who were recently elevated to the rank of senior advocates of Nigeria were on Wednesday sworn…
Supreme Court Affirms Wada’s Victory
The final affirmation to Governor Idris Wada’s victory at the last Kogi state gubernatorial election was on Monday handed down…
Mukhtar Will Save The Judiciary
Chief Adeniyi Akintola, SAN, is unrestrained in his affection for the new Chief Justice of Nigeria. He tells GBENRO ADESINA…
Police Fund: Kenny Martins Appeals
Coordinator of Police Equipment Fund, Chief Kenny Martins, has approached the Supreme Court to set aside the judgment of Court…
Apex court ousts RUSAL from ALSCON
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Eight years after BFIG Corporation entered into an agreement with the Bureau for Public Enterprises to…
Court Judgment: Tenants Evicted From 10 Houses
By Ayodeji Dedeigbo The Ojora chieftaincy family and council who recently won a case at the Supreme Court over the…
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…