Tag: Supreme Court
Supreme Court has to make example of Emefiele, nobody above law – Falana
The Supreme Court had last week ordered the CBN to stay action on its deadline for the swapping of old…
JUST IN: Emefiele disobeys S/Court on currency swap, insists on Feb. 10 deadline
The Supreme Court had last week restrained the Federal Government and the CBN from implementing the February 10 deadline for…
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CJN blows hot: Our silence on attack on judiciary not sign of weakness or cowardice
The statement is in reaction to the recent attacks on the judiciary by some group of persons over some recent…
Naira swap: Wike disowns Atiku, PDP, hails Supreme Court
PDP and Atiku had despite the hardship inflicted on Nigerians by scarcity of the new naira notes had encouraged the…
Akpabio wins battle for APC Senatorial ticket at Supreme Court
Justice Saulawa said after reviewing the arguments canvassed by Akpabio, the Supreme Court consider his appeal was meritorious and therefore…
Kogi probe: Agbakoba drags EFCC to Supreme Court
According to Agbakoba, how a state spends its money should not be the business of the EFCC
Supreme Court reacts to ‘interrogation’ of CJN Ariwoola by DSS
The apex court also debunked claims that five Justices of the Court have demanded the resignation of the CJN from…
Akpabio to approach Supreme court over nullification
According to him, the judgement delivered by the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, directing INEC to delist him as the…
Stay of execution judgment: Nnamdi Kanu drags FG to Supreme Court
The appellate court had on Oct. 13, freed Kanu of the terrorism and treasonable felony charges preferred against him by…
Appellate courts’ conflicting decisions worrisome, says Olanipekun
Olanipekun said the conflicting judgements significantly obstructed lawyers’ ability to effectively predict the position of the law in the delivery…
VAT suit: Wike sends message to Supreme Court
By Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has appealed to the Supreme Court of Nigeria to give…
Ebonyi 2023: Supreme Court declares Ifeanyi Odii PDP governorship candidate
Mr Odii and Sen. Ogba were engaged in a legal battle over who was validly elected as the Ebonyi PDP’s…
Kenya’s Odinga still says he won election, but will respect court ruling
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, who is contesting his loss in this month’s presidential election in the Supreme Court, said…
Poetic justice for Justice Tanko: Re Justice Onnoghen
The third and final Chief Justice not to receive a valedictory session in their honor is Justice Tanko Muhammad. Therefore,…
Electoral Act: Buhari loses battle to strike out Section 84(12) at Supreme Court
The provision, included in the amended Electoral Act signed into law by President Buhari bars political appointees at any level…
Why I wore Olokun traditional robe to Court -Lawyer Malcolm E. Omirhobo
When journalists pestered him with questions, the lawyer responded that it was a protest because of the Supreme Court's recent…
Just In: CJN Muhammad replies Supreme Court justices’ protest letter
CJN Tanko Muhammad said Supreme Court is also affected by the economic and socio-political climate prevailing in Nigeria, but it…
Supreme Court approves hijab in Lagos schools
Lagos high court had in October 2014, ruled against the use of hijabs in schools, a judgement that was upturned…
Why Supreme Court may turn to glorified high court: Ex-CJN Onnoghen
Justice Onnoghen further canvassed that appeal cases should not get to the Supreme Court as of right but by leave…
Peterside must pay Odili N6bn for defamation – Supreme Court rules
In a judgment delivered by Justice Adamu Jauro, the appeal by Dakuku Peterside was dismissed for want of merit.
Electoral Act: Supreme court reserves judgment on suit filed by Buhari
Buhari had urged the parliament to delete the controversial clause in the Electoral Act, but the National Assembly declined the…
Disputed oil wells: Rivers floors Imo at Supreme Court, Wike reacts
Wike said, however, instead of instigating the NBC to do the right thing, Governor Emeka Ihedioha of Imo State, shortly…
36 governors lose N66 billion claim against Buhari’s govt
The ruling was part of the judgment by the apex court on Executive Order 010, which six of the seven…
Breaking: Supreme Court annuls Buhari’s executive order 010
According to the majority ruling by the justices, President Buhari exceeded his constitutional powers in issuing the EO10.
Supreme Court breaks silence: ‘Invasion of Odili’s residence impunity taken too far’
The Supreme Court has described the alleged invasion of Justice Mary Odili’s residence by suspected security operatives as impunity taken…
Akeredolu: Supreme Court gives APC hint and wink
Senior Advocate of Nigeria Babatunde Ogala examines the impact on the APC leadership of the split decision of the Supreme…
Supreme Court justices split 4-3 over Akeredolu, Jegede
Supreme Court justices on Wednesday were split 4-3 over whether to uphold the re-election of Oluwarotimi Akeredolu as Ondo State…
Ex NNPC boss Andrew Yakubu gives up on forfeited $9.7M
Former NNPC boss Andrew Yakubu has withdrawn the appeal at the Supreme Court against the forfeiture of $9.7M and £74,000…
Supreme Court sets aside conviction of 3 lawyers for misconduct
The Supreme Court on Friday set aside the conviction of three senior lawyers barred from practicing in Nigeria over alleged…
Supreme Court dismisses APC’s certificate forgery case against Obaseki
The appeal on the certificate forgery case brought by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its chieftain, Mr. Williams Edobor,…