Tag: Supreme Court
A Justice’s warning : Imo decision will haunt electoral jurisprudence for long time
Justice Chima Nweze was a lone voice out of seven justices on Imo election verdict and came with dire warning…
Justice Nweze: Profile of the dissenter in Supreme Court
Justice Chima Centus Nweze raised not a few eyebrows on Tuesday when he read a dissenting judgment in the review…
No Hope for Ihedioha, Supreme Court dismisses appeal
The Supreme Court has dismissed the application by Emeka Ihedioha for the review of its 14 January judgment that ousted…
Supreme Court verdict on Imo election hours away
The Supreme Court will deliver its judgment by 3pm today in the review appeal brought by Emeka Ihedioha of the…
Supreme Court stand on Bayelsa dangerous, can trigger suicide: Sylva
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva said the Supreme Court has set a dangerous precedent on the…
Supreme Court gives Zamfara APC new date
The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned until March 17, hearing in the application filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC),…
Bayelsa fallout: Justice Augie scolds Babalola, Olanipekun, like schoolboys
Senior lawyers Chiefs Afe Babalola and Wole Olanipekun got more than they bargained for Wednesday when they sought a review…
Diri, Dickson in songs of worship after Supreme Court’s victory
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri and his predecessor, Seriake Dickson and some chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, were…
APC, Lyon lose Supreme Court review appeal, lawyers to pay N60m cost
David Lyon and the All Progressives Congress have lost their bids to overturn the Supreme Court ruling of 13 February,…
Update: Bayelsa gladiators wait for Supreme Court ruling
A seven-man panel of the Supreme Court has heard arguments by lawyers from all sides on whether it should uphold…
Legal giant Afe Babalola leads David Lyon’s case at Supreme Court
The Supreme court has begun hearing the application of the All Progressives Congress and its candidate for the review of…
Supreme court verdicts: APC slams PDP as unserious
The All Progressives Congress has swiftly scolded the Peoples Democratic Party over the latter's call for a review by the…
APC group appeals to Supreme Court to review Zamfara judgment
The Support Group of All Progressives Congress (APC) has appealed to the Supreme Court to review its judgment nullifying all…
PDP seeks S/ Court review of Presidential, Kaduna, Kano, Osun, Katsina election verdicts
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded a review of the Supreme Court judgments on the presidential and four other…
Bayelsa: Supreme Court goofed, I didn’t forge any certificate, says Degi-Eremienyo
All Progressives Congress (APC) deputy governorship candidate in the Bayelsa State governorship election in Bayelsa State, Senator Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo has…
Supreme Court sets new date to review Imo Judgment
Nigeria's apex court has set a new date for the hearing of the application filed by the Peoples Democratic Party…
JUST IN: Supreme Court adjourns Ihedioha’s case
The Supreme Court has adjourned till 2 March, the hearing of the case filed by former governor of Imo State,…
Imo, Bayelsa on tenterhooks as Supreme Court reviews judgments
The Nigerian states of Imo and Bayelsa are on tenterhooks as seven justices of the Supreme Court sit today to…
CJN Tanko Muhammad heads 7-man panel of justices to review Bayelsa, Imo verdicts
Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad will chair the seven-member panel of justices to review Bayelsa and Imo…
Poll verdicts: Supreme Court in the eyes of the storm
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has since its decision on the Imo state governorship tussle on 14 January, 2020 found…
For The Records: Supreme Court Order on Bayelsa election
Here is the full order of the Supreme Court issued on Thursday 13 February nullifying the election of David Lyon…
Atiku reacts to Supreme Court’s sacking of APC’s Lyon
Nigeria's former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has reacted to the Supreme Court's judgment which nullified the election of the All…
PDP laughs last: Supreme Court sacks Bayelsa APC governor-elect
In another stunning ruling, the Supreme Court has nullified the election of Bayelsa State governor-elect, David Lyon and his running…
Massive protest rocks Imo over Ihedioha (Photos)
Massive protest rocked Imo State on Wednesday as thousands of supporters of ousted governor, Emeka Ihedioha took over the streets…
Ex-governor Jolly Nyame stays in jail, Supreme court rules
The Supreme Court has affirmed the judgment of the Court of Appeal which sentenced former governor of Taraba state, John…
Imo Verdict: PDP petitions US, UK, EU
Following a protest led by its chairman, Uche Secondus to the US embassy and the UK high commission in Abuja,…
Supreme Court endorses Ganduje’s election as Kano Governor
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the election of Abdullahi Umar Ganduje as the Kano State Governor.
Photos, Video: Protests in Owerri against Supreme Court
In an unprecedented move, hundreds of people came out in Owerri, capital of Imo State to protest the Supreme Court…
Supreme Court Judgment: Bauchi politicians turn prayer warriors
Some politicians and other stakeholders in Bauchi are having ‘sleepless nights’, with some holding nightly prayer sessions in mosques, as…
Oshiomhole slams PDP for reckless attack on Supreme Court
The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has described the attack of the Supreme Court…