Tag: Supreme Court
Oyo councils: Makinde says he will pay the sacked officials
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo said on Monday that his government will pay the salaries and allowances of sacked officials…
Makinde suffers big blow as APC officials return to Oyo councils
The 22 May local council election in Oyo state is now in doubt as the Supreme Court nullified the sacking…
JUST IN: Supreme Court sweeps out 74 political parties, backs INEC
The Supreme Court on Friday endorsed the ruling by the Court of Appeal in support of delisting of National Unity…
Babalola wants Supreme Court justices retire at 100
Senior advocate Chief Afe Babalola on Wednesday proposed almost a lifetime tenure for Supreme Court justices, setting retirement age at…
Ex-Governor Dariye shattered, Supreme Court OKs jail term
Former Plateau Governor Joshua Dariye will have to spend his 10 year jail term, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday.
Breaking: Trump joins Texas in Supreme Court to upturn Biden’s victory
U.S. President Trump has not given up his obsession to upturn the election of President-elect Joe Biden as he joined…
Breaking: Supreme Court strikes out Bayelsa’s suit against Rivers on Soku oilfieldÂ
The Supreme Court has struck out a suit filed by the Bayelsa State Government over the disputed Soku oilfield belonging…
End of the road: Natasha Akpoti finally bows to Yahaya Bello
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the petition of Natasha Akpoti and her party, the Social Democratic Party asking it…
Breaking: PDP hits dead end in Kogi, Bello wins again
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the petition of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and its candidate, Musa Wada against the…
JUST IN: Supreme Court finally nails Zamfara APC
The Supreme Court has put the final nail on the hopes of Zamfara All Progressives Congress of retrieving its mandates…
Zamfara: APC accuses PDP of intimidating Supreme Court
The All Progressives Congress has accused the opposition Peoples Democratic Party of intimidating the Supreme Court over the review of…
Zamfara verdict: APC warns PDP to mind its business
The All Progressives Congress has chided the Peoples Democratic Party to stop crying wolf over the APC bid to get…
Imo verdict: PDP, APC post polar opposite reactions
The All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were at polar opposites on Tuesday in their reactions to…
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,…