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In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court unanimously affirmed the eligibility of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the President-elect, to contest the presidential election held on February 25. The court, consisting of a five-member…
The Supreme Court has announced the adjournment of the highly anticipated hearing concerning the lawsuit filed by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The hearing, originally scheduled for…
The supreme court has affirmed the election of Ademola Adeleke as the governor of Osun State. Delivering judgment on Tuesday, a five-member panel of the apex court held that the court of appeal correctly reinstated…
The Supreme Court has sacked Senator Ibrahim Shekarau as the candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP). Supreme Court Sacks Shekarau As Kano Central Senator-Elec It was reported that Shekarau was declared the…
The Supreme Court has nullified the ban on use of the old N200, N500 and N1000 banknotes as legal tenders. The apex court held that the old Naira notes should be used alongside the redesigned currencies. The court made…
The Supreme Court has adjourned the judgement of the new naira policy suit to March 3, 2023. The seven-member panel of the apex court communicated the decision on Wednesday. Justice John Inyang Okoro fixed the date…
The Supreme Court is currently handling a legal battle between the governments of Kaduna, Kogi, and Zamfara and the Federal Government over the naira redesign policy. The case has been consolidated with eleven states as…
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court of Nigeria added Lagos, Cross River, Ogun, Ekiti, Ondo, Sokoto, and Katsina states as plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the decision of the Federal Government to cease the use of old…
The Supreme Court is currently hosting the legal proceedings of a suit filed by Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, and his Kogi State counterpart, Yahaya Bello, against the Federal Government and the Central Bank of…
The Supreme Court has dismissed a report that the Chief Justice of Nigeria, (CJN) Olukayode Ariwoola, is under probe by the Department of State Services (DSS) over his recent comment about the Integrity Group. The apex…
The Supreme Court has dismissed the suit challenging the authenticity of Ademola Adeleke’s candidacy in the just concluded Osun governorship election. Oyedotun Babayemi, a governorship aspirant, had taken Adeleke before…
The Supreme Court has struck out the suit by President Muhammadu Buhari and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami seeking to void the provision of Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act 2022.…
Following a two-hour of fierce legal fireworks by lawyers, the Supreme Court on Thursday in Abuja affirmed former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo as the governorship…
Oladipupo Williams, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria is dead. The 74-year-old SAN died in the early hours of Sunday, October 3, 2021. His death was confirmed by his son, Kunle Williams. According to Kunle, Oladipupo died…
The campaign organization of factional governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in Anambra State, Chukwuma Umeoji, has rejected the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission,…
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday dismissed a suit challenging President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointment of 21 out of the 33 persons pencilled down as judges in the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory…
Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki has expressed gratitude for the return of his seized properties. His full statement reads: 1. Today, as always, I thank Almighty Allah as I welcome the judgment of the Federal High…
A Supreme Court Justice Nweze noted on Tuesday that the Supreme Court is permitted by law to overrule itself. “The reasoning in the judgment will sooner or later haunt our electoral jurisprudence,” Nweze said. Noting…
The family of the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha lost, on Friday, its bid to regain access to the many accounts held by its members in banks in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Jersey, Liechenstein and…
As the saying goes, to be forewarned is to be forearmed, it is necessary for one to heed to warnings and advice whenever it comes before embarking on a course, else, one would have stories that touch the heart at the…
