Tag: Supreme Court
Ogun PDP Governorship: Supreme Court Dismisses Lawal’s Appeal, Other
By Ebere Agozie
Abuja, - The Supreme Court on Tuesday, dismissed four appeals filled by the Ogun state Peoples Democratic Party...
How insecurity could decide who becomes Nigeria’s next president, By Chidi...
Nigeria first voted in presidential elections just over 43 years ago in October 1979. The introduction to this form of government was not very...
Supreme Court Dismisses APC Appeal On Kebbi House Of Reps Candidate...
By Ebere Agozie
Abuja, - The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the All Progressives Congress’s (APC) appeal on Kebbi House of...
Supreme Court dethrones Obong of Calabar
The Supreme Court has dethroned Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu V, the Obong of Calabar.
In a judgement delivered by Justice Mohammed Lawal Garba, the...
Obey Supreme Court order, Bayelsa Govt urges RMAFC
By SHEDRACK FRANK
YENAGOA- The Bayelsa Government has urged the Federal Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to obey the Supreme Court order over...
Delta PDP Governorship tussle: Supreme Court to deliver judgment Oct. 21
By EBERE AGOZIE
ABUJA- The Supreme Court on Wednesday fixed Oct. 21 for judgment in an appeal filed by Mr David Edevbie, Delta governorship candidate of...
Adeleke hails Supreme Court verdict, dedicates victory to God
By VICTOR ADEOTI
OSOGBO- The Osun Governor-elect, Sen. Ademola Adeleke, has lauded the Supreme Court judgment affirming him as the authentic Governorship candidate of the...
Ebonyi 2023: Odii’s supporters laud Supreme Court judgment
By CHRISTIAN OGBONNA
ABAKALIKI- Supporters of Dr Ifeanyi Odii, the Ebonyi PDP governorship candidate for the 2023 election have hailed the Supreme Court judgment affirming...
Supreme Court declares Ifeanyi Odii as PDP governorship candidate for Ebonyi
By TAIYE AGBAJE and IKENNA UWADILEKE
ABUJA- The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, declared Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii as the validly elected candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)...
Supreme Court stands down Ebonyi PDP governorship suit for judgment
By TAIYE AGBAJE and IKENNA UWADILEKE
ABUJA- The Supreme Court has stood down the judgment on the dispute over who is the lawful governorship candidate of the...
IPMAN threatens to shutdown depots over alleged police harassment
By EHIGIMETOR IGBAUGBA
CALABAR- The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association (IPMAN), South East Zone, has threatened to shut down depots in Calabar, Port Harcourt and Enugu...
Senate to probe petition by Supreme Court Justices despite former CJN’s...
…seeks measures to avert crisis in Judiciary
By Chibuike Nwabuko
Abuja (Sundiata Post) - The Senate has mandated the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal...
Nigeria’s naked Supreme Court, By Lasisi Olagunju
When politicians tell big lies and then dare exasperated wailing wailers to go to court, they know what they are saying. The courts are...
When their lordships bicker, By Kazeem Akintunde
Fourteen Justices of the Supreme Court few days ago wrote to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed, to highlight the rot in...
CJN Tanko Muhammad resigns amid health crisis and corruption allegations
ABUJA - Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad has resigned as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). He reportedly tendered his resignation in a letter to...
Naked Supreme Court dance not a bad thing after all, By...
When I first read the news in People’s Gazette through a link forwarded to me by a friend, I prayed that it would not...
Video: Drama at Supreme Court as lawyer attends proceedings in traditional...
ABUJA - There was a drama at the Supreme Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday as a Lagos-based human rights lawyer, Malcom Omoirhobo, caused...
Supreme Court justices deserve more, By Mike Ozekhome
Recently, in an unprecedented manner in the 58-year history of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, all the 14 serving Justices of the Supreme Court...
Poor funding may turn Supreme Court to glorified high court, says...
By WANDOO SOMBO
ABUJA- A former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, has warned that unless the Supreme Court is adequately funded, it...
Supreme Court dismisses Amaechi’s appeal against ‘N96bn fraud probe’
By EBERE AGOZIE
ABUJA- The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed an appeal by Rotimi Amaechi, former minister of transportation, seeking to stop his probe in...