The leadership crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has suffered another legal setback, as the Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by Senator Adolphus Wabara and seven others seeking recognition of the interim National Working Committee (NWC) led by Kabiru Tanimu Turaki (SAN). Despite the ruling, the...
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Former members of the 2023 Presidential Campaign Council of Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Wednesday formally declared support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027, unveiling a new political movement known as Batified Obidients and pledging to mobilise support for the All Progressives Congress (APC),...
The annual ritual of the opening of the judicial year at Nigeria’s Supreme Court is an occasion for pomp, ceremony, and celebration. It usually marks the admission of a new set of lawyers into the sequined ranks of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SANs). This year, 68 made the cut....
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has explained the omission of some candidates from the final list for the 2027 governorship election, citing a recent Supreme Court judgment affirming the mandatory submission of membership registers by political parties. In statement signed by the National Commissioner and Chairman Information and...
Former Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has expressed sadness over the passing of the former Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Umaru Atu Kalgo (Rtd.), JSC, CON, who is one of the nation’s distinguished jurists. Tambuwal in a statement on Wednesday, said Justice Kalgo’s passing is...
Supreme Court of Nigeria has ordered lawyers, litigation staff, court registrars and other legal practitioners appearing before it to immediately stop using the title “Barrister” as a prefix to their names in all official dealings with the apex court. The directive was conveyed in a memorandum dated July 13,...
Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja dismissing its suit seeking to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise and list members of the party’s Interim National Working Committee (INWC). In a statement...
Supreme Court on Friday, July 17, 2026 affirmed the final forfeiture of seven landed properties, the sum of $2,045,000 (Two Million, Forty-Five Thousand United States Dollars) and share certificates linked to a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, to the Federal Government of Nigeria. In...
Supreme Court of Nigeria has directed legal practitioners handling appeals and motions scheduled for hearing between September and December 2026 to upload all relevant court processes through the Nigerian Case Management System (NCMS), in line with the Supreme Court Practice Direction, 2026. The directive was contained in a statement...
President Donald Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship has suffered a major setback after the US Supreme Court ruled that children born on American soil remain entitled to US citizenship. In a 6-3 decision delivered on the final day of its term, the court upheld the long-standing interpretation of...
Supreme Court of Nigeria on Friday, June 19, 2026 affirmed the decision of the Court of Appeal that forfeited N1,582,000,000 (One Billion, Five Hundred and Eighty-two Million Naira) linked to one Steve Ogidan, the National Coordinating Consultant of Nigerian Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL), as well as several companies...
Supreme Court has nullified a Court of Appeal order that froze the assets of Nestoil Limited, Neconde Energy Limited and two other firms over an alleged $1.1 billion debt claim. In a unanimous decision delivered by a five-member panel, the apex court ruled that the appellate court exceeded its...
African Democratic Congress (ADC) has questioned the move by lawyers to Nafiu Bala Gombe seeking the reassignment and transfer of his suit against the David Mark-led National Working Committee. In a statement signed on Friday by the National Publicity Secretary of the ADC, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the party said...
Lawmaker representing Yagba Federal Constituency in Kogi State, Leke Abejide, has resigned from the African Democratic Congress (ADC) amid its lingering leadership crisis. Abejide, a two-term member of the House of Representatives elected on the ADC platform, made his resignation known during a press conference in Abuja on Friday....
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Jibrin Okutepa, who was the lead counsel to Senator David Mark in the legal battle involving the leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has hailed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for abiding by the judgment of the Supreme Court without being prompted....
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has formally acknowledged the leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) under former Senate President David Mark, following a decisive ruling by the Supreme Court. INEC’s action comes after the apex court nullified an earlier directive of the Court of Appeal in Abuja, which...
A coalition of governors and key stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared that the party “must not die,” following a Supreme Court judgment that has effectively left the opposition platform without a recognised national leadership. In a strongly worded joint statement presented after an emergency stakeholders’...
African Democratic Congress (ADC) has welcomed Thursday’s ruling by the Supreme Court of Nigeria, which affirmed the party’s leadership under David Mark as National Chairman and Rauf Aregbesola as National Secretary. In a press statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, the party congratulated its members and...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has raised concerns over its internal stability following a split judgment by the Supreme Court that upheld the nullification of its Ibadan convention, warning that the development could steer the party into a “dangerous bend.” In a press statement issued on Wednesday, the party described...
Supreme Court has overturned an earlier directive by the Court of Appeal in Abuja which ordered parties to maintain the status quo ante bellum in the ongoing leadership crisis within the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The appellate court’s ruling had prompted the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to withdraw...