The National Judicial Council (NJC) has set up high powered probe panels to investigate alleged gross misconduct allegations brought against 15 Judges of the Federal and State High Courts. The probe panels are to determine the culpability of the Judges in the various petitions filed against them by individuals...
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Barr Kayode Ajulo, a Constitutional Lawyer, has called for the appointment of auxiliary judges to decide cases in courts in a bid to stop some cases going up to the Supreme Court. The legal practitioner told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday that there were...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola says Nigerians, especially the political class are the most litigious people on earth putting the judiciary under a lot of pressure. Justice Ariwoola made the assertion on Monday in Abuja at the special session of the Supreme Court held to...
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed an appeal filed by the PDP on the lingering legal battle on the nomination of its governorship candidate in Ogun State. The apex Court ordered that the suit instituted by Mr Jimi Lawal, a governorship aspirant, be remitted to the Federal High Court...
By EFFIONG BASSEY, Uyo – The former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator odswill Akpabio, has said he would approach the Supreme Court to seek redress over Appeal Court judgement nullifying his election as All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Akwa Ibom North West in 2023 election. Senator Akpabio,...
The Federal High Court Abuja has adjourned indefinitely the trial of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu in the terrorism charges brought against him by the Federal Government. Justice Binta Nyako put off the trial sine die at the instance of Kanu pending...
The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, on Thursday prayed the Supreme Court to set aside the ruling of the Court of Appeal staying the execution of the judgment discharging him. The prayer is contained in court papers obtained by the News Agency of...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola has admonished politicians to allow the judiciary to perform its function without distractions. A statement issued on Sunday in Ibadan, by Mr Taiwo Adisa, the Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, quotes Ariwoola has saying this on...
The Court of Appeal on Wednesday fixed March 7, 2023 to hear an application filed by the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Kani is seeking to be joined in the appeal challenging the proscription of the group by the Federal Government. Kanu had...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday fixed Oct. 21 for judgment in an appeal filed by Mr David Edevbie, Delta governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 governorship election. Edevbie is urging the Supreme Court to uphold the judgment of the Federal High Court which declared...
The Supreme Court has dismissed the suit challenging the authenticity of Ademola Adeleke’s candidacy in the just concluded Osun State Governorship Election in South-West Nigeria. The suit was instituted by Dotun Babayemi, a former governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun. In a judgement delivered by Justice...
Supporters of Dr Ifeanyi Odii, the Ebonyi PDP governorship candidate for the 2023 election have hailed the Supreme Court judgment affirming his victory as the validly elected candidate of the party. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Apex court on Wednesday in Abuja in a unanimous...
Following his declaration as PDP candidate for Ebonyi 2023 governorship election by the Supreme Court, Ifeanyi Odii has called on all the party’s faithful in the state to unite together to win in the state. Odii, who spoke to newsmen in Abuja shortly after the apex court’s judgment, described...
The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, declared Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii as the validly elected candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 Ebonyi governorship election. Justice Lawal Garba, in a lead judgment of a five-member panel, held that Sen. Joseph Obinna Ogba, who represents Ebonyi Central Senatorial Zone,...
The Supreme Court has stood down the judgment on the dispute over who is the lawful governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi for the 2023 election for 3pm today. A five-member panel, headed by Justice Amina Augie, announced on Wednesday that the judgment would be...
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has arrived in Nairobi, to represent Nigeria at the Kenyan presidential inauguration. The event, which comes up on Tuesday at Kasarani Stadium, Nairobi, will be Kenya’s fifth presidential inauguration. Osinbajo was received at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi, by former Governor of Kwale County, Salim...
The Supreme Court has cleared the air on the raging controversies and misconception of its judgment on the leadership crisis of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA). The apex court made the clarification in a statement by its Director of Press and Information Dr Festus Akande on Thursday in...
Raila Odinga, who came second in Kenya’s presidential election, has filed a legal case challenging the result, his lawyers have said. According to the electoral commission, Mr Odinga took 48.8% of the vote, losing to William Ruto’s 50.5%. However, four of the seven electoral commissioners refused to endorse the...
Kenya on Tuesday braced for a protracted legal battle after William Ruto was declared the winner of presidential election. Ruto was declared the victor in a closely fought presidential race over the objections of more than half the electoral commission, stoking fears of political violence. In the western city...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), has detained the Managing Director of a construction company, Temitope Banjoko, over allegations of money laundering. ICPC spokesperson, Mrs Azuka Ogugua, confirmed the arrest to Channels Television on Tuesday. She said that Banjoko was awarded a contract worth N46,305,000...