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United States Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s far-reaching global tariffs on Friday, handing him a stinging loss that sparked a furious attack on the court he helped shape. Trump said he was “absolutely ashamed” of some justices who ruled 6-3 against him, calling them “disloyal to our Constitution” and “lapdogs.” At one point he even raised […]
Continue ReadingYesterday, December 15, the Supreme Court of Nigeria struck out the suit filed by 11 Governors of states controlled by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) challenging the emergency rule imposed on Rivers State by President Bola Ah-med Tinubu on March 18, 2025. The suit: AG Adamawa & 10 Ors vs. AG Federation and the National […]
Continue ReadingUnited States Supreme Court has ruled in favour of the Donald Trump administration, allowing immigration authorities to resume deporting migrants to countries other than their own, a controversial policy that had previously been blocked by a lower court, Al Jazeera reported. In a brief order issued on Monday, the court’s conservative majority lifted a restriction […]
Continue ReadingGhanaian president, on Tuesday announced the suspension of the country’s top judge while she is investigated for misconduct. Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Torkornoo’s suspension came following three separate petitions which have called for her removal. Allegations against her include tampering with court records and misuse of public funds. Spokesperson for President John Mahama said […]
Continue ReadingThe United Kingdom’s highest court ruled on Wednesday that the definition of a woman under equality legislation referred to “biological sex”, but it said trans people would not be disadvantaged by its landmark decision. The Supreme Court’s judgment related to whether a trans woman with a gender recognition certificate, a formal document that gives legal […]
Continue ReadingAt a press conference, an eleven-man Independent Judicial Accountability Panel (IJAP), whose membership included three retired justices, has on Friday, March 14, 2025, faulted the Nigerian Supreme Court over its judgement on the protracted political crisis in Rivers State. The panel, chaired by retired Justice Mojeed Owoade of the Court of Appeal, said in a […]
Continue ReadingIn 1954 Sir John Verity lost his job because he won an argument. It was in his ninth year in office as Chief Justice of colonial Nigeria. Sir John arrived in Nigeria in October 1945 from the British Guyana, where he had served in a similar position since 1941. At the time, Nigeria was still a […]
Continue ReadingThe case between Dele Farotimi and Afe Babalola reached a climax when we were informed early on Monday morning that the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, had intervened. Media reports indicated that the traditional ruler and a consortium of elders met Babalola the previous night. Even though the story was reported in multiple media […]
Continue ReadingThe catastrophe in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has shown no sign of subsiding, as 11 members of the National Working Committee (NWC) moved against the acting PDP National Chairman, Umar Damagum, and National Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu, in the ongoing legal battle over the party’s secretary, according to Sunday Punch. Damagum is being asked to […]
Continue ReadingAdeola was a destitute woman with neither a surname nor a known relative who died at 1:15 p.m. on Friday, 29 June, 1888 at the Colonial Hospital in Lagos. She was buried at 4 p.m. the following day at Ereko Cemetery, Lagos. The manner of her death on Friday and burial on Saturday was to […]
Continue ReadingAttorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi SAN, has filed a suit with number SC/CV/343/2024, on behalf of the Federal Government, at the Nigerian supreme Court, against the 36 state governors in the country while seeking full autonomy for local governments. The AGF, in the suit, urged the apex court to issue […]
Continue ReadingWhen Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) retires from the Bench in 2024, upon the attainment of the statutory, mandatory retirement age of 70 years, he would be able to count among his legacies, as CJN, the singular fact that it was under his watch that the Supreme Court achieved the full complement […]
Continue ReadingGovernor of Rivers State, Sim Fubara, has on Thursday, celebrated the affirmation of his election by the Nigerian Supreme Court, declaring that, “one elephant is out of the road.” Fubara also said his triumph at the Supreme Court has laid to rest the legal battles that added to the distractions his administration grappled with in […]
Continue ReadingSupreme Court of Nigeria has set aside the lower courts’ decisions sacking the Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf. The tribunal had set aside Abba Yusuf of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) victory after declaring 165,663 of his votes invalid. The tribunal held that the deducted votes were from ballot papers that were neither stamped […]
Continue ReadingIn the last one and a half decades, Rabiu Kwankwaso has been the most charismatic politician out of Kano after the passing of Abubakar Rimi. Kwankwaso is not just charismatic; he is consequential, with a cult-like following that responds twice, even when he calls once. He is facing yet another defining moment in his political career. […]
Continue ReadingA Justice of the Nigerian Court of Appeal has suddenly died, as processes for his elevation to the Supreme Court of Nigeria commenced. Justice Joseph Shagbaor Ikyegh passed away on Wednesday evening in his home town of Makurdi. He was 65. Ikyegh was the head of the Port Harcourt division until he suddenly slumped before […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Supreme Court has dismissed a plea by Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State seeking a certificate of return as the state’s lawful governor. Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Ihedioha as the winner of Imo State governorship election in 2019 and ruled the state for about seven months until […]
Continue ReadingAs Nigerians wait on the National Judicial Council (NJC) to make final pick for the Supreme Court bench, fresh claims have emerged to explain the lopsidedness in the 22-person list cobbled by the Federal Judicial Service Commission, from which the council, would recommend 11 justices of the Court of Appeal, for elevation. The Chief Justice […]
Continue ReadingGovernor of Kano State, Abba Yusuf, has on Wednesday filed 10 grounds of appeal at the Supreme Court of Nigeria, challenging his last week’s removal by the Nigerian Court of Appeal. The notice of appeal filed by the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and Yusuf joined the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the APC and […]
Continue ReadingRetiring justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Justice Musa Dattijo, on Friday, lamented that the power vested in the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) is too absolute and can easily breed corruption. He alleged that the refusal to fill the vacant slot of the Southeast and Northcentral regions on the apex court bench was […]
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