Supreme Court And Executive Order 10: Matters Arising, By Reuben Abati

On Friday, the Supreme Court of Nigeria in a split decision voted 6-1 to nullify Executive Order 10 through which the Federal Government of Nigeria had sought in 2019, to give effect to Section 81 (3) and Section 121(3) of the 1999 Constitution, as altered by the 4th Alteration Act No. 4 of 2017, with […]

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Supreme Court sets aside conviction of senior advocate of Nigeria

Nigerian Supreme Court has set aside the conviction of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Joseph Nwobike. Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had arraigned him before a Lagos State High Court on counts bothering on perversion of justice. The 18 counts bordered on attempting to pervert the course of justice, offering gratification to a […]

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Recovered funds’ remittance: 36 state Attorneys General drag AGF to Supreme Court

Attorneys General of the 36 states of Nigeria have instituted a court action against the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation over the government’s failure to remit recovered funds into the federal account. In the suit filed at the Nigerian Supreme Court registry and marked as SC/CV/395/2021, the 36 states Attorneys General are […]

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Union Bank, CBN, AGF at the Supreme court with oil company over $15b judgment debt

The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Union bank are currently entangled in a fierce legal battle with a private company, Petrol Union oil and gas Ltd over a whopping $15B judgment debt at the Supreme Court Supreme Court of Nigeria has, however, agreed to hear a motion filed […]

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Certificate forgery: Obaseki floors APC at the Supreme court

Nigerian Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) challenging the academic qualification of the Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki. In a judgment delivered on Friday, May 28, the apex court ruled that APC and one of its chieftains, Edobor Williams have failed to prove their case beyond a […]

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Ihedioha goes to Supreme Court for a review of Guber judgment

Except there is any last-minute change, the former governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha will on Monday approach Nigerian Supreme Court to review its judgment that sacked him from office. The Supreme court had on January 14, 2020 removed Ihedioha of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as the governor and declared Senator Hope Uzodinma of […]

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Osun, Supreme Court and the Violent Senator, By Reuben Abati

The Supreme Court of Nigeria delivered the final judgment on Friday, July 5, in the matter of the September 22 Gubernatorial election, and the September 27 re-run in Osun State. On September 22, 2018, the collation of results indicated that the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ademola Adeleke had won the election […]

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Nigeria’s Acting CJN set to appoint 6 new justices to the Supreme Court

Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Tanko Muhammad, has called on his colleagues on the bench of the Supreme Court to nominate suitable candidates for appointment as justices of the apex court. The move, which was sequel to an earlier request by President Muhammadu Buhari, is aimed at meeting the constitutional requirements of 21 […]

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NJC names 1 Supreme Court Justice, Chief Judges for 5 States

The National Judicial Council under the Chairmanship of the Honourable Mr. Justice Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen, GCON, at its 87th Meeting of 3rd and 4th October, 2018, recommended to President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, and Governors of Abia, Benue, Ogun, Oyo and Kwara States, Eight (8) successful candidates for appointment as a Justice of the Supreme […]

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ExxonMobil Shows Outright Contempt For Nigeria’s Supreme Court, By Femi Aribisala

If you were to visit the Lagos headquarters of ExxonMobil (Nigeria) in Victoria Island, Lagos today, you would immediately notice that something strange is going on. You will find a number of people camped outside the building; sometimes chanting, sometimes dancing, sometimes shouting slogans. They are there 24/7; day and night. Surely, this is anomalous […]

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