Supreme Court holds valedictory session for late Justice Ayoola
The Chief Justice of Nigeria CJN, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun has described death as a mandatory call of nature that will…
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Govs vs EFCC: Supreme Court judgement will define Nigeria’s federalism – Lawyers
The Judiciary Watchdogs, a coalition of lawyers from the 36 states of Nigeria, has stated that the lawsuit filed by…
LG autonomy: Coalition raises alarm over Soludo’s resistance to Supreme Court rulings
A Coalition of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) under the auspices of Save Nigerian Democracy Group (SNDG) has raised alarm over…
Supreme Court shifts Kogi’s suit challenging legality of EFCC, ICPC laws to Oct 22
The Supreme Court has shifted hearing in a suit filed by the Kogi State Government against the Federal Government, challenging…
LG autonomy: ICPC boss vows to enforce Supreme Court judgement
Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, Dr. Musa Aliyu, SAN, has vowed to enforce…
Supreme Court’s verdict: Oyo council chairmen pull out of ALGON
The 33 council chairmen in Oyo State have pulled out of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) over…
Bangladesh’s Supreme Court slashes govt job quota which caused deadly protests
The apex court in Bangladesh has drastically reduced a government job quota system that was responsible for street protests which…
LG autonomy: Supreme Court judgement will enhance grassroots development – NNPP chieftain, Ajadi
A chieftain of New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo has declared that the recent Supreme Court judgement on…
LG autonomy: Govs are emperors, may not obey Supreme Court – Pastor Giwa
The senior pastor of Awaiting The Second Coming Of Christ Ministry, Adewale Giwa, on Wednesday, said state governors may not…
LG autonomy: Makinde sets up committees to review Supreme Court judgement
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has set up two committees to review the recent judgement on local government autonomy…
LG autonomy: Supreme Court judgment a distraction – Makinde
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has described the Supreme Court judgment granting financial autonomy to local governments as a…
LG autonomy: Excitement, fresh concerns trail Supreme Court judgment
The Supreme Court judgment on Thursday, July 11, granting financial autonomy to the 774 local government areas in Nigeria has…
LG autonomy time of reckoning for govs – Youth leaders hail Supreme Court
The Nigerian Ethnic Nationality Youth Leaders Council Worldwide has hailed the Supreme Court judgement which granted full financial autonomy to…
BREAKING: Govs to meet over Supreme Court judgement on LG autonomy
Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, and Governor of Kwara, AbdulRazaq AbdulRahman has reacted to the Supreme Court judgement…
LG autonomy: Governors must obey Supreme Court – Onanuga
Presidential media assistant Bayo Onanuga has urged governors Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos), Babagana Zulum (Borno) and other state leaders to comply…
Supreme Court ruling granting financial autonomy to LGs defective – Ibori
Former Delta State Governor, Chief James Ibori, has described the Supreme Court ruling, which gave financial autonomy to the 774…
LG autonomy: Anyone against Supreme Court judgement enemy of Nigeria – Onjey
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Daniel Onjeh, has commended the seven-man panel of the Supreme Court…
We have emergency meeting to review Supreme Court verdict on LG Autonomy – Soludo
Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo has revealed that the Nigeria Governors Forum has convened an emergency meeting, to review the…
LGs Autonomy: Supreme Court verdict ends gov’s reign as emperors – Moghalu
Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Kingsley Moghalu has said the judgement of the Supreme Court…
Local Government Autonomy: CUPP hails Supreme Court judgment
The Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, has hailed the Supreme Court judgment on the abolition of state and local…
Pro-Fubara lawmakers head to Supreme Court to challenge recent Appeal judgement
Lawmakers in the Rivers State House of Assembly loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara have declared intention to appeal the recent…
Supreme Court refuses to join state assemblies in Nigerian Govt’s LG autonomy suit
The Supreme Court on Thursday in Abuja bluntly refused to allow the State Houses of Assembly to be joined as…
Supreme Court determined presidential election result because INEC failed – Sam Amadi
The director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, Sam Amadi, has said the Supreme Court determined the…
INEC vows to execute Supreme Court order on delineation of Warri federal constituency
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has vowed to delineate the Warri Federal Constituency of Delta State. This may not…
Kogi guber tribunal: Supreme Court grants Ajaka, SDP’s application for stay of execution
The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the execution of the orders of the Court of Appeal made on March 1…
I’ll push for Supreme Court Justices to earn N15m monthly – Deji Adeyanju
Popular human rights activist and lawyer Deji Adeyanju has vowed to advocate for an increment in the salaries of Supreme…
Supreme Court clears Orubebe of false asset declaration
The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godsday Orubebe, has no case to…
BREAKING: Supreme Court affirms Fintiri’s election as Adamawa Governor
The Supreme Court has affirmed the victory of Ahmadu Fintiri as the duly elected Governor of Adamawa State. Recall that…
Aftermath of Supreme Court judgements: Nigerians call for Electoral Act reform ahead 2027 polls
Political observers in the country have expressed concerns about Nigeria’s electoral process in the aftermath of the overwhelming judicial interventions…
Supreme Court CTC has finally settled that Nnamdi Kanu never jumped bail – Ejimakor
Aloy Ejimakor, the Special Counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Saturday said the…
‘One elephant is out of the road’ – Fubara celebrates Supreme Court victory, hails Wike as ‘Oga’
Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State on Thursday declared that “one elephant is out of the road” while celebrating the…
Kano guber: ‘Our doors are open’ – APC woos Gov Yusuf, NNPP members after losing at Supreme Court
The All Progressives Congress (APC) said it has reviewed the Supreme Court judgement on the Kano State governorship election. The…
Delta APC accepts Supreme Court judgement, congratulates Oborevwori
The Delta State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has accepted the judgement of the Supreme Court, which upheld…
Kaduna guber: You did what is right – Gov Sani tells Ashiru after Supreme Court verdict
Governor of Kaduna State, Uba Sani has thanked his main challenger and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in…
Supreme Court judgement: Robbery, coup on people – Aisha Yesufu laments Nasarawa ruling
A popular socio-political activist, Aisha Yesufu, has slammed the Supreme Court judgement on the governorship election in Nasarawa State. DAILY…
Supreme Court judgement: Court remands 30 protesting women in Nasarawa
A Chief Magistrate Court in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, has ordered the remand of thirty protesting women at the…
Supreme Court verdict: ‘Respect democracy’— Gov Sule to Nasarawa people
Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule has appealed for calm in the state, urging the citizens to respect democracy and be…
Nasarawa: Woman shot while protesting naked against Sule’s Supreme Court victory
A yet-to-be-identified woman was shot in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, on Friday, while protesting against the Supreme Court’s judgement…
‘You win some, lose some’ – APC reacts to Supreme Court judgements
The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has reacted to the ruling of the Supreme Court on the governorship election in…
Supreme Court Victory: Omo-Agege congratulates Delta Gov, Oborevwori
Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in Delta State has congratulated Governor Sheriff Oborevwori,…
No victor, no vanquished in Supreme Court verdict on Delta guber – Gov Oborevwori
The Governor of Delta State, Sheriff Francis Oborevwori, on Friday, dedicated his victory at the Supreme Court to God, the…
Jubilation in Delta as Supreme Court affirms Oborevwori’s election
There was wild jubilation among members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Delta State on Friday after the Supreme…
BREAKING: Kaduna: Supreme Court affirms Uba Sani as elected governor
The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed the election of Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State. The apex court dismissed the…
BREAKING: Gombe Guber: Supreme Court affirms Gov Inuwa’s election, dismisses PDP appeal
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the appeal filed by Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate, Jibrin Barde, against the election…
I’m grateful – Gov Abiodun reacts to Supreme Court judgement
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has expressed joy over the Supreme Court judgement which affirmed his victory at the…
BREAKING: PDP finally loses Ogun guber election battle in Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday put to rest the legal battle on the Ogun State governorship election with the dismissal…
Tonye-Cole vs Fubara: Supreme Court decides Jan 19
The Supreme Court has fixed Friday, January 19, 2024, to deliver judgement on an appeal filed by Patrick Tonye-Cole, the…
Kaduna guber: INEC, APC ask Supreme Court to ignore PDP’s appeal
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, have asked the Supreme Court to ignore the…
Supreme Court reserves judgment in Sokoto guber appeal
The Supreme Court has reserved judgment in an appeal filed by Saidu Umar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, challenging…
APC, PDP await fate in Kebbi guber battle as Supreme Court reserves judgment
The Supreme Court has reserved judgment in the governorship election dispute between Governor Nasir Idris of the All progressives Congress…