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Supreme Court on Thursday, upheld the July 16 Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship primary election that produced the Osun Governor-elect, Sen. Ademola Adeleke, as its candidate. The five-member panel, in a judgment delivered by…

The National Industrial Court, on Friday, July 15, ordered the immediate upward review of judges’ salaries Delivering judgment, Justice Osatohanmwen Obaseki-Osaghae, directed the National Assembly (NASS), the Revenue Mobilisation…

The Supreme Court recently gave a decision permitting the usage of the hijab in all state-run institutions, and the Muslim Students Society of Nigeria, Lagos Unit, has requested that the Lagos State Government release a circular…

The historic Roe v. Wade ruling from 1973 was overruled by the US Supreme Court on Friday, June 24, leading to almost immediate abortion restrictions and bans in at least 16 states. In some places where abortion has historically been…

The U.S. Supreme Court has officially overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday, June 24, declaring that Americans no longer have a constitutional right to abortion. In the court's most closely watched and controversial case in…

Atiku Abubakar has applauded the Supreme Court for ruling out a suit filed against 84(12) of the Electoral Act, 2022, by President Muhammadu Buhari and Abubakar Malami, Attorney General of the Federation. The PDP…

In a ruling by its conservative majority to reverse Roe v. Wade, the US Supreme Court, on Friday, June 24, eliminated constitutional safeguards for abortion that had been in effect for over 50 years. It is now thought that 26 states…

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged that the recent protest letter by Justices of the Supreme Court to the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Tanko Mohammed, is a confirmation of the alleged plot by the All Progressives…

A Kano Sharia Court on Thursday, June 23, ordered that a 28-year-old man, Badamasi Abubakar, who pleaded guilty to lifting a woman’s veil, also known as Hijab, without her consent be remanded in a correction centre. Abubakar, who…

The Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria (MSSN), Lagos State Area Unit, has called on the state government to issue within 30 days a circular that allows Muslim female students to wear hijab, following Supreme Court ruling. Malam…

Supreme Court has approved that Muslim female students in Lagos state wear hijab to school without harassment or discrimination. In a majority decision, Nigeria’s apex court gave the ruling on Friday, June 17 in Abuja, stating that…

Supreme Court has on Thursday, May 19 granted Rivers State's request to be added as a party to the litigation filed by President Muhammadu Buhari, and the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to…

Supreme Court has upheld the de-registration of 22 political parties carried out by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The parties were among 74 others scrapped by INEC in 2020 following their poor performance in…

Lagos State Government has approached the Supreme Court to seek clarification on the judgment delivered by the apex court on the ownership of the Shangisha/Magodo land. Gbenga Omotoso, Lagos Commissioner for Information, in a statement…

Supreme Court has on Friday dismissed the certificate forgery suit filed against Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State by All Progressives Congress (APC). The court dismissed the suit for lack of merit two days after Court of Appeal in…