Supreme Court

Supreme Court have on Friday overturned the decision of Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State to sack local government chairmen and councillors in the state. The apex court also noted that the replacement of the sacked officials with…

Supreme Court has affirmed the judgement of Court of Appeal which upheld the deregistration of National Unity Party and 73 others. At its sitting on Friday, the court upheld an earlier judgement of the court of appeal, which stated that…

Supreme Court has on Friday dismissed another suit filed by Sani Abacha’s family seeking access to the looted funds which they and the late Nigerian dictator stashed in foreign bank accounts. The suit filed in the name of Ali Abacha, son…

Maryam Sanda, a woman sentenced to death for killing her husband, has plans to file an appeal at the Supreme Court in a bid to overturn the judgements of the lower courts. Her counsel and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Joe…

A seven-man panel of the Supreme Court has on Wednesday, November 17 affirmed Douye Diri as the duly elected Governor of Bayelsa State. The apex court, in a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, dismissed six appeals…

President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate, seeking the confirmation of eight Justices of the Court of Appeal as Justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. The letter read by the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, at plenary…

Supreme Court has upheld the election of Yahaya Bello as Governor of Kogi State by dismissing the appeal of the Peoples Democratic Party and its governorship candidate, Musa Wada, challenging the victory the Governor in the November 16,…

Members of 2019’s presidential election petition court have been recommended to President Muhammadu Buhari for appointment as Justices of the Supreme Court. The two are Justices Abdu Aboki and Mohammed Garba, who headed the five-man…

Supreme Court has struck out suits by Lagos and Ekiti states, challenging the legality of virtual court sittings. In the suit, the Attorney-General of Ekiti State, Mr Olawale Fapohunda, asked the court to determine whether the…

A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the immediate release of Orji Kalu, former Abia state governor, from prison. Mohammed Liman, the judge, granted an application moved by Kalu’s counsel Lateef Fagbemi, seeking his release.…

Supreme Court of Nigeria has nullified the judgment which convicted the former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu. On April 24, 2019, Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court in Lagos had sentenced Senator Kalu to 12…

L-R: Emeka Ihedioha and Hope Uzodinma The Supreme Court has on March 3 dismissed an application filed by Emeka Ihedioha, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) asking the court to review its judgment which sacked him as Imo…

Bayelsa state Governor-elect, Douye Diri The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has on February 14 declared Diri Douye of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the valid winner of the November 16 governorship election…

The Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed the election of Okezie Ikpeazu as Abia State Governor. Daily Post reports that an Appeal Court sitting in Owerri, the Imo state capital and headed by Justice R.A Adah, had struck out the appeal…

The Supreme Court yesterday announced the names of 22 lawyers who are to be conferred with the prestigious title of Senior Advocate of Nigeria-SAN. Among the chosen 22 for this year, is the Director General of the Nigerian Law…