The Chief Justice of Nigeria ,CJN, Justice Kudirat Motonmori Olatokunbo Kekere-Ekun has said Supreme Court of Nigeria now stands at its full constitutional complement with the elevation of Justice Joseph Olubunmi Kayode Oyewole to its bench. Justice Kekere -Ekun stated this on Wednesday while swearing in justice Oyewole who was recently elevated to the bench […]
Executive governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has hailed the Supreme Court of Nigeria in its decision to uphold the legitimacy of his gubernatorial election victory. He made this known in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, (CPS), Onogwu Muhammed, immediately after the court ruling which upheld the credibilty of the November 16 […]
Chairman of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT), which upheld President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term election against Atiku Abubakar, Justice Mohammed L. Garba, has been promoted to the Supreme Court of Nigeria. Justice Garba, currently at the Court of Appeal, is among the four Justices of the court the National Judicial Council (NJC), at its […]
The Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate for the February 23 election, Atiku Abubakar, and his running mate, Peter Obi, have filed 66 ground appeal at the Supreme Court over Tribunal judgement of September 11. Among the 66 ground appeal forwarded by PDP and Atiku, Ground 1 and 2 stated that, the Learned Justices […]
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has thrown away the suit filed by the governorship candidate of the now defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), in Kogi State, James Ocholi (SAN), seeking an order sacking the state governor and governorship candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2011 elections, Captain Idris Wada for lack of merit. […]