Supreme Court
20 Jan
Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, yesterday, said that protests against the Supreme Court judgment that affirmed his victory in the March 18, 2023, governorship election would not change anything.
19 Jan
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has welcomed Supreme Court decisions in election petitions challenging the outcome of 2023 governorship elections in six states. The apex court affirmed APC’s gubernatorial mandates in Gombe, Ogun, Nasarawa, Kaduna, and Kebbi states. In Delta State, the court decided in favour of the opposition. APC in a statement by its…
19 Jan
There was pandemonium in Lafia on Friday as the Police in Nasarawa forcefully dispersed aged women using tear gas at the People's Democratic Party (PDP) state secretariat. The coordinator of the group, Mr. James Alu, was reportedly beaten which resulted in a serious eye injury. The protesters said they were disappointed by the verdict of…
19 Jan
The judgement of the Supreme Court that upheld the victory of Abdullahi Sule as Nasarawa State governor has triggered protests in Lafia, the state capital. The Lafia-Jos highway linking Makurdi and other North East has been completely blocked as the protesters barricaded the only high linking other parts of the country, burning tyres along the…
19 Jan
After a farce legal battle between the incumbent governor, Abdullahi Sule of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People's Democratic Party( PDP) and its governorship candidate, Emmanuel David Ombugadu, the Supreme Court finally affirmed the later election as the winner of Nasarawa state governorship election. Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun reading the lead judgment resolved the…
19 Jan
The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and its candidate, Ladi Adebutu against the victory of Gov. Dapo Abiodun of the All Progressive Congress (APC). Consequently, the apex court affirmed the election of Dapo Abiodun as duly elected governor of Ogun State. Delivering the lead judgment, Justice Tijani Abubakar…
19 Jan
The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Sheriff Oborevwori of the People Democratic Party (PDP) as Delta State governor. Before the Supreme Court were three separate petitions by aggrieved candidates and their parties seeking to nullify the election of Sheriff Oborevwori as Delta state governor. The aggrieved petitioners included Ovie Omo-Agege, candidate of the…
19 Jan
Presently there is some relief or semblance of peace in the country following last Friday’s Supreme Court’s rulings relating to gubernatorial cases from the Appeal Court that the apex court scrutinised and re-scrutinised.
19 Jan
The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by the African Democratic Congress (ADC) against election of Governor Inuwa Yahaya of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Gombe State.
19 Jan
There is an unfolding scheme to prolong the tenure of Justices in Nigeria's Supreme Court, seeking to extend the current age limit of 70 years to 75 years. According to a report, which cited sources, the motive behind this plot is to retain the Supreme Court Justices until after the upcoming political dispensation. The agenda…
19 Jan
The Association of Ebonyi Indigenes Socio-Cultural In the Diaspora (AEISCID) has congratulated the Governor of Ebonyi State, Francis Nwifuru, on his victory at the Supreme Court, asking him to accept congratulatory messages earlier rejected from the opposition candidates within 48 hours. The five-man panel of Jurists had dismissed petitions of both the People's Democratic Party,…
17 Jan
The Supreme Court has reserved judgment on an appeal seeking to unseat Governor Ahmad Aliyu of Sokoto State and the governor of Taraba State, Dr. Kefas Agbu. The five-member panel of Justices of the apex court, headed by Justice Kudirat Kekere - Ekun on Wednesday reserved judgment in the two appeals to a date that…
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