When Justice Olukayode Ariwooola, Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) retires from the Bench in 2024, upon the attainment of the statutory, mandatory retirement age of 70 years, he would be able to count among his legacies, as CJN, the singular … Read the rest
The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Ahmad Aliyu as Sokoto State governor.
Reading the lead judgment on Thursday, Justice Tijani Abubakar dismissed the appeal by the PDP and its governorship candidate, Saidu Umar, agreeing with the reasoning of … Read the rest
The Supreme Court has validated the victory of Abba Kabir Yusuf in the last Kano state governorship election.
Earlier today (Friday) a five-member panel of the apex court held that the tribunal and the court of appeal erred by sacking … Read the rest
The Supreme Court has affirmed President Bola Tinubu as the valid winner of the presidential election that held in the country on February 25.
Justice Inyang Okoro, in his ruling on Thursday, dismissed appeals by both Atiku Abubakar of PDP … Read the rest
The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal filed by Peter Obi of the Labour Party challenging the election of President Bola Tinubu.
The seven-member panel of the court led by Inyang Okoro summarily dismissed the appeal on Thursday, saying the … Read the rest
The Supreme Court has fixed Thursday for the judgment on the appeals by the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and the Labour Party, Peter Obi, respectively.
The duo is praying the apex court to set … Read the rest
The legal battle to unseat President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will continue at the Supreme Court on Monday as the apex court has listed for hearing the election petition appeal filed by former vice-president Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) … Read the rest
The Supreme Court has dismissed the suit seeking the disqualification of Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima as presidential and vice-presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
A five-member panel of the supreme court held on Friday that the Peoples … Read the rest
“Wahala be like bicycle” is an expression that most people familiar with Nigerian street lingo would easily identify with. It refers the unusual, the dramatic, a shocking development in the course of normal business. “Wahala” is actually a Hausa word, … Read the rest
Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad
Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad’s Supreme Court will go down in history as easily Nigeria’s most blatant bastion of supreme injustice. In the last one year, it has shaped up to be the graveyard of electoral mandates.
It either sanctifies transparent … Read the rest