The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal against the election of Rev. Fr. Hycinth Alia as Governor of Benue State. The apex court also affirmed the election of the priest-turned-politician. The apex court decision followed the withdrawal of an appeal by counsel for Hon. Titus Uba of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Sebastian Hon. Uba had challenged the victory …

There is palpable anxiety among party stakeholders and supporters ahead of the Supreme Court judgement expected to be delivered this month on the various petitions challenging the rulings of the Court of Appeal on the governorship elections. After the 18th March 2023 governorship elections, some of the aggrieved candidates and their parties challenged the declaration of some of their opponents …

The Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an attempt to remove Donald Trump from the crucial swing state’s primary ballot next year over his role in the 2021 storming of the US Capitol. It was the latest in a series of bids to block Trump from appearing on ballots in multiple states under the 14th Amendment, which says officials who …

The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the continuation of the trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, on terrorism charges. The case, which started in 2015, had been put on hold at the Federal High Court in Abuja after the Court of Appeal dismissed the charges in a judgement delivered in October 2022. …

The National Judicial Council (NJC) has approved the appointment of 11 Justices of the Court of Appeal for elevation to the Supreme Court. The legal body took the decision at its 104 meeting that was held in Abuja on Wednesday. In a statement it made available to newsmen through its Director of information, Mr. Soji Oye, the council said it …

The Supreme Court has fined a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Prof. Mike Ozekhome, N40 million for filing what it viewed as a ‘frivolous and vexatious motion’. Counsel to the candidate of of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 Imo State governorship election, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, the senior lawyer had filed the motion concerning the poll. The Independent …

Those who say life is not a straight line may be right! It is topsy turvy, full of curves, surprises and happenings that can hardly be explained satisfactorily. Niger State-born Justice Musa Datijjo Muhammed became more popular; nay, controversial, on the day he was retiring from the Supreme Court bench than the 45 awesome years he had spent sitting on …

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in last February’s election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has said that the position of the Supreme Court, affirming President Bola Tinubu as the winner of the poll, leaves many questions unanswered. At a press conference on national issues in Abuja on Monday, Atiku said: “We showed irrefutable evidence of gross irregularities, violence, and …

A leader in the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), Mr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim has congratulated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on last Thursday’s Supreme Court verdict, which validated his victory in the 25th February presidential election, while also urging him to now face the job of “rescuing Nigerians from the daily grim realities they face, with more seriousness”. The candidate of the …

As he clocked the mandatory retirement age of 70 years on Friday, Supreme Court Justice Dattijo Muhammad delivered a brutal criticism of the “absolute powers” of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), faulting the composition of the apex court’s panel that affirmed last 25th February election of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s president, on Thursday. At the valedictory session in …