President Bola Tinubu has asked the Supreme Court to dismiss the appeal filed by former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) challenging his victory in the 2023 presidential election. The President described the appeal as abusive in nature and prayed for its dismissal. The President insisted that Atiku, the PDP presidential candidate in the election, …

Foremost human rights activist and maritime lawyer, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba has cautioned against opinions being expressed about the Chicago State University (CSU) saga ahead of the appeal before the Supreme Court in the presidential election matter. Following the controversy over the educational qualification of President Bola Tinubu, CSU weighed in recently affirming that he attended the institution and graduated in …

The Supreme Court has fixed Thursday, 5 October, to hear the appeal of the embattled leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, according to Sunday PUNCH. His lead counsel, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), disclosed this to newsmen on Saturday. Also confirming the development, IPOB’s lead counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, said all appeals filed by Kanu would be heard …

A portion of the Supreme Court is on fire. The fire reportedly engulfed a side of the judges’ chamber of the apex court, with offices of three Justices said to have been burnt down. The spokesperson of the court, Festus Akande could not be reached as of the time of filling this report. The spokesperson for the Federal Fire Service, …

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in last February’s election, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku has appealed the judgement of the election petition court which affirmed Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner. On Tuesday, the former Vice President filed a 35-ground notice of appeal that the five-member election petition court, in its unanimous judgement, …

When the presidential election court process began in March 2023, Nigeria’s Supreme Court comprised 13 justices. The court had received a bumper injection of seven new justices in November 2020 after the conclusion of the disputes arising from the presidential election of the cycle. That was the last set of appointments to the Supreme Court. Since then, six justices have …

The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed confidence that the Supreme Court would rectify what it considered “errors” in the judgement delivered by the Presidential Election Petitions Court. Last week, the five-member election court struck out the various petitions filed by the PDP and its candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, against President Bola Tinubu’s victory …

The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra has urged the Federal Government to be bold and confront its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu before the supreme court it has arraigned his matter rather than hiding under several adjournments. Spokesman of the group, Mr. Emma Powerful who disclosed this in a statement he made available to newsmen has also accused the Federal Government …

The judiciary on Monday announced the death of Justices Chima Nweze of the Supreme Court, and Peter Mallong of the Federal High Court. Both judges, according to official statements, died of illness. Justice Nweze died on Saturday while Justice Mallong passed away on Sunday. In a statement, the Supreme Court Director of Press and Information, Mr. Festus Akande said that …

The Supreme Court on Wednesday described as untrue reports that the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, had a telephone conversation with President Bola Tinubu and the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS) on the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. The apex court warned that if the current trend of falsehood and mudslinging continued to be sustained, …