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, …

The Supreme Court has dismissed the suit seeking the disqualification of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Senator Kashim Shettima as presidential and vice presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC). A five-member panel of the apex court held on Friday that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lacked the locus standi to institute the suit. The panel said that the PDP …

The Supreme Court has fixed 26th May to deliver judgement in a suit seeking the disqualification of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Senator Kashim Shettima as presidential and vice-presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC), respectively. In the suit filed on 28th July, the PDP claimed that Shettima’s nomination as Tinubu’s running mate was in breach of the provisions …

The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing of the case concerning the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, until 14th September. The case mainly involves the federal government’s appeal challenging last year’s decision of the Court of Appeal dismissing the terrorism and treasonable felony charges against Kanu. The Biafra secessionist also has pending …

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in favour of Governor Ademola Adeleke, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in last 16th July gubernatorial election in Osun State. The apex court ruled that, by the records of Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS), there was no over-voting in the election as claimed by the appellants, the defeated governor of the …

An unwrinkled face is not good for a resounding slap. So it is somewhat indelicate for a lawyer who ought to be grounded in the ethics of the law profession to publicly criticize the opinions of other senior lawyers, who are revered to be authorities in their fields. Afe Babalola, Gboyega Awomolo, Wole Olanipekun, J. B. Daudu, Lateef Fagbemi, Kanu …

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately direct compliance with the terms of the orders made by the Supreme Court in its judgment delivered on 3 March in respect of the Naira redesign policy. The Supreme Court ordered that the old N200, N500, N1,000 notes remain in circulation till 31 December, this year. The apex court also …

The National Chairman of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Prof. Rufai Ahmed Alkali has said the party is waiting for the judgment of the Supreme Court on the winner of the senatorial ticket for Kano Central. He expressed confidence that the party would reclaim the mandate from a former Kano State governor, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau. Alkali told The Nation …

Some Nigerian banks have commenced paying old N1,000, N500 notes to customers following the Supreme Court judgment, which extended the validity to 31 December. Daily Trust reports banks in the City of Kano and Abuja paid customers, who came for withdrawals in old Naira notes on Monday. GTBank and Access Bank branches, for instance, paid out the old banknotes in …

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has backed the Supreme Court judgment extending the validity of old N200, N500, and N1,000 notes till 31 December. Also, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Wahab Shittu has said that anyone standing in the way of the implementation of the Supreme Court ruling on the extension of the validity of the old Naira notes should …