Tag: SUPREME COURT
Supreme Court upholds Akwa Ibom, Abia governors’ elections
The Supreme Court Wednesday upheld the outcome of the April 11, 2015, governorship elections that brought Governors Udom Emmanuel and Okezie Ikpeazu of Akwa...
Ajimobi taunts Ladoja as Supreme Court affirms election
The Supreme Court on Tuesday affirmed the elections Ifeanyi Okowa, Abiola Ajimobi and Ibrahim Geidam as governors of Delta, Oyo and Yobe states respectively.
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Abia governorship: Burden on the apex court, by Godwin Adindu
The jaundiced judgement of the Owerri appellate court on the Abia gubernatorial election currently places a socio-political burden on the Supreme Court of Nigeria,...
Wike challenges sack, heads to Supreme Court
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Wednesday said he disagreed with the Court of Appeal’s decision on his election and instructed his lawyers to...
Ekitigate: You can’t escape justice, APC tells Fayose
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has responded to Governor Ayodele Fayose's allegations in his press conference in Lagos purporting that the...
Death sentence: Supreme Court decides Rev King’s fate Feb 26
The Supreme Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday fixed February 26, 2016 for judgment in the appeal filed by the General Overseer of the...
CCT suspends Saraki’s trial in deference to Supreme Court
The trial of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has been suspended, following an order of the Supreme...
SERAP calls for sanction as Saraki’s lawyers walk out on tribunal
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to “urgently investigate the conduct of lawyers to the Senate...
Supreme Court dismisses Wike’s suit against election tribunal
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a suit filed by the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, challenging the authority of the state governorship election...