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Schools, Banks, Others Shut As Supreme Court Rules On Kano Governorship Election

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Schools, Banks, Others Shut As Supreme Court Rules On Kano Governorship Election

Kano State citizens, particularly in the capital, are in anxiety as they anticipate the Supreme Court ruling on the Kano Governorship election today. According to reports, financial institutions and schools are shut in anticipation of the violence that may erupt after the verdict. The Supreme Court is expected to deliver a ruling that would determine…

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Supreme Court Will Soon Have Constitutional 21 Justices — CJN Ariwoola

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Supreme Court Will Soon Have Constitutional 21 Justices — CJN Ariwoola

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola has vowed that the Supreme Court will soon have the full complement of 21 justices. Ariwoola made this vow at a session to mark the Supreme Court’s 2023–2024 legal year and the swearing-in of 58 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) in Abuja on Tuesday. Recall…

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Supreme Court Begins To Hear Atiku/PDP’s Appeal

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Supreme Court Begins To Hear Atiku/PDP’s Appeal

The Supreme Court of Nigeria has commenced proceedings in the three appeals challenging the outcome of the last presidential election. The court opened with the appeal filed by Atiku Abubakar and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The court’s seven-member panel is being lead by Justice John Okoro. Other members of the panel are…

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Supreme Court Judges Assigned to Hear Atiku and Obi’s Appeal Against Tinubu Revealed

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Supreme Court Judges Assigned to Hear Atiku and Obi’s Appeal Against Tinubu Revealed

In the ongoing appeal of the petitions filed by Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, and Chichi Ojei, Nigeria’s Supreme Court has formed a panel of seven justices to preside over the case. The three candidates, who represent the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party (LP), and the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) respectively, are contesting the outcome…

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Final Presidential Election Petition War Begins At The Apex Court Monday

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Final Presidential Election Petition War Begins At The Apex Court Monday

The Supreme Court will on Monday hear the appeals by Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi challenging the affirmation of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s victory in the February 25 poll.It will also hear the appeal by the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), as well as a motion by Atiku for leave to tender new evidence. An October…

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Fire Engulfs Part Of Supreme Court Building

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Fire Engulfs Part Of Supreme Court Building

A fire outbreak incident was recorded on Monday morning at the Supreme Court. It was gathered that the incident, which affected about three offices, including that of Justice Ibrahim Saulawa, was caused by electrical fault. The fire has since been put off by the fire service officials stationed in the court. The court’s spokesman, Dr….

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Atiku Heads For Supreme Court, Says: We Got Judgement, Not Justice

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Atiku Heads For Supreme Court, Says: We Got Judgement, Not Justice

Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has vowed to approach the Supreme Court to set aside the election of President Bola Tinubu. Atiku, said he was dissatisfied with the judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, that affirmed President Tinubu as the valid winner of…

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Apex Court To Decide, Shettima’s ‘Double Nomination’ Suit Today

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Apex Court To Decide, Shettima’s ‘Double Nomination’ Suit Today

The Supreme Court of Nigeria is expected to give judgement today in the appeal praying for the disqualification of the president-elect, Bola Tinubu and the vice president-elect, Kashim Shettima, over alleged double nomination. The panel of justices led by Inyang Okoro had on Monday fixed the date after listening to counsels in the matter. The…

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S-Court To Rule May 26 On Tinubu’s Eligibility For Presidency Contest

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S-Court To Rule May 26 On Tinubu’s Eligibility For Presidency Contest

The Supreme Court has yesterday fixed May 26 to rule on the appeal challenging the eligibility of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, of the ruling APC, to contest the presidential election that was held on February 25, 2023. The appeal SC/CV/501/2023, which was brought before the court by the opposition PDP, is seeking to disqualify…

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Supreme Court voids Executive Order 10, Declares It Unlawful

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Supreme Court voids Executive Order 10, Declares It Unlawful

After several months of legal summersaults in the court rooms, the Nigerian Supreme Court has declared as unlawful and unconstitutional, Executive Order 10 (EO10) on the funding of State Judiciary and Legislature. In a split decision on Friday, a majority of the court’s seven-member panel agreed that the President exceeded his constitutional powers in issuing…

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