Supreme Court
10 Nov
Supreme Court's affirmation of the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the February 25, 2023, presidential election, has further deepened the rift between Pa Ayo Adebanjo and Pa Reuben Fasoranti's Afenifere groups as both sides have taken different positions on the apex court verdict.
10 Nov
For understandable reasons, the caustic reactions of two major contenders to the country’s presidency, namely Atiku Abubakar, and Peter Obi, to the judgment of the court against their contention are predictable.
10 Nov
Given the toxicity and the incendiary waves of the period and leading to the Supreme Court adjudicating on the appeal by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, of the Labour Party, what would have been said of Chief Justice Kayode Ariwoola is better
9 Nov
PAN-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has frowned at the recent verdict of the Supreme Court, which affirmed the victory of President Bola Tinubu at the February 25, 2023, general election.
7 Nov
Eleven days after the Supreme Court pronouncement on the February 25 presidential poll, which validated the victory of President Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, yesterday broke his silence, expressing disappointment that the apex court judgment...
5 Nov
Now that the fear of the Supreme Court is gone for the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration, this seems to be the right time for the President to fix the chaos that has taken some steam out of the awesomeness that is usually inherent in presidential palace. Doubtless, there have been too frequent dissonance and…
5 Nov
My lord, the Honourable the Chief Justice of Nigeria Olukayode Ariwoola GCON permit me to adopt and rely on the protocols you earlier established at this event. With your leave having been sought and obtained, let me outrightly make one confession to this distinguished audience. Initially, it was not my desire that a valedictory be…
1 Nov
The Supreme Court has finally laid to rest the protracted land tussle between Abagana and Ukpo communities in Dunukofia Local Government area of Anambra state.
1 Nov
Supreme Court has, again, postponed hearing of applications filed three years ago by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Action People’s Party (APP) seeking to nullify the eligibility of All Progressives Congress (APC) Hope Uzodimma, in the 2019 Imo State governorship election, till December 5, 2023.
30 Oct
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 elections, Atiku Abubakar, has claimed that Judges are no longer appointed based on merit and are now products of the interplay of politics and nepotism. Atiku made the claims on Monday, 30 October, at his world press conference on the Presidential Election Petition judgement.…
29 Oct
Retired justice of the Supreme Court, Musa Dattijo Muhammad, has accused the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, of abusing the powers of his office.
29 Oct
This is one special occasion I found difficult in my choice as to what to say and how to begin. Then I remembered what a Justice of the United States, known for his traditional criticisms of some government policies on labour and taxation, said on the day of his retirement.
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