The Supreme Court has overruled the conviction of a senior lawyer JOSEPH NWOBIKE. The Lagos State High Court found NWOBIKE guilty of attempting to pervert the course of justice and sentenced him to thirty days. The judgment was upheld by the Court of Appeal, but a panel of five Justices of the Supreme Court overruled the decision.…
This report says that the Abuja Magistrate who issued the warrant for the invasion of the residence of Justice Mary Odili of the Supreme Court has failed to report to the police. This was made known by the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, during a meeting with a delegation from Rivers State, led by Governor…
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has condemned that raid of the Abuja residence of Justice Mary Odili by security operatives. The Supreme Court described the attack as an uncivilized and shameful show of primitive force on an innocent judicial officer. The highest court in the country said the incident as an act of lawlessness taken too far,…
The Supreme Court has removed the last obstacle for Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo to contest the Anambra State governorship election as candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance. A five-man panel of the Supreme Court led by Justice Mary Odili confirmed Professor Soludo as APGA candidate, just as it also declared that Victor Oye is the authentic…
All the states in the South-South Geopolitical Zone have agreed to join the legal battle over the collection of Value Added Tax. The VAT, which started between Rivers State and the Federal Inland Revenue Service, already has the Lagos State government involved. The South-South Governors’ Forum took the decision at its meeting at the Rivers State Government…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the fresh corruption trial of former governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order based on the judgment of the Supreme Court, which nullified the conviction of Senator Kalu over alleged laundering of seven point one billion naira belonging to the Abia State…