The Nigerian Senate has confirmed President MUHAMMADU BUHARI’s appointment of eight new Justices of the Supreme Court. They are Justices LAWAL GARBA, HELEN OGUNWUMIJU, ABDUL ABOKI, M. M. SAULAWA, ADAMU JAURO, SAMUEL OSEJI, TIJANI ABUBAKAR, and EMMANUEL AGIM. The confirmation comes a week after President BUHARI sent the names of the new Supreme Court Justice to the…
• REQUEST APPROVAL OF N148B FOR 5 STATES President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has sent the names of eight Appeal Court judges to the Senate for confirmation as Supreme Court Justices. President BUHARI also asked the National Assembly to approve the refund of one hundred and forty-eight billion naira to five states. The President made the requests in two…
The Supreme Court has upheld the election of Governor YAHAYA BELLO of Kogi State. The Supreme Court’s decision was based on an appeal filed by the governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, MUSA WADA. In a unanimous judgment delivered Monday, August 31, 2020, the Supreme Court justices disagreed with the five grounds of appeal raised by…
The second lawsuit has been filed at the Supreme Court to test the position of the law on online court sitting. Ekiti State government is behind the latest move, which comes few days after the Lagos State government filed a similar case. Ekiti State wants the Supreme Court to decide whether the AGF is right to have…