Oil major Shell said on Thursday it had put on hold plans to sell its onshore oil assets in Nigeria, complying with a Supreme Court ruling that said it had to wait for the outcome of an appeal over a…
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has mandated the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters to, as a matter of urgency, wade into the crisis presently rocking the Judiciary. Lawan gave the directive on Wednesday, moments before the…
By Ogaga Ariemu More troubles for Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) over N800 billion oil spill judgment debt as the Supreme Court of Nigeria presided over by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun ordered all parties to maintain Status Quo in the suit…
Supreme Court has ruled that Muslim Female Students in Lagos State can wear hijab to school. Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, who wrote the lead majority judgment, which was read by Justice Tijani Abubakar, dismissed the appeal on the grounds that the…
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, fixed June 28 for a report on the outcome of the Federal Government’s suit seeking an interpretation of Section 84(12) of the Electoral Amendment Act, 2022 before the Supreme Court. Justice Inyang Ekwo…
The Supreme Court of Nigeria will today, in Abuja, deliver a landmark judgment on the 23 political parties scrapped by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in the year 2020. The apex court will determine whether the electoral umpire followed…
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has clarified its position on the contentious new mode of bar practising fees by legal practitioners in the country introduced by the Nigerian Bar Association NBA. NBA had in circular directed lawyers in Nigeria to…
The Supreme Court on Thursday, upheld the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Kano Division delivered on Aug. 10, which affirmed Mr Victor Oye as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, (APGA). The Oye faction of the…
…Affirms BOB as state Party Chairman By Saka Laaro, Ilorin. Effect of the Supreme Court ruling on Ondo State Governorship tussle between Jide Jegede, Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), candidate at the last state election, and Governor Rotomi Akeredolu (SAN) reverberated…
…APC, Akeredolu laud judiciary over judgement …Split judgment vindicates our appeal – PDP By Akintunde Jacobs, Akure & Joshua Elekwachi, Abuja The Supreme Court sitting in Abuja, has dismissed the case of candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in…
