Supreme Court strikes out appeals against Fubara, Kefas and Aliyu

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaSupreme Court strikes out appeals against Fubara, Kefas and Aliyu

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 26, 2024

The post-election tussle in Rivers, Taraba and Sokoto States ended on Thursday after the Supreme Court dismissed the appeals challenging the election victory of governors Siminalayi Fubara, Agbu Kefas and Ahmed Aliyu. Delivering judgements in separate appeals against the three governors, the court noted that the challengers were not convincing enough to have the judgements delivered in their favour. Justice Ibrahim Saulawa vetoed the appeal by Tonye Cole of the All Progressives Congress, APC, against...

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Rivers Crisis: Court strikes out suit challenging Tinubu’s peace resolution

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaPoliticsRivers Crisis: Court strikes out suit challenging Tinubu’s peace resolution

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)January 24, 2024

A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has struck out a suit challenging the legality and implementation of President Bola Tinubu’s peace proclamation on resolving the political crises in the state for lack of jurisdiction. Recall that Tinubu in the height of the political impasse between Governor Fubara and his predecessor Nyesom Wike, brokered an eight-point peace deal in Abuja, also known as the presidential proclamation, which among other stipulations directed that Governor Fubara represents...

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Court Orders Inspector-General of Police To Widow N100 Million

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaCourt Orders Inspector-General of Police To Widow N100 Million

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 18, 2024

For unlawful arrest, detention, torture, and alleged death of Mark Kajo, a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the Inspector-General (IGP) of Police to pay Mrs Mary Kajo the sum of N100 million over the death of her husband. Mary Kajo had, in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/600/2023, sued the Nigeria Police Force, I-G, Benue Commissioner of Police, and the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) as 1st to 4th respondents respectively. In the...

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Supreme Court upholds election of 8 governors

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaSupreme Court upholds election of 8 governors

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 12, 2024

In a marathon court session on Friday, the Supreme Court of Nigeria delivered judgements on petitions seeking to remove eight State governors from office after the 18 March 2023 polls. The governors whose elections are being challenged before the court are Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State; Abba Yusuf of Kano State, Alex Otti of Abia State; Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State; Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State; Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State; Bassey Otu of Cross...

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No Date For Swearing-in Eleven Justices Of The Supreme Court

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaNo Date For Swearing-in Eleven Justices Of The Supreme Court

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 12, 2024

The National Judicial Council, NJC, has said no date was fixed for the swearing-in of the newly appointed eleven Justices of the Supreme Court. Barrister Soji Oye, NJC’s Director of Information in a statement said neither the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, who is the NJC Chairman, nor the Council itself authored or endorsed the purported date which did not emanate from it. The statement followed purported news by an Abuja-based media...

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Rivers: Investigate ex-parte order stopping INEC conducting fresh poll, group tells chief judge

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaRivers: Investigate ex-parte order stopping INEC conducting fresh poll, group tells chief judge

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)December 18, 2023

Justice John Tsoho, Chief Judge of the Federal High Court has been urged to investigate the alleged secret ex-parte order stopping the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), from conducting fresh elections to fill the seats of the Rivers state lawmakers. Recall that 27 lawmakers from Rivers state recently decamped from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), a development that led to their suspension. Also recall that the Rivers State High...

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Supreme Court says Nnamdi Kanu must face trial for terrorism

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaSupreme Court says Nnamdi Kanu must face trial for terrorism

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 15, 2023

The Supreme Court in Nigeria has declined to order the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, from detention. The separatist leader has been in detention since 2021 despite a Court of Appeal judgment on 13 October 2022 ordering his release. Hopes were high that the Supreme Court would quash the terrorism charges against Kanu who has been in detention since June 2021 when he was forcefully extradited from...

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Enugu State Judiciary Inaugurates 10 Small Claims Courts

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaEnugu State Judiciary Inaugurates 10 Small Claims Courts

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)December 14, 2023

The Enugu State Judiciary has inaugurated 10 Small Claims Court for timely judgment on financial claims ranging from five to ten million naira; the Small Claim Courts is established to settle financial disputes especially debt recovery and other liquidated money demands not exceeding ten million naira only. Explaining the concept of Small Claims Court, the Chief Judge of Enugu State, Justice Raymond Afojulu Ozoemena said it is a court of limited jurisdiction that hears disputes...

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Nigeria Judiciary On Trial With 144,910 Pending Cases

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaNigeria Judiciary On Trial With 144,910 Pending Cases

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 11, 2023

The recent court pronouncements, especially on election-related cases have placed the judiciary on trial. Justice John Tsoho, the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court made the assertion in Abuja during a special session of the court to mark its new legal year and to commemorate its Golden Jubilee Anniversary. “Within the last legal year, a total of 15, 025 cases were filed, while the total number of cases disposed of was 12, 870. When...

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NSCDC officials brutalise Anambra based journalist

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaNSCDC officials brutalise Anambra based journalist

PilotnewsDecember 4, 2023

A budding journalist based in Anambra, Izunna Okafor is presently receiving treatment in the hospital following injuries inflicted on him by men of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Awka. Over 10 officers, who reportedly descended on the journalist reportedly, accused the media of being the problem of Nigeria. Okafor, formally with the now defunct National Light Newspapers and presently affiliated with several online platforms was coming back from Nnewi Saturday night ,...

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