President of the Nigerian Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has taken the legal battle over the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to the Supreme Court. The move marks a new phase in the long-running dispute between the two lawmakers. Court filings indicate that Akpabio, acting in his official capacity as President of the Senate, is asking the…
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it refused to recognise the candidates of the Julius Abure-led Labour Party nominated for Federal Capital Territory (FCT) council polls and by-elections because his tenure had elapsed. INEC Director, Voter Education and Publicity, Mrs. Victoria Eta-Messi, in a statement, recalled that on Monday, January 5, 2026 some supporters of…
The Supreme Court’s decision fining the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ₦2 million has reinforced the autonomy of political parties and issued a sharp rebuke to the electoral umpire over interference in internal party affairs, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has said. Lead counsel to the SDP and its 2023 presidential candidate, Dr Adewole Adebayo,…
The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has said the judgement of the Supreme Court affirming the power of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to declare a state of emergency is a win for all Nigerians. He said the judgement is a further consolidation to Nigeria’s fledging democracy…
The Supreme Court Friday reaffirmed the death sentence to Maryam Sanda for committing culpable homicide. In a split judgment of four to one, a five-member panel of justices of the apex court restated the judicial pronouncement that ordered her death by hanging. The court resolved all the issues she raised to set aside her conviction…
The Supreme Court has struck out a suit filed by the Attorney General of Osun State against the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), over the withheld local government allocations in the state. The apex court held that the Osun state Attorney General has no legal right to have instituted the case on behalf of…
Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has filed a motion before the Supreme Court seeking to set aside its December 15, 2023 judgment that remitted his terrorism trial back to the Federal High Court. The Supreme Court had, in suit number SC/CR/1361/2022, ordered Kanu’s continued prosecution after the Court of Appeal…
The Supreme Court on Thursday struck out a motion filed by socialite, Fred Ajudua, challenging its earlier judgment in the ongoing $1.043 million fraud case involving a Palestinian businessman, Zad Abu Zalaf. Ajudua, had before the apex court’s ruling, filed a notice to withdraw the motion. Following this development, trial proceedings resumed on Friday, October…
A Justice of the Supreme Court, Emmanuel Agim, has decried the poor reading culture and declining knowledge of the law among lawyers. He described it as one of the major problems facing the country’s legal profession. The Justice spoke at the Legacy Dialogue 2.0 organised by the JASAN Foundation in Abuja. Its theme was: “Institutionalisation…
The United Kingdom Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by Process & Industrial Developments Limited (P&ID), over legal fees payment. The affirmed that the Federal Republic of Nigeria is entitled to recover its legal costs in sterling (GBP) rather than in naira (NGN) following its successful challenge to a multi-billion-dollar arbitral award. Delivering judgment on…
