Tag: Justice of the Supreme Court

S’Court throws out INEC appeal against SDP

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S'Court INEC appeal

…Awards ₦2m costs The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal filed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) challenging the leadership of the Social Democratic Party, (SDP), ruling that the case lacked merit and had become purely academic. In a unanimous judgment delivered yesterday, the apex court also imposed a ₦2 million cost against INEC’s counsel. Recall that INEC had asked the court to overturn an October 17 decision of the Court of Appeal in Abuja, which upheld a Federal High Court ruling compelling the electoral body to recognise SDP…

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“Focus on justice, not self-enrichment” – CJN Kekere-Ekun urges newly appointed judges

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CJN Kekere Ekun

Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, and the Administrator of the National Judicial Institute (NJI), Justice Salisu Abdullahi, have advised judicial officers to desist from seeing their appointment as an opportunity for self-enrichment. Justices Kekere-Ekun and Abdullahi said the judicial officers should see their appointment as a divine call to address injustice, protect the rule of law and safeguard the peoples fundamental rights. Both senior jurists spoke yesterday in Abuja, at the opening of a week-long second induction course, with the theme: “Repositioning the Courts for Better…

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“See yourselves as next to God” – CJN, Ariwoola urges new Supreme Court justices

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Chief Justice of Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has urged the 11 new Justices of the apex court to see themselves as the representatives of the Almighty God on earth, because any judgment they deliver can only be upturned in heaven. CJN Ariwoola, who stated this shortly after swearing-in 11 Justices of the Supreme Court, bringing the number of apex court Justices to 21,  described as a significant milestone for the Nigerian Judiciary. The CJN also urged the new justices to uphold unwavering integrity and moral uprightness in…

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Public perception of judiciary now flawed because of bribery, corruption Justice Dattijo

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Retiring justice of the Nigerian Supreme Court, Justice Muhammad Dattijo, has berated his colleagues for destroying the image of the Judiciary by revelling in bribery and corruption. At a farewell ceremony organised in his honour by the Supreme Court in Abuja on Friday, Dattijo, who retired on October 27 as he clocked 70, decried the tragic turn of events at the apex court, noting that the current Judiciary he is exiting from is far from the one he voluntarily joined and desired to serve and be identified with. According to…

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Intrigue unfolds at Supreme Court, as retiring justice accuses CJN of exercising excessive power

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There appears to be a crack at the Supreme Court, barely 24 hours after it validated the election of President Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC). This is as a retiring justice of the court, Musa Dattijo Muhammad, who reportedly pulled out from the seven-man panel that dismissed all the appeals that sought to remove President Tinubu from office, has accused the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, of abusing the powers of his office. Justice Muhammad, who spent 47 years in active judicial service,…

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Depleted Supreme Court Bench: ‘Decision not to fill vacancies deliberate’-Justice Dattijo

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A former Justice of the Supreme Court, Muhammad Dattijo, has revealed that the number of Supreme Court Justices, which has hit an all-time-low of 10, has remained so due to deliberate action. Justice Dattijo stated this without mincing words, in his speech at a valedictory court session held by the Supreme Court yesterday, to mark his retirement from the apex court bench, having attained the statutory retirement age of 70 years, on October 27. Justice Dattijo said, “It is all about the absolute powers vested in the office of the…

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