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S’Court throws out suit seeking to sack Tinubu

December 17, 2024December 17, 2024 Aminu Imam

…Fines plaintiff ?5m The Supreme Court has dismissed a suit seeking to sack President Bola Tinubu from office and awarded a fine of N5 million against the plaintiff, Chief Ambrose Owuru, who was the presidential candidate of the Hope Democratic Party, (HDP), in the 2019 general election. The apex court in a unanimous decision by a five-member panel of justices, led by Justice Uwani Musa Abba-Aji, warned the Registry of the Supreme Court not to accept any frivolous originating summons from the plaintiff again. In the legal action he filed…

Fresh Disqualification Suit: S’Court decides Tinubu�s fate today

December 16, 2024December 16, 2024 Aminu Imam

The Supreme Court will today, Monday, December 16, determine the fate of President Bola Tinubu in a fresh suit seeking his removal from office as Nigeria�s leader. The new suit, marked: SC/CV/667/2023 is praying the apex court to sack Tinubu on two major grounds of alleged non-qualification to hold office as Nigeria�s President, and usurpation of the same office against the laws of the country. A candidate in the 2019 presidential election on the platform of Hope Democratic Party, (HDP), Chief Ambrose Albert Owuru, filed the fresh suit directly at…

CJN to swear in 87 new SANs Monday

September 29, 2024September 29, 2024 Aminu Imam

Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, will swear in 87 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) on Monday, at the main courtroom of the Supreme Court, Abuja. A statement issued by the Court�s Director of Information and Public Relations, Festus Akande, on Friday, said the ceremony is part of programmes lined up to mark the formal commencement of the 2024/2025 legal year. During the event, Justice Kekere-Ekun will deliver a state-of-the-judiciary address to highlight the performance of the Supreme Court in particular, and the Nigerian Judiciary in general,…

Tinubu swears-in Acting CJN, Kekere-Ekun

August 24, 2024August 24, 2024 Aminu Imam

�Urges her to ‘be loyal to Nigeria�s Constitution’ President Bola Tinubu yesterday administered the oath of office to Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), pending her confirmation by the 10th Senate. The swearing-in of the 23rd CJN, and the second female justice to hold the office, took place at the Council Chamber of the State House, Abuja. Justice Kekere-Ekun will succeed Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, who bowed out on Thursday after clocking the retirement age of 70 years. In his remarks, President Tinubu urged the acting…

LG chairmen, councillors to enjoy 4yr tenure � Supreme Court

August 12, 2024August 12, 2024 Aminu Imam

The Nigerian Supreme Court has, in a landslide judgement on local government autonomy, ordered that the four-year tenure enjoyed by executives be extended to the offices of all local government area (LGA) chairmen and councillors across the country. This is contained in the Certified True Copy (CTC) of a judgement delivered by Justice Mohammed Garba and six other Justices on May 11, 2024. According to Garba, some States have, by their various illegal actions, starved the local government councils in their States to the extent that most of them cannot…

S/Court ruling on LG autonomy: A call to action

July 12, 2024July 12, 2024 Aminu Imam

This is to proudly celebrate the recent landmark ruling by the Supreme Court of Nigeria reaffirming the autonomy of the 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Nigeria. The Supreme Court declared it illegal and unconstitutional for state governors to continue receiving and seizing funds allocated to LGAs within their jurisdictions. This �dubious practice,� which has persisted for over two decades, was recognized as a clear violation of Section 162 of the 1999 Constitution, (as amended). In his lead judgment, Justice Emmanuel Agim asserted that no House of Assembly in any…

LG autonomy: Supreme Court to deliver landmark judgment today

July 11, 2024July 11, 2024 Aminu Imam

The Supreme Court will today, Thursday, deliver judgment in the suit filed by the Federal Government against the 36 State governors seeking full autonomy for the 774 local government councils in the country. The apex court has notified all parties in the suit through their respective lawyers. Recall that the Supreme Court had on June 13, reserved judgment on the suit against State governments. At the last proceedings on, a seven-man panel, led by Justice Garba Lawal, declared the matter ready for judgment, after hearing arguments from the governors of…

Supreme Court reserves judgement in FG�s suit seeking full LGA autonomy

June 14, 2024June 14, 2024 Aminu Imam

The Supreme Court has reserved judgment in the suit filed for the Federal Government by the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) against States in relation to the dispute over the autonomy of Nigeria�s 774 local government councils. All 36 States of the federation are the defendants in the suit, marked SC/CV/343/2024. The Federal Government is also asking for an order preventing the governors from arbitrarily dissolving democratically elected councils, in an originating summons dated and filed 20 May, 2024. At the court session yesterday, all the states, represented by their…

Kaduna: S’Court reserves judgment in PDP�s appeal against� Gov. Uba Sani�s election

January 19, 2024January 19, 2024 Aminu Imam

The Supreme Court, yesterday, reserved judgment in the appeal seeking to nullify the election of Governor Uba Sani, of Kaduna State. A five-member panel of Justices of the apex court, led by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, reserved judgment to a date that would be communicated to the parties, after they adopted all their briefs filed in the matter. Recall that a 3-member panel of the Court of Appeal had, in a unanimous judgement delivered in November, last year, dismissed a five-ground appeal filed by the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic…

Election Petition: Supreme Court reserves judgement in appeal against Sokoto, Taraba Govs.

January 18, 2024January 18, 2024 Aminu Imam

The Supreme Court yesterday reserved judgement on an appeal seeking to unseat Governor Ahmad Aliyu, of Sokoto State, and Governor Dr. Kefas Agbu, of Taraba State. The 5-member panel of Justices of the Apex Court, headed by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, reserved judgement in the two appeals for a date that would be announced to parties in the matter, after briefs filed were adopted by parties. While Sunday Ameh (SAN), the lead counsel to the appellants, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Sa’idu Umar, prayed to the court to…