Tag: Nigerian Supreme Court

Kano Governorship Battle: Supreme Court to hear Abba Yusuf’s appeal Thursday 

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The Supreme Court has fixed Thursday, December 21, to hear the appeal filed by the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) seeking to affirm its candidate, Abba Yusuf, as governor of Kano State. Recall that in September, the Kano State governorship election petition tribunal sacked Yusuf as governor of the State. The tribunal deducted 165,663 votes from the 1,019,602 recorded for Yusuf because the ballot papers (165,663) were not stamped, signed and dated as required by law. The tribunal then declared Yusuf Gawuna, of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the…

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Supreme Court Receives Clarion Call for Justice in Election Disputes

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A pro-democracy advocacy group, ‘Citizens Participation Against Corruption Initiative’, has called upon the judges of the Supreme Court to rectify perceived injustices in the verdicts delivered by Election Petitions Tribunals and the Court of Appeal regarding the 2023 elections in Nigeria. In a passionate address at a press briefing held in Abuja,  its Executive Director, Comrade Bishir Dauda Sabuwar-Unguwa Katsina, highlighted the crucial role of impartial and independent election petition tribunals in ensuring free and fair elections, and expressed concerns about the potential ramifications on democracy, peace, and stability.  The…

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Peter Obi breaks silence, finally accepts Supreme Court judgement affirming Tinubu as president

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The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has accepted the judgment of the Supreme Court which affirmed the election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Obi broke his silence on the Supreme Court judgment at a news conference yesterday, in Abuja. Recall that the Supreme Court on September 26, 2023, upheld the September 6 judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal affirming the declaration of Tinubu as duly elected president. The seven-member panel, led by Justice John Inyang-Okoro, dismissed the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…

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Supreme Court Verdict: “Nigeria is the bigger loser” – Atiku

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…Calls for urgent electoral reforms The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, says that Nigeria as a nation is ill-fated. This is coming about 72 hours after the Supreme Court dismissed the former vice-president’s appeal for lacking in merit and affirmed the victory of President Bola Tinubu, as the winner of the February presidential election. In the lead judgment delivered by the Chairman of the seven-man panel, Justice Inyang Okoro, the apex court refused to consider the academic records of the President…

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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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Supreme Court Judgement: “It is time to work together to rebuild Nigeria” -Tinubu

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President Bola Tinubu has urged Nigerians to join hands with him to rebuild Nigeria, following the Supreme Court judgement which affirmed his victory at the February 25 Presidential election. The President, while reacting to the verdict of the John Okoro-led panel at the Supreme Court on the Presidential Election petitions. The judgement was on the petitions filed by the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, challenging the ruling of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. Tinubu said, “The court has done justice…

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Buhari welcomes Apex Court’s verdict on 2023 presidential election

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…Says verdict is a welcome relief to him and majority of Nigerians Former President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the Supreme Court judgement which upheld the election of President Bola Tinubu in the 2023 presidential poll. In an issued statement, signed by his spokesperson, Garba Shehu, the ex-President said the apex court’s decision to dismiss the appeals by Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) is a welcome relief to him and majority of Nigerians. The former President repeated what he…

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D-Day: Supreme Court to deliver judgement on Atiku, Obi’s appeals against Tinubu today

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The Nigerian Supreme Court has announced that it will today, Thursday October 26, will finally deliver judgement in the appeals lodged by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and his Labour Party (LP), counterpart, Peter Obi. The Director of Information of the Supreme Court, Dr. Festus Akande, confirmed the date yesterday. The appeals challenge the result of the February 25 election, which led to the victory of President Bola Tinubu. Both the PDP and LP presented their cases before the apex court. Recall that both PDP and LP had…

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