Tag: Nigerian Supreme Court

“Opposition parties using social media to terrorise us”, Supreme Court justices lament

Aminu Imam

The Supreme Court on Friday complained that opposition parties are deploying social media to terrorise the apex court and its Justices, particularly over cases relating to the 2023 general elections. This was contained in the judgement of the court in the suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking the disqualification of President-elect, Bola Tinubu and the vice-president-elect, Kashim Shettima, from the last election. Before dismissing PDP’s appeal regarding the double nomination case against Shettima, Justice Adamu Jauro, who delivered the lead judgement on the suit, described the use…

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Supreme Court’s verdict: “I’m not ready to walk away”?- Atiku

Aminu Imam

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has reacted to the Supreme Court’s dismissal of his party’s suit seeking the disqualification of Kashim Shettima as the vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, (APC). The PDP had asked the court to disqualify Shettima over an alleged double nomination, but on Friday, May 26, 2023, the court dismissed the case on the ground that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lacked the locus standi to institute the suit. The court also awarded a sum of N2 million against the…

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Supreme Court accuses PDP of blackmail

Aminu Imam

…Dismisses suit against Tinubu, Shettima The Supreme Court has condemned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for allegedly setting a trap through social media to blackmail the apex court. This was made known by the Justices of the apex court when they dismissed the suit by the PDP seeking the disqualification of the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, in the February 25 presidential election over the alleged double nomination of the Vice President-elect, Kashim Shettima. In a strongly worded statement, the court expressed deep disappointment and characterised the situation as both regrettable and…

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May 29 Swearing-in: Tinubu to know Supreme Court judgement today

Aminu Imam

Ahead of the planned May 29 swearing-in of President-elect Bola Tinubu, a Federal High Court in Abuja has again given today, Friday, May 26 to rule on a suit seeking his disqualification from being sworn-in. The president-elect has been in the eyes of the storm since he was declared winner of the February 25 presidential election with Atiku Abubakar, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi, of the Labour Party (LP), and the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), urging the courts to nullify the decision of the Independent National Electoral…

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Supreme Court to deliver judgement May 26 in PDP suit against Tinubu, Shettima

Aminu Imam

The Supreme Court has adjourned until May 26 to deliver judgment in a case by Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), seeking the disqualification of President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu and Kassim Shettima, the vice-president-elect. In the suit filed on July 28, 2022, the PDP claimed that Shettima’s nomination as Tinubu’s running mate was in breach of the provisions of sections 29(1), 33, 35, and 84(1)(2) of the Electoral Act 2022. The party argued that Shettima’s nomination to contest the position of Vice-President and Borno-Central Senatorial District seat at the same time contravened…

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“Supreme Court order on Naira irrelevant, non-binding” – Legal Opinion

Aminu Imam

The Supreme Court’s ruling restraining the Federal Government from implementing the February 10, 2023 deadline phase out of the old N1,000, N500, and N200 notes is irrelevant, non-binding and a distraction, according to a published legal opinion on the matter. “Neither the CBN nor deposit money banks were parties to the suit filed by three state governments (Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara).  “The State governments simply took advantage of the fact that in matters purely between state and the FG, the Supreme Court can serve as the court of first and…

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Supreme Court strikes out suit seeking PDP to zone presidency to South-East

Aminu Imam

The Supreme Court yesterday struck out a suit seeking to compel the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to zone its nomination of presidential candidate to the South-East geo-political zone of the country. The court, in a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Adamu Jauro, struck out the suit on the ground of lack of jurisdiction to entertain it. A presidential aspirant of the PDP and former Deputy Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Cosmos Ndukwe, instituted the suit against his party, praying for an order to compel it to uphold the…

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New CJN in age falsification scandal, started Primary School aged one

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CJN Olukayode Ariwoola

Fresh questions have been raised over the credentials of the newly sworn-in Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (CJN), Olukayode Ariwoola, particularly on the date on which he began school. Recall that on Monday, Ariwoola was sworn-in by President Muhammadu Buhari as the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, (CJN), following the resignation of his predecessor, Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, on health grounds. According to information on the website of the Supreme Court, Ariwoola, who is expected to serve in an acting capacity until confirmation by the National Judicial Council (NJC) and…

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Buhari swears-in Olukayode Ariwoola as new Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria

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…Confers National Award on ex-CJN, Tanko, who resigned President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday swore-in Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as the new Chief Justice of Nigeria, (CJN), in an acting capacity, following the abrupt resignation of Justice Tanko Muhammad from the Judicial position. Justice Olukayode Ariwoola Justice Ariwoola, who was the next most senior justice of the Supreme Court, took the judicial oath of office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Justice Muhammad’s resignation is coming amidst allegations by 14 judges of the Supreme Court last week that the former CJN has run the…

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Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Mohammad, reportedly resigns

Aminu Imam

There are indications that the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Mohammad, has resigned. Justice Muhammad according to ‘credible sources’ resigned on health grounds. Until his resignation, reports had it that Justice Tanko Muhammed was seriously ill. His resignation is coming amidst allegations by 14 judges of the Supreme Court last week that the CJN has ran the apex court aground. Some of the issues raised by the justices in the letter include the failure to replace dilapidated vehicles, accommodation problems, poor healthcare services at the Supreme Court…

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