Tag: Supreme Court

Local Governments: Between Constitutional Autonomy and Judicial “Coup”

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
Bola Ahmed Tinubu

By; Abdull-Azeez Ahmed Kadir. Nigeria operates a federal system of government with sub-national. It has been a long debate if Nigeria operates three tiers of government or two tiers with administrative block as the third. Whatever you believe, the 1999 Nigerian Constitution as amended, recognises the Federal, State and Local Governments. Nigeria boasts of 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory with 774 Local Councils. The Local Government is the closest to the people at the grassroots; who constitute the majority of the populace and meant to make them feel…

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Alleged N3.5bn fraud: ??Supreme Court overturns case against Saraki

Aminu Imam
Saraki

…Ex-S/President claims vindication Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has praised the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn a 2018 Federal High Court ruling in an alleged N3.5 billion fraud case involving Melrose General Services Limited. Saraki asserted that the apex court’s judgement confirms his belief that the case was politically motivated. According to him, the allegations were part of a larger effort to discredit him following his election as Senate President, which went against the preferences of influential figures during Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. ?Recall that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission…

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FG drags 36 Govs. to Supreme Court, seeks full autonomy for LGAs

Aminu Imam
Nigerian State Governors

The Federal Government has instituted a legal action against the Governors of the 36 States of the Federation at the Supreme Court over alleged misconduct in the administration of Local Government Areas, (LGAs). FG, in the suit, filed by the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, (SAN), is seeking full autonomy for all LGAs in the country as the third tier of Government. It specifically prayed the apex court to issue an order, prohibiting state governors from embarking on unilateral, arbitrary and unlawful dissolution…

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Supreme Court overturns A’Court judgement, declines to free Nnamdi Kanu

Aminu Imam

… “Unbelievable”, says Ohanaeze Ndigbo The Supreme Court declined to order the release of the embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, from detention. The apex court, in the judgement delivered yesterday by Justice Emmanuel Agim, but prepared by Justice Garba Lawal, held that the Court of Appeal was wrong to rule that Kanu could not be tried again based on the illegality perpetrated against him by the Federal Government, following the invasion of his home. In upholding the Government’s appeal, the Supreme Court held that…

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Supreme Court Verdict: Atiku to speak on national issues Monday

Aminu Imam

Barring any last-minute change in plans, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, will address a world press conference on Monday, October.30. This was disclosed yesterday, in a statement by the PDP Publicity office yesterday.  Atiku’s address is expected to border on some crucial national issues. The statement read: “The presidential candidate of our great party, the PDP, in the February 25, 2023, presidential election and former Vice-President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, GCON, Wazirin Adamawa, will address a crucial press conference on issues…

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Supreme Court judgement disappointing – PDP

Aminu Imam

…Says apex court has failed Nigerians The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday, described judgement of the Supreme Court in the petition filed by the PDP and its Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar, against declaration of Bola Tinubu as President, as ‘disappointing’. Atiku and the PDP, as well as Peter Obi and the Labour Party, had filed a case against the declaration of the All-Progressives Congress (APC) and Bola Tinubu as winners of the February 25, 2023 Presidential election by the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC). An issued statement by the PDP…

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‘Supreme Court judgement has destroyed fabric of our democracy’ – LP

Aminu Imam

…Says Nigeria sliding into dictatorship The leadership of the Labour Party yesterday described the judgment of the Supreme Court upholding the election of President Bola Tinubu as sad, adding that” the judgement has destroyed the fabrics of Nigeria’s democracy. National Chairman of the Party, Julius Abure, while reacting to the judgement, said the party is “shocked and surprised that the apex Court will toe the line of the September 26 judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT), despite the flaws inherent in it. Abure, in a statement he personally signed,…

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Supreme Court Verdict: PDP Governor joins APC chieftains to rejoice with Tinubu at Villa

Aminu Imam

One of the governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, rejoiced with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja. This was after the Supreme Court affirmed the election of Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s president in the 2023 general election. Recall that in its ruling yesterday, the seven-member panel held that the issues canvassed by Obi were the same as that of Atiku’s thus and there was no need for a repeat. It, therefore, affirmed the ruling of the Presidential Elections Petitions Tribunal that upheld the…

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“Accept Supreme Court’s verdict” – Ohanaeze to Obi, Atiku

Aminu Imam

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has admonished Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi to accept the apex court’s decision in the interest of the country’s unity. The organisation urged them to give their maximum support and encouragement to the current effort of the President Bola Tinubu-led administration to raise the bar of governance in the country through the implementation of impactful economic policies. The Secretary General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, made the group’s position known in a statement issued yesterday, following the Supreme Court verdict affirming the 2023 presidential candidate of…

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Supreme Court dismisses suit querying Tinubu’s qualification

Aminu Imam

The Supreme Court, in Abuja, has dismissed an appeal filed by three members of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), seeking to disqualify the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, claiming he was not qualified to contest the last presidential election. The apex court, yesterday, threw away the suit filed by a former Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, on the grounds that it was statute-barred, having no life to support it and legs to stand upon. Justice John Inyang Okoro, who presided over a 5-man panel of Justices of the Court, while…

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