Dr Festus Akande, Director of Press and Information of the apex court said the decision was a set of fresh practice directions issued by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Tanko Muhammad.
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The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the CJN on June 3, presented to the Senate Committee on the review of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as amended a 45- point constitutional proposal on judicial reforms for amendment.
The apex court in a judgement delivered by Justice Emmanuel Agim held that the Ize-Iyamu failed to prove his case beyond reasonable doubt.
In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Ibadan on Friday, Ojo said any attempt to conduct the election would be illegal and a travesty of justice.
The state government in a statement made public in Ibadan said that as a believer in the rule of law and as a government with the utmost respect for the Supreme Court, it will comply with the ruling of the apex court.
Alao-Akala gave the advice on Friday, while reacting to the Supreme Court judgment which invalidated the sack of the duly elected 33 local government chairmen in Oyo State
In an unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Adamu Jauro in a zoom conference, the apex court directed that the unlawfully dissolved council officials be paid all their entitlements from the date of their illegal dissolution to the date they were to vacate office.
The apex court made the pronouncement on Friday following the litigation that followed the bye-election
This is contained in a statement issued by Tunde Olofintila, the Director, Corporate Information of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, on Wednesday.
The gates to the apex court were said to have been locked, leaving workers who intended to resume duties after the Easter holiday stranded
Ikuforiji is arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) alongside his former Personal Assistant, Oyebode Atoyebi on 54 counts bordering on money laundering.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the petition was signed by its acting National Chairman and Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni.
Okoye said this in a statement on Friday following agitation for the Commission to recognise the 74 political parties it once deregistered
The panel, constituted by the National Human Rights Commission, is investigating alleged violations by the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad and other units of the Nigeria Police.
A five-man panel of the apex court led by Justice Muhammad Lawal Garba, on Friday, in a unanimous decision, dismissed the appeal filed by the EFCC against the judgment of the Court of Appeal which had set aside an earlier ruling by the Federal High Court delivered on February 16, 2007 for the final forfeiture of the sum of N9,080,000,000.00 (Nine Billion and Eighty Million Naira) to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
The 10-year imprisonment was for the offence of criminal breach of trust.
Dariye filed the suit praying the Supreme Court to upturn the November 16, 2018 judgment of the Court of Appeal, Abuja, which convicted him and sentenced him to 10 years for diverting public funds estimated at N1.162 billion, while he was the Governor of Plateau State
Addressing APC stakeholders in Port Harcourt over the weekend, Abe said as law-abiding citizens of Nigeria, members of the party have accepted the outcome of the ruling of the Supreme Court but the main issues are yet to be resolved.
The court gave the ruling against him for having sex with Benedicta Elechi who was still legally married at the time it happened.
His death was confirmed by sources at the apex court.