In the judgment delivered by Justice Emmanuel Agim, the apex court dismissed Imo State counter claim ownership.
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The apex court held that the appeal against the earlier judgments of the Court of Appeal in Abuja lacked merit and as such dismissed it
Justice Abubakar in his lead judgment, in an appeal by Yusuf, upheld the lower court’s decision, saying it was in order
The Court of Appeal in Abuja had, in a judgment on May 22, 2018, reversed an earlier decision of Justice Abuabakar Talba of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) which convicted him on three counts and gave him an option of fine at N250,000 per count.
The apex court Friday in its ruling upturned an earlier judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja, which voided the de-registration on the grounds that INEC failed to accord the parties fair hearing and that the electoral body acted during the pendency of a suit by the parties.
The apex court Friday in its ruling upturned an earlier judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja, which voided the de-registration on the grounds that INEC failed to accord the parties fair hearing and that the electoral body acted during the pendency of a suit by the parties.
The application seeking the transfer was brought pursuant to Sections 19, 22 and 45 of the Federal High Court Act 2010 and Section 93 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, (ACJA) 2015.
This was contained in a statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the NBA, Dr. Rapulu Nduka, in Lagos on Thursday.
To resolve the matter, the Supreme Court in addition to its panel of seven Justices invited five Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) as amici curiae (friends of the Court).
Governors in a suit marked SC/655/2020, filed on September, 17, 2020, queried the legality or otherwise of the Presidential Executive Order
In a split decision Friday, majority of the court’s seven-member panel agreed that the President exceeded his constitutional powers in issuing the EO10.
Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, who led a six-man panel of justices, fixed the date after taking arguments from lawyers in the suit.
The apex court set aside its own decision on Friday, while delivering judgment in an application by GTB seeking the re-listing of the appeal on the grounds that it was wrongly dismissed.
Alhaji Yakubu Suleiman, the Public Relations Officer of IPMAN, made this known in a statement issued on Friday in Lagos.
The residents of the estate had taken to the street to protest the continuous presence of policemen in the estate
Governor Sanwo-Olu called on all the parties involved to stand down pending when the matter is completely resolved
So far, the judgment has not been shown or cited despite the fact that the marking has been on for about two weeks
Justice Nkeonye Maha granted the bail after counsel to the 12 defendants moved applications filed in that regard.
The suspects were led into Court 11 by the operatives of the Nigerian Police Force from the Force Headquarters
Oyetola condoled his family, especially Dr Wale Babalakin (SAN) and the entire Muslim Ummah in Gbongan and the state at large.