Nigeria’s Supreme Court held a special session on November 27, 2023 to formally usher in a new legal year. It provided an occasion for a retrospective on the performance of Nigeria’s judiciary by its leaders in a season of unprecedented levels of public angst over the political weaponisation of judges and a set piece moment to compare notes on the dysfunctions that afflict the judicial system. The outcome was interesting to the point of anti-climactic.
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ASHENEWS reports that the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC)/Transparency International in Nigeria have called on the National Assembly (NASS) to amend the Electoral Act for pre-election matters to be not litigable after announcement of the winner of an election.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered that the old N200, N500, and N1000 notes should continue to coexist with the new notes until further notice.
The National Judicial Council (NJC) is set to investigate the issues surrounding the certified true copy (CTC) of the Kano State governorship election appeal at the Court of Appeal in Abuja.
A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja has adjourned an alleged procurement fraud case involving the ex-Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele.
An Appeal Court sitting in Lagos State on Tuesday dismissed the petition filed by the governorship candidate of the All-Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Patrick Tonye-Cole, against Governor Siminalayi Fubara of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Thirty-three internet fraudsters have been convicted and sentenced in Oyo and Ogun states for cybercrimes.
ASHENEWS reports that Sokoto state governor, Ahmed Aliyu has described the verdict of the Court of Appeal, which upheld his election as a clear testimony of an unbiased Nigeria’s judiciary.
ASHENEWS reports that the Court of Appeal in Abuja will today, Monday, November 27, 2023 deliver judgement in the Sokoto State governorship election dispute.
The counsel to the governor of Kano State, Wole Olanipekun, SAN has replied to the Court of Appeal over its request to retrieve the controversial Certified True Copy (CTC, of its judgment on the Kano Governorship Election Appeal.