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Pop Goes Mainstream PDP as Supreme Court in Split Decision Voids Convention, Deepens Crisis

By Yemi Oyeyemi, Abuja Nigeria’s political landscape was jolted on Thursday as the Supreme Court nullified the 2025 National Convention of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), declaring...

Supreme Court Voids Appeal Court Order, Restores David Mark as ADC Leader

The Supreme Court of Nigeria on Thursday reinstated the leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) under former Senate President David Mark, setting aside...

Court Bars Aiyedatiwa from Seeking Third Term in 2028

A Federal High Court sitting in Akure, Ondo State, has ruled that the state governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, will not be eligible to contest the...

Supreme Court dismisses Lagos bid to reopen Al-Mustapha trial over Kudirat Abiola murder

By Yemi Oyeyemi, Abuja The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the attempt by the Lagos State Government to reopen the murder trial of Major Hamza...

Supreme Court affirms President’s power to declare emergency rule, suspend wlected officials

The Supreme Court of Nigeria has affirmed that the President has constitutional authority to declare a state of emergency in any part of the...

Supreme Court overturns Tinubu pardon, reinstates death sentence for Maryam Sanda

The Supreme Court of Nigeria has set aside President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s commutation of Maryam Sanda’s death sentence, reinstating the original capital punishment imposed...

Senior Advocates of No-consequence (SANs)

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu The ritual of the “Call to Bar” is the formal ceremony for the admission of new entrants into Nigeria’s legal profession....

Rights lawyer urges NHRC to appeal to Supreme Court Over Appeal Court’s ruling on oil spillage case

Barrister Frank Tietie, Executive Director of the Citizens Advocacy for Social & Economic Rights (CASER), has called on the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)...

Ighodalo reacts to Supreme Court verdict: “It was not a contest, it was a robbery”

By Yemi Oyeyemi, Abuja Mr. Asue Ighodalo, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the September 2024 governorship election in Edo State, has expressed deep...

Hot exchange as law professor and Supreme Court trade tackles over Justice visit to Benin

Following a viral video by law teacher and activist, Professor Chidi Odinkalu, which gave an impression that a justice of the Supreme Court was...

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