THE Public Relations Officer for the court, has said the fire incident that occurred on Monday morning has no connection with, and won’t have any effect on the presidential election petition. Vanguard reported earlier that a wing of the Supreme Court complex situated at the Three-Arm-Zone, Abuja, was engulfed by fire this …
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BREAKING: Supreme Court Building Catches Fire (Nigerians React)
NIGERIANS on social media have reacted to the fire outbreak at the Supreme Court in Abuja. Newsextra24 reports that there was a fire incident on the fourth floor of the Supreme Court The Supreme Court Fire Service section managed to put off the fire and security personnel were on the ground to …
Read More »Supreme Court Dismisses APC Case Against Governor Peter Mbah
THE Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal filed by the All Progressives Congress and its candidate in the last governorship election in Enugu State, Uche Nnaji, seeking to nullify the emergence of Peter Mbah of the Peoples Democratic Party as winner of the election. The APC candidate polled 14,575 votes …
Read More »Supreme Court Overturns Nwaoboshi’s Sentence, Orders His Release
The Supreme Court on Friday overturned the conviction and sentence of Peter Nwaoboshi to seven years imprisonment for offences of fraud and money laundering. The former senator representing Delta North was convicted by the Court of Appeal in Lagos on a two-count charge of fraud and money laundering in a …
Read More »Supreme Court Accuses PDP Of Cyberbullying
THE Supreme Court has accused the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, of cyberbullying. The apex court stated this on Friday delivering judgment in an appeal filed by the PDP, seeking to void the election of President-elect, Bola Tinubu on the grounds that his running mate, Kashim Shettima, was guilty of double …
Read More »BREAKING: Supreme court Dismisses PDP’s Suit Against Tinubu, Shettima Over Double Nomination
The supreme court has dismissed the suit seeking the disqualification of Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima as presidential and vice-presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC). A five-member panel of the supreme court held on Friday that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lacked the locus standi to institute the …
Read More »Supreme Court To Deliver Judgment May 26 In PDP Suit Against Tinubu, Shettima
The Supreme Court has adjourned until May 26 to deliver judgment in a case by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking the disqualification of President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima, the vice-president-elect. The PDP had urged the apex court to reverse the Court of Appeal judgment, led by Justice …
Read More »Supreme Court To Hear Appeals In Kanu’s Case September 14
The Supreme Court has fixed hearing for September 14 in the appeals by the Federal Government and the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The prosecution appealed the Court of Appeal judgment ordering Kanu’s release and quashing the treasonable felony charge against him on the grounds that he was wrongly …
Read More »Atiku Storms Court For Hearing Of His Petition Against Tinubu
Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday, stormed the Presidential Election Petition Court sitting in Abuja to observe proceedings in the case he filed to challenge the outcome of the 2023 presidential election. Atiku and his party are challenging the declaration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu …
Read More »Supreme Court Adjourns Nnamdi Kanu’s Case To September
The Supreme Court has again adjourned the hearing in the suit filed by the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, until September 14. Recall that the secessionist had, on November 3, 2022, filed an appeal at the Supreme Court challenging the judgement of the Court …
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