Nigeria’s 10th House of Representatives Committee on Constitution Review held its inaugural citizens’ engagement session at Abuja’s Transcorp Hilton Hotel. Led by House Speaker Tajudeen Abbas and Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu (also Chairman of the Committee), the event set the tone for an extensive review of Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution, with plans for some amendments to…
Legal experts are divided over the Supreme Court’s role in the state of emergency declared in Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu. While former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Prof. Chidi Odinkalu, criticized the apex court’s handling of legal matters, the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Afam Osigwe (SAN), maintained that the…
“Alex Otti and I reviewing court’s ruling that affirmed Abure chairman of LP” — Peter Obi Peter Obi, the presidential candidate for the Labour Party, has responded to Julius Abure’s recent court victory by indicating that they are currently reviewing the latest developments. Recall that Abure was on Tuesday affirmed as the substantive Chairman of…
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended Hon. Justice Kudirat Motonmori Kekere-Ekun, CFR, as the Hon. Chief Justice of Nigeria, as well as 28 others as Judges of various Courts. The NJC at its 106th meeting presided over by the Hon. Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, GCON, held on 14th and 15th…
Not too many judicial interventions have been, and will ever be as consequential as the July 11, 2024, Supreme Court ruling on the Local Government (LG) autonomy litigation, filed in May 2024, by the nation’s Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Mr. Lateef Fagbemi, SAN. In a write-up on it on May 31, widely published…
The Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, has described as justifiable the judgements rendered by the different courts in the petitions that arose from the 2023 general elections. Speaking in Yola on Saturday, NBA President, Yakubu Maikyau, said the judges rendered justice in those decisions. “Wherever there is justice, there also is commendation as the people would…
The Supreme Court has set aside an earlier ruling of the Court of Appeal, which set aside the inspection Order granted the Candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) by the Governorship election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja. The Governorship election petition Tribunal had, on November 25, 2023, granted an Exparte Order, allowing the Social…
