Eko Hot Blog reports that the Supreme Court has on Thursday reserved judgment in the Federal Government’s lawsuit against 36 state governors regarding the autonomy of Nigeria’s 774 local government areas. The apex court declared that the ruling would be delivered on a future date communicated to parties involved. Justice Mohammed Lawal Garba, presiding over … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has met with the 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, in a bid to reconcile him and his successor, Abdullahi Ganduje It was gathered that the president met with the former Governor of Kano State inside the president’s office … Read more
No fewer than 30 aged women including widows and eight men of Nasarawa State origin were on Friday arrested by the police for allegedly protesting the outcome of the Supreme Court judgment which affirmed Governor Abdullahi Sule as winner of the March 18, 2023 governorship election in the state. The governorship candidate of the Peoples … Read more
The Supreme Court has given reasons why the Peoples Democratic Party PDP Presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, lost his appeal suit challenging the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari in last presidential election. The apex court stressed that Atiku relied on data from dubious serve adding that, the data Atiku got from INEC’s server had a dubious … Read more
The Supreme Court has ruled that President Muhammadu Buhari was highly qualified to contest the February 23 presidential election. The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, prepared the full judgment of the apex court which is being read by Justice John Okoro. The full judgment delivered on Friday was to provide explanations for the … Read more
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has commended the judgement of the Supreme Court on the Osun governorship election, saying it further vindicates the judiciary as unbiased, independent and impartial. Mr Tinubu gave the commendation in a statement entitled “Supreme Court Verdict on Osun: Testimony that Judiciary is on Course,” … Read more
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed shock over the Supreme Court judgment which validated the election of Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State. The party disclosed this in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Friday in Abuja. Mr Ologbondiyan said the fact that the Supreme Court had a split … Read more