By Tunde Odesola Abomination! Market noise never drowns the marketplace. The dog never gets executed for barking, nor the ram beheaded for butting. The market takes no roll call and yet misses nobody: Ojà Òyìngbò ò mò pé énìkan ò wá. Daily, good and evil walk the face of the earth: T’ibi, t’ire la da … Read more
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has disclosed that the Supreme Court of Nigeria, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), and 13 other agencies failed to meet the requirements of its 2024 Ethics and Integrity Compliance Scorecard (EICS). Eko Hot Blog reports that the announcement highlights the failure of several … Read more
The All Progressives Congress, APC, Kogi State Chapter has strongly condemned the alleged violent attacks on its supporters and destruction of vehicles belonging to party members at the Supreme Court premises on Friday. The Director of Media and Publicity for the Kogi APC Campaign Council, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, made the condemnation in a statement in … Read more
Oluwole Afolabi, an attorney recognized for his legal work for President Bola Tinubu, is among the distinguished members of the Nigerian Bar elevated to Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN Shortlist) by the LPPC. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC), operating under the Supreme Court of Nigeria, has released its annual list … Read more
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 the Supreme Court has reversed the sack of Caleb Mutfwang as Governor of Plateau State. Mutfwang of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) scored 525,299 votes to beat the All Progressives Congress candidate, Nentawe Yilwatda, who garnered 481,370 votes during the 18 March governorship poll in Plateau State. The governor’s election … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that a United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago has ordered Chicago State University to produce President Bola Tinubu‘s “only all relevant, non-privileged documents” academic records to People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar. EDITOR’S PICKS Police Investigate Alleged Poisoning Of Tinubu’s Minister Reactions As … Read more
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has fixed May 26 as the date for delivering judgment in the PDP’s suit seeking the disqualification of Tinubu and Vice Kassim Shettima. The judgment will determine whether Shettima’s candidacy will be upheld or invalidated, potentially affecting Tinubu’s inauguration as president. The case revolves around the allegation of double nomination … Read more
The Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned till May 22 a lawsuit filed by Nnamdi Kanu against the DSS. Kanu’s representative is asking the court to compel DSS to allow him access to his physician, but DSS filed a preliminary objection urging the court to dismiss the suit for … Read more
A court has thrown out a suit seeking Buhari’s removal as President. The suit seeking the outright sacking of Buhari was thrown out by Justice Inyang Ekwo on three grounds. One of the grounds was that the suit constituted a gross abuse of the court process. EKO HOT BLOG reports that a Federal High Court … Read more
The Supreme Court has reacted to CJN Ariwoola’s alleged political comments on PDP’s G-5 Governors. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Supreme Court on Saturday in Abuja dissociated the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, from a political statement on the activities of the five Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), otherwise … Read more
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has struck out an application filed by Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited ( SPDCNL) seeking to set aside its January 11, 2019 judgment upholding a N17bilion damages awarded against the oil company. On January 11, 2019, the apex court upheld an earlier judgment by the Court of Appeal, … Read more
A United Kingdom court on Thursday dismissed the application by some leaders of Ejamah Ebubu community in Ogoniland to register the judgement of a Nigerian Federal High Court in the country for enforcement. Claimants had applied to register the judgement to enforce a N183 billion judgment sum, which they claimed was the judgement sum and … Read more