Supreme Court of Nigeria

Southern Governors Hail Okpebholo’s Supreme Court’s Victory

Ogun Governor and Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum (SGF), Dapo Abiodun, has lauded the Supreme Court’s validation of Edo Gov. Monday Okpebholo’s...

Don’t Spread Lies About Justices, Judiciary: Supreme Court Slams False Narratives

The Supreme Court has issued a stern warning against the spread of false information and malicious reports targeting its justices and the entire...

Senate Mulls Raise in Supreme Court Bench from 21 to 30

Nigeria’s Senate is proposing to increase the Supreme Court’s justices from 21 to 30 to clear case backlog and boost efficiency, according to...

PDP Govs take Tinubu, N’Assembly to Supreme Court over Fubara’s suspension

Governors of states governed by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have instituted a suit at the Supreme Court, challenging the six-month suspension of...

Wike’s photo with Supreme Court Justice Agim after ruling against Fubara: Apex Court reacts

The Supreme Court of Nigeria has rejected allegations of judiciary manipulation after a photo surfaced of Justice Emmanuel Agim with Minister of the...

Supreme Court ruling fails to resolve Rivers Assembly leadership crisis

Human rights lawyer Femi Falana has clarified that the Supreme Court’s decision on Rivers Gov. Siminalayi Fubara’s appeal against the Martin Amaewhule-led House...

Just in: Supreme Court reserves judgement on appeal seeking to nullify Rivers LG poll

A five-member panel led by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji of the Supreme Court has reserved its judgment on an appeal filed by the All...

Breaking: Supreme Court Nullifies National Lottery Act

The Supreme Court on Friday nullified the National Lottery Act 2005 enacted by the National Assembly. A seven-member Supreme Court panel unanimously ruled...

Supreme Court upholds EFCC’s legitimacy, dismisses governors’ suit

The Supreme Court has dismissed a suit filed by 16 states challenging the constitutionality of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and...

Updated: How Kanu slammed his lawyer, “browbeat”Justice Nyako to recuse herself from his trial

An unusual event occurred at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday when Justice Binta Nyako was “forced” to announce her withdrawal...

CJN swears in 11 new Supreme Court justices

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, swore in the newly appointed 11 Justices of the Supreme Court on Monday, warning them...

Guber poll: Rivers Gov. Fubara victorious

Again, Rivers State Gov. Siminalayi Fubara’s election has been confirmed by the nation’s apex court. A five-member panel of the Supreme Court on...

Senate confirms 11 Supreme Court Justices, increases number to 21

Aftermath of their nominations by President Bola Tinubu and the National Judicial Council, the Senate on Thursday confirmed 11 justices for the Supreme...

Old, new Naira notes to co-exist till further notice, Supreme Court rules

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered that the old N200, N500, N1000 notes should continue to co-exist with the new notes until further...

Supreme Court vacancies: Tsammani, Oyewole, Georgewill, Abiru, Bayero, Nwosu-Iheme, 16 others elevated as justices

With just 10 serving justices in the nation’s Supreme Court, no fewer than 22 justices from the Court of Appeal have been elevated...