Tag: Supreme Court of Nigeria
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Nigeria gets 8 new Supreme Court justices
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, has sworn in 8 new Justices of the Supreme Court, pushing the number of Justices of the court from 12 to record 20. The CJN presided as the eight of them, in turn, took their oath of office and oath of allegiance to the Nigerian Constitution, a…
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(updated) Supreme Court fixes new date for Kogi guber judgement
The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, fixed August 31 to deliver judgments on two separate appeals that are seeking to nullify the election of Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State. A seven-man panel of Justices of the apex court led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Tanko Ibrahim, okayed the appeals for justice…
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Supreme Court ruling: I accept my fate — Alaibe
A former Bayelsa State Peoples Democratic Party governorship aspirant, Mr Timi Alaibe, on Thursday accepted the judgment of the Supreme Court which dismissed his appeal challenging the emergence of Governor Douye Diri, as the party’s candidate in the 2019 governorship election. Alaibe, in a statement titled, “Alaibe Vs Others: It Is A Party Affair, Says…