…Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said it has commenced a review of the Supreme Court judgment restoring key provisions of the Electoral Act 2026. The development comes amid concerns over the eligibility of some candidates ahead of the 2027 general elections. INEC Chairman, Professor Joash Amupitan, disc…

…concerning armed robbery. In May 2025, the Edo State Government announced that the Supreme Court had affirmed the conviction and death sentence of Sunday Osakpolor for armed robbery. The state also reported the conviction of Taiwo Omorede and four others in another armed robbery case, with three receiving death sentenc…

Israel’s Supreme Court on Friday put back on the election ballot an Arab party that could be a kingmaker, hours after one Arab-Israeli politician withdrew under court pressure. In September, an electoral committee of MPs voted to disqualify multiple candidates for the October 27 general election, including those from t…

The United States Supreme Court has rejected a last-minute bid by death row inmate Christa Pike to halt her execution in Tennessee, clearing the way for her lethal injection on Wednesday. Pike, 50, is scheduled to be executed at 11:00 EDT (15:00 GMT) at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, Tennessee, fo…

…uploaded by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, adding that the Supreme Court has already clarified the issue. “The reason I took my party and INEC to court is simple. That former senator is a member of APC at the time INEC uploaded the membership register.” The matter, according to her, was scheduled…

…would be shaped long before voters reached the polling stations, noting that the Supreme Court’s restoration of key provisions of the Electoral Act had clarified aspects of the legal framework on party membership registers and candidate nomination. According to him, the development should reinforce the importance of ac…

By Clifford Ndujihe & Luminous Jannamike The Supreme Court’s restoration of key provisions of the Electoral Act 2026 has opened a fresh legal front over the nominations of some Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and other opposition parties’ candidates ahead of the 2027 elections. With the apex court’s verdict other partie…

…has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to urgently direct the implementation of the Supreme Court judgment on local government financial autonomy The post LG funds: NLC, NULGE accuse FG of playing politics with Supreme Court judgment appeared first on Tribune Online.

…the hearing.Before ruling on the substance of the case, Justice Ibrahim noted that the Supreme Court's precedent required courts to first address preliminary objections. Satisfied that the Owerri suit and the Abuja suit concerned the same dispute, he held that proceeding further would amount to an abuse of court proces…

…and a California appeals court upheld the conviction in November 2025. The California Supreme Court declined to review his case in February, leaving the conviction in place.Tory Lanez's relationship history and rumoured girlfriendsTory Lanez has been linked to several high-profile women over the years.Kash Doll: Tory b…

…The Israeli military says Palestinian homes in the area were built illegally. Israel’s Supreme Court ruled in 2022 that homes in the designated firing zone could be demolished and residents expelled. The West Bank and East Jerusalem have been occupied by Israel since the 1967 Middle East war. Israel has built about 160…

…line with the native laws and customs,” Falade said. Defence Faults Verdict, Appeals to Supreme Court Meanwhile, counsel to Oba Olugbesoye, Ezekiel Agunbiade, has faulted the verdict of the court, saying his team was yet to receive the CTC of the judgment. “I don’t want us to talk too much for now because we are yet to…

…and other violations of fundamental rights. The NBA president also highlighted the Supreme Court’s June 26, 2026 judgment in Ben Mene-Ejegi Esq. v. Nigerian Bar Association & Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee, which invalidated the provision allowing direct appeals from the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Com…

…required by the Department of Homeland Security to wear ankle monitors, after the US Supreme Court cleared the way for the administration to end Haiti's TPS designation, potentially exposing roughly 350,000 Haitian nationals to removal."In his last days, I did not recognize him as he was such an energetic kid who loves…

…including details of funeral arrangements, would be made public in due course.Ex-Supreme Court justice Kalgo is dead Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Senator Aminu Tambuwal, who represents Sokoto South and previously served as Sokoto state governor, mourned the passing of retired Supreme Court Justice Umaru Atu Kalgo, c…

…an individual retains a privacy interest in details that remain undisclosed, citing US Supreme Court precedent.He has denied any wrongdoing.FBI's sealed declaration requestOn August 20, 2026, the FBI filed an application asking the court to allow it to submit a sealed, ex parte declaration explaining in private why it…

…for withholding her certificate, the struggles, sacrifices and eventual victory after a Supreme Court ruling Read the full article here: https://punchng.com/i-fought-unilorin-for-14-years-over-my-withheld-certificate-lawyer-adeshina/ 4. NDC should remove content creators posing as activists — Spokesperson The spokesper…

Trump asks Supreme Court to uphold Military's ban on Transgender Soldiers The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to uphold its policy banning transgender Americans from serving in the military, the latest significant case involving trans Americans to reach the conservative court in recent years. Days afte…

…conviction and death sentence were subsequently upheld by the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court before the sentence was carried out. Saudi Arabia maintains strict laws against drug trafficking, with severe penalties, including the death penalty, imposed on individuals convicted of smuggling or dealing in illicit dr…

A lawyer, Christopher Chidera, has said the Supreme Court of Nigeria erred in ordering the continuation of the trial of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, after his discharge and acquital by the Court of Appeal. Chidera, a member of the Mazi Nnamdi Kanu Global Legal Consortium, made the asser…

…According to Bwala, Aisha’s continuous view of the President as illegitimate despite the Supreme Court ruling on the 2023 presidential election was due to her ignorance of the law. He said, “Nobody in Nigeria, even the opposition, including Kenneth Okonkwo, called the President illegitimate, it is only Aisha and that’s…

…26, 2007, and stayed in office until May 29, 2015. He served for two terms after a Supreme Court ruling brought him to office. Reflecting on his time as governor, Amaechi harped on the importance of women’s health, stressing that he built hospitals and employed doctors in villages across the state. Speaking at the ‘Her…

…which led to his 2008 guilty plea on a Florida state prostitution charge. The U.S. Supreme Court rejected that appeal last October. A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's office in Manhattan, which prosecuted Maxwell, declined to comment. Prosecutors argued that Maxwell's latest claims were baseless, filed too late, or fa…

…raised on multiple occasions without success, including challenges that reached the Supreme Court.Doyle reserved particular criticism for those banking on the same strategy ahead of a fifth contest, describing them as "overly optimistic pessimists" who expect a different outcome from an approach that has consistently f…

…requirement for democratic representation. The PDP spokesperson also relied on the Supreme Court judgment in Attorney-General of the Federation v. Attorney-General of Abia State & 35 Others, delivered in July 2024. He said the judgment affirmed the constitutional importance of democratically elected local government co…