By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed all its branches to continue to issue and accept all denominations of both old and redesigned Naira notes to and from Deposit Money Banks (DMBs). The Acting Director of the bank, Corporate Communications, Mrs...
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The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, said both the old and the new resigned naira notes remain legal tender till further notice. The apex court, in a ruling by a seven-man panel of justices led by Justice John Okoro, said the banknotes should remain in circulation, pending when the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) has called on the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, to investigate the comment credited to Rep. Yusuf Gagdi, that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has some collaborators within the Nigerian judiciary....
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola says the Supreme Court handled 1,271 cases including motions and appeals in the 2022/2023 Legal Year. Ariwoola said this at the opening of the 2023/2024 new legal year and the conferment of the prestigious rank of Senior Advocate of...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State says it has resolved to challenge the Appeal Court’s ruling, affirming Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu as winner of March 18 governorship election. The Lagos State PDP Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Hakeem Amode, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
The Senator representing Kogi Central, Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP-Kogi), has called for electoral reforms to make elections more credible in the country. Akpoti-Uduaghan, the Chairperson, Senate Committee on Local Content said this while briefing newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday. The lawmaker while recalling her battle and subsequent victory...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, has called on the presidential candidate of the PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to stop their campaigns of calumny and blackmail against the judiciary. Mr. Onanuga stated this in a...
The Supreme Court on Monday fixed March 13, 2024, to hear a suit filed in 2008, by the Attorney General of Lagos State against the Federal Government in respect of who controls and regulates the gaming and lottery sector. A seven-man panel justices of the Supreme Court led...
Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang has described as a temporary setback, the verdict of an Appeal Court which sacked him as governor of the state. In a statement through his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Gyang Bere, the governor said the “temporary setback” won’t deter him...
A Lagos State Chieftain of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Mr Adekunle Aderibigbe, says the Appeal Court verdict sacking Gov. Abba Yusuf of NNPP, an attempt to rob Kano majority of their mandates. Aderibigbe, also a Lagos State House of Assembly NNPP Candidate in 2023 general elections...
The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has said it plans to appeal the judgment of Court of Appeal which upturned the victory of Gov. Kabir Yusuf of Kano State at the Supreme Court. Alhaji Abba Ali, the NNPP acting National Chairman, said this at a news conference...
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf on Saturday announced his intention to appeal against Friday’s dismissal of his election by the Court of Appeal at the Supreme Court. “I hereby inform the people of Kano State and well-meaning Nigerians that based on consensus of our stakeholders we have instructed...
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the principal opposition party, should have had the simplest time winning the Nigerian presidential election in 2023. Muhammadu Buhari’s unprecedentedly bad and divisive leadership served as a powerful campaign against the All Progressives Congress, APC. To effortlessly retake control of the centre, the...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has faulted claim by Mr Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) candidate, that the Supreme Court judgment on 2023 presidential election was doctored in favour of President Bola Tinubu. The APC National Publicity Secretary, Felix Motka said this in a statement in...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The Presidency on Monday called on the Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to “prove his belief in Nigeria.” Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga stated this in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja....
The Labour Party (LP) in Lagos State says it is worried by the Supreme Court judgment on the appeal filed by its Presidential Candidate, Mr Peter Obi against President Bola Tinubu’s electoral victory. Pastor Dayo Ekong, the chairman of the party in the state, made the remarks while...
The Forum of Former Youth Leaders (Veterans) in Plateau has urged the Supreme Court and the National Judicial Council (NJC) to wade into the legal precedence against the legislators in the state. NAN reports that the Court of Appeal sitting Abuja nullified the election of three National Assembly...
A legal luminary, Mr Paul Erokoro, SAN, says tendering additional evidence at the Supreme Court is an uphill task that requires a great deal of effort. According to him, the rules admitting fresh evidence at the Supreme Court are very stringent. Erokoro made the remark on Sunday in...
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has applied for leave of the Supreme Court to file what he termed as fresh evidence. In a motion he filed through his team of lawyers, Atiku said the evidence he is seeking to tender before...