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...ion or declaration from the Federal High Court or Supreme Court on the validity of the law and the correct version.” Past experience Going down memory lane, the senior lawyer recalled that such incidents occurred in the past.“Similar issues have arisen in the past (e.g., with the Electoral Act...
Read Full Article...its of legislative power. “The Constitution is supreme,” he explained, “and any law inconsistent with it is void to the extent of the inconsistency, by virtue of section 1(3). Federal legislative p...
...lementation of an online billing solution for the Supreme Court had been initiated and was expected to become operational within a fortnight. The move is expected to significantly expedite expenditure...
... in 1987. It was easy to read Buhari. His initial Supreme Military Council had no Igbo military officer. Commodore Ebitu Ukiwe’s inclusion was an after thought. While Shagari was placed under hous...
...the relics of this oppressive law. Last year, the Supreme Court of Pakistan, while hearing an appeal against the conviction of rape in ‘Muhammad Imran vs the State’, set aside the judgements of the lo...
... “Under Article 209 of the Constitution, only the Supreme Judicial Council has the authority to remove any judge of a High Court or the Supreme Court,” Panjhuta wrote. “Not a judge of any high Court, ...
...clude Justice Moore Abraham Aseima Adumein of the Supreme Court; Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC); Sir Tonye Okio, Fede...
...f Chief Justice of Nigeria or of a Justice of the Supreme Court, unless he is qualified to practice as a legal practitioner in Nigeria and has been so qualified for a period of not less than 20 years....
...ermines the rule of law, as firmly settled by the Supreme Court in Governor of Lagos State v. Ojukwu (1986) 1 NWLR (Pt. 18) 621. “The Nigerian Bar Association sincerely hopes that the Nigeria...
...frican Democratic Congress (ADC), has faulted the Supreme Court’s verdict on the emergency rule on Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu. On Monday, the apex court affirmed the constitutional power...