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...re a higher court,” he said. He recalled that the Supreme Court in the Mohammad Nawaz Sharif v. ECP case (2018) held that disqualification under Article 63(1)(h) required that the conviction must have attained finality. “Unless a conviction is upheld by the highest appellate forum, the ECP cannot as...
Read Full ArticleBy Bayo Wahab Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has questioned Peter Obi’s one-term pledge ahead of the 2027 general election. On Sunday, Obi, who was the 202...
...ver, it insisted that INEC’s action contradicts a Supreme Court ruling affirming the autonomy of political parties in candidate selection. “The Commission has no constitutional authority to determi...
...cement on which faction it supports in spite of a Supreme Court verdict of April 4, 2025, which both factions claim to be in their favour. On INEC’s website, Abure is listed as National Chairman. The ...
... no allegiance to any particular deity—except the Supreme Deity.Of course, a king has a duty to maintain religious harmony in his domain by safeguarding the right to religious freedom and by refrainin...
...ield US economic might to punish Brazil — and its Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, in particular — for what he has termed a “witch hunt” against former president Bolsonaro. Brazilian Preside...
...l parties. The subject matter jurisdiction of the Supreme Court should be reduced. Not every kind of case must go to the Supreme Court. Only matters of constitutional and significant public interest s...
...novation”. In April, in a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court emphasised the potential of AI to streamline the judicial system, reduce delays, improve case management systems and expand legal knowle...
...r prison sentence in Florida and is asking the US Supreme Court to overturn her conviction. She had pleaded not guilty. Trump supporters angered The unsealing requests came after Trump earlier this mo...
...ikko v. The State [1987] 2 NWLR (Pt. 56) 539, the Supreme Court of Nigeria, per Karibi-Whyte, JSC, made a judicial pronouncement that remains timeless. “The trial of an accused person who has been ...