The Supreme Court has reserved its judgement on the appeal the candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, filed to challenge the outcome of the presidential election that was held on February 25. A seven-man panel of the…
Supreme Court strikes out APM’s appeal against Tinubu
The Supreme Court has struck out the appeal by the Allied Peoples Movement seeking to nullify the election of President Tinubu. The party had claimed that the placeholder nominated by the president, Ibrahim Masari, was not replaced within the 14…
President Tinubu’s CSU certificate saga and multiple narratives, don’t believe the hype — Magnus Onyibe
Sequel to the deposition made by Chicago State University, CSU Registrar Mr Caleb Westberg in Chicago, Illinois,United States of America, USA on October 3 following judge Nancy Madonnaldo, a district court judge’s ruling on 30th September that Wazirin Atiku Abubakar,…
India’s top court declines to legalise same-sex marriage
India’s top court on Tuesday said it cannot legalise same-sex marriages, with the chief justice of the country saying making such a law is the domain of parliament. A five-Judge bench headed by the Chief Justice of India, D.Y. Chandrachud,…
Supreme Court: Fire incident has nothing to do with presidential election petition
The Supreme Court’s Public Relations Officer, Festus Akande, has assured that the fire incident that occurred on Monday morning will not affect the presidential election petition. Akande made this known while speaking during an interview on Arise TV on Monday.…
Brazil’s Indigenous peoples celebrate massive land rights victory
A lopsided majority of Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled Thursday against an effort to restrict native peoples’ rights to protected reservations on their ancestral lands, in a win for Indigenous activists and climate campaigners. Indigenous leaders in bright feather headdresses and…
Dancing to the music of a ticking time-bomb — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
It’s a terrible Nigerian fate that every so-called democratic election is delivered like a ticking time-bomb primed to explode with fatal menace. The unfathomable aspect of the matter is that some Nigerians dance to the ticking of the time-bomb thinking…
India’s Gandhi gets parliamentary seat back after top court ruling
Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has regained his seat as a member of parliament following a decision by the Supreme Court, the parliament announced on Monday. Gandhi, 53, lost his mandate in March after a court sentenced him to two…
Israel: Police and anti-judicial reform protesters clash as bill advances
Israeli police have clashed with protesters amid huge demonstrations against the government’s controversial judicial reform plans. Police used water cannon to clear a major highway, and 71 people have been arrested across the country. It comes after a bill to…
Biden vows to fight after top US court blocks student debt relief
US President Joe Biden has promised to continue pursuing student debt relief in the United States, after the country’s top court blocked his plan to cancel billions of dollars in college loans. In a ruling on Friday morning, the US…